If you've read my previous post, you will have seen how I recently discovered a way to post a picture from Flickr, directly to my blog, using the MetaWebLog API.

I promised that I'd write up how do this, so here you go. It's fairly straightforward to do and should only take a couple of minutes.

Step 1

Go to http://www.flickr.com/blogs.gne, logging in if necessary. You should see a screen like the one below:

Click "Set up your blog" to continue

Step 2

When asked for the type of your blog, select MetaWeblogAPI enabled blog and click Next.

Step 3

Enter the appropriate details for your blog. The API endpoint is the base URL for your blog with metaweblog.axd added to the end, so if my site is http://www.tumelty.com/blog/, I would need to enter http://www.tumelty.com/blog/metaweblog.axd

Remember to add the directory if your blog is not in the root of the server. 

Step 4

Confirm that the details are correct. If you get an error at this point, check the URL you entered and your username and password. Remember that these should be the ones you use to log into your blog, not your Flickr username/password.

If everything looks good, click "All Done" and you're done! 

Step 5

This screen should confirm that your blog has been successfully added. You can now play about with the templates, or choose one of the preselected templates.

To post an image to your blog, open it up in Flickr, and click "Blog This" in the toolbar. 

Hope this is useful!