Let me try. I am a cyber dunce, but maybe because of that I won't "assume" steps that more skilled guys take for granted:
(1) You are already in the "Albums" area so I don't need to explain how to get there
(2) You should be on a page headed with a blue bar saying "SrSuerte's Albums"
(3) Below you should see one icon for each album you have created. If you have nominated a pic to be the album cover it will show that. If not, a graphic of a pine tree and stream.
(4) Click on the album to which you wish to add one or more pics. It will open a new page with the album name in the header bar and any pictures you already have in it as thumbnails below. Maybe you have no pics in it.
(5) In the title bar to the album click on Upload Pictures.
(6) A new window will open. This window has three panels:
--- A main panel headed "home" showing (I think?) all the pictures you have in all your albums, not just the one you are using.
--- A panel on the left headed "folders"
--- A panel along the bottom headed "attachments"
Now as to what all this stuff is for and how to properly use it I haven't got a clue, but luckily we don't need to know just to add pictures to your posts.
(7) In the top right corner click on "add files"
(8) A small window will open. Click on "Select files" Navigate to the files you want to upload on your local drive (I think you can only upload files in pictures formats like jpg, gif, ping, etc. but I am not quite sure). Click on "home" in your local drive window and the pictures you have selected will appear in the small window.
(9) Click on "upload files" at the bottom of the small window . Wait patiently and the picture(s) you have uploaded will appear top left alongside all the pictures in the main panel. Obviously if they are the first you have ever uploaded they will appear there alone.
OK, I think most guys will have got to that point, because up to now it has just been "following instructions" and pressing the right buttons. Where I got stuck, and maybe many others, is what to do next because it is no longer self-evident, labelled or intuitive.
(10) Go back to the album page of the album you are working with. It should now have a different title bar which says "pending pictures". Top left should be a box listing all the files you have just uploaded. (You can choose to make one the album cover using a radio button).
(11) It should say "Move to (the album you are already working with). If not, you can choose another album using the dropdown box (unless you only have one album).
Now here is the bit I missed the first time (and the second, third ... times).
(12) Click on Save Changes
(13) Your pics should now appear as thumbnails in your album.
(14) Click on the first pic you want to insert in your post. It will open full-size in a large window. Bottom right are two file names: "Picture URL" and "BB Code". You want the latter. Copy the BB Code (being careful to include the IMG opening and closing tags) and paste it into your post.
Phew! What a rigmarole!
I strongly recommend you have two
ISOC windows open while you do this. Maybe also a third showing your post.
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I have just uploaded this interesting picture of a mirror plate while I was going through the steps. I need six to eight of these to hang a heavy mirror. They are to be found in every English hardware store, but apparently are not much used in the US. However I took this picture from a US site so they are not totally unknown there. I have asked two members to bring them in for me (they only cost two/three bucks) but they couldn't source them. Anyone here in the hardware business and can help? They can be between 1" and 2" tall.
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