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Attaching Photos to Show in Your Forum Post

There is a little known secret that I've been going into posts that people have attached pictures to insert the codes so they will display in line with the post. Information is provided here so anyone can do this to their own posts in the future. Here are the steps.

• Attach the jpg, gif or png file using the File Manager link at the bottom of your post (visible when creating or replying to a post only)
• Complete your post then click the Submit button
  
• Open the post for reading as you normally do, then mouse over the link at the bottom of the post with the file attachment. Right click on the link and depending on your browser, select "Copy Link Location", "Copy Shortcut" or similar option offered on the browser menu. If you have multiple attachments, it's easier to open the post in a new window so you can easily switch between windows that are Reading a post and Editing a post
  
• Click on Edit (if multiple pictures do this in another browser window)
  
• Position the cursor at the position you want the picture to display. Insert a couple of line feeds so there is a blank line above and below where you want to insert the picture
  
• Click on the picture Icon in the forum editing toolbar just above your posting window. It's the 4th icon from the left, in between the icon that looks like a letter, and an icon that looks like a monitor (see below - Icon with red line around it). When the context menu displays, click on "insert a non-floating image", then in the dialog box that appears, paste the link that you captured by pressing "Ctrl V" to paste (this is the Windows paste function)
  
• When you've completed inserting images, press Change Post - hint, you can press Preview Post and scroll down to see how the post will look and edit as needed before pressing Submit

File Format Hint Update: BMP (bitmap) is NOT one of the file formats supported by the Forum software, so will not display as an inline picture. It must be formatted as a jpg, gif or png file. You can open the bmp file in most any photo editor (including "Paint" included with Windows, and resave it in the required format.