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Idea: How about introducing smilies variables?

Here is what the Ultimate Bulletin Board ( Infopop Corporation at http://www.ultimatebb.com/ ) is using. From their FAQ http://www.scriptkeeper.com/ubb/faq.html#smilies :

Smilies

You've probably seen others use smilies before in email messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile smile or a frown :(. This bulletin board automatically converts certain smilies to a graphical representation. For example, if you type embarrassment in your BB post, it will automatically be converted to - a shameful face. The following smilies are currently supported:

What to Type Emotion Graphic That Will Appear
:) smile
:( frown
:o embarrassment
:D big grin
;) wink
:p razz (stick out tongue)
:cool: cool
:rolleyes: roll eyes (sarcastic)
:mad: mad
:eek: eek!
:confused: confused

It could be done as new TWikiVariables, for example %SMILE% could be rendered as .

It even could be inserted from a select list to add an emotion to one's text.

-- PeterThoeny - 18 Feb 2000

[Just a little edit to bring this back to the top -- I like this enough to keep it from the bottom of the TWikiIceberg. -- kk 30 Jun 00] ;-)

Great idea. -- MartinCleaver - 22 Feb 2001

There is a plugin that does just this ... look at the attachments in TWikiPluginAPI ...

[they work for the first plugin implementation described there ... wait a little for the new version working with last alpha code]

-- AndreaSterbini - 22 Feb 2001

I posted the GIF files as an example. If we take this into TWiki (also Plugin) we should recreate the GIF files (because of copyright issues).

-- PeterThoeny - 24 Feb 2001

MoinMoin wiki already does something like this: /!\ results in an alert icon, and of course other effects are possible. I've seen the scheme on this page done by an irc client too.

-- DavidLeBlanc - 10 Mar 2001

NOP'd the raw smilies so they don't show as gifs

-- HeathKitchin - 05 Apr 2004

Done in SmiliesPlugin.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 11 Jan 2006

Topic attachments
I Attachment Action Size Date Who Comment
GIFgif alert.gif manage 0.2 K 2001-03-11 - 02:44 DavidLeBlanc Alert! (copied from MoinMoin)
GIFgif biggrin.gif manage 0.1 K 2000-02-19 - 05:32 UnknownUser Big Grin
GIFgif confused.gif manage 0.1 K 2000-02-19 - 05:32 UnknownUser Confused
GIFgif cool.gif manage 0.1 K 2000-02-19 - 05:34 UnknownUser Cool
GIFgif eek.gif manage 1.2 K 2000-02-19 - 05:33 UnknownUser Eek
GIFgif frown.gif manage 0.1 K 2000-02-19 - 05:35 UnknownUser Frown
GIFgif mad.gif manage 0.2 K 2000-02-19 - 05:33 UnknownUser Mad
GIFgif redface.gif manage 0.1 K 2000-02-19 - 05:36 UnknownUser Red face
GIFgif rolleyes.gif manage 1.7 K 2000-02-19 - 05:34 UnknownUser Rolling eyes
GIFgif smile.gif manage 0.1 K 2000-02-19 - 05:36 UnknownUser Smile
GIFgif tongue.gif manage 0.3 K 2000-02-19 - 05:34 UnknownUser Tongue
GIFgif wink.gif manage 0.1 K 2000-02-19 - 05:35 UnknownUser Wink
Topic revision: r12 - 2006-01-11 - CrawfordCurrie
 
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