To start a photobucket account:
Go to here: [url=http://s116.photobucket.com/]Photobucket.com[/url]
Click "Join now"
Fill in a Username and a password
Fill
in all the information on the next page (I use false info for what I
don't want them to know) except you should use a valid email address.
Then click "I Accept - Sign me up"
That's it!
At the top, it says "Click HERE to go to your album"
Bookmark your album for future use. You won't have to log in to link to a picture, only to upload one.
To upload a picture into your album:
Click "Browse" and select an image from your computer.
Then click Upload
When your picture uploads, scroll down so you can see it.
To link to a picture in a post:
There will be 4 lines of text under your photobucket picture.
Click on the second one down (Direct Link) and you'll see the word "copied"
That means that the link is copied into your "buffer" and when you hit CNTR V (the Control key and the letter V together) somewhere else, the link will be "pasted" there.
Go
to the post your composing and click on the little tree at the top of the reply section.
When the window
pops up, Put your cursor in the first field "Image Url" and hit CNTR V (the Control key and the letter V).
Click Insert. Your picture will show up in your post.