More Smiles: Nominate your favorite(s)

[Weird Harold]

The default selection of smiles in vBeulletin is extremely sad.

It might take a while, but if we start nagging now, Tamyrlin might actually get them configured for Christmas. :D

The hardest part of configuring new smilies is finding them. When you link a favorite smiley, show the URL as a link, too.

For starters, the :p smilie is lame and should be replaced with http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gif ( http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gif )

Some places to look for old or new favorite smiles:

http://www.clicksmilies.com/
http://mysmilies.com/
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/
http://www.clipartof.com/new/emoticons/1.html

[Terez]

I like the :p smiley. I think we should add this one --> http://www.malazanempire.com/forums/images/smilies/Sly.gif

[Weird Harold]

I like the :p smiley. I think we should add this one --> http://www.malazanempire.com/forums/images/smilies/Sly.gif [= http://www.malazanempire.com/forums/images/smilies/Sly.gif ]
I like this winking smilie better:

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/winking/winking0011.gif =
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/winking/winking0011.gif

althoughthis one fits the "sly" designation a bit better for me:

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/winking/winking0075.gif = http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/winking/winking0075.gif

[Terez]

The one I posted is good for flirting though. :D

[Figbiscuit]

Before we do anything else though, we need to change this one:

:D

All those teeth man. That's just scary.

[Terez]

I like it. :D

[Weird Harold]

The one I posted is good for flirting though. :D
Thenice thing about vBulletin is that youcan configure as many smiles as you want to and can have a dozen different winking smiles for flirt, irony, sly, and anything else you can think to represent with a "wink"

For example, I like :eek: but I would also like a bit more variety like:

http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ed/smileeek.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ed/smileeek.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/tweetz/scared.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/tweetz/scared.gif

or

http://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/fanboysimpsons/ahhhhhhhhh.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/fanboysimpsons/ahhhhhhhhh.gif

[Weird Harold]

Before we do anything else though, we need to change this one:

:D

All those teeth man. That's just scary.
Fine, we can change it or add another, but the idea is for YOU to suggest smilie(s) to replace it with.

perhaps:

http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ruinkai/yelcutelaughA.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ruinkai/yelcutelaughA.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ed/laugh.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/ed/laugh.gif

or this

http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/lilly/hmm3grin2orange.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/lilly/hmm3grin2orange.gif

[Terez]

Can we steal ezBoard smilies?

[Sei'taer]

I rarely post smilies, but these suck...the remind me of the old ICQ smilies.

[irerancincpkc]

:D

I love that!

:D :D :D

[Terez]

:D :D :D

I know, isn't it great? :D

[irerancincpkc]

:D :D :D :D :D

Super Awesome! :D

We have to keep it! :D

:D :D :D :D :D

[Sarevok]

:'(
I just tried to properly test the emoticons, and I got this:
You have included 182 images in your message. You are limited to using 20 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

[irerancincpkc]

That means you can only use this many:

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Terez]

:p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p

:p

[Weird Harold]

Can we steal ezBoard smilies?
Don't know why not, most of the ezBoard smilies original came from sites like those I linked in my original post.

I noticed in another thread that you directly hotlinked the "eyes" smiley from ezBoard and I'm not sure about doing that on a regular basis.

It would be best to find the same or similar smiley on one of the smiley sites and hotlink it from there.

If you find smilies you like, copy the URL to a text file (or local HTML file) that you can keep open in a separate window to C&P from -- i.e. make your own personal smilies collection to use on any forum.

[Terez]

I'll probably just save them to Photobucket and link them from there. I've started a bookmark folder for the ones I like.

[Weird Harold]

:p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p

:p
http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani.gif

[Terez]

Those are ugly! :p

[Sarevok]

Hey... WH just posted 40 emotes :|

[Terez]

Quoted ones don't count. :p

[Weird Harold]

Those are ugly! :p
http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/animals/krakrani2.gif

[Weird Harold]

Hey... WH just posted 40 emotes :|
Actually, 41 if you count the :rolleyes: in my signature.

But I've found the solution to our emoticon problem: we only need ONE:

http://smilies.vidahost.com/cwm/cwm/a.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/cwm/cwm/a.gif

Of course if you've got answers, limits are just minor details:

http://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gif
http://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gif
http://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/razor_wind/tongue5.gif

[Anaiya Sedai]

well, this puts an end to naz's OCD smiley messages...

I do like this one :D :D :D

also, I think we need a vomit smiley. those are always good.

