Posting Images

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Posting Images

January 15, 2026, 08:31:17 PM

Please be patient folks, as the new forum gets set up (and the new users get used to it).

we can include images in our posts, when we need to. To post an image, use the "add files by dragging & dropping or selecting them" at the bottom below the new post dialog box. This will insert the image at the bottom of your post in thumbnail size. Users will click on the image to see it full size.

Once things get rolling I would like to see more functions enabled, so that images can be inserted in-line with the text.

Re: Posting Images

Reply #1 – January 15, 2026, 08:35:26 PM

There is a button above the new post dialog box that says "insert an image" which might be working now.
I tried it yesterday and the image didn't show up. I've used it now writing this post, and it might be working.
(I can't be sure until after I click to submit this "Post".)
It should appear right below:

Re: Posting Images

Reply #2 – January 15, 2026, 08:46:16 PM

OK, good, that worked. In the toolbar above the dialog box the button for inserting the image in-line looks like this:

Wherever your cursor is in the dialog box, this tool then inserts the code necessary to display the image, which looks like this:

Code: [Select]

[img]https://www.website.com/image.gif[/img]

One more button that seems to be helpful: at the far right of the toolbar above the dialog box is an "eye" that is labeled "view source". Actually what it does is toggles between raw code and a preview of the way it will display after you post it. Your image should transform from code in square braces to a copy of the image you want to include.

Interestingly, this preview is different from the preview you get above your post when you click the Preview button below the dialog box. Well, this is the first time I've tried both of these buttons in the same post, so let's see which one takes.

Is anyone confused? Maybe it's better to just click buttons and try it!

Re: Posting Images

Reply #3 – January 15, 2026, 08:47:29 PM

Yeah, I already did something wrong. There was supposed to be an image between the first and second lines of my previous message. I'm still learning too!