I'm not the Admin, but I've been here for a while, and been involved with running my own forum(s) as well. In the interest of fair play and bringing new users up to speed, I thought I'd post a few general thoughts on posting, replying, and general use of the forum.

1) When replying to a post, use the "QUOTE REPLY" button, so readers will know which other post you're referring to. Add your comments BELOW the quoted post. Feel free to EDIT OUT unnecessary text of the original if you need to.

Appreciate your taking the time to write this. It does get a bit annoying answering the same questions over and over again. But, I was new to this forum once too and most likely did the same. Thanks anyway. Cheryl
2) It's generally considered bad form to add your pictures to another person's post, especially if the subject matter is different. This is called "hi-jacking".

3) It's OK to add pictures when the original poster says "Lets see your pictures of {insert subject here}" - This means that we want to see your pictures in the same subject area. Generally, these "gallery" type posts are NOT for criticism and critique.

4) If you have a question, use the SEARCH feature up on the top of the main navigation bar, below the word 'Photography'. Chances are, it's been asked and answered already. If not, feel free to start a new thread and ask away.

4b) If you have a technical or usage question, it often helps to know what kind of camera you are using, and what kind of pictures you like to take. Just asking "What kind of lens should I buy?" is a little too open-ended.

5) Remember that often it's difficult to comprehend 'alternate' meanings from the written word. You might think your post is in a joking, light-hearted manner, but the reader might think you're very serious, and take offense. Even adding :) to a post doesn't always help. So think before you type.

6) Pay no attention to posts by "Sinatraman" - he's a fictitious user invented by us to maintain a load on the system.

7) That last item is a joke. See what I mean?

A slightly revised version of this has now been updated, and can be seen via the "User Pages" link on my profile, which in turn can be seen by clicking my user name. The revisions have to do with the recent ruling about editing other poster's photos.

Glenn, describe your situation and I'm sure someone will be able to help:

1) hardware - PC, max, iPhone, whatever
2) Browser - IE, Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Netscape...?
3) Error message,if any.

After you ATTACH the photo, does its name appear on the attachment line?

Make sure you do NOT do a "PREVIEW" before you SEND, or the attachments are stripped off and you have to do them again.

Hmmm.. I know that IE/9 must be in "compatibility mode" for it to work right, but I use Chrome and have never had a problem. These are JPG files, right? I'd hope that Element's Save for the Web makes a JPG but you never know...