html image tag wierdness?

i wasn't sure which component this would involve or even if its a drupal problem but seems that whenever I put an image on a node by say putting an img tag in the description (if its a product) or in the body (static page) and then link to the node from an a href tag i put in the body/description section of another node, the images dont show up when the link from the other node is followed. the images do however show up if you reach the page from a normal menu item or whatever, they also show up when i'm logged in as 1st user but only if i click the "view" tab in administer>content>whatever. also yesterday I put a very simple table on a static page with html and it made the bg color of the "wrap" div go away(andreas01), but only for unauthenticated users. wierd.