A last option to make a selection of photos to display on your website is the use of tags..The 'tag' expression attribute is the only expression attribute of the plugin that requires double quotes to be recognized by the plugin. Double quotes are required to allow the use of multiple tags in one expression. To search for photos that have a tag named 'squirl', you can use the expression [flickr tag="squirrel" limit=28]. The expression results in:
Just like with sets and user- and group streams, we can display one photo on the webpage and have it linked to a selection of photos from a (user/group)stream. It works in a similar way, by putting the photo attribute with value "display" in the expression. For example the expression [flickr tag="squirrel" photo=display size=small align=center ] results in:
Notice that the plugin automatically selects the first image of the user- or group stream to display on the website.
The plugin uses the complete collection of public photos on flickr as default search scope. To change or reduce your search scope you have several options:
Below are some examples of espressions using the tag attribute combined with one of the 3 options mentioned above:
[flickr user=me tag="squirrel" ]
[flickr user=85575418@N00 tag="paris" ]
[flickr group=25131588@N00 tag="posbank" limit=28]
Like the expression options for displaying a photo set, the maximum amount of photos to be displayed can be set with the expression attribute 'limit'. To display the first 2 photos from the user stream above, the expression is [flickr tag="squirrel" limit=2 ], which results in:
Again, we can select a range of photos by adding the section attribute. For example, to display the second 2 photos from the user stream above, the expression is [flickr tag="squirrel" limit=2 section=2 ]
Since version 3.5 the plugin features a download function for the original format of the photo. This option (disabled by default for copyright reasons) can be enabled or disabled in the plugin settins or on a per expression basis using the download attribute. Please visit this page for an example.
Note: This option is only available when the original photo format is available on the for the plugin. In most cases this means that the plugin requires to be linked to a flickr pro accaunt, that the plugin is authenticated with that authenticated and that the photos are from the linked account.
Please respect copyright, especially with this feature!
Joomla 1.6.3 has an annoying bug that can mess up your articles when you enter an expression that includes quotes (more plugins that use these kind of expressions have issues with the bug). A simple way to avoid problems is to add a space after the last quote in the expression. (e.g. [flickr tag="posbank" ], as al the expressions on this page have). This is only an issue when using the tag expression attribute, as it requires the quotes to be used. All other expression attributes do not require the use of double quotes. More information can be found on:
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