The custom bumps have been discussed a few times but they're proving to be pretty difficult to implement, starting with a possibility to get us in hot water legally. We are still discussing it, though. Please remember if you have anything you can upload to
the User Bump thread until we get to sort this all out. I don't know what you mean about the pictures... If you wish to post it on the forum, you could use the "Insert Image" button when creating a new post, and type in the image's hosting address between the [img] tags (Photobucket works well). The "favorites" option sounds really cool as well, although I don't know much about the depth of the user profile created when joining the website (if it's forum-only or not, since it'd be to be a little wider to accomodate said option). Still, I think that one might come before the other one.
Thank you very much for joining and please don't hesitate to ask any questions! I know the outlook for those inquiries doesn't look particuarly wonderful but it's not that bad either. That, and we're always listening for suggestions and ways to improve the site.