oh, I think I commented when you did so I didn't see you ask about the eggs showing up in the forum until now. I copied and pasted the html link (I think that's what it's called, it's the same kind that shows up in signatures) onto the page, and hit submit. All it showed was a bunch of code at first, but then I hit 'edit post' and all the little pixel eggs started showing up properly...I don't know why it did that, but it worked.
Also, that's a very good idea, thanks.