After experiencing much difficulty in attempting to load an image onto the forum, I enlisted the help of Jason Potts. The instructions below are based on Jason’s advice to me. Any errors are down to me and, if it doesn’t work, possibly you. Any improvements to the instructions are welcome.
1 Upload the images that you wish to post in the Forum onto an ‘image hosting site’ such as Photobucket. (If you don’t have an account with one of these sites, you’ll have to create one.)
Tip: By trial and error I’ve found the maximum image width to fill the reply column is 640 pixels; any wider and the image expands beyond the column width.
2 Log into the Forum and select the topic you wish to reply to.
3 Enter text in the reply panel as required.
4 When an image is required to be entered, select the image icon (that’s the one with the Mona Lisa) and (img)(/img) will appear in the reply panel. (Note: I have substituted () for [] in the text, otherwise the Forum starts looking for a non-existent image.)
5 Return to the ‘image hosting site’ and choose the first image that you wish to post in the Forum and copy the http address, e.g.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i468/jsmith/4%20Front%20LH%20view%20640pxW.jpg.
Tip 1: If using Photobucket, place the cursor over the Direct field and left click on the mouse; the field will turn yellow, indicating that the address is now in your clip-board. There will be a similar process for other ‘image hosting sites’.
Tip 2: I find Photobucket incredibly slow. To save time, if you have a number of images to post, temporarily copy and paste all the addresses into Notepad for use in step 6.
6 Paste the http address of the required image between the (img)(/img), e.g. (img)http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i468/jsmith/4%20Front%20LH%20view%20640pxW.jpg(/img).
7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the next image.
8 When the draft post is complete, press the Preview button and check that the image(s) appear.
9 Press the Save button and your post with image(s) will appear in the Forum.
End of Instruction
