Where do you get the smilies?

[Niblox]

Hi all

I am really impressed with some of the moving smilies that are in some messages, but I am completely at a loss as to (a) where to find them and (b) how to include them in any message that I would like to post.

Can anyone enlighten me?

Cheers!

Niblox

[Panache]

Niblox,

When you start a message or post a reply there should be a box with 5 rows of 3 smilies on the left side of the post. Underneath it says [More] click on the link and you should get the whole array of possible smiles. Just click the smiley you want and it will appear where your cursor is on the post.


Hope that helps

Cheers

[arrogcow]

I dont have them anywhere on the reply page.

Adam

[Woodsheal]

I don't see them, either...!

[Panache]

OK, I'm not enough of a Techie to understand why you don't see them. I'll post each smiley and then the code you type in to make it. To make the code visible (instead of the smiley) I have inserted a space inside each one. To make the smiley don't add the space.

: )


: p

:confused: :con fused:

:rolleyes: :roll eyes:

: O

:li ar:

:nau ghty:

r ay:


:sh hh:

:sh ifty:

:si ck:

:sil enced:

:sno oty:

:w all:

: D

:m ad:

:co ol:

:boo hoo:


:d oh:

:cl ap:

:dro ol:

:an gel:

:e h:

:da nce:

:ha nd:

:thi nk:

:whi stle:

:beer: :be er:

int: i nt:

:butt: :bu tt:

:off topic:

le ase:

:so rry:

:yes: :y es:

:sux: :s ux:

:sp am:

:fewl: :fe wl:

:wstu pid:

oop: o op:

:sof nny:

:buttkick: :butt kick:

:to ast:

:soda: :so da:

:Ru lz:

:wo ops:

:ro ck:

:la ff:

:h b:

:crap: :cr ap:

:ban: :b an:

:hm mm:

:feed back:

:t mi:

:c iao:

:cus sing:

:soap box:


:food-smiley-002: :food-sm iley-002:

:tr oll:

:bl ue:

:yel low:

:sha dow:

:fun meter2:

:sma shpc:

:cen sored:

:r ed:


:gre en:

:new bie:

:the wave:

:blue_ban: :bl ue_ban:

:tongue: :ton gue:

:bluewink: :blue wink:


:bluecool: :blue cool:

:biggrin: :big grin:

:scotl and:

:smile: :sm ile:

:redface: :red face:

:redmad: :red mad:

:eek: :e ek:

:frown: :fro wn:

:sho ck:

:l ol:

:c ry:

:twi sted:

:wi nk:

: ?:

:ar row:

:mrgreen: :mr green:

:oo ps:

:ev il:

:ro ll:

: !:

:id ea:

: |

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Hope this helps

[Blu (Ontario)]

Quick answer.....

Go to any of the numerous "smiley" websites such as Smiley Central

and once you've registered, it's a matter of doing the copy / paste thing into the massage.... works better on some forums than others.

blu

[Niblox]

Hi Panache

Nothing comes up on the left side of the reply box, I am sorry to say. I will go to Smiley central as you suggest. Many thanks

Niblox

[Panache]

This is what information there is on smilies in the FAQ

Smilies are small graphical icons which you can insert into your messages to convey an emotion or feeling, such as a joke or embarrassment. For example, if you entered a sarcastic comment, rather than type 'that was a joke', you could simply insert the 'wink' smilie.

If you have used email or internet chat systems, you will probably be familiar with the concept of smilies already. Certain combinations of text characters are converted into smilies. For example,:) is converted into a smiling face. To understand smilie codes, tilt your head to the left and look at the text: you will see that :) represents two eyes and a smiling mouth.

For a list of the smilies currently used by this forum, click here.

On occasions, you may want to prevent the text in your message being converted into smilies. You will see a checkbox which you can select when you make a new post, which will allow you to 'Disable Smilies'.
Cheers

[Panache]

Niblox,

Try posting a reply and look at the very bottom of the message box. Do you see a box titled "Additional Options"? If you do, look for the following choices:


Show your signature y/n

Automatically parse links in text y/n

Disable smilies in text y/n


Are the smilies disabled?

Cheers

[Captain]

I could be wrong, but it could be a matter of what the users with problems have their Message Editor Interface set to...

If you go to User CP at the top of the page and then click on Edit Options on the left, the very last thing on the page is Message Editor Interface... Basic Editor only gives you a text box... This lets you pick an icon (similar to smileys in appearance), but no smileys... I use Enhanced Editor... It doesn't get any more confusing to use, but if I want to do special formatting, insert pics and/or hyperlinks, or add php (apparently), I can.