How to attach a picture without showing the attachment box.

Well there is a FAQ article on this matter. However the paperclip things doesn't work that well for me.

What I do is use the Paperclip to bring up the Manage attachements window and once I have selected the file and it has uploaded the window looks like this



I then click on the highlighted link which opens it up and gives a url (might have to press cmd+L to see address bar) like this

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=110686&stc=1&d=1207232548

I then copy the attachemntid out in this case 110686

Then I put that inside [/plain] and the image appears inline where the tags are placed.

Another tip if you don't know how someone has done something then you can quote their posts and it will give you an insight

 

I attach and preview then click the paperclip again and you'll see the attachment name in there, if you click it then it will insert into the message. You can do that without previewing if you just allow the manage attachments window to open up again. (not sure why it wants the window to open twice before it recognizes there is an attachment but it does, it's a stupid quirk of the system, I guess)

 

^That always worked. I think the attachment option is just so you wouldnt have to navigate to another image hosting site to basically do the same uploading procedure you could with the attachment option, which is right below where you insert your reply.

But I too prefer not to have the attachment box.