This was posted on the FAQ, I think, by Roanimare.

"How Do I Add A Photo Within A Message Box
The instructions below will show you how to add a photo within any message box on GardenWeb and on our forum, Gardening In Arizona.

Adding A Photo Within A Message Box

» You first need to upload your photos to the Internet using your own personal website or using a free/paying photo storage site. Several sites are Shutterfly and Webshots. There are many image hosting sites on the web. Follow the uploading instructions provided for the particular image hosting website. Some services do not allow displaying images stored on their site on other pages (like GardenWeb posts), some charge an annual fee, and most limit the amount of images stored, so be sure you choose a service that fits your needs. Image hosting sites mentioned are examples of possible options, and not endorsed or recommended by GardenWeb.

» Make sure your files end with .jpg or .gif. Try not to make your photos really large. 500 pixels x 500 pixels or 4" x 4" is a good size.

» Next, type within your message the HTML below replacing "file location and photo name" with your photo URL address.

» Next, go to Review Message and see if your photo shows up. If not - it may be a typo or you left off some quotes. You can copy and paste photo URL address so you don't mistype. You can get the photo URLs from a photo by Right-Clicking on the image and selecting Properties to show the image address. Select the entire URL (including the second line if necessary), then select "Ctrl C" to copy it to the Windows clipboard for the moment. Cancel the properties window. Switch back to the message form and "Ctrl V" to paste the URL into your message box.

» Now Review Message again and see if your photo shows. If so -- submit the message.

Adding a photo using the Link method.

» If you are posting a NEW post, the link will be on the Review Message page. After you type in your message, click Review Message and scroll down. You will see a place to add a link. Copy and paste any link from the Internet or photo URL address into the top space. Then type in the Name of the link below it. If you are replying to an existing message the link box will be below the message box on the same page -- then just follow the instructions above to add a link.

» Hit Review Message and make sure the link shows. You can also check the link to see it it works, then use the BACK key to get back to your post -- if its okay -- hit submit message.

Hope these instructions are helpful. Please try them and if you still have problems, let us know on the forum. Have fun!"

Here are Larry Gene's words of wisdom, which I just found.

"How can I post an image or picture to the forum?
Posting images to the forum: The simplest current method seems to be on the Photobucket website. Unless you know about image URLs and the HTML and tags, try and use the various Web image storing site explanations.

Image posting etiquette:

Images that are larger that 100kb (right-click your image and select "properties" to find size info) will make other forum members impatient waiting for the full image to appear on their computer--especially if they have a dial-up connection to the Internet, as this is somewhat slow.

If you know how to re-size your image to make it smaller before posting it, please do so.

Since most posted images are of general interest to the forum, occasional hot-linking of photos, even largish ones, is OK. This forum has a photo gallery section--consider using it to post larger photos and then refer to that image in your text message in the regular forum. There is a set of image posting instructions in the forum Gallery section."

Now I'm going to study this and see if I've made a faux pas.

A website that explains some HTML tags is: HTML codes. It doesn't talk about IMG tags (wish it did!), but it explains some tags.
-Jmcat

Carol,

Whatever method you used, it resulted in the most succinct HTML code possible (As you can see, any pic-posting method gets wordy quickly.

Us dial-up holdouts are such a small minority anymore, the file-size advice is outdated, but it's still nice to not have a gargantuan image to scroll.

Faux pas: 0

Aren't we missing the point here -- what an incredible picture! Worth waiting for at any speed.
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Thanks, Jmcat, Larry Gene, and Geni!