For all of us FNG's I was wanting to know what method you use to post pictures? I finally put them on photobucket and found that I could just copy and paste rather than using their URL, but they were way to big. Any suggestions?
I use Photobucket. I take the photo that I want and download it to my album, then go to the album and put the cursor over the photo and you will get a drop down. The bottom one is the link for an image, I high light it copy, then paste to the post on the H.A.M.B. Not sure if it is the best or fastest way ... but that is how I do it and it works for me. I just re-read your post, on the size issue if you right click on the photo you can change the size.
Where it says Upload image (green bar) click on more options and select what size you want. I use 1024 x 768
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