Forgot what to do to get smileys on form

It's like a secret club. I have asked that question over and over and no one has responded! :grumble:

Hey Gang,
Well I can sure help you out, there are a number of methods MFP users use, here's one a number of folks use that's pretty darn simple once you've done it a couple of times.

Well here's a good way to start a fun collection..... if you see one you like save it to a file (click quote on the message you see it on and paste it into a file to save..that's another method and then it will be in the correct img code...lower case)

You can then also start an account on PhotoBucket.com then place all the smilies you've collected from Internet smiley sites (careful for spyware, it's everywhere, I don't allow ANY cookies/adware,spyware etc. from any smiley sites and trust me there are MANY out there, many that want to take over your computer, some that won't..chose those!:laugh: ) and continue to collect in your PhotoBucket albumn. Then when you want to add something click open PhotoBucket (I keep my icon on a shorcut on my desktop...keeps it simple) and you will see various codes under the smiley, picture you've stored there. The one you want to always use will be labeled 'message boards'.... that has a certain code that will work on any message board.:happy: If you want to use something on myspace.com you'll need to click on that particular code

You'll know you have the correct one if you see an upper case IMG with brackets on either side of it. Now all you have to do is click it, it will automatically paste onto your computer clipboard. You are now ready to paste it in the message you'd like to use it in.

One thing very important is to change the capital IMG to lower case and make sure you keep all the code the same ...brackets etc need to stay in place, when you are done, make the IMG's lower case and it should work out perfectly. :drinker:

I believe someone above just shared a practice thread you can play around in to get the feel of doing this before trying it out on a current thread. That is an EXCELLENT thread for understanding how it works and a fun place to practice to get the hang of doing this, trust me you'll have FUN there:bigsmile:

When ever you wonder if you have placed it correctly, click quote on a post and you will see how it's set up.

I'll toss in a few here and you will how they look (click quote to view the code I used).... many folks get them from sites, Cheryl/Kell shared she gets them from Shannon and saves them to a Word file, that works as well.

Ok, sorry this got long and I sure hope I haven't confused you by to much info to fast....please feel free to post any questions on here or better yet the practice thread Marla began called Photo Help...I'll bump it so you can find it easily:flowerforyou: :happy:

Clear as mud?:laugh: :bigsmile: :drinker:

ok here's some fun examples to play around with...:bigsmile:

FC

OMG..:noway: I have bubble in my brain. That sounds difficult.

Ok just follow the 'photo help' thread I just bumped and you'll see the chip guy there waiting for you!!:laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile: :drinker:

Can one of you come over and help me?

:bigsmile:

Can one of you come over and help me?

Hey you're doing GREAT....all you need to do is place brackets [ img ] (close space and place this in front of the link you have) then at the tail end [ /img ] (close brackets..no spaces)

try it again only this time lower case img

It's like a secret club. I have asked that question over and over and no one has responded! :grumble:

:frown: :embarassed:

I was kidding when I said it was a secret. :laugh: Sorry :flowerforyou:

I thought I also included that I stole them from Shannon and saved the links to a word document. But I really don't know the actual link. Carl put it up not too long after you asked for it too. Maybe you didn't go back to look. But I couldn't tell you the actual site even if I wanted to. I just do the quote thing and then copy the link from the person that had the smilie. Then I save the link to a word document or some are actually saved to my blog. I made my blog private though because I didn't think anyone would want to go in and read that. :ohwell: :laugh: When I post I just copy and paste the link in between the [ img] and [ /img] (remember not to put a space between the [ and the img like I did here...I just did that so it shows you these words instead of a big red x because the computer will see my words in between the [ img] and [ /img] and not recognize it as a link, therefore inserting the :bigsmile: .....Did I confuse you? I just confused myself.

Good thing FC is around her version made more sense. :laugh: looks like she explained it pretty well. :smokin: I'm sorry I get goofy sometimes. But usually...no need to take me seriously. I like to keep the mood light and make people smile:drinker: :flowerforyou: