3 posts tagged “flickr”
Straight to Video
Now you can share your Flickr videos on your Vox blog!
A few weeks ago, Flickr announced that pro members are now able to share videos of up to 90 seconds in their photostream. Many of you already post photos to your Vox blog directly from your Flickr account, and now we’ve made it so you can do the same with your Flickr videos.
To post a Flickr video to your Vox blog, just follow the same steps you would if you were posting a Flickr photo. (Yes, that means you’ll find your Flickr videos in “Photos,” not “Videos.”)
Not using Flickr to add photos to Vox? Find out how to connect your Flickr account to your Vox account. Plus, using Flickr means you’ll never have to upload a photo twice, or waste valuable storage space!
Around the World with Vox and CupCate
A little over a year ago, we announced that CupCate was one of the Grand Prize winners of the Vox World Tour. A month ago, Cate and her husband, Iain, packed their bags and flew to San Francisco, the first stop of a three-cities-in-fourteen-days vacation.
While they were in SF, Team Vox was lucky enough to have a yummy lunch with Cate and Iain and some of us even made it out for a late night karaoke session at The Mint.
We were also happy to hear, however, that she took some time to enjoy a glass of wine, a roaring fire, and the luxury of utter relaxation.
Then it was off to Tokyo where she saw gorgeous cherry blossoms, the Tokyo Tower and the Sensoji Temple, and even got a special tour around Tokyo with Ayako from Six Apart’s Japan office!
And it wouldn't be a Vox World Tour without Paris in the spring time, decadent French meals, and, of course, the Eiffel Tower.
It sounds like an amazing adventure. Congratulations again to CupCate. We had so much fun with you while you were in SF and we can't wait until your next visit!
From all the great feedback you give us through the Feedback link at the bottom of every Vox page, we know that many of you love Vox's integration with YouTube, Flickr, Amazon, and other web services. We recently made it even easier for you to pull that outside content into your Vox blogs by adding more specific searches for some of those sites.
Let's walk through an example. Say you've had a sudden epiphany about how your entire worldview has been shaped by the movie "The Princess Bride" that you've seen a million times since you were a teenager. Of course, you need to share this with the Vox community, and you have several media items to include in your post. Unfortunately, you have just a few minutes before you have to leave for work. How will you ever pull it all together in time? The following improved searches come to the rescue!
Managing Photos:
You have the perfect photo to show how your fascination began early with your Dread Pirate Roberts Halloween costume as a child. It's already uploaded to Flickr, but it's got the tag "childhood" along with dozens of your other Flickr photos. Instead of going through a tag search, just search the Flickr URL or Photo ID of that specific photo to immediately find and add it to your Vox blog.
Managing Audio:
The soundtrack of the movie has also been a big part of your life: You and your own Princess Buttercup even used the song "Storybook Love" from the movie as part of the music for your wedding. There's no need to search through several CDs on Amazon to find the right one; just search on the ASIN (B000002LCB) or URL (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002LCB) to find the specific soundtrack.
Managing Video:
There's no surprise that you need to add some videos to your post. You're talking about the movie that's shaped your life after all! You decide that you have to share the "Dread Pirate Edition" of the DVD, so you add that to your post from Amazon by using the ASIN (B000F9RBBC ) or URL (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F9RBBC/). With so many editions of the DVD out now, it's nice to be able to go directly to the one you want to share.
Speaking of the DVD, you still remember when the Dread Pirate Edition was released and how excited you were, so you decide to share the DVD trailer with everyone reading your post. Lucky for you, it's already on YouTube, so you just search by URL (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ksETP325o40) or Video ID (ksETP325o40) to add it to your post.
Managing Books:
Finally, you decide that the post wouldn't be complete without mention of the book that started it all - The Princess Bride by William Goldman. To quickly add that hardcover anniversary edition you love, just type the ISBN/ASIN (034543014X) or URL (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034543014X) in the Amazon search box.
Of course these newer URL and ID searches will work with any photos, audio, videos or books. Maybe you want to add a recent YouTube video, and it's not yet indexed for you to search for it with tags. No problem! Want to quickly add some older photos from your Flickr account without going through multiples with the same tag? Again, we've got you covered!
We hope this helps you spend more time creating and sharing memories and less time hunting for them!
-- Brandy & the Vox Help team
Vox and Flickr have always played well together, but sharing your Flickr photos on Vox has just gotten easier.
Thanks to our friends on the Flickr team, you can now post photos to your Vox blog directly from your Flickr account!
It's simple to set it up. Just log in to your Flickr account and go to the page where you can add a blog. Enter in your Vox account email and password, confirm it and then you're all done.
While you're browsing your own photos on Flickr, just click the "Blog This" button above any photo and you'll be able to post it directly to your Vox blog. You should note that the photo will appear in the post with a link back to its page on Flickr, but the photo won't be imported into your Vox photo library.
You can still easily insert one of your Flickr photos right from the Vox Compose screen. Read our Knowledge Base article on Managing Photos for more info, and set up your Flickr account in Vox if you haven't already.
Did this inspire you to post some photos? If so, give us a link in the comments!
-- Krissy
