Are you trying to copy a picture from another site or a picture of yours on your computer?

If you have a url for the picture (from another site), make sure you put code around it....(minus the dots)

...[ img ]url here [/img ]


That should solve that problem. If pictures are from your computer, you will have to upload them to a site and copy the url.

As far as using the italics tags, I don't know how you can see it in italics as you are typing it and using the code....if you preview your message, you will see how it reads in italics then.

Sorry if I've not been any help. Good luck!