Tom, I too, had the plague of little red crosses in a box when attempting to post photos. I felt like a dummy having to ask others to post my pictures.
I was using my up-to-date computer with all the bells and whistles security features, so I experimented with my old laptop and had no problem, so must have been a firewall problem � or something.
Not wanting to go to that much trouble, I tried again to post pictures on my �new� computer, and with some trial and error I was able to post.
The change I made that allowed me to escape the dreaded X boxes was after I �cut and pasted� from photo bucket, I turned off the open photo bucket window, making sure my pictures had been transferred to PB box.
I then added text, viewed �preview post� to make sure it was OK � and like magic my pictures were posted on the forum.
By the way, pics can easily be re-sized by downloading on Outlook Express � �show more options� � 640x480 works for me
A handy program for resizing that I use is PIXresizer
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm Free download.
Hope this helps.
George Glazener