I've searched and have seen this question asked, but not really answered:
When giving out the username and password to upload photos, do you have to give out your personal username/password or is there a way to create another username/password that links to your account?
I'm just a little worried that there will be a renegade guest who goes into the account and messes with all the pictures. Or that I'll change the password after a month and then no one can continue to add photos. (I would be changing the password so that I could begin to use it as my personal account again.)
I second MaryAlison's idea, and that is exactly what I'll be doing. I have a pro account for my personal pics, and I have almost 2000 shots in there - there is no way I am letting a bunch of people who don't really know what they're doing fool around in there. It's worth the $25 investment to have a separate account for your guests to use. Set up a user name and password specific to your wedding.
No, you can not. The only thing you can do is tag contacts as friends or family and control who sees what photos, but there is no way to have a different user name and password on the same account.
I too, have just set up a pro Flickr account, and am not sure what information to put on the instruction cards for guests. From the above responses, I guess I just give them my username and password, but what web address do I direct them to just to view the photos? For example, Mrs. Lemon instructed everyone to go to www.flickr.com/photos/kimandchris/ to view the gallery. How do I know the web address for my personal gallery? I already tried changing "kimandchris/" to my username...and got an error.
Shimmer.....it's been a whlie since I've done that, so my memory is foggy....but I think you need to go to "You", select "your account" and then use "Flickr web addresses" to select your URL. And you only get to choose the Web address once; after that you can't change it.
Or you could just send all your guests to Kim & Chris. :)
Since I don't have any photos in there yet, I'll just give them my info and then about a month after the wedding I'll change the password so it can become my personal account again. Hopefully everyone will have uploaded their pictures by then.
Sorry about the inflexibility of the FLICKR account for your own use. Essentially, think of the pro account as a $25 cost for your guests photos. Since you can DOWNLOAD all of them in their full format, you'll be able to print them out anywhere you want.... Costco, Mpix, Adorama, Kodak, etc. I have not ordered photos from flickr, as most of my orders go through adoramapix.
You can, though, later "re-associate" your account with another Yahoo address. For example... our login was LASTNAMEwedding and we've since reassociated it with another yahoo email address. So we've been able to change both the login and the password, yet the HTML address remains the same!
I've searched and have seen this question asked, but not really answered:
When giving out the username and password to upload photos, do you have to give out your personal username/password or is there a way to create another username/password that links to your account?
I'm just a little worried that there will be a renegade guest who goes into the account and messes with all the pictures. Or that I'll change the password after a month and then no one can continue to add photos. (I would be changing the password so that I could begin to use it as my personal account again.)
posted by adela 52 posts 4 months agoYou could create a separate account just for wedding pictures.
posted by maryalison 105 posts 4 months agoI second MaryAlison's idea, and that is exactly what I'll be doing. I have a pro account for my personal pics, and I have almost 2000 shots in there - there is no way I am letting a bunch of people who don't really know what they're doing fool around in there. It's worth the $25 investment to have a separate account for your guests to use. Set up a user name and password specific to your wedding.
posted by CarolineG 284 posts 4 months agoWell, I have a pro account so I can have unlimited photos. That is why I am wondering if you can create something like a sub-account.
posted by adela 52 posts 4 months agoI don't have any personal photos in there yet, so I can just give them the regular log in for now and change the password after a month or so.
I just wanted the question about whether having another username/password that is linked to the account is possible answered.
Thanks for your help though!
If anyone can still answer the original question, that would be great.
posted by adela 52 posts 4 months agoNo, you can not. The only thing you can do is tag contacts as friends or family and control who sees what photos, but there is no way to have a different user name and password on the same account.
posted by CarolineG 284 posts 4 months agoI too, have just set up a pro Flickr account, and am not sure what information to put on the instruction cards for guests. From the above responses, I guess I just give them my username and password, but what web address do I direct them to just to view the photos? For example, Mrs. Lemon instructed everyone to go to www.flickr.com/photos/kimandchris/ to view the gallery. How do I know the web address for my personal gallery? I already tried changing "kimandchris/" to my username...and got an error.
posted by shimmerplanet 17 posts 4 months agoShimmer.....it's been a whlie since I've done that, so my memory is foggy....but I think you need to go to "You", select "your account" and then use "Flickr web addresses" to select your URL. And you only get to choose the Web address once; after that you can't change it.
Or you could just send all your guests to Kim & Chris. :)
posted by maryalison 105 posts 4 months agoJust start a free non-pro account for the wedding photos, much easier and less risky, I think.
posted by doctorgirl 151 posts 4 months agoAnd the upside of the pro account (as opposed to the freebie) is the ability to upload more photos.
posted by maryalison 105 posts 4 months agoThanks CarolineG.
Since I don't have any photos in there yet, I'll just give them my info and then about a month after the wedding I'll change the password so it can become my personal account again. Hopefully everyone will have uploaded their pictures by then.
posted by adela 52 posts 4 months agoThanks for debating this ladies, I have been wondering the same thing! :)
One more question: Has anyone ordered pics from Flickr? How's the quality? Do they frequently have sales like Snapfish, and Kodakgallery?
I am just wondering becasue I have been on the fence with Flickr vs. Snapfish just for the fact that Snapfish has photo sales...
posted by hulafish 52 posts 4 months agoSorry about the inflexibility of the FLICKR account for your own use. Essentially, think of the pro account as a $25 cost for your guests photos. Since you can DOWNLOAD all of them in their full format, you'll be able to print them out anywhere you want.... Costco, Mpix, Adorama, Kodak, etc. I have not ordered photos from flickr, as most of my orders go through adoramapix.
You can, though, later "re-associate" your account with another Yahoo address. For example... our login was LASTNAMEwedding and we've since reassociated it with another yahoo email address. So we've been able to change both the login and the password, yet the HTML address remains the same!
posted by lemon 96 posts 4 months ago