Author Topic: Emoticons ?? (Read 14226 times) 33 replies

Skittler · « **on:** February 16, 2016, 10:36:36 AM »

I don't seem able to add smileys to my posts anymore. I guess I've done something stupid (again), and inadvertently switched them off. Or, perhaps it's just another example of my approaching senility ....... Is it only me

? .........probably!

Skittler

Extreme_One · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2016, 10:43:49 AM »

Quote from: Skittler on February 16, 2016, 10:36:36 AM

I don't seem able to add smileys to my posts anymore. I guess I've done something stupid (again), and inadvertently switched them off. Or, perhaps it's just another example of my approaching senility ....... Is it only me ? .........probably!

Skittler

Above the white box where you type your posts/replies, do you see the rows of emoticons?

If not, what browser do you use to access the site?

Do you see the emoticons others have posted?

I've checked in my profile settings and there's no way to disable emoticons that I can see.

Skittler · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2016, 11:54:16 AM »

Hello Simon,

This is bizarre. The smiley I tried to put on the last post has now appeared. However, the ones I tried to insert on a previous post haven't.

Yes, I can see the smileys, including the ones posted by others. I changed to Windows 10/Microsoft Edge/Bing a short while ago.

Let's try again ............

Skittler

Nope.......nothing yet!

Sue · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:33:39 PM »

If you can't find the emoticons, you can type some of them in. Without spaces - I can't type them without spaces or they just come up as the emoticon.

is : )

is ; )

is : D

is ; D

is > : (

is : o

is 8 )

is ? ? ?

is : : )

is : P

is : - [
$:-\$ is : - \

is : ) )

is : wave :

is : vcross :

Skittler · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:01:35 PM »

Hello Sue,

The typing codes which you list are the ones which used to appear in the Reply Box after I had clicked on one of the Emoticons above the box. Not any more ........ I'm still convinced it's me ......... I'll try again,

Nope! - try the code

: )

Skittler
Nope! ....perhaps they just don't like me!

Sue · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:13:39 PM »

Did you type a space between the : and )? You need to type the symbols without spaces between. I couldn't do that in my post or they came up as the emoticon in the post.

Skittler · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:19:13 PM »

Sorry Sue,

I misunderstood.

Here we go .......

Skittler

Sue · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:21:42 PM »

Well done!!

Skittler · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:25:01 PM »

So lets see if I can do it properly by clicking on the picture above the reply box

Skittler

No, nothing.

Sue · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:28:27 PM »

Definitely something odd, but not being well up in computers I can't say what it is.

And the one that magically appeared in your first post - you typed four ? and the programming turned the first three into

Sue · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:31:54 PM »

When your click on the ones above the reply box, does anything appear in the box? When I do that, I get the punctuation equivalent in the text which is how I did the list above. I just clicked on each emoticon and retyped what I saw but with spaces between.

Skittler · « **Reply #11 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:38:10 PM »

That's the way it used to be for me too, but not now. Thanks for your help. I will have to leave it now, as I have things to do. I will check back later.

Skittler

Richard W · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2016, 07:18:27 AM »

I can't add emoticons in the old way either, not on this or other forums. It has happened since I changed over to Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge for my browser.

Skittler · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2016, 08:56:44 AM »

Thank you Richard,

At least now I know it's not only me !

Skittler

Extreme_One · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2016, 05:54:15 PM »

I've done a little digging and this is definitely an issue with the way Edge handles the JavaScript request when clicking on the emoticon.

August 2015 a developer at SMF said:

Quote

The team has found a possible fix for this issue, will test it some more and it will surely been included in the next 2.0 release.

I'm not sure if there is an update available yet, for the SMF forum software but they're looking into it...

Skittler · « **Reply #15 on:** February 17, 2016, 06:29:35 PM »

Well done Simon. I'm feeling less senile already !

Skittler

Richard W · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2016, 12:54:03 PM »

I've just realised I can't do things like italics, bold, subscript etc either. The same thing applies to other forums as well.

Sue · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2016, 01:41:03 PM »

This is going to be tricky because if I type what I see it'll just insert it.

Use the format [£]word[/£]

bold - replace £ with b
italics - replace £ with i
underline - replace with u
~~cross out~~ - use s
^superscript - use sup
_subscript - use sub

Quote

- use quote

You can always practice by typing them in the reply box then clicking preview to see if they've worked.

Richard W · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2016, 02:24:45 PM »

Or I could just not bother ..................... obviously a problem with most forums which are based on the same system.

Robert · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2016, 04:46:21 PM »

Quote from: Richard W on February 23, 2016, 02:24:45 PM

Or I could just not bother ..................... obviously a problem with most forums which are based on the same system.

Still a problem Richard?

Let me know and I'll take a look.

Sometimes, it's a browser thing - you might be using some unusual type that just doesn't play ball.

Or maybe your personal settings somewhere.

hth

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