Mr Bachmann, please add help file for uploading pictures

[Bojangle]

On previous forums I have registered, I could upload a picture from my hard drive directly to the forum server.  I read somewhere that this forum requires first uploading to a pic server?  Is that for security or "prescreening".  I'm new here,still studying all the buttons above.  I see one called "insert image". Ok, I'll click and see what happens... now what?  I did this several years ago on forums, but then I had a domain and site of my own to FTP to and from... Also,  would it be appropriate to post a "ral" image for help with my layout?  I don't want to start a flood of layout pictures, seems there are millions out there.
Bojangle