1. Getting Started with Flickr

3. Flickr Terms of Service and Guidelines

4. Create an Account

5. Uploading Photos

6. Your Photostream

7. Sets and Collections

8. Photo Licenses

9. Other Features

10. Pro Account

11. Tips

13. Flickr Terms of Service and Guidelines Make sure to read the official policy on Social Media Sites here. Register your account with the Social Media registry by going to Defense.gov page and following the instructions. Flickr provides a useful page outlining their community guidelines and terms of use. Be sure to read it at: http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne

14. Creating your Account

16. Once you have created a Yahoo! account, go to Flickr.com and click on the “Create Your Account” button.

18. After you fill in the screen name, click “Create a New Account” to continue.

20. Click on “Find an image on my computer” to get started.

21. Then click on “Browse” to select your image and then click “Upload” to upload it.

23. For example, CJCS Adm. Mullen uses “thejointstaff” as his custom URL.

26. Uploading Photos

28. Be sure you own the photos that you are uploading. For example, you cannot upload AP photos to your Flickr site.

30. While the 100MB bandwidth limit for photos is firm, we do allow a little leeway for video in case you encounter transcoding errors, sound sync weirdness, etc. You will be able to delete and upload a new video. Please note, that if we determine you’re abusing your free video upload privileges, we may block your ability to share video.

31. Your upload limits are reset to zero at midnight in Pacific Time Zone (Flickr headquarters time) on the first of each calendar month. You can't recover any of your monthly allowance by deleting photos. If you have a free account, you'll see your limit on the upload page.

34. If your photos are part of the same group or event, make sure to tag your photos with appropriate keywords.

35. A tag is used like a keyword in searches. Use tags that would be a common search term for your photo.

36. Make sure to keep the privacy setting at “Public” so your audiences can find your photos.

38. You can select multiple photos for upload at one time.

39. Once you’ve selected your photos to add to Flickr, they will appear in the white box at the top of the page.

40. You can add more photos by clicking on “Add More”

43. Managing Your Photos

45. Collection: A collection contains multiple sets that have something in common or cover the same theme. For more information on collections, go here.

46. NOTE: Collections are only available for pro account holders.

47. Gallery: A gallery is a place for you to put up to 18 of your favorite public photos that have been uploaded by others, not you. This may come in handy if you promote a photo contest and you select a small group of winners or something to that effect.

48. Groups: A place where you and others can share photos. A group can be public, public (invitation only), or private.

50. Click on “Sets” below “Your Photostream” or click on “You” then “Your Sets.”

52. Here we will be creating a set with the photos that we uploaded.

54. Drag the photos you want in this Set from the bottom of the screen to the box above.

56. Click on “Your Photostream” in the upper right hand corner.

60. To do this go to “Your Account.” Then select the “Privacy and Permissions” tab.

62. Click “Set Default License”.

64. Click on “Organize and Create” then select “All your content”

65. Click the “Select all” link at the bottom of the screen.

67. Here you will select the “Attribution-NoDerivs Creative Commons” button and click “Change License”

70. To do this, click on “People Search” under the “Contacts” tab at the top of your page.

71. Search for a Flickr account of a specific unit, or in this case America.gov. Notice you are searching under “People” and not Groups or Photos.

75. You can add a Title to your photo by placing it in the Subject line, and a description by putting it in the body of the email. The example here was done from an online email account, not from a mobile phone, but the idea is the same.

76. Once you click Send, your photo will show up in your photostream (it may take a few minutes to appear).

78. With a pro account you’ll be able to receive more robust statistics from Flickr. For more about this, click on the “You” tab at the top of your page and then on “Your Stats”.

80. The benefits to having a pro account are:

81. Unlimited uploads and storage

82. Unlimited sets and collections

83. Access to your original files

84. Statistics on your account

85. Ad-free browsing and sharing

86. HD playback for high-definition video uploads

87. Keep in mind that 100MB of photos does not go too far, so if your post wants to upload photos from multiple events a month, a pro account may be for you. Also, the ability to collect metrics for your Flickr account will be beneficial in the long term, especially when you want to evaluate the effectiveness of this outreach method.

89. General Tips Flickr’s Frequently Asked Questions page is very useful. Find it here: http://www.flickr.com/help/faq/ Here is another page with Flickr tips: http://www.labnol.org/internet/pictures/flickr-guide-do-everything-with-flickr-pictures/4973/

91. Where possible, ask permission of people you have photos of to take the photo, use the photo and identify them in the photo. Verbal permission is sufficient for adults, but if there may be any questions, we recommend you get this release in writing.

96. The U.S. Navy page advertises its Flickr site with a My Flickr badge on Facebook.