Re: Smile Set
Reply #15 –
GIF images are working fine. Just that only Smiles with pre defined names are working. How can we define new smile codes as a part of plugin ? ie, I have other smiles with short codes and names that are not present in default.
Re: Smile Set
Reply #16 –
Progress so far. GIF smiles are working. But need to find a way to introduce new smile short codes before we can use it. Or will show broken smiles as in post above about Droid smiles.
Re: Smile Set
Reply #19 –
Yep, trying to write new smile short code via plugin itself.
Re: Smile Set
Reply #21 –
I had to proceed written by me as above to insert these smileys. The Smiley system should be re-created.
Re: Smile Set
Reply #23 –
I had also tried. I then deleted all the Admin Center Smiley Sets. Then all deleted on the server. All Smileys also deleted from the default folder. In Odner default I then inserted my smileys and even uploaded the folder with my smileys. Then I edited my own smileys in Admin Center. This Smileys system is too complicated for the other smileys with own filenames. So then were gone the error messages.
Re: Smile Set
Reply #24 –
Yeah, smiley handling is somehow sub-optimal.
There is a lot of space for improvement.
I can't look at smiley until this evening (6/7 hours).
Re: Smile Set
Reply #25 –
The smiley interface can be confusing for sure. I'll try to explain it but I'm betting that I get it wrong since I'm often bamboozled by it!
First I believe it only works with gif files since we have to support animated smiles. I wish apng had been adopted but no luck and although there are some alternatives, gif is the standard for the bouncing icons.
Second, it does not have "Enable customized smileys" enabled by default, and I'm not sure why that is even an option. If that option (under smiley settings) is not enabled, then you can't add a new smiley set and make it the site default.
Once you enable that option, you can add smileys via the package manager. It creates the new smiley directory and uploads the image files. The smiley manager will discover the new smiley directory for you but you will need to give that set a name. I'm not sure there is a way to do that with the addon manager, so for now its a manual step. (package upload, install, add new smiley set, select the new directory that was created, give the set a name)
Each smiley set can have its own unique set of images for the defined codes, and you can add as many new codes as you want.
Once you add a code, ALL smiley sets will look for an image to replace it with. If a smiley set does not have an image, you need to add one yourself or set that smiley as hidden in those specific sets if you intend to use that set as the default or if you allow members to choose smiley sets.
The easiest thing to do is add a new smiley set, set it as the site default, don't allow members to choose their own set, and then add codes and images as you wish to your new set.