Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Sure wish I could add photos

I struggle with this every attempt I make. I have read the tutorial over and over. It seems the forum does not like apple products. I have to email pics from my iPhone to myself then drag the photo into the photo manager. It loads about 3/4 of the way and stops. Also some of the optional buttons I've been told to press do not appear to be on my mac version of your forum or however that works. If i try to load a photo from my phone it just says I can't load those file types. Again, if i simply email them then try they attempt to load and never complete. None of the files are too large. Thanks for any help again.

So, I am returning to PondBoss from a 3+ year absence and a few things have changed including posting pictures to the forum. Doing a little search it appears quite a few people have it figured out, but several people have gotten frustrated and even quit trying to post pictures at all. However, I feel like pictures are a huge part of helping each other since we can see what the pond owner sees. So, I spent about an hour fumbling through the process and I figured out a fairly easy way to post pictures to where they will show up directly in your post without the reader having to click on a link. You will have to create a FREE flickr account, but this literally took less than 5 minutes to do. I am sure you can use any of the popular image sharing websites, but for this tutorial I chose to use flickr.

Once you create your flickr account click on the Upload Photo Button seen in the screenshot below:
flickr - Upload by North Texas Half Acre, on Flickr

Once you have your photo(s) uploaded you will then click on the Share Photo Button seen in the screenshot below:
flickr - Share Button by North Texas Half Acre, on Flickr

When you click on the Share button a window will pop up with Share, Embed, Email and BBCode as choices. Click BBCode, which stands for Bulletin Board Code. You can change the size of the image that will display in your post and then Copy/Paste the jumble of characters directly into your forum message. Do NOT click the Insert Image Link button in the forum header.
flickr - BBCode by North Texas Half Acre, on Flickr

If all goes well your images should show up directly in your messages. Flickr also has phone apps that should work exactly the same. Hopefully this helps some to be able to finally post pictures.

B.Cody Note --- Thanks for this helpful information about posting pictures. I added a link to this thread and this new post to the Common Q&A Archives section.

John - Don't feel bad for having difficulty posting photographs. I have some of the same problems which is why I do not post pictures. I don't need those type of difficulty and problems. So I have given up trying.

We were told by the pondboss that the new version of the software would make the process of uploading photos easier. It was one of the main things folks requested when the invite for feedback went out. It is crazy clunky and difficult to do 5-6 steps just in order to have your picture show up in the body of the message. I don't know why the attachment manager can't upload and pop in the picture at the same time like most every other forum does.

I am on a Windows PC and struggle because the forum software even seems to reject .jpg and instead wants it to be a .jpeg?? I can't even get the forum to view properly on the chrome web browser on my android phone. The columns get all messed up.

Here is hoping we can someday we can have the picture conundrum fixed. Perhaps even some day have a mobile app so the 99% of us who take pictures on our cell phone can just upload right into a message right on the bank of the pond!

I switched from Photobucket to Imgur when they did the bait and switch. No regrets.

I use imgur as well. The photo has to be hosted on an on-line site before a link to it can be put here to have the photo show up.

Let me see if I can get your photos to show.

There, they show now.

https://www.flickr.com/ is super easy to use and works well with Apple via their app
Upload a photo, click share, paste the sharable URL to your post

IMG_7048 by ForgottenIowa, on Flickr

It won't take them straight from an iPhone. I will try the apps.

Yes, any photo sharing site will work. The key is finding the right link to paste into the forum. Each site will give you several link options. You just need to try each one until you figure out the right one. Once you figure it out it will be the same every time. It may be cumbersome at first but once you have done it four of five times it will be super easy.

In IMGUR it is the one that says to use it for forums (BBcode) since this is a forum:)

Yes, BBCode stands for “Bulletin Board Code.” So, whatever site you are using look for that. It is like putting a picture on a bulletin board for all to see. It will stay there as long as you leave the picture on the host site. If you remove the picture from the host site the picture will go away on Pond Boss. I think that is the issue people ran into a few years back with Photobucket. I think Photobucket changed their servers so the path to everyone’s pictures changed. But the link that was pasted on Pond Boss still pointed to the old location.