Rob Young

Due to the fact that phpBB3 doesn’t let you post html, posting images from flickr on phpBB3 looks like a bit of a hash-up involving [IMG] and [URL] tags. I searched for ages for a Custom BBCode that allowed you to post the HTML provided by flickr on the “All Sizes” page in a custom tag, but found nothing. Thankfully, one of my friends knocked one together – so here’s how to use flickr’s HTML in a custom phpBB3 BBCode tag and get nice output.This BBCode only really works if you use medium size – I can’t really see the need for anything larger on a forum though.

To make the changes, you’ll need to go to the Admin Control Panel (ACP) and the Posting section.

Add a Custom BBCode, and you’ll be presented with a screen:

1. This field defines what text will be replaced. In our case, we’re specifying that whenever the [flickr=][/flickr] tag is written, the HTML after the equals will be formatted. Enter the following into this field:

[flickr=<a href="{URL1}" title="{TEXT1}"><img src="{URL2}" width="{NUMBER1}" height="{NUMBER2}" alt="{TEXT2}" /></a>][/flickr]

2. This field translates what’s been entered by the user in the custom tag into HTML output. In our case it’s taking the flickr HTML string and showing the image with a caption:

<a href="{URL1}" title="{TEXT1}"><img src="{URL2}" width="{NUMBER1}" height="{NUMBER2}" alt="{TEXT2}" /></a><br /><a href="{URL1}">{TEXT2}</a>

3. This field is the mouseover text – set it to whatever you want. I set:

Flickr: [flickr=<Flickr, Medium Size, Copy & Paste HTML>][/flickr]

Lastly, make sure you’ve ticked “Display on posting page” if you want the flickr= tag to appear with the others (such as [IMG]) when writing a new post.

Done! Now you’ll be able to write [flickr=][/flickr] and get a nicely formatted image, with a clickable title. This doesn’t violate flickr’s community guidelines, as it links back to the photo page.

Hope this helped – again, credit to my friend for writing it