No you don't need to upload them to your album. When you go to post a pic in a thread go to & click on "Go Advanced"(one click). Then scroll down and click on "Manage Attachments"(one click). When the "Manage Attachments screen opens click on "browse" under "upload files from my computer"(one click). There should be 4 of them, you can upload 4 pics at a time. After you click on "browse" a screen should pop up and let you choose from files on you laptop. Select file/files to be uploaded and click "open"(one click). Then it will go back to "Manage Attachments" screen. Notice that where you clicked "browse" was blank but now is filled with text. Click on "Upload" (one click). It may take a min or three. Then go to your post and click on "preview post" (one click). That should work! Hope this helps if not let me know and we'll try it again!ok first off do i need to load them to my album first in order to download? I have them saved on my lab top. When i click up load image it ask for url which is what? thats the problem i cant figure out where to get the pix url from