cpwl said:
Simple question, Where are the instructions for posting photos to the forum?
This forum provides no means for photo hosting itself. However, you can post links to photos hosted
elsewhere (and this is what we have all done in order to place images in our posts).
To add an image link to your post, use the "Img" button at the top of the post editor to add some image markup. The linked image will be displayed inline.
But, first you will need to create URLs for your images. To do so, upload your photos to somewhere like Photobucket, Flickr, or one of the many free image hosting sites on the interwebs, such as postimage.org, and use the features of that site to obtain URLs for your images.
Pro tip: Please do not post
GIANT inline images in your posts. These can take a long time to load and can overwhelm the overall formatting of the forum pages. In short, some people find them annoying. Usually the images that come directly out of your camera are too large to post inline; and should probably be resized first.
If you wish to post a large image (for special detail or something), I suggest you use the "Img" tool to first insert markup for a smaller (thumbnail-like) image, then wrap that markup in [url] markup (using the "URL" tool) where the linked URL points to the original large image. That way, people will still know there is an image (they will see the thumbnail) and can load/view the giant image only if they want to (by clicking the thumbnail).
In particular, postimage.org has some buttons at the end of its image upload process that you can use to automatically place preformatted "thumbnail-image-pointing-to-original-giant-image" links into your clipboard. These performatted links are compatible with this forum's markup. postimage.org can also resize your images as they are uploaded. I am sure many of the other sites have similar features (either when uploading or when creating URLs).