Q&A for External Albums (Flickr, Zonerama, etc.)

Postcards & Mail Postcard chat!
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The site I used for many years went out of business. I have used Zonerama since then. Superb and very happy.

For my postcard store, I use HipPostcard.

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I used them. Too quirky for my tastes…

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I think, price aside, Flickr is the best - the way names are displayed is very clear, and there is lots of space for more information in the description. But it is too expensive - the price rose so much over a few years that I had to stop using it.

I’m using OneDrive, which is a Microsoft product that is very similar to Google Drive. The big advantage with either of these is I can sync them to my computer, and so I can browse and upload via either file explorer or the web page, and changes I make will happen in both. When I used Flickr, I had scans on my computer as well, for uploading to PC, and I’d forget to make changes in both places, eg when a card was no longer available.

I’m happy browsing in Zonerama, Douban, or a blog (for a small number of cards - this would probably not be ideal for a big collection), but a big thumbs down to anything on social media.

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I used to love flickr till they limited it to 1000 files for free use. It’s too expensive while zonerama comes close to flickr and it’s free with not too many adds. So my choice is easy Zonerama all the way!

Google photos is decent but you have to give a link for every album that’s why I don’t like it. Douban is too slow and for the others I’m not keen on others having to make an account to watch my albums.

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I know many people who have multiple links like that use Linktr.ee to have them all in one place and to make it so they only have to provide one link.

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I use Flickr, but I’ve been looking for another site because I don’t like paying the annual fee. I’ve had it for a long time, but I feel like there has to be a better (and cheaper) way! I do love when people have Flickr Faves though so I can send them cards they have selected!

I’ll be following this, thanks!!

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I still use Flickr for the favs but that’s it.

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Hello @jewelldelis ,
someone just asked a question about flickr in another topic and I noticed that we don’t have a help topic for Flickr, zonerama & Co.
What do you think about changing your topic to this?

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Hi @Bille,

We can definitely change this topic to a help section for Flickr, et al. I’ll update the title and move it to the Help section.

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Thank you :heart_eyes:

But I moved it back , because the #postcrossing:help is only for real postcrossing purposes.

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Hi Folks,
I hope I’m in the right place and hope I’m posting my question correctly.

I’d like to create a ‘favorites’ page. From what I understand, I can do that on a site like Flickr, where I just created an account.

My question is…
Is there an easy way to create favorites without having to add one at a time? for example, if I see someone else’s favorites page and I like most or all of them, can I copy and paste sections of that page and add it to my Flickr?
Thank you kindly,
Judi

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Hello @AprilSun66
at Flickr you have to click on the star below the picture and you can only do this one after the other.

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Thanks Bille,
Is there another site that it’s easier to do this?
Thanks,
Judi

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I don’t know another site where you can add favourites, except of course on the postcrossing wall.
On all other sites I know you can make favourites albums where you have to upload pictures of cards that you would like to get.
And that is more time consuming as if you like pictures on flickr and on the postcrossing wall.

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Hi eveyone!
Seeking a flickr expert.
My computer died, currently I’m stick with just my cell phone.
I get my pictures uploaded ok, but for the life of me I can’t find a way to sort my albums via cell, and they are getting really messy.
Can anyone help???

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Are you using your Mobile Internet Website or the Mobile App?

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i’m not understanding your question :see_no_evil:
I basically follow the link in my prifile, then select the desktop view in the menu

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Well, but in that case it should work the same way as it does on desktop. At least it did in the past. Since September I use Zonerama and I don’t know if they’ve changed something.

Edit: Ah, no, wait. It’s not working as you cannot draw the albums.

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I realise this topic is super old, but let’s see if I have some luck.
On Zonerama it seems that there isn’t an option to add a picture to multiple albums like there is on Flickr, is that right?
If so, what do people normally do regarding classifying their pics? For example, I have some which fall under illustration and also under animals - should I upload the pic twice?

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It is a bit cumbersome that zonerama doesn’t have the option to upload a photo to multiple albums, but I generally will just upload it twice (one to each related album). While annoying, I recognize that it is a completely free service and that some of the perks of flickr are just things I have to live without haha.

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