Not all images load on popup

It might be caching.

Please try clearing the RSS cache – there is a button for this on the Slickr Flickr Admin page

Alas, tried that and it didn’t work. Really odd to be seeing photos on my site that are hosted on Flickr, but not seeing the photos when I go to the profile at Flickr.com. Very strange.

The thumbnail Flickr returned is https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7179/6937892533_6903426441_s.jpg

Flickr does not have the larger size version photo at the requested size which is Medium 800.

Maybe I could do a fallback mechanism so it looks for the Medium 640 or Medium size if the requested size is not available?

The other thing to mention is that Flickr server caching occasionally does suffer from “lost updates” due to internal timeouts.

For example you may have deleted the photo recently from Flickr (or changed its tags etc) – when logged in you see the photo has gone.

However, the public may still see the photo for a few hours or a few days until the Flickr server farm resyncs correctly.

We’re trying to use Slickr Flickr on our website kwphotoclub.com. We are trying to show some our our photo group’s images the Flickr account https://www.flickr.com/groups/kwphotoclub/. It works to capture most our group’s images, but is not consistent. I regularly does not pick up new images. I’ve tried clearing cache numerous times. I’ve gotten it to work by downloading and then reloading the missing images, but that’s not even consistent. Is there some reason some images fail to come through the feed? Is there something about image size, resolution, etc?

The flickr RSS feed has been playing up in the last couple of days.

You can force Slickr Flickr to use the Flickr API instead (assuming you have set up a Flickr API key in your settings)

Please add use_key="y" to the slickr-flickr command

In the next release I will make using the Flickr API the default behavior if the use has an API key.

The other thing to note is that Flickr has a server farm (distribution network) and it takes a while for new photos to get distributed. Normally the photo is available everywhere for public access within 15 minutes, however in the past Flickr has suffered from ‘lost updates’ so it can take days before the new photos turns up. We believe this is a result of internal timeouts inside the Flickr network. This problem has come and gone around a dozen times in my 8 years experience of Flickr especially when they are doing hardware maintenance or upgrading their network

Hi Russell, I am also working with Charles with the previous issue for kwphotoclub. When we adjust the following API command line from:

[slickr-flickr align=”center” flickr_link=”on” border=”on” descriptions=”on” caption=”on”]

to:

[slickr-flickr use_key = “y” align=”center” flickr_link=”on” border=”on” descriptions=”on” caption=”on”]

the resulting action is that the plugin starts picking random older photos from many months ago… in a seemingly random order. Removing the use_key command line will revert back to selecting the “last 15” posted pics, but several users, including myself, can never post a new public photo on Flickr, and have it displayed within the “last 15″. It simply skips my public photo, and will only show other member’s photos posted prior to mine. I also tried clearing the RSS cache like Charles mentioned in previous comment. I also did this after adding the use_key=”y” logic… no luck.

Was the last line the correct syntax for your proposed solution? If so, it does not seem to be working. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry, switching to the API key changes it from latest to oldest.

Add

before="today"

to the slickr-flickr command

Hi Russell. Thanks so much for the assistance. The added command line of before=”today” seems to keep the order correct. However, the changes still do not fix the original issue. I’m still not able to load a picture to our Flickr group and see it on our website. I’ve tried multiple test photos of various different sizes, and from various cameras (including iPhone). I’ve checked all of my photo properties on Flickr. Charles can actually take my same photo and re-post it on his Flickr account, and it will show up. Maybe the issue is on the Flickr side? IDK… just a guess. I do have a rather long yahoo account name (30 characters long if counting @yahoo.com extension), but I’m not sure why that would matter since the plugin is based on group ID and not any individual user ID.

Hi gregla1,

I did some tests – please see results

Flickr RSS yields different results to Flickr API. The Flickr API returns the latest photos if you ask for 30 but not if you ask for 12 photos.

Most accurate (up to date) results seem to be when 30 photos are requested.

I will continue digging.

Regards

Russell