Establishing A Flickr Website
Flickr has about 80 million users. Many non-users see Flickr as a site filled with visual junk. There is some truth to this, but I also know many long time Flickr users are serious about their photography and selective about what they post. Flickr is a sophisticated enough system that it quite easy to limit viewing to exclusively what one is interested in with a minimum of effort.
Creating a basic Flickr account is free. With a free account it is important to keep files small and selective. If more space or larger files are desired consider a paid account which is $25 a year.
1 To create a basic Flickr account go to the website
http://www.flickr.com
on a cell phone, mobile device or computer.
2 Click on the box "Sign up now". The "Sign in to Yahoo" window opens automatically.
3 With a previously created Yahoo email account, enter the complete email address in the "Yahoo! ID" box and the Yahoo password in the "Password" box. To create a new Yahoo email account click on "Create New Account" at the bottom of the window and fill out the form that appears in the next window. It is not necessary to create a Yahoo email account to have access to Flickr. Also in this window is the option to sign in using an existing Facebook or Google account.
4 Once an account has been created, it becomes possible to upload photographs. Each photograph that is uploaded can be uploaded as either a private or public photograph. These permissions can be changed as often as desired once the photograph is uploaded. Photographs can be uploaded by email or from the upload link on the website. For a full range of upload options see
http://www.flickr.com/tools/
5 Flickr will automatically build you a very basic website as you upload photographs. The index page/home page appears on the first page of the site in the bar above the page. An example of this would be
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paullight/
Sizing photographs is very important with a free account. A size that works well is 5"x7"x72dpi. Photographs are easily sized in most image editing programs.
© 2011 Paul Light all rights reserved
Creating a basic Flickr account is free. With a free account it is important to keep files small and selective. If more space or larger files are desired consider a paid account which is $25 a year.
1 To create a basic Flickr account go to the website
http://www.flickr.com
on a cell phone, mobile device or computer.
2 Click on the box "Sign up now". The "Sign in to Yahoo" window opens automatically.
3 With a previously created Yahoo email account, enter the complete email address in the "Yahoo! ID" box and the Yahoo password in the "Password" box. To create a new Yahoo email account click on "Create New Account" at the bottom of the window and fill out the form that appears in the next window. It is not necessary to create a Yahoo email account to have access to Flickr. Also in this window is the option to sign in using an existing Facebook or Google account.
4 Once an account has been created, it becomes possible to upload photographs. Each photograph that is uploaded can be uploaded as either a private or public photograph. These permissions can be changed as often as desired once the photograph is uploaded. Photographs can be uploaded by email or from the upload link on the website. For a full range of upload options see
http://www.flickr.com/tools/
5 Flickr will automatically build you a very basic website as you upload photographs. The index page/home page appears on the first page of the site in the bar above the page. An example of this would be
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paullight/
Sizing photographs is very important with a free account. A size that works well is 5"x7"x72dpi. Photographs are easily sized in most image editing programs.
© 2011 Paul Light all rights reserved
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