Get started with the Beatty Flickr account

Okay everyone, listen up. We've got a Beatty family Flickr account now. I sent everyone the username and password via email. So go to Flickr.com and get ready. What follows is a step-by-step to get you set up. You follow my every direction and we'll all be Flickr pros.

Step 1: Get the Uploader

Now you need to download the Flickr Uploader. This is the program you use to upload a bunch of photos at one time to Flickr. Click on the following link to access it: Flickr Uploader

You will see some text and a link that says "Windows Vista & XP: Download (12MB)". Click Download, and once the little popup comes, select Run. When the installer opens, click Next, Next again, then Install. This will install the program.

Step 2: Using the Uploader

Now go to your Start menu button, then All Programs. Find the recently installed Flickr Uploader and select it. The program will open, and you should see a link that says Sign In. Now this might seem tricky, but it's easy (note: you will only have to do the following the first time you use Flickr Uploader--never again).

(1) Click Sign In.
(2) "Flickr Needs Your Permission . . ." pops up.
(3) Click OK.
(4) It will open a Flickr page in your web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox).
(5a) If you're not already signed-in as beattyphotos, then enter in the username (beattyphotos) and the password I sent you in the email. Sign in.
(5b) If you're already signed in as beattyphotos, it may ask you if you want to authorize this program--say yes if it asks. It also might say that the program is already authorized. That's fine; move on to step 6.
(6) When you're done, you should see a webpage that says "Hi beattyphotos. You have successfully authorized the application Flickr Uploadr."
(7) Go back to the Uploader program (which is still open, waiting for you) and click the big fat Ready! button.

Step 3: Uploading photos

Once you've authorized the Uploader to use our account, you can upload photos. So click the Add button from the Uploader, and browse to the photos you want to upload. (You can also find the photos you want to upload through Windows Explorer or My Computer or My Documents, whatever, select a bunch and then drag and drop them onto the Uploader.) The photos will load and display as thumbnails right there in the Uploader.

This next part is important. This will ensure that we know who took which pictures. Once you've added all your photos to the Uploader, click the Edit menu (at the top), and select "Select All". All the photos will become highlighted with a little pink box around them. Now on the right you will see a textbox that says "Add to existing tags:". In that box you will type two phrases. These phrases will help us find and group our photos.

(1) Type beattyphotos. Yep, just the word beattyphotos.
(2) Type taken-by-[name]. Fill in the [name] part with the name of the person who took the photos, basically whoever owns the camera from which they came. So if all the pictures are coming from my camera, I will type taken-by-matt. If they're from Heather's camera, she will type taken-by-heather. Dad's will be taken-by-dad. And so on.

Got it? Got it. To reiterate, every time you upload your photos, you will add two tags to every photo: beattyphotos, and taken-by-[name].

Last step: click the large "Upload Photos" button. Your photos will start to upload. It may take a while depending on how many are being uploaded.

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That's it! Once the pictures are done uploading, they're on the site, accessible to us all.

Does this make sense? Please please comment with any questions. Or email, or call--whatever.