It seems that every week, I tell like 5 people how to post pictures in their replies and threads here on TBCS. So, I figured I'd write up a quick tutorial.
First, take your picture and resize it. Some online hosts do it for you, but I always like to resize my pictures anyways, as I upload them to my own site. I use a great program called FastStone Image Viewer to resize my pictures. It's a free program available from http://www.faststone.org.
Using FastStone To Resize Pictures
First, open up faststone and browse to the file that you want to resize. Select it and then select Tools - Convert Selected.
Next, select your output format, folder, etc. Click Advanced Options.
Select what output size you would like. Then click "Ok" then click "Start". The program will then resize your pictures for you.
Uploading Your Pictures
Next, upload your pictures to an online image host such as Imageshack, Photobucket, Lotech, etc.
Posting Your Pictures
Now, posting your pictures is simple.
1.) Find the URL of your image that you have just uploaded. Many sites will give it to you, but if they don't, most browsers have a simple feature to let you find out. Simply right click on your picture and select "Copy Image URL".
2.) Next, go to TBCS and click the image button in the message box. That image looks like this:
3.) Now, paste the image URL into the box, hit ok, and you're done!