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Whats happened to the smileys? (6 posts / 832 views)
Tinhead Tinhead
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#1 7 Jul 2026 13:11
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Hopefully it's just a glitch but at the moment I'm finding the smileys have changed.
There used to be loads to choose from and they were great, now they've reduced in number and are a bit naff.
Can we have the originals back please, some of them were unique.
vossy1 vossy1
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#2 7 Jul 2026 14:53
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In reply to Post #1
Yours aren't too bad, this is what they look like to me on my PC using Firefox Browser...that 1st one ha ha, I'm thinking baby Kermit was it? EDIT, nope, baby Elmo

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Baitman Baitman
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#3 7 Jul 2026 17:13
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you can now use all the smileys on your phone πŸ˜ŽπŸ’€β˜ οΈπŸ’©πŸ€‘πŸΊπŸ‰πŸš¨πŸ”₯πŸŽ―πŸŽƒβ˜ŽοΈπŸΈπŸ¦‘
Karlos Karlos
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#4 7 Jul 2026 18:23
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In reply to Post #1
The way the old smilies worked was a bit poo and I wanted to make things easier going forward as there's lots of changes I have started making in the background to make things faster

Can you remember which ones you want? If not I can show a list and you pick them.
Then they can either
a - Have their modern equivalents in the left panel
b - I can create a separate little area for you to add the smilies from

As pointed out, all the smilies from any mobile device will now show after I updated the site/database to allow UTF-8
Karlos Karlos
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#5 7 Jul 2026 19:11
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In reply to Post #1
Just spotted your post in the Test Thread listing all the old smilies.

I am leaving the code in place to parse any messages which have the old SMILE tags in them; so any old posts will still look how the author intended.

Your Test Thread post shows you know how to insert the old smile tag....so you can still use them that way if you like.

Ideally I'd rather not have to add extra little bits and bobs into the new design.
Hopefully those two words weren't too distressing for you mate πŸ˜‚ I do intend to keep this version of the site running (because you have said in the past you want to retain it) and have the new mobile friendly design running in parallel.

Both UIs will use the same database and show the same messages.
Tinhead Tinhead
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#6 7 Jul 2026 19:18
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In reply to Post #4
I don't use a mobile often, I find them too too restrictive. With a Windows laptop I can add pictures, links etc with ease.
I can add all the old Smileys but that would mean keeping a separate document and forever cutting and pasting from it.
Some of the old Smileys are unique to this site and is what gives this site it's own 'look' rather than those boring generic Smileys every other Tom Dick and Harry has.

< SMILE > X < /SMILE >

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