Except for the ----'s my edit screen looks EXACTLY like this:
You can't have any spare ['s or ]'s and you have to have a

at the end. It ain't hard once you get onto it, but an inch is as good as a mile.
I copy the photo address from the photoserver after I right click on the full size photo, a menu pops up, I drop down to Properties, click it and then go to the photo web address, highlight it, Control C to copy it and then go to the post/thread edit screen and hit Control V to drop it into the "edit box" and then I highlight the whole address in the "edit box" (again), point-click-drag-highlight, and then I go up and click the "image" button and it will put in the

for you.
BTW, your efforts and attempts are appreciated all the way around AND NICE BULL ELK!
EKM