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Title: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 03, 2004, 12:25:54 PM
The forum will soon offer more than 300 extra smileys (quick - someone get the smelling salts for Gothick! (Just kidding there, G.  ;D)) so quickly finding that right smiley in the popup window might prove to be a bit daunting - particularly when there's currently no sorting method implimented in the window. However, it doesn't have to be that way because the system will allow us to sort the smileys by either their code or their descriptions. So, the question is: which method do you think would make it easiest for you to find the smiley you're looking for?
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: victoriawinters on December 03, 2004, 08:35:59 PM
Oh please smilie one, I would prefer the smilies by subject, such as all the drinking smilies together, the dancing skelton smilies together, the devils all together, birthday cake smilies together and the smilie skelton's for sure all together.  I hope we get to keep him [santa_cheesy] past the holiday season.  He's my fav!
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Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Heather on December 03, 2004, 10:34:17 PM
Sorting by subject would do nicely. The whipping/kinky smilies should definitely have their own category, preferably denoted with a velvet rope or pole of some sort... chortle.

 [8_2_59] 


 [santa_cheesy]   [santa_evil]
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 11, 2005, 02:32:46 AM
Apparently this isn't of much concern to too many cousins, but considering that everyone who did share their preference chose to have them sorted by description, that's the way we'll go.  ;)

I've started sorting and have completed A through C. Only 23 more letters to go.  :D

(And I've added over 40 new smileys - and more will be added as I sort through the rest of the letters.)
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 12, 2005, 03:08:42 AM
I've made my way up through H now and thought I'd give an interim report on the 76 new smileys that are available so far:

Alien:[alien]Computer:[computer]
Angel #1:[angel1]Confused #1:[confused1]
Angel #3a:[angel3a]Confused #2:[confused2]
Angel #4:[angel4]Confused #3:[confused3]
Angel #5:[angel5]Confused #4:[confused4]
Angel #7:[angel7]Confused #5a:[confused5a]
Angel #10:[angel10]Cool #1:[cool1]
Angel #11:[angel11]Cool #9:[cool9]
Angel #12:[angel12]CYa:[cya]
Angel #13[angel13]Cyclops (Animated):[cyclops_ani]
Angry #1:[angry1]Director:[director]
Angry #2:[angry2]Disgust:[disgust]
Angry #6:[angry6]Dog:[dog]
Angry #7:[angry7]Downtown:[downtown]
Angry #8:[angry8]Drunken Smiley:[drunken_smiley]
Angry #9:[angry9]Duckie:[duckie]
Angry #18:[angry18]Evil #1:[evil1]
Black Eye:[blackeye]Evil #3:[evil3]
Blob #1:[blob1]Evil #6:[evil6]
Blob #3:[blob3]Evil #7:[evil7]
Blob #5:[blob5]Fish:[fish]
Blob #6:[blob6]Flower:[flower]
Blob #7:[blob7]Happy #1:[happy1]
Blob #9:[blob9]Happy #2:[happy2]
Blob #10:[blob10]Happy #4:[happy4]
Bomb:[bomb]Happy #5[happy5]
Bomb (Cherry):[bomb_cherry]Happy #7:[happy7]
Book #1:[book1]Happy #8:[happy8]
Book (Study):[book_study]Happy #9[happy9]
Booty:[booty]Happy #10:[happy10]
Booty Shake:[bootyshake]Happy #11:[happy11]
Bounce:[bounce]Headbanger:[headbang]
Boxing:[boxing]Help:[help]
Brush Teeth:[brushteeth]Hiding:[hiding]
Bunny:[bunny]Hippy #2:[hippy2]
Cat:[cat]Hmh:[hmh]
Cheers:[cheers]Homework:[homework]
Clown:[clown]Hourglass:[clock]
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Josette on January 12, 2005, 08:04:35 AM
Is there a difference between these names and the code name used to access the smiley?  I frequently use "crowdhappy" and I don't see that listed in the "Cs."

