Come together with the global Drupal community in Rotterdam, 28 Sept – 1 Oct 2026. Sessions, contribution, connection, and Early Bird savings until 8 June.First, thank you for this outstanding module. Installed and works like a charm!
I'm using the "Recent photosfrom a Flickr group" (notice the missing space) block on a sub-page of the site. It basically loads 16 recent photos from a Flickr group pool. I haven't nailed down the timing involved, but it seems random loads of the page (where this block is located) takes 15s+ to load as (I assume) it grabs fresh images. Subsequent requests go quickly as I also assume they're cached in some fashion.
I had thought of using cron to poll the page every 5-10 minutes to force a refresh so that (at least most) users won't see this "issue." Problem is, it's restricted to site members only, therefore cron gets a 403.
Any tips, ideas?
Comments
Comment #1
lolandese commentedCan you try how it loads with square images? If that works I suggest you try the patch from #2227669: Use the cache API for Flickr blocks (loads them quicker) for other sizes.
If it's still slow, let me know.
Thanks.
Comment #2
mholve commentedThanks lolandese; I'm actually using the small squares.
Comment #3
lolandese commentedIndeed that particular block had a bug in it. The patch in #2229255: Add slideshows to filters (sets and group pools) should solve that.
Let me know by setting this fixed once you've tested and it's okay or giving feedback otherwise.
Thanks.
Comment #4
mholve commentedPatched and testing... Will report back.
Thanks!
Comment #5
mholve commentedNope, no change. Symptoms; wait a while, refresh the page - and it takes a while to update or something. Then the page loads and the images populate on the page.
Comment #6
lolandese commentedSee https://drupal.org/comment/8641555#comment-8641555.
Comment #7
lolandese commentedHave a look at #2227669: Use the cache API for Flickr blocks (loads them quicker).
Using the latest dev (7.x-1.x) should now solve this.