In order to protect existing users from the small % of free users that turn out to be spammers or worse, *Restricted Users* cannot post live links (ie, site links that can be clicked on) or pictures. Subscribers can do so, but only after they've posted 6x without a problem. (Very few spammers are willing to pay to use a forum, so subscribers are 'safer' for the rest of the Pool Forum users.)

vBulletin -- the forum software used here -- has a very complex permission structure, that doesn't always do what I want. In this case, it appears to blocking access to the pictures of others, as well as preventing you from posting pictures.

Sorry.

"PoolDoc"