Can someone help me learn how actual images can be posted?
I am a photographer and used to managing attachments, but this one has me stumped.
Step One: at the bottom of the "quick reply" box are two buttons: "Post Quick Reply" and "Go Advanced"
Click the "Go Advanced", and you're brought to a more fully-featured edit screen.
(animated smileys on the right, more buttons on top)
On the top set of icons, click the PAPERCLIP icon, which will bring up another small window that is the "browse box" for up to five included/attached files (including photos).
The size limits are listed below the button area.
First you use the BROWSE buttons to identify the photos you want to add,
then (finally, or mid-way) click the UPLOAD button to get them eaten by the forum.
If any of the files don't meet the criteria (more than 900 pixels wide, or too large) this is when it will complain.
(once they've been accepted, you can close the Browse box)((note its ability to Remove uploads if you wish))
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Now that they're loaded to the server, return to the posting edit window, and click in it to place the cursor where you want the image inserted.
Now click the drop-arrow next to the paperclip.
You'll get the list of uploaded files/photos.
Click the one you want *there* and the mark-up for the insertion will appear in the message.
Any uploaded photos you do NOT assign a specific placement for will be attached at the bottom of your posting when you click "Submit Reply" below the edit box.
When you click the drop-arrow next to the paperclip, one of the choices is "Manage Attachments" ... clicking that brings up the browse box again (handy for changing photos if you edit your message after initially posting it)
--dick
p.s. the first posting in this very thread has an illustrated example:
https://sprinter-source.com/forums/showthread.php?t=467
p.p.s. the files you upload can be accessed through your Control Panel: on the forum's top Blue Bar, click
User CP, and "attachments" are at the bottom of the left-margin choice list.
The Control Panel menu also (further up) has a "pictures and albums" feature that lets you post photos *there*, for later use in messages, thus getting around the "five attachments per message" (and 900 pixels, i think) limitations.
Note that very wide images (beyond 1000 pixels) make reading your posting slightly difficult.