Let me break it down a bit more...
First, you need a good small digital image.
For the board, ideally, it's less than 500 pixels wide, and a JPEG format (myfilename dot jpg.) You can use whatever photo editor you have for this. I use Photoshop, but it's easy to do in Microsoft Photo Editor, and whatever software comes bundled with digital cameras and scanners these days as well. IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION, save it as high compression or medium/low quality. You won't be able to tell the difference on the board, and it'll speed up the download of the thread.
Second, you need this image uploaded to a web server or site somewhere where it is accessible via a hypertext transfer - a standard web address (that "http://" thing...). Often times, some of this space is included with your internet service. I use earthlink, they give plenty of server space (and for people that need it they provide very easy tools for building a simple website and uploading pictures.) Many people use imagestation to host their pictures:
http://www.imagestation.com
Once you have the picture uploaded somewhere, you're ready to go. You will need the web address of the picture (that "http://yaddayadda_part.all_the_way.to_the_dot.jpg")
Then it's easy.
You can either type in the code needed, or use the built in tools on the message:
Once you click the IMG button, a javascript box pops up for you to enter the address of the image in to:
Then the code is inserted in to your message. The key is the tag. Tags are the secret code to getting things done on the web... this and every page is made up of hundreds of them.
Note that you can just type the tags in to your message as well...
This is the result:
Give it a try!
-Gus
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http://home.earthlink.net/~piscator