I liked the one from yuku chat ...the : D one

:D :D :D :D

[Birgitte]

I liked Naz's OCD smiley messages.... :(

[Weird Harold]

also, I think we need a vomit smiley. those are always good.

I liked the one from yuku chat ...the : D one

So find some vomit smilies and show us the link.

The idea of this thread is to collect the links so adding them to vBulletin doesn't have to wait on Tam or Jason hunting down smilies to add.

(With IE, Right Click on the smilies you like and select properties to see and copy the URL of the image. Other Browsers have other methods, but most of them start with right clicking for a context menu.)

[Weird Harold]

I liked Naz's OCD smiley messages.... :(
I"m sure he'll be able figure out how to get around the 20 Image limit. It's not hard, you just need a good animated GIF editor and an image hosting account.

[Terez]

I liked the one from yuku chat ...the : D one
Me too, but I don't think we can steal that one cause it's Flash. Does anyone know how to steal emotes from Yuku chat?

[caladanbrood]

The worst vBulletin smiley is :rolleyes:

I suggest http://clicksmilies.com/s1106/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-034.gif (http://clicksmilies.com/s1106/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-034.gif) as a replacement.

[Terez]

That one works, and so does http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif from ezBoard/Yuku.

[1Powerslave]

I think all ezboard smileys look better than the vBulletin ones. The ezboard ones also fit together much better. vBulletin with its eighteen different color smileys don't look that good together imo. Most important though is to get the old "lol" smiley back, I very much miss that one.
Also the big grin :D smiley is ugly and got a totally different feel than the old one, like a smiley for a different emotion. It also reminds me of the "^.^" way of writing that smiley, which I hate.. :D

[Terez]

I didn't like the : D on ezBoard at all...I almost never used it. It's like the one in MSN...meh...

[caladanbrood]

:D is a perfect smily, it conveys the exact meaning it should do (ie. insane grinning).


Not a fan of the ezboard rolleyes smily, i'll be honest. Too small and finnicky.


Should go and grab a load off an Infopop/Eve forum, they were always the clearest/best.

[Terez]

I think we mostly like the ezBoard smilies cause we're used to them. Though there's a few that are just meh...the ones that I used often, I like. :)

[irerancincpkc]

I stand by :D .

A vomit one! :eek: (I like :eek: too! :D )

[Terez]

Yeah, :eek: is better than the ezBoard version. I rarely used that one...I think 4A used it more than anyone...

[irerancincpkc]

:eek: kind of looks like a demented frog! :D

[Weird Harold]

:eek: kind of looks like a demented frog! :D
Actually, I think if you track that one back to the rest of the original collection, it's lizard rather than a frog.

We need a hoppin mad smile (or is it an excited smile?)

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/blobs/boldred.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/blobs/boldred.gif

Mybe red for angry and yellow for excited?

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/blobs/boldyellow.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/blobs/boldyellow.gif

Or maybe this one for hoppin mad:

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/blobs/vuur1.gif =http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/blobs/vuur1.gif

We need an "Innocent" http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/angels/azzangel.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/angels/azzangel.gif

and we need oneto comment on the really off-the-wall, alien abduction caliber, tin-foil hat posts: http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/alienz/abduct.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/alienz/abduct.gif

[irerancincpkc]

and we need oneto comment on the really off-the-wall, alien abduction caliber, tin-foil hat posts: http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/alienz/abduct.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/alienz/abduct.gif
Now that is awesome! :D

I could just put that after every post by terez! :D

[Anaiya Sedai]

I do like this one: http://www.clipartof.com (http://www.clipartof.com)
but it's usually completely inappropriate or useless...http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2199_barfing.gif
this one: http://www.clipartof.com (http://www.clipartof.com) is a bit better..http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2196_unwell.gif

i think the best single puking one i managed to find is this one: http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sick/sick0021.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/sick/sick0021.gif

skype have awesome smileys, but I don't know if they are stealable (is that even a word?)..
I especially like the (chuckle), but most of them seem to be quite fitting for most conversations, somehow, somewhere.

I will stick with this one though :D :D :D :D :D :D
I somehow feel like grinning insanely today :D

[Weird Harold]

I stand by :D .

