Flash Flickr Badge Widget for WordPress

ATTENTION: I now recommend that you use the Javascript Flickr Badge widget instead.

I love the Flickr Flash Badges, but the content of the iframe that you have to put on your page is not valid XHTML. That just won't do. So I decided to take matters into my own hands... While I was investigating the parameters that Flickr's flash file takes, and figured out how to change the numbers of rows and columns, as well as the size of the images in the badge.

With a little PHP tinkering, a plug-in was born!

flickr-flash-badge-widget.1.5.zip

Features

• Simple widget interface
• Easily set up to use whatever Flickr account you wish
• Easily change the size of the thumbnails
• Easily define the number of rows and columns
• Easily limit your pictures by Flickr tags
• Choose between two transitions:
  • Big Then Small
  • Fade

Requirements

• A Flickr Account
• A WordPress Blog
• This is a "Sidebar Widget", so you must have the Automattic Widget Plugin installed.

Installation

1. Download the plugin here: flickr-flash-badge-widget.1.1.zip
2. Unzip the plugin into your /wp-content/plugins directory.
3. Activate the plugin in your WordPress admin.
4. Enter your Flickr account details into the widget settings on the Sidebar Widgets page in your WordPress admin (see screenshot).
5. Drag the widget onto the sidebar where you want it on the Sidebar Widgets page in your WordPress admin.

Screenshots

The plugin can be seen in action on the sidebar on the left side of this page.

How can I find my @N00 Flickr ID?

One easy way is to use Big Huge Lab's Flickr DNA page. Simply enter your username into the box and hit 'Apply'.

Why was this hard?

Flickr has a magic variable called "magisterLudi" (which seems to be a literary reference) that changes every 24 hours. When you use their default method with the iframe, the content of the iframe contains the current value of the magisterLudi. This prevents you from just pasting the