You can post a message in a group if you have information you want all group members to see. Anyone who has enabled notifications for new posts will receive a push notification in the app. Those who do not have the app will receive an email containing the information from the post. You can find the group’s posts by going to the group in the app or the web version of Spond and selecting “Posts”.
Posts
How to create a post
How to create a post
App:
Open the app
Select the + sign in the top right (iPhone) or bottom left (Android) and select posts
Select the group you want to post to
Choose whether to post in the main group or one or more subgroups
Fill in title, description and visibility
Choose whether to allow comments
Publish
Web:
Log in to your Spond profile here
Select Post at the top of the page
Choose whether to post in the main group or one or more subgroups
Fill in title, description and visibility
Select save at the bottom of the page
Choose whether to allow comments
Publish
Existing posts and new group members
If new members join the group, earlier posts and comments added by administrators or members will be visible to them, provided the member meets the criteria selected for who can view the post. Read more about this here.
Images, videos and attachments in posts
When creating a post, you can add images, videos and other attachments.
Supported file types for Add attachment in the mobile app menu and Attachments in the web version: doc, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, xls, xlsx, csv, ppt, pptx and gpx.
Supported file formats for Add photo or video
Image: jpeg, jpg, gif, png, bmp, tiff and tif.
💡 In the Android and iOS app, you can add up to 20 images to a single post. There is no image limit for posts in the web version.Video: MP4 and MOV.
💡 The maximum video file size for posts is 1 GB, the maximum duration is 10 minutes, and you can add up to 5 videos to a single post.
How to add images, videos and other attachments to a post
How to add images, videos and other attachments to a post
App:
Open the app.
Tap the ➕ icon in the top right corner (bottom right on Android phones).
Select Post.
Tap the group you want to create a post in.
Choose whether the post should be published in the main group or in a subgroup.
Add an image, video or another type of file as an attachment.
Add photo or video:
Select one or more images and tap Done.
💡 In the app, you can add up to 20 images to a single post.
Add attachment:
Upload file – Select a file from your phone’s file archive.
From group's file archive – Select one or more files from the group file archive. Read more here about files in groups.
Take a photo – Take a photo with your phone camera and upload it as a file in the post.
Choose existing photo – Select an image from your phone’s camera roll.
Once everything has been filled in, tap Publish in the top right corner.
Web:
Log in to your Spond profile here.
Click Post.
Click the group you want to create a post in.
Choose whether the post should be published in the main group or in a subgroup.
You have two options: add an image or video, or add an attachment, meaning another type of file.
Add photo or video
Select one or more images.
Attachments
Upload file – Select a file from your computer’s file archive.
From group file archive – Select one or more files from the group file archive. Read more here about files in groups.
Once everything has been filled in, click Create in the bottom right corner.
Visibility
Choose who can see the post:
Members and guardians only.
Members only.
Guardians and adult members only.
💡 In this context, adult members are members who do not have guardians linked to them in the group.
Allow comments in posts
Comments are enabled by default. You can turn them off or on again by using the toggle in the app, or by ticking or unticking the box if you are using the web version.
If someone has already commented on the post, the comments will remain visible to the whole group after comments have been turned off. The post will then show "Comments disabled" underneath it.
Edit or delete posts
If you want to delete or edit a post, simply tap the down arrow in the top right corner of the post. Any administrator with permission to edit posts can do this for all posts and comments, even if they did not create the post or comment themselves. If you delete a post or a comment on a post, it will be deleted for everyone in the group and no one will be able to see the post or comment anymore.
Issues creating posts?
You must be an admin in the group to create a post. If you are an admin but still can't create posts, it means that your admin role does not include post creation rights.
Then you need to check which admin role you've and what accesses it includes.
How to check which admin role you've been allocated
How to check which admin role you've been allocated
Open the group where you are trying to create a post
Select Members inside the group
Select the tab Administrators
Select your own name and look under Administrator roles
How to check what rights your admin role permits
How to check what rights your admin role permits
Open the same group where you checked which admin role you've (you can have different roles in the different groups)
Select the three small dots (...) to go to group settings
Scroll down to Roles and rights
Select the role you've
If you lack the necessary rights, contact an admin in the group that has the right to edit admins
Frequently asked questions
Can I export events via open API?
Can I export events via open API?
We do not currently offer an open API for Spond, so the ability to export posts to external websites is not available. We are constantly evaluating future features based on feedback from our users.
How can I publish posts to multiple groups at once?
How can I publish posts to multiple groups at once?
Unfortunately, it's not possible to publish one post simultaneously in multiple main groups.