Upload photos to Flickr.com via 2 small gadgets

Yahoo's Flickr photo sharing service now has a large number of users with fast downloading speed, easy management, support for friends lists . However, each time we upload only 6 photos. Therefore, we can take advantage of 2 free tools from Flickr to do this quickly.

Flickr Uploadr

Installation : download the installation file at http://www.flickr.com/tools/ (the latest version is 2.5, about 800KB in size), support for both Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Configuration : the first time you use, click the Connect button (Figure 1), a window will appear, click on Authorize , the browser will open the Flickr website. You only need to log in to your account, when you see " You have successfully authorized the application ", go back to the old window and click Continue .

Usage : Drag and drap-and-drop images you want to load into the program's frame, then click Upload , fill tags for images, select the visibility (public / private), then Click Finish and . wait.

On the configuration page of the program you can choose whether or not you want to use tags, how to resize, etc.

Windows XP "Send To Flickr"

Installation : extremely simple, just download the .reg file at http://www.flickr.com/tools/wizard.reg, then double-click this file to add information to the Registry.

How to download the file : use Windows Explorer to open the folder you want to upload, on the Folder Tasks bar on the left select Publish this folder to the Web (Figure 2)

The Web Publishing Wizard page will appear, just follow the instructions above: select the images to submit, fill tags for images, select the visibility (public / private), select the resize level (or not resize) ).

With the first use, you will need to log in to your account. How to do it: when the Authenticate table with your Flickr account is displayed (Figure 3), click Click here to signin to Flickr , IE will open the login page, after logging in, click OK, I'LL ALLOW IT button . Then it will give you a code of 9 characters (Example: 225-697-131), you use this code to fill in the Code box in the previous form is done.

Although it only limits uploading to 100MB per month for free accounts, but with so many advantages, Flickr is increasingly used by many Vietnamese people. Hope this small article can help you somewhat in the sharing of your images.

Quang Huy