Flickr

In this article, we look at:

• Overview of Flickr
• How to add a Brand Content Feed
• Username feed
  • Where to find the username
  • How to add a Flickr username feed
• Tag feed
  • Where to find the tags on a photo or video
  • How to add a Tag Feed
• How to edit the label on a Flickr feed
• How to delete a Flickr feed
• How to pause or unpause a Flickr feed 

Overview of Flickr

Add Flickr will give you access to your or public libraries of photos and videos by a username or tag a user has added to their photos and videos.

To add these feeds to your TINT board, go to: 

How to add a Brand Content feed

1. Click on the Flickr symbol
2. Select Brand Content
3. Click Next
4. Click + Add Account or select an existing one
5. If adding an account, it will ask you to log in and will ask you to authorize it
6. Leave ticked or untick if you want manual moderation or auto-moderation on
7. Click Add Social Feed

Username feed

Where to find the username

You can find these two places.  If your own account, you can find it in your Account Settings > Personal Information > Profile.  We call it username but on Flickr, it's described as the display name.

If it's your account you can also find it under You and it will bring you to this page below.  This also applies to public accounts that you would like to add.

If the account is public, the feed should work. 

How to add a Flickr username feed

1. Click on the Flickr symbol
2. Select Username
3. Click Next
4. Enter your username
5. Leave ticked or untick if you want manual moderation or auto-moderation on
6. Click Add Social Feed

Tag Feed

Where to find the tags on a photo or video

It pick up tagged photos and videos, they need to be public and you will find the tags when you click on the photo or video for more details. 

See here for an example: 

How to add a Tag Feed

1. Click on the Flickr symbol
2. Select Tag
3. Click Next
4. Enter the tag you have selected
5. Leave ticked or untick if you want manual moderation or auto-moderation on
6. Click Add Social Feed

How to edit the label on a Flickr feed

By default, the label for the feed itself will be brand name, username or tag but you can change this to whatever you would like.  

1. Go to the feed you would like to edit
2. Click on the Settings cog
3. Click on Edit Name
4. Rename the feed to what you would like it to be 
5. Click on the tick to confirm or the x to cancel
6. Your feed should be renamed

How to delete a Flickr feed

1. Go to the feed you would like to edit
2. Click on the Settings cog
3. Click on Remove Feed
4. A pop-up notification will appear with Are you sure? All content on this social feed will be deleted and cannot be recovered. Re-adding the exact feed will not recover these posts.  You will be presented with two buttons - No, Keep Feed or Yes, Delete Feed
5. The feed should disappear if you press Yes, Delete Feed

How to pause or unpause a Flickr feed 

You can pause or unpause your Flickr feed if you don't want to ingest content or want to restart ingesting content.

To Pause the feed:

1. Go to the feed you would like to pause 
2. Click on the pause icon to pause the feed
3. A popup box will say Are you sure? All content on this social feed will be paused and no new content will be ingested until its is un-paused
4. Click on Yes, Pause Feed
5. This will Pause the feed

To Unpause the feed:

1. Go to the feed you would like to unpause
2. Click on the Play icon to unpause the feed
3. This will unpause the feed

If you experience any problems adding a Flickr or need support with Flickr, please don’t hesitate to contact Technical Support at support@tintup.com.