No more photo linking from Flickr?

[mfogiel]

I've tried to link a photo into one of the RFF threads today, and I no longer find the URL line - only links to big social networks and email are available.
Am I missing something or is this a new Flickr policy?

 

[Michael Markey]

Working for me although Flickr has been a bit buggy lately .

 

[yanchep_mike]

Still working in browser but looks different here

 

[yanchep_mike]

Actually the preview did not work but the image is up.

regards
Mike

 

[rodt16s]

Seems to be still OK for me, but they keep changing the drop downs and style


Street life by Redt16s, on Flickr

 

[Rogrund]

Works for me too, exactly as before.


L1012466 by Rogrunder, on Flickr

 

[Brian Legge]

'Share Photo' > BBCode:

 

[Bille]

I've tried to link a photo into one of the RFF threads today, and I no longer find the URL line - only links to big social networks and email are available.
Am I missing something or is this a new Flickr policy?

Click on the white arrow (right hand side) next to an image, select "HTML embed" (below social media icons), copy URL and paste here.

 

[citizen99]

I've just checked; looking in Firefox, clicked on the curvy arrow share button, Flickr offered BBCode by default (that is what I always use for RFFM) with a drop-down menu to select the size.
Agreed, the way they present it has varied and no doubt will again. They used to offer HTML as an option as well, which I don't see now.

EDIT:-
I'm looking at the individual picture in a new tab in the firefox browser ...

Click on the white arrow (right hand side) next to an image, select "HTML embed" (below social media icons), copy URL and paste here.

That's interesting; from what system (desktop/smartphone/tablet/browser/view) do you see this ?

EDIT 2:-
It gets more confusing ! Flickr is rendered differently on variant platforms even within the 'desktop world', so I need to further qualify what I wrote.

In my first posting above I reported what was rendered on the Linux (tarball 'generic' version) Firefox 40 - the HTML option is not labelled explictly (it used to be at one time). Now the button for it is labelled 'embed' only. Also the social media shares are a level down under another 'share' button.

... Now I've brought up the Windows Firefox 40. Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Pinterest, and Yahoo Mail social media shares are shown, and both HTLM and BBCode modes - just as described above by Bille.

 

[John E Earley]

I've noticed some recent changes but it works for me.

untitled (1 of 1)-3 by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr

 

[mfogiel]

I am running this on Safari and I do not have a PRO account - the BBCode option has disappeared and I can only see the canned links to social networks plus email. It looks like they are starting to restrict the linking.

 

[k__43]

Untitled by Kay K, on Flickr

Firefox, PC at work but I believe it recently worked with my Mac/Safari at home too

 

[Keith]

I always just bring up the image I want where it says show all sizes and copy image location to get the URL.

 

[Highway 61]

Who'd be brave enough to browse the Internet using IE, Safari or Chrome instead of Firefox ?

 

[Michael Markey]

I wish that I could on my home machine .
I think that Firefox is a real mess to be honest.

 

[mfogiel]

^^ Would you be so kind to suggest a template?

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Interesting... Lots of great images in this thread.

 

[photomoof]

I was able to link a flickr photo here, and I have no account.

However it is actually a violation of flickr guidelines, they say there must be a link back.

Random photo from this link: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=raleigh gran sport

I just went to "view all sizes," and right clicked for the URL. Used Google Chrome. Quick and easy.

 

[Godfrey]

I am running this on Safari and I do not have a PRO account - the BBCode option has disappeared and I can only see the canned links to social networks plus email. It looks like they are starting to restrict the linking.

See:
https://www.flickr.com/help/photos/#2265887

With a standard account, if your photos are set "able to be downloaded", you can get the link. If you have disabled downloading, the link is not available.

With a Pro account, you always have the links available.

And, oh yes, they've broken their already f**ked up Javascript even further ... It became incompatible with Safari on iOS some time ago, now it's incompatible with Safari on OS X. Firefox still works correctly.

(In general, Firefox is just as much a mess as every other browser, and just as insecure.)

G

 

[photomoof]

See:
https://www.flickr.com/help/photos/#2265887

With a standard account, if your photos are set "able to be downloaded", you can get the link. If you have disabled downloading, the link is not available.

I did it on the OP's account, but it requires going to "inspect element" in Google Chrome, and grabbing the link. Easy but not obvious to the average user.

I find Flickr a poor place to keep photos which are not for the public, Google drive is better for pure storage, and sharing. Google is very easy to use, I display all the PDFs for the Nikon Historical Society there. https://drive.google.com/folderview...tMDE0NjFiNTAzMzIz&usp=drive_web&ddrp=1&hl=en#