A vomit one! :eek: (I like :eek: too! :D )
For the vomit fans:

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/other/pukeface.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/other/pukeface.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/barf.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/barf.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/barfy.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/barfy.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/bashy.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/bashy.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/repuke.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/puke/repuke.gif

For the LOL deprived:
http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/laughing/yelrotflmao.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/laughing/yelrotflmao.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/xxrotflmao.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/xxrotflmao.gif
http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/laughing/icon_smile_lachuh.gif = http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/laughing/icon_smile_lachuh.gif

[Anaiya Sedai]

I do like our rollyloll ones. although that second one seems a bit... fast? ...hard to look at at 3am..

[Weird Harold]

I do like this one: http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2199_barfing.gif
but it's usually completely inappropriate or useless...http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2199_barfing.gif
this one: http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2196_unwell.gif is a bit better..http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2196_unwell.gif

I will stick with this one though :D :D :D :D :D :D
I somehow feel like grinning insanely today :D

If you like that one, you'll love this:

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gif
http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gif

http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gif

[Terez]

Dunno, WH...I like :D but that one is kind of aggravating. :p

[Anaiya Sedai]

awesome :D http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/realhappy/jump.gif

[Zaela Sedai]

We NEED this one

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Zaela/transformsmiley.gif

and

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Zaela/emotes/waller3.gif

[Weird Harold]

Dunno, WH...I like :D but that one is kind of aggravating. :p
Almost all smilies are abnoxious when they're overused.
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/rolleye/rolleye0012.gif = http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/rolleye/rolleye0012.gif

[Weird Harold]

Almost all smilies are abnoxious when they're overused.
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/rolleye/rolleye0012.gif = http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/rolleye/rolleye0012.gif

There are actually quite afew of the multiple jumping smiles around the 'net.

Perhaps this one is slightly less anoying?

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif

[Terez]

Oh, god...

[Weird Harold]

Oh, god...
:D

ETA: On a more serious note, we need a rose icon:

http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2426_rose.gif = http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2426_rose.gif

It's useful for sympthy threads or congratulation threads

2ETA: I like the rose in the attachment better, though.

[tworiverswoman]

http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g7/tworiverswoman/ (http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g7/tworiverswoman/gonnagetit.gif)


Dammit -- I had a big long post and then jinked away for a minute and LOST the damn thing... Rasem frasem.. I HATE starting over.!! :(

*ahem*
Don't steal bandwidth. If you like an emote you find in my Photobucket (above link -- 566 emotes plus) then copy it into your own site -- or ask Tam to copy a collection into someplace that TL as a whole will use. People tend to get upset when strangers start pulling images off their websites and use up their bandwidth. Not so bad when it's only one or two people -- but if the 20-30 regular posters at TL suddenly start using the emotes located on someone else's website there will be some angry hosts.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g7/tworiverswoman/happy1.gif

[Weird Harold]

Don't steal bandwidth. If you like an emote you find in my Photobucket (above link -- 566 emotes plus) then copy it into your own site -- or ask Tam to copy a collection into someplace that TL as a whole will use.

Which is why the one emoticon -- the Rose -- that I copied from another vBulletin forum's custom smiles collection is an attachment and not a hotlink.

The rest of the emoticons in this thread all of mine and all but a couple from other personal collections are hotlinked from Smilie Sites, which exist to provide hosting for hotlinking of smilies.

The whole point fo this thread is to provide sources for smiles we wanted added to Theoryland's custom vBulletin smilies. The intent is to present samples to choose from and then install the best as part of the vBulletin installion.

[irerancincpkc]

Perhaps this one is slightly less anoying?

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gifhttp://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif

http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/jumping/jumping0044.gif
Yeah, that woke me up... :D

I like the second rolling LOL; kind of a hyper speed one! :D :D :D :D :D

[caladanbrood]

*ahem*
Don't steal bandwidth. If you like an emote you find in my Photobucket (above link -- 566 emotes plus) then copy it into your own site -- or ask Tam to copy a collection into someplace that TL as a whole will use. People tend to get upset when strangers start pulling images off their websites and use up their bandwidth. Not so bad when it's only one or two people -- but if the 20-30 regular posters at TL suddenly start using the emotes located on someone else's website there will be some angry hosts.
I'd kind of assumed that he was gonna add the ones he liked to TL as custom emotes... so the stealing is only temporary.

[Marie Curie 7]

I really don't like this vBulletin one, :p . This one is just so...pink. The ezBoard one was much better.

We also don't have the famous "Callandor" smilie, lol.
http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/cool/cool-smiley-030.gif = http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/cool/cool-smiley-030.gif.

[Weird Harold]

I really don't like this vBulletin one, :p . This one is just so...pink. The ezBoard one was much better.

