Thats because this site was built with 1993 technology.
Dont get me wrong - I LOVE FR...
Its just so n freakin old!!!
Come on Jim! What do you need / how much do you need to get this site updated? Ill be happy to kick in!
It’s sooooo frustrating because I post at another site where you CAN use html any time you want. But adding a color or a pic or bold doesn’t change the format you wrote in. It just adds to your post.
Typically right after say you are going to make a statement < you say what you are going to be making a statement about. In the case of posting a image you say img src = (image source is) then you enter the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for the image you want to display, be sure to place the URL in quotes! img src="URL" then you end the statement with />
You statement to display an image should look something like this
< img src="url"/>
There is a nice pic

If you want to be nice you can add a with=500 at the end of your statement 500 is a nice size for images on FR.
My statement to display that pic looks like this
< img src="http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Eva-Green-eva-green-242707_1280_1024.jpg" width=600/>