Both board url and homepage url?
Yes, that is correct.
localhost means the local PC and only the LAN will be able to visit localhost. Changing it to the domain will allow anyone who visits the domain to see the images.
i made the change but still the same result. do i need the .com behind it?
yes chache folders are 777
adding the .com did not help
Maybe because you've used the wrong domain.
The domain should be fortwayneguntraders.com and not fortwaynegutraders.com
i should slow down typing shouldn't I?
That fixed it. Thank you for the help.