What is the correct orientation when taking iPad or phone photos? I don't know because I still use a real camera :)

May ~ There's an "add-on" which makes it easier.
I run firefox so I use this one.

Just two clicks usually.

I think on my iPad mini it works if I have the home button on the left. But I'm not sure if that is the same for every iPad and every version of the operating system. Haven't tried with my iPhone.

On my iPad, the home button has to be on the right when I take pictures if I want them to post correctly.

I appreciate that Houzz saved GW, but I find this site to be incredibly frustrating to post pictures to. Maybe it's because I use my ipad, I dunno but most of the time the picture will upload at the top of my comment as the first item in my post regardless of where I put my cursor. It's an aggrevating PIA to say the least. For a site who's primary goal is to collect pics, it is really disappointing. If I'm reasonably knowledgable with this kind of stuff and have problems, I can only assume others with less experience are having even more trouble.

I think it's nice that you help out by fixing the pictures and I'm sure the OP appreciates the help too. I know I would.

It took me a few tries to figure out the cursor/photo placement too. It's also annoying that you can't remove a photo on edit. IIRC, GW added the ability to click on the photo and turn it, so why can't Houzz?

I've removed photos. Just click it and delete.

I learned the hard way that if I don't crop some of my iPad pictures they go sideways on here. Yesterday I tried to remove a sideways picture in my post by clicking it and it would not work. It had worked in the past. So, I had to leave the sideways picture but add more .

I am T-totally computer illiterate.....I only use an iPad anymore.....my pictures post however they want to post, and I have no way to correct them. Sorry.

I just tried to remove a garden photo I posted yesterday. Went into edit and right clicked on the photo and it does not highlight delete as an option.

Springroz and others, feel free to take some photos and post them here so you can figure out where your button needs to be.

If they use a real camera, of course, there is no issue (or certainly hasn't been for me).

I haven't had any trouble deleting photos (within the edit time limit), so just tried it in the test forum. I click edit, then hold down the left click button, and scroll over the pic. It should be highlighted, then hit delete button on computer (I'm using an acer laptop). If I decide to delete the pic before submitting, instead of being highlighted it's bracketed (as if being cropped), but still able to delete.

A strange thing--in the test forum, if I try to delete a photo from a post that has no text, the photo deletes from the comment, but when I hit 'update' it reappears in the original comment. I think I'll try it here in another post.

Pic of bread. (deleted)

That was an ordeal--it would not let me delete the pic that was posted with no text included, even when edited to include text. It seemed to attach the post with the pic to my post above. I finally deleted the whole comment (delete button on the message box), then posted a pic with the comment 'pic of bread'. No problem deleting the pic from this message. Sheesh.

You all got me curious - my photo (no text) went away after clicking 'edit', then highlighting & hitting delete button.

On my desktop iMac w/ Chrome browser - not a phone or iPad...

This seems like it may a compatability problem?

I could delete it after posting and highlighting it. Didn't know that trick. What I can't do is remove the photo before I submit. Sometimes I have the post written and decide I don't like the photo and want to use a different one, so it looks like I'll need to submit it and then edit the photo.

I dunno what is going on, before reading this thread, I only noticed an occasional pic posted sideways and now they are everywhere!!!!

It must be the power of suggestion, lukki. Have you checked your toes lately?

ha! no...but I will now!!! lol

Houzz sucks. I'm sorry, I still don't like it. The photo problems have me passing over a lot of threads to which I'd normally contribute. And the message board is part of a site I just really dislike.

I'm with kswl2. I've been trying my best to give it a chance, thinking I may get used to it. It's not happening :(

Is anyone still having trouble with the bright white background? I did the morning glories for awhile but liked the cleaner Houzz format. I haven't had trouble with the white.

I edit mine with photoshop and they post on HOUZZ GW correctly, but Pinterest is a whole new ballgame. They say the app knows which way you took the photo and it flips it back sidewise. Makes me nuts! Now I have to go back and re-edit it 90 degrees counter clockwise AKA sidewise, and Pinterest straightens it for me.......... Sigh

does anyone know how to delete a photo while you are posting. For example, if you are composing a post and insert a picture and you don't want it for some reason? I cannot find a way to simply delete the photo without exiting the whole post and starting over

You have to post it then delete it. Discussed above ^.

May ~ You don't need to post then delete.

violet ~You'll have to "back" and yes, you will loose the whole post.

If you have a long post already composed just "copy" then "paste" it into a new post.

I just got a new tablet (Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2) so I just took a picture of it to test and see how it worked here.

As you can see, mine too moved the picture to the top of my post.

I have to agree with KSWL and Errant. I won't totally leave but I just don't like this new format. I find myself spending less time here.

Some things are better; some are not. On the whole, I like it just fine.

I'm fine with our new home I'm using the Style thingy and it looks almost like it did before. I actually find it very user friendly and love that we don't have to use HTML anymore for bold and italics.

4boys, I think I'd rather post and then delete the photo. I'm never 100% positive I won't lose a post, even when I copy it.

They claimed to be fixing this in April it's now July and it's still happening. Very annoying. Can't they install a rotate button?

I have pointed out several glitches to them. In addition to the whole annoying sideways photo thing, I've found that links I post move or disappear completely after I hit submit. Then I need to go back in and do it again.

If you highlight and try to delete it wants to leave the page. It's an adaptation, not the original forum set up that was popular before.

The one piece of information I was given after several complaints is that Houzz is optimized for the Google Chrome browser. If you use Chrome here photos post properly and the links don't disappear.

I use Chrome for 1 or two things because it is rapacious about tracking every single thing someone does. Then Google collects and profits from the information and your privacy is invaded more than it usually is by Firefox or even IE. Ipads use Safari. You'd think a design site would be optimized for that and mobile but on mobile the site isn't scalable.

Houzz should address this. They've been told. They don't seem to care.