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Choose "Ask the Sharky Team" and edit

In "Enable/Disable features" I think you want the following


Allow HTML Code in posts
No

Allow BB Code in posts
Yes

Allow BB IMG Code in posts
Yes

Allow Smilies in posts
Yes

Allow Icons for posts
Yes

Allow thread ratings in this forum?
Yes/No (your choice)

Count posts made in this forum towards user post counts?
No

That'll make it work happily...or it should.