Image Host Integration

[bfrd]

The Image Host Integration extension has been installed!

This forum will currently support Flickr and imgur hosted images. You can use either, neither, or both.

Here is how you set them up.

First open up you User Control Panel


Flickr Setup:


Enter your primary Flickr email address. This can be found by accessing your Flickr account settings and going to the "Emails & Notifications" tab. Enter the email address that says "(primary)" next to it.

Once you have entered the address click "Lookup Email"

Your Flickr id should automatically be filled into the box.

If your NSID is NOT found using an email address that you are certain is correct, a security setting may be getting in the way. In your Flickr Account Settings check out the Privacy & Permissions tab. There you will find an option to "Hide your stuff from public searches". If that is set to "yes" my application will be able to automatically find your NSID. The easiest way forward is to turn that option off and then complete the setup on ISM. Once that is complete you should be able to turn the privacy option back on. Once we have your NSID the privacy filter should NOT interfere with the operation of the ISM site.

Then click "Submit" at the bottom of the page.

imgur Setup:


imgur is a little more involved.

First enter your imgur username.

Next, click "Launch imgur.com" This will pop open a new window, make sure that your browser settings allow new pop up windows from intscalemodeller.com.

Inside of that window you will have to login to your imgur account and click "allow". By clicking allow you are letting imgur know that it is OK with you for your images to be accessed by the forum.

Once you click "allow" you should see a pin code. Copy that code and paste it into the box that says "imgur.com PIN code" and then click "Use PIN". The next three boxes should be filled in automatically.

Click "submit" at the bottom of the page.

That's it you are all setup!

How to use:

Using the system is very straightforward. Here is what it will look like.



When you want to add an image select the host that you want to use.

As soon as you select the host you will see your 25 most recent images posted to the host account. The newest images will display first. If you use albums you can select a specific album using the drop-down menu on the right side. The first option will display the most recent images.

To add an image to your post, just click on it. The BB code will be placed wherever the cursor is in the message. That's it!

Please let me know if you have any issues using the utility.

The integration will only be available when using the full message creation window. So don't expect to see it at the bottom of the page when looking at a thread.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cool
I will play with this on the weekend
Expect many silly memes

[Twokidsnosleep]

HEY, I THINK IT WORKS!!
NICE WORK MAN

[Tomcat64]

That is a superb piece of work Matthew - very well done and very much appreciated

Love the way you can select individual albums as well as the photostream

And since I finally got around to finishing the shots from Iceland (from April ) here's a gratuitous shot of somewhere in the middle of nowhere...




Edit: That's interesting - just following up on Paul's comment below, the top shot is using the interface and the bottom shot is the same pic embedded the way I'd normally copy & paste the link from Flickr... I noticed when I grabbed the link from Flickr the image size is set to Large (1024x512) so not sure if there's another option we can set in the interface for that?

Edit the second: and here it is again with the updated integration - great job

[Paul]

Excellent work mate, thank you so much for you're help, this will make it so much easier posting to the forum now

[Paul]

Can we make our images bigger, they look too small imo

[bfrd]

I can change the default or make an option somewhere. Whatever you guys think is best. I will try and come up with some options and we can see what makes sense.

[Paul]

I can change the default or make an option somewhere. Whatever you guys think is best. I will try and come up with some options and we can see what makes sense.

yeah they need to be a bit bigger imo, they are usually around 800x600 but mine look smaller now

[AlexBB]

Oooo this looks awesome... just set it up and going to take piccies of what Mr Postie delivered this week... Great job Matthew...you are a software GOD...

[Fridgy]

It's alive!!!!

[Stokesy44]

Nice work Sir!

Looking forward to having a play with this! Luvly jubly!

[MakingModels]

Works a treat.

Great job

[TommyKillander]

Cool! Great job, bfrd !!!

[sheppsea]

Outstanding work - genuinely can't imagine how anyone could make it simpler

[barrythornton]

Congratulations
tried it.
easy.
It works. .... any plans to extend to other pic hosting sites?

