Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
Ok, first of all, I never have ANY luck with using the UBB image tags, so I use HTML. For each photo you want to post, use the following code:
<img src="url of picture">
Make sure that you select "using HTML and UBBCode" from the dropdown menu right above where you type your post, otherwise it will definitely not work.
As for the hosting, if Photobucket is having a bad day (it happens), try http://tinypic.com (I think that's the right address). It's actually run by the same people who run Photobucket, but it's a *greatly* simplified site - there's no registration, you just upload a picture and they give you a very short picture URL to post.