Before you post...

You cannot post a photo directly from your hard drive. The photo or graphic you want to post has to be on a web server first, which means it has to have a URL, which means it's address looks somewhat like this: http://www.mywebserver.com/myphoto.jpg

Find pictures...

If you don't have your own webserver, you can use web photo services like e.g. www.photobucket.com to upload your own photos. If you don't have any of your own you can look for pictures on search engines like www.google.com and do an image search based on your key words.

How to get a picture's URL...

In your web browser (Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox,..) right-click on the picture you want and then select "Properties". In the box highlight the URL shown, right-click again and select "Copy"

If you have your photos in a web photo account, you will see a list under the photo, that has a choice for

1. URL Link
2. HTML Tag
3. IMG Code

Use the URL Link, highlight it, and copy it

Include the photo in your message board post....

In the message post, to the left side, you will see a panel of buttons.Click on [image].



A dialog box pop up prompting you for a link.
Right-click the entry field and select "Paste".
Your URL link should go right in, then click on [OK].



In the text field of the message the URL of the photo now appears framed by an image tag in brackets:
[img noborder]....[/img]. In order to avoid breaking up the message board layout, pictures that are wider than 600 pixels should be reduced in width. You can do this by adding the parameter width and setting an appropriate value, eg.: [img noborder width=600]....[/img]

When posting a photo, always check the box "Preview", then click on the button [Add Post] and review your message and photo. If you are happy with the look of your post click on the [Add Post] again.



That's all folks!

Thanks to Steeler2Paws for providing the instructions!