[bfrd]

I have updated the extension to use a slightly larger image. From now on all images should be 800 x 600.

I have setup the software to be extensible to other hosts. I put up a poll a while back and found that imgur and Flickr were the only hosts used by more than one person. If there is enough interest in a new host we can look into adding it.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I have updated the extension to use a slightly larger image. From now on all images should be 800 x 600.

I have setup the software to be extensible to other hosts. I put up a poll a while back and found that imgur and Flickr were the only hosts used by more than one person. If there is enough interest in a new host we can look into adding it.

Standing ovation and lots of drinks to you sir

[Tomcat64]

I have updated the extension to use a slightly larger image. From now on all images should be 800 x 600.

I have setup the software to be extensible to other hosts. I put up a poll a while back and found that imgur and Flickr were the only hosts used by more than one person. If there is enough interest in a new host we can look into adding it.

Standing ovation and lots of drinks to you sir

What he said!!

I've been back and updated my original pic and the size looks great now - awesome work mate

[Cymru]

I have updated the extension to use a slightly larger image. From now on all images should be 800 x 600.

I have setup the software to be extensible to other hosts. I put up a poll a while back and found that imgur and Flickr were the only hosts used by more than one person. If there is enough interest in a new host we can look into adding it.

How about adding this for "PostImage"?
https://postimages.org/phpbb

[DRUMS01]

Test:

THANKS!, this is sweet.....

[bfrd]

How about adding this for "PostImage"?
https://postimages.org/phpbb

I looked at PostImage when it popped up on the poll. Unfortunately, this is a completely different kind of animal. It isn't your standard hosting solution and doesn't have the same type of access that the other solutions offer. I'll keep it in mind and see if something can be done in the future.

[mechanic]

I have discovered an error in the application. If your source image is smaller than 800x600 you may see "undefined" in place of the image url. I will get this fixed asap.

[Cymru]

How about adding this for "PostImage"?
https://postimages.org/phpbb

I looked at PostImage when it popped up on the poll. Unfortunately, this is a completely different kind of animal. It isn't your standard hosting solution and doesn't have the same type of access that the other solutions offer. I'll keep it in mind and see if something can be done in the future.

Not sure what you see as a problem? Shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes!

[Paul]

How about adding this for "PostImage"?
https://postimages.org/phpbb

I looked at PostImage when it popped up on the poll. Unfortunately, this is a completely different kind of animal. It isn't your standard hosting solution and doesn't have the same type of access that the other solutions offer. I'll keep it in mind and see if something can be done in the future.

Not sure what you see as a problem? Shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes!

Are you being serious Matts just told you why!

[mechanic]

The issue with smaller images not working should be sorted out. If the image being shared is smaller than 800x600 the original size will be used.

Here is an example of a 24x24 image.


Please let me know if there are any other issues.

[SteelScooter]

It doesn't work for me. When I input my Flickr email it says it is not on the Flickr system. It is def the right email. I tried Chrome and Edge.

[bfrd]

It doesn't work for me. When I input my Flickr email it says it is not on the Flickr system. It is def the right email. I tried Chrome and Edge.

Did you follow these steps? Many accounts have more than one email address. For example the address that I use to login is NOT the primary address.

Enter your primary Flickr email address. This can be found by accessing your Flickr account settings and going to the "Emails & Notifications" tab. Enter the email address that says "(primary)" next to it.

[SteelScooter]

It doesn't work for me. When I input my Flickr email it says it is not on the Flickr system. It is def the right email. I tried Chrome and Edge.

Did you follow these steps? Many accounts have more than one email address. For example the address that I use to login is NOT the primary address.

Enter your primary Flickr email address. This can be found by accessing your Flickr account settings and going to the "Emails & Notifications" tab. Enter the email address that says "(primary)" next to it.

Yes, I definitely used the Primary email. Is there another way to get the Flickr ID? I tried downloading my Flickr data to see if it is in there. In the account_profile.json there is a 9 digit number listed as my Flickr URL I wonder if that is my Flickr ID. Many thanks.

[bfrd]

The Flickr should look similar to 32279650@N02.

You can copy it into the I’d box and submit.

[SteelScooter]

The Flickr should look similar to 32279650@N02.

You can copy it into the I’d box and submit.

Yeah the ID was in the account_profile.json file I downloaded from Flickr. I added it manually and it works now. Many thanks.

[Fridgy]

Can this be added to the pm screen?

[bfrd]

Can this be added to the pm screen?

I don't see why not, I will add that in the next update.

[1975GinjaNinja]

I struggled to get it to reckoning automatically at first but that was due to the security I had added to Flickr. Once I opened up a few things everything was sweet.

[bfrd]

Can this be added to the pm screen?

This has been completed. Please let me know if you have any issues in its use.

I struggled to get it to reckoning automatically at first but that was due to the security I had added to Flickr. Once I opened up a few things everything was sweet.

Yes, I was working with another user on this issue. I will update the instructions. I assume the setting to which you are referring is "Hide your stuff from public searches"? I believe that is the setting that prevents your NSID from being discovered via your email address.

[TommyKillander]

Hi Matthew,

I must thank you again for the flickr integration - I'm using it all the time now and it works perfectly.

Great job, buddy!


Tommy

[Matt58]

Got my Flickr ID to work but I can't get any photos to appear think its my security settings on Flickr. Any idea what has to be open security wish
Never mind I got it. Here a little test


Thx for setting this up Matthew its choice

[dogsbody]

I just copy & paste from Flickr.




Chris

[Paul]

I just copy & paste from Flickr.




Chris

lol ok

[Lee]

I just copy & paste from Flickr.




Chris

Now you don't need to do that, it's all in the message box!

[Lysus]

So that didn't take long at all to set up with imgur, pretty dang cool, dude.

Thanks!

[TommyKillander]

Hello Guys (and @bfrd in particular)

Flickr seems to have done some migration from Yahoo lately as part of that process I have converted my login from Yahoo to Flickr - I did that a while ago and everything have worked fine until now.

Today it seems that this change have rippled through the systems and I cannot use the Image Host Integration tool anymore (which is a bummer since it's such a convenient and novel feature on this site)

I get the error message "The email you entered was not found in the Flickr system." when I try to Lookup my email in the User Control Panel - Image Host Integration tab

Have anyone else experienced issues with the IHI tool lately ?


Tommy

[bfrd]

I was notified today of the integration malfunctioning. I plan to look further into the issue as soon as I get into the office tomorrow.

[bfrd]

Appears to be working again. Looks like it was an issue with the Flickr API and not this site. It was cleared up on Flickr's end.

[dogsbody]

Test post:

18766070_1604154049658631_2461390225817660613_nX.jpg

Chris

[TommyKillander]

Appears to be working again. Looks like it was an issue with the Flickr API and not this site. It was cleared up on Flickr's end.

Yes, it works fine now.
Thanks your quick response, Matthew.


Tommy

[Carles]

Hi There.
I tried to post some images from Flickr without success.
Not clear what I´m not doing right...
I´m selecting the host from bootm, but can´t see the image on the preview of the post
Some help needed.
Many thanks.
Carles.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Hi There.
I tried to post some images from Flickr without success.
Not clear what I´m not doing right...
I´m selecting the host from bootm, but can´t see the image on the preview of the post
Some help needed.
Many thanks.
Carles.

I have alerted smarter people than me and they will help you soon

[Carles]

Many Thanks Scott !

[dogsbody]

I use the BBCode option to post images from Flickr.




Chris

[Carles]

Hi Chris, Many thanks for your reply.
How are you doing this to make only visible the image you want to post and not the entire album or camera roll ?
Regards.
CArles.