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I'm going to post some notes I made on the different ways to use images in posts (which I'll edit if things change or I learn different from my current ideas) and then add a second post to comment on bugs and desired features in this area. Others are encouraged to use this topic to share their views. Uploading, linking and attaching images When composing a message, there are multiple ways to include images with your posts. Note that images may be resized and compressed to fit the forum's requirements. The largest image supported appears to be 1200x800. Smaller images will be stored in their actual size, while larger ones will be scaled to this size. In all cases, thumbnails will be the same (much smaller) size. The only way to have an image appear inline larger than a thumbnail is to link to an external server using the "Image" icon in the editor (4.3 below). Methods 1. Upload to the forum as part of a post: At the bottom of the forum, click Browse, find the image on your computer, and click Attach This File to upload it. The rotating icon will display while it is loaded, but you can continue editing while it does. Once loaded, it appears in a list of images below the composition window. 1.1. Do nothing else, and the image appears at the bottom of the message body as one of the "Attached Thumbnails". 1.2. After uploading, position the insertion cursor (i.e., click) in the text where you want the image to appear and then, on the image line, click Add to Post and the image will appear inline as a thumbnail. 2. Upload to the forum as part of a gallery: (I haven't tried this yet) 3. Use a previously uploaded image of yours (either prior attachments or gallery images): 3.1 Position the insertion cursor (i.e., click) in the text where you want the image to appear. Click My Media at top of composition window, select which category on images to use, click on an image. A "sharedmedia" link appears in the text. Click Finished to close the media window. The image will appear inline as a thumbnail. 4. Link to an image elsewhere. 4.1. Paste (or type) a URL into the text without html codes. The URL appears as a clickable link to the image. 4.2. Type some text where you want the image to appear and select it. Click the Link icon above the message window (looks like a chain). Paste or type the URL into the field in the window and click Ok. The text you typed appears as a URL to the image. 4.3. Position the insertion cursor (i.e., click) in the text where you want the image to appear. Click the Image icon above the message window (looks like a photograph). Paste or type the URL into the window that appears and click Ok. The image appears as a large-size inline image. Edit: typo correction