Photo blog from Flickr tag(s) ←

Note: This project is not maintained or updated. It is released to the public domain without warranty or support.

The gist

1. Upload a photo to Flickr.
2. Tag it as “blog”.
3. It shows up automatically in your photo blog.

Features

For an example, see my photo blog. It may seem minimal, but it's extremely full-featured and standards-compliant.

• Syndication (Atom feed)
• Pull from one or more Flickr tags
• Automatic updating
• Photos load from Flickr’s servers, not yours
• Caching to reduce server load
• No scripting or images
• No MySQL, everything is XML-based
• Easy templating via XSL

• HTML 4.01 Strict
• Conditionally serve XHTML 1.0 Strict (using the proper MIME type)
• Atom 1.0
• Conditional get
• UTF-8

Requirements

• Flickr API key
• Apache with mod_rewrite (or compatible alternative)
• PHP 4 or 5 with XSLT support
• Ability to grant write access to one directory

Instructions

1. Download FlickrBlog (tar, gzip).
2. Unpack it.
3. Rename “htaccess” to “.htaccess”, or add its contents to the appropriate virtualhosts file. Don’t forget to adjust the RewriteBase.
4. Edit “index.php” and provide your Flickr API key and other configuration variables.
5. Grant write access to the “xml” subdirectory.
6. Optional: for extra efficiency, have your Web server check the cache before calling PHP (see suggested settings in “htaccess”).

This is not a good solution for someone who doesn’t like tinkering under the hood a bit. Experience with Apache, PHP, and XSLT is recommended in case something goes wrong. It is probably most useful to someone looking for a codebase to extend quickly.

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