Making a Post
What's a Post?
A post is a single memory in lovd - like "Beach Holiday", "Mum's Birthday", or "First Day of School". Each post has a title and can include photos, a date, a description, and a location.
Posts come in three types:
Album
A collection of photos. Perfect for holidays, events, or everyday moments.
Event
Mark a special occasion like a wedding, birthday, graduation, or trip.
Note
Save a recipe, journal entry, letter, or other text-based memory.
How to Create a Post
Tap Post in the top right of the header, or press N. The form opens in a pane beside whatever you were looking at. It's a single form rather than a wizard, so fill in the parts you care about in any order, then save.
Choose the type
The top row of the form holds the post type (Album, Event, or Note), an icon and colour picker, and the post's date. Events add a second menu for the occasion (wedding, birthday, trip, and more); Notes add one for the kind of note (journal, recipe, letter, and more).
Add your photos
Two buttons sit at the top of the pane, above the form (beside it when the pane is wide):
- Select existing photos opens your gallery. Tick photos there and they attach to the post as you go; untick one to take it back out.
- Upload media takes you to the upload page for photos that aren't in lovd yet. See Uploading Photos below.
Each attached photo appears as a thumbnail in the pane. Hover one for ✕ to remove it, or for the pin button that drops that photo's location into the post.
Add the details
Give your post a title, then write a description in the editor below it. The date comes from the first attached photo that has one, and you can change it from the date button in the top row at any point.
In the description you can @mention people: type @ and pick someone from the list. Mentions are drawn from the people in the post's collection, or from across your collections when no collection is selected yet.
Set the location and collections
Under Location, search for a place, enter coordinates, or pick a point on the map. Under Collections, the pencil opens the picker: choose as many as you like, for example adding "Christmas Dinner" to both "Family" and "2024 Holidays". You can also leave it empty and add collections later.
Tap Upload post and you're done.
Uploading Photos
Your photos live in one library, and posts are built from that library, so uploading has its own page rather than sitting inside the post form. Open it with Upload in the header (or press U), or with Upload media from a post you're writing.
Add the photos
Drag them onto the page, or tap Add from device. Until the first photo lands, the page is nothing but the drop area. Select as many as you like: lovd handles batch uploads automatically.
Say where they go
The controls appear next to your photos once there's something to act on:
- Add to collections chooses which collections the photos join. Everyone with access to those collections will see them.
- Add to posts links the photos to posts you've already made. Tap Select in gallery and pick the posts there.
- Upload quality switches between Compressed and Original for this batch.
Start the upload
Tap the floating upload button, which counts what's waiting ("Upload 24 photos"). Progress runs on the same bar, and photos keep processing for a moment after it finishes, so give them a little time to sharpen up.
Supported file types
JPEG / JPG
The most common photo format.
PNG
Good for screenshots and graphics with transparency.
WebP
A modern format that keeps quality while saving space.
HEIC
The default iPhone format. Converted automatically.
File size and quality
Each photo can be up to 50 MB, on every plan. If a photo is larger, resize or re-export it first.
Your total storage depends on your plan. See Understanding Plans for the full breakdown, and check your current usage in Account settings → Subscription → Storage.
Photo details are automatic
When you upload, lovd reads the metadata embedded in each image:
- Date taken - when the photo was captured
- Location - where it was taken, if your camera saved it
- Camera info - the device used
That metadata travels with the photo, so a post picks its date up from the first attached photo that has one, and each photo's thumbnail in the post form offers a pin button to use its location for the post. You can edit both at any time.
Event Types
When creating an Event, you can pick from these occasions:
| Icon | Event Type |
|---|---|
| Birthday | |
| Anniversary | |
| Wedding | |
| Celebration | |
| Birth | |
| Memorial | |
| School | |
| Trip | |
| Reunion | |
| Moving | |
| Career | |
| Achievement | |
| Ceremony | |
| Sports | |
| Pet |
Note Types
Notes are perfect for non-photo memories:
| Icon | Note Type | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Journal | Daily reflections, thoughts | |
| Memory | Past moments, reminiscences | |
| Recipe | Family recipes, cooking experiments | |
| Letter | Letters to loved ones or your future self | |
| Quote | Memorable sayings, kids' quotes | |
| List | Bucket lists, wishlists, traditions | |
| Story | Stories, creative writing |
After Creating Your Post
Your post is saved in lovd. You can:
- View it in any collection you added it to
- Edit it anytime to change the title, description, or photos
- Add it to more collections, or remove it from collections without deleting the original
Upload Troubleshooting
Upload failed? Work through these in order:
Check the file size
Is the photo over 50 MB? Resize or re-export it smaller.
Check your storage
Have you run out of space? Check your usage in Account settings → Subscription → Storage.
Check your connection
Uploads need a stable connection - try again if your signal was weak.
Try a different format
If one file won't upload, convert it to JPEG.
Upload seems stuck? Large photos take time, especially on mobile data. Give it a minute, then refresh the page, upload fewer at once, or switch to WiFi.
Photos not appearing? After uploading, photos take a moment to process. If they don't show up after a minute or two, refresh the page and look for any error messages. Still stuck? Contact support.