1. To upload a photo select the "Upload a File" button. It is under the reply box next the "post reply" button.
2. To quote select the little icon that looks like a page with lines and an "I" on it. It will say "insert" when you hover over it. Select that and a drop down will appear with 4 options, choose quote and two quote things will appear like this (without spaces): [ QUOTE ]Copy and paste your text here[ / QUOTE ] Another way is to highlight the text you want to quote and then select the insert icon and chose quote.
3. I miss them too. This sad face
![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
does not look sad enough to me to convey what I want to say. It kind of feels like a mocking sad face instead of a genuine sad face. But I'm still using it because I got used to typing the symbols for it ; ) Yes it's trivial and interpretations may vary but it's an issue that still bugs me too.
4. I haven't seen anything about bringing back blogging.
5. I'm noticing some regular posters who never came back at all after the change over. I think they used tapatalk and either never realized that option was going away or decided it wasn't worth coming back if tapatalk wasn't going to be an option (Hopefully they haven't been thinking WS is down all this time).