Ok, say if a free or true account holder has images the want to store on DriveHQ and use them on forums, message boards, web sites, etc.
If they don't use the publish website, how would they do this?
Is there a way when we store files to have links to them for forums, etc?

By default, all your files are secure and private, unless you have shared / published the folder. Your private files cannot be linked from any other web pages. To link your folders / files / photos from another website / web page, you must publish folders / files and get the publish URLs.

There are two types of Free-Service users: Free Users and True Users. If you have signed up DriveHQ using a free email address, or any email address offered by an email hosting company, then you will have a Free Account.

If you change your email address to a private domain company email address. then your account is updated to a True Account. Otherwise, you must make a deposit of at least $3 to your DriveHQ account.

You must be a True User or Paid User to publish files. It is recommended to do so using DriveHQ FileManager, which lets you drag-and-drop upload or download files. You can select a folder and click on the Publish button to publish a folder.