We also don't have the famous "Callandor" smilie, lol.
http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/cool/cool-smiley-030.gif = http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/cool/cool-smiley-030.gif.
We also need to find out if we can get copies of WOTMania's WOT character icons like: http://www.msu.edu/~mackertm/wotmania/images/moiraine.gif = http://www.msu.edu/~mackertm/wotmania/images/moiraine.gif

[tworiverswoman]

Sorry, WH -- I wasn't intending that to look like an accusation -- more of a nudge to people who might not have even considered the problem. One of my other website forums got a nastygram from someplace they had "imported" smileys from without thinking about it.

[Uncle Fisty]

:D

ETA: On a more serious note, we need a rose icon:

http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2426_rose.gif = http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/thumbnail2/2426_rose.gif

It's useful for sympthy threads or congratulation threads

Hows about this? http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif from http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif
It goes quite nicely with this one http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mad.giffrom http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif
And I've always like this one http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/fistandantilus01/icon_exclaim.gif from http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/fistandantilus01/icon_exclaim.gif (that's my photobucket)

[Weird Harold]

Hows about this? http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif from http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif
It goes quite nicely with this one http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mad.giffrom http://www.hockeyzombie.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif
And I've always like this one http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/fistandantilus01/icon_exclaim.gif from http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a137/fistandantilus01/icon_exclaim.gif (that's my photobucket)
I like that applause icon.

The two from hockyzombies forums look like part of a set -- can you find out where they came from? (linking directly from another forum like that is what Tru was warning about, BTW.)

[irerancincpkc]

We also need to find out if we can get copies of WOTMania's WOT character icons like: http://www.msu.edu/~mackertm/wotmania/images/moiraine.gif = http://www.msu.edu/~mackertm/wotmania/images/moiraine.gif
Now that is awesome! :D :D :D

[Weird Harold]

Now that is awesome! :D :D :D

There is about twenty or thirty icons like that at WotMania and google doesn't turn up any other source for most them. <shrugs>

It does raise a question about smilies, though. What size smiles should Theoryland standardize on? vBulletin's default set and most of WotMania's WOT/Fantasy collection are 16x16 pixels, but many of the ones people have linked here are bigger -- 24x24 or 25x25 pixels -- which work better with higher resolution display settings which weren't very common when the 16x16 smilie sets were first built.

The two attachments are A=22x21 pixels and B=25x23 pixels respectively -- 'A' was copied from wotmania for resizing.

What size range of smiles do people prefer?

[1Powerslave]

Whoa guys. Looks like there is a smiley war going on. Poor Tam is going to be overwhelmed...

As for the size of smileys. It's quite simple, as large as possible that doesn't change the format of the text in the posts. E.g. making the gap between text lines bigger just because there was a smiley in the line above.

[Weird Harold]

Whoa guys. Looks like there is a smiley war going on. Poor Tam is going to be overwhelmed...

As for the size of smileys. It's quite simple, as large as possible that doesn't change the format of the text in the posts. E.g. making the gap between text lines bigger just because there was a smiley in the line above.
By that cirteria, the default 16x16 smiles are too big for the font Tam has configured. :(

[1Powerslave]

Hmm. Well that's too bad then. I guess we have to put up with that gap then. Looking at yuku I see we had a small gap over there as well, but it was very small, a pixel or so. Turning up the text size in your browser eliminates this problem, but the text gets too large for my preference. Especially given the tight and centered board format Tam has set.
I guess it is not a huge problem this, but I definately think it limits the size that smileys can be. IMO they should be matched as close as possible to text size. So they can blend in in the text.

[Weird Harold]

I guess it is not a huge problem this, but I definately think it limits the size that smileys can be. IMO they should be matched as close as possible to text size. So they can blend in in the text.

Fair enough. It's a good point, but it does severely restrict the expressiveness of the smiles.

It took me a while to find a post with a smilie embedded within a block of text to check the actual text size vs the smilies size -- a text only line is 14 pixels increaded to 16 by the default smilies and the exact pixel height of taller smilies.


Bigger text is, of course, bigger in relation to the fixed dimensions of the smilies. :eek: and doesn't add any thing at all to the line spacing. :rolleyes:

Personally, I prefer the size three (12 pt) font because it's easier for old eyes to read than the size 2 (10 pt) font Tam has configured, but not as obnoxious as the 14 pt font Yuku inflicted on me when I tried to even lurk. :mad: