Hello Rob and welcome to our club!
As for your idea of how to display images "inline" (i.e. within the body of a message instead of as an attachment at the bottom of a message), you "almost" had it right. The actual BB code (see below note) to do this is<ul>
[/list]Of course, the pix you want to include
must be located on a "website" (trying to display something directly from your PC won't work) and the URL
must be "publicly viewable" (i.e. no login, password, etc. required to view it) and the URL
must be entered correctly (including proper leTtEr CaSe) or the image will display as a broken lmage link icon like this.<ul>
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Note: the "buttons" show immediately below the "Subject:" line for new messages are for entering the various BB Codes used to control things like displaying images inline, <font color=red>font color</font>,
underline,
font size, etc. Also, if you haven't done so already, let me suggest you review the FAQ (link at the top right in the Forum header) as it'll answer a lot of your questions on how to use the Forum.
Once again?
Welcome Aboard!