Hey @nikv ,
I used to be a developer in my past life, and used to write HTML in notepad before all the fancy IDEs came along... I admit that I haven't done so in several years though, and so I might be a bit rusty :p
FWIW: The problem (it seems) was using old school markup too close (or too far) from Steemit's markdown... anyway... I'm sure I'll come right with enough trial and error... Thanks for weighing in!
I'm sure you are enjoying the current life more ;) As your SP improves, you will be given the option of either a very basic WYSIWYG editor or markdown and you can play around with it a little then. Frankly, I wouldn't bother too much about it
Came across this, if you are still with us. You'll be able to write your own html without using the editor
https://steemit.com/technology/@cmp2020/how-to-format-to-wrap-text-around-images-in-the-steemit-html-editor