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Mini-feature: Auto-embed Flickr sets and tags

Hey guys... still got a bunch of bigger things in the pipe you'll hear about soon, but wanted to let you know that now you can easily embed Flickr sets and tags. Just paste the URL, e.g. from the address bar:

into a post or an email, and you'll automatically get the Flickr embedded slideshow, shown below. (Gallery courtesy razorbern aka Bernie DeChant, a personal flickr favorite, and one of the most talented photographers I have ever met.)

This works for tag pages too! If you're a flickr user, give it a try by emailing post@posterous.com now.

Got a URL or online embed you'd like auto-expanded? Fire us a note at help@posterous.com. We want to make it brain-dead simple to post everything you could possibly think of.

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Posted by Garry Tan 

Comments (17)

Nov 14, 2009
Richard Mackney said...
Brilliant new feature! Thank you, very handy
Nov 14, 2009
barbarars said...
cool!
Nov 14, 2009
Richard Mackney said...
I currently use the flickr API to grab the set and provide HTML for Posterous ... See here http://j.mp/4bt1Kw this displays on an iPhone. Maybe Posterous could embed like this in the future.
Nov 14, 2009
Gorazd Božič said...
That's a great feature! Is there a way to modify existing posts that contain links to flickr sets?
Nov 14, 2009
elporto said...
That's a great feature!
Nov 14, 2009
Simon de Turck said...
Tags dont't seem to work. Sets work super!
Nov 14, 2009
Miss Caffeina said...
awsome, super cool feature
Nov 14, 2009
Ady さん said...
Works great. Thanks. ♥ Posterous.
Nov 14, 2009
Great! But tell me please: how do i post just a *single* flickr-photo? Emailing the url of a single pic doesn't post the pic but the url!
Nov 14, 2009
Greg Wallis said...
It's cool, it's simple, it works. Probably a definition of Posterous.
Nov 14, 2009
Becky said...
This is so cool! Must give it a try...
Nov 14, 2009
Does this function exist for Picasa yet? If not, will it? Thanks for the continued great work.
Nov 14, 2009
Scott Bedard said...
Great feature. So simple!
Nov 14, 2009
Chris Myles said...
Love the feature.. Is there any reason that my Flickr photostream isn't available? Also it would be great if SOME link was left when the feed is generated.. right now I get no indication that a flickr embed is even available on the page. The same issue occurs on other expanded URLs (Youtube, Vimeo etc) that are not generated via the bookmarklet.

Keep up the great work..

Nov 15, 2009
Marco F. said...
Excellent feature. Now the reverse: I'd like my posterous galleries+tags be posted to flickr as a set with name from posterous post title and tags from posterous post. :-)
Nov 15, 2009
isee said...
Great feature - really innovative. Who says Web 2.0 is dead? Your work is an inspiration to programmers everywhere.
Nov 16, 2009
Kari S said...
would absolutely LOVE to see a similar feature for Picasa. Doesn't work like it does for Flikr. Keep us posted & keep up the good work. Thanks!!

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