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Hello,

My computer stupidity comes out ever so often. Tonight I tried to make a post with images. When I pasted the URL it was pasted with the [IMG] and {/IMG] around it. When I previewed the post there was no URL shown. After three tries I removed the IMG brackets and left just the URL. I posted that and the URL's that were posted were active links to the images. I viewed the links and the images were there. Later I went back and the images were present in the post? How did the links get changed to the images?

Here is how I post an image:

First I do a carriage return where the image is going to be.

I upload the photo.

I copy the URL.

I click on the little image box IMG and the window opens for the URL.

I paste the URL.

I click OK.

The URL with the [IMG] brackets shows in the post.

When I preview the post the URL's are not there.

Where am I going wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.