[crowdhappy]

And, what about the musicians?  I have no idea what they are called?
Title: Art.....for art's sake
Post by: Connie on January 12, 2005, 09:55:00 AM
[blob3]     [blob5]   [blob1]  [blob3]                     
  [blob6]            [confused2]                   [blob1]
         
                                                                                             
[duckie]
                                                                                            [44]   [brushteeth]                               
                                                                           
       

It's stifling to be limited to only ten smilies per post.  How can anyone do any great art work?  And there are all these new smilies to use!!!  Can't the limit be changed to 20 or something?

-No Limit CLC                                                                       
                                                                                                                    
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 12, 2005, 04:08:53 PM
Quote from: Josette on January 12, 2005, 08:04:35 AM
Is there a difference between these names and the code name used to access the smiley?

90% percent of the time the code and the description are nearly exactly the same - the differences being the codes are always one word while the description might be two or more words, or the code might be a combination of numbers and letters and the description will always use words. For instance, the description for this
Code: [Select]
[brushteeth]is "Brush Teeth"

Quote
I frequently use "crowdhappy" and I don't see that listed in the "Cs."

It's in the "Happy" section under H.  ;)

Quote
And, what about the musicians?  I have no idea what they are called?

The description for that one is "Band" and it uses the
Code: [Select]
[82e4]
If someone isn't quite sure of a smiley's description, the best thing to do is to scan through the display to try to find it.  :)

Title: Re: Art.....for art's sake
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 12, 2005, 04:17:10 PM
Quote from: Connie on January 12, 2005, 09:55:00 AM
It's stifling to be limited to only ten smilies per post.  How can anyone do any great art work?  And there are all these new smilies to use!!!  Can't the limit be changed to 20 or something?

Nope. This is an issue that the admins/mods have discussed at length (both privately behind the scenes and publicly as part of discussions that have cropped up with other admins/mods on the YaBB/SMF sites), and while no one means to stifle creativity or expression, the consensus is that 10 smileys per post are more than enough to get the point across in a post.  :)
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 14, 2005, 02:14:30 AM
I've now sorted up through S.

First off, here are 5 new smileys that should have been added along with the last batch:

Blah:[signblah05]Boring:[boring]
Book (Read #2 - Blue):[read2]Error:[signerror]
Book (Read #3):[read3]
And here are 71 more new ones:

Ice Cream:[icecream]Pirate:[pirate]
Iroc:[iroc]Pork:[pork]
Joker:[joker]Protest:[protest]
King(Yellow):[kingy]ROFL #10:[rofl10]
La La La:[lalala]Sad #1:[sad1]
Lamer:[lamer]Sad #3:[sad3]
Laughing #1:[laughing1]Sad #5:[sad5]
Laughing #3:[laughing3]Sad #6:[sad6]
Laughing #4:[laughing4]Sad #7:[sad7]
Laughing #5:[laughing5]Sad #8:[sad8]
Laughing #6:[laughing6]Sad #9:[sad9]
Laughing #7:[laughing7]Sad #10:[sad10]
Laughing #8:[laughing8]Sad #11:[sad11]
Laughing #11:[laughing11]Salute:[salute]
Love #2:[love2]Scratching Head(Yellow):[scratch]
Love #3:[love3]Silent:[silent]
Love #5:[love5]Sleepy #1:[sleepy1]
Love #7:[love7]Sleepy #3:[sleepy3]
Love #8:[love8]Sleepy #5:[sleepy5]
Love #9:[love9]Sleepy #7:[sleepy7]
Love #10:[love10]Smiley (Compress):[smiley_compress]
Love Story:[lovestory]Smiley (Pale):[smiley_pale]
Lurk:[lurk]Smiley (Profile - Left):[smiley_profileleft]
Mooning #2:[mooning2]Smiley (Profile - Right):[smiley_profileright]
Mumum:[mumum]Smiley Shaking:[smiley_shaking]
Myopic:[myopic]Smiley Shaking #2:[smiley_shaking2]
Nerd:[nerd]Smiley In A Box:[smileyinbox]
Newbie:[newbie]Smiley(Color):[color]
Occasion #1:[occasion1]Smiley(Colors):[smiley_colors]
Occasion #5:[occasion5]Snorting:[snorting]
Occasion #6:[occasion6]Spam #1:[spam1]
Occasion #15:[occasion15]Spam #4:[spam4]
Occasion #16:[occasion16]Stop:[stop]
Occasion #17:[occasion17]Sunny #2:[sunny2]
Occasion #18:[occasion18]Suspicious Figure:[suspicious_figure]
Off The Air:[offtheair]
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: TERRY308 on January 14, 2005, 05:46:46 AM
All I want to say is.....Mysterious Benefactor you are great...

