Dropbox photos in iPhoto photo stream?

Hi
I have photstream working & all is fine but I cannot figure out how to add another location, such as the Dropbox 'photo' folder to iPhoto - can anyone advise if this is possible & how (the Dropbox photo folder is on my laptop).
Thanks,
T

You can't 'add' folders to iPhoto. It's a Photo Manager not an image viewer.
You can import the images to iPhoto. If you wish you can store them on your dropbox but I urge you not to. You're only storing up problems for later.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3062728?tstart=0

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