Btw, welcome aboard.
I'll try to step you thru the process. Assuming you're logged in:
1. At the top of the page you'll see "Visit the Image Gallery" - Click it.
2. On the page the comes up Click on "Upload File"
3. You'll see several blanks with a "Browse" button beside each. Clicking one will open a window where you can select the file you want to upload.
4. Click "Continue". When it replys that the upload was succesful click continue again.
5. The next screen contains various information. You MUST give your upload a new file name where indicated. The other info is optional.
6. Click Continue and you'll get this message: "The previous file was placed successfully.
You have successfully placed all the files."
Your done.
7. To view the files in your Gallery Click "My Gallery" . There you can edit, delete, etc. You can access your Gallery from any page by clicking on "Visit the Image Gallery" at the top.
Part 2:
1. To embed a image in a post from your Gallery, simply click on the "Options Insert Photos" link at the lower left of the screen when you are posting, select the image you want and click once on it. Make sure you put a space between the image url and any preceding or following text or urls.
Hope this helps. If you have any additional questions or problems one of the mods or other members can also help you.
With all that said, try to avoid super large pics. I keep mine below 1024, usually 800, which makes it easier on everyone. We still have people on dial up.
If you decide to use a hosting service such as Photobucket the process is somewhat different, but does have the advantage of giving you considerably more disk space for storage. This server is pretty limited in available space for images.