These smilely are wonderful.   Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 14, 2005, 11:39:31 PM
The smileys have all been sorted. And here are the final 23 new ones:

One that I missed uploading to K:

Knock On Wood[knockwood]

And 22 more:

Tasty:[tasty]Toothy #11:[toothy11]
Tearyeyed:[tearyeyed]Toothy (Bounce):[toothy10]
Thumb (Left):[thumbleft]Toothy (Bouncing):[toothy9]
Thumb (Right):[thumbright]Toothy (Spinning):[toothy12]
Tongue #2:[tongue2]Toothy In The Shower:[toothy1]
Tongue #3:[tongue3]Toothy W/ Umbrella:[toothy2]
Tongue #5:[tongue5]Violent #1:[violent1]
Tongue #6:[tongue6]Violent #4:[violent4]
Tongue #7:[tongue7]Violent #5:[violent5]
Tongue #9:[tongue9]Walk:[walk]
Tongue #11:[tongue11]Wave:[thewave]
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Raineypark on January 14, 2005, 11:51:57 PM
My goddess.....

....talk about an embarrassment of riches.

 ::)
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Gothick on January 15, 2005, 12:03:33 AM
I feel an attack of nausea coming on.

G.
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 15, 2005, 01:22:39 AM
Well, something VERY odd is going on. All the smileys were sorted correctly when I finished. But shortly thereafter the smileys for W and Y disappeared from the popup window. However, then they suddenly came back - but the sorting order was all out of whack. Instead of A through W followed by Y (there aren't any smileys with descriptions starting with X or Z), the sort order is now as follows:

The correct sort order codes are in the database, but the JavaScript that displays the smileys in the popup window is quite obviously having some sort of nervous breakdown when it comes to arranging the smileys correctly. But I'm not going to try to figure out what's going on with it because SMF has already issued another upgrade to the system (version 1.0.1). Perhaps whatever weirdness caused this has been fixed. But I won't know whether or not it has until after I've installed the upgrade, which will most probably take several days to complete...

In the meantime, just refer to the sort order above. Well - unless it changes again - in which case all bets will be off...
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 16, 2005, 06:14:55 AM
While I was doing something completely different, the solution to fixing this hit me.  (Isn't that always the way?  ;)) So, everything is now sorted correctly.
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Connie on January 17, 2005, 06:14:19 AM
Quote from: Gothick on January 15, 2005, 12:03:33 AM
I feel an attack of nausea coming on.

AW....poor baby.  LOL  [9341]
[sunny2]
                                                                                                                     ------> [duckie]
Can of Spam.  Definite necessity.  [spam1]
[walk]

I love all the new smilies.  They're so damned cute.
[brushteeth]
[toothy2]

[wave]
Title: Re: Sorting The Extra Smileys Window
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on January 17, 2005, 08:09:10 PM
Quote from: Connie on January 17, 2005, 06:14:19 AM
I love all the new smilies.

I'm glad. (And I'm sure that the people at SMF would be glad too because they provided all the latest ones.) We've tried to provide a lot of different ones so that everyone will have a lot of different ways to express themselves in their posts. And I'm sure more will be added as we come across them.  ;)

M