Add new smiley

[Morgain]

I know I did this on one of my boards but I forgot and can't find my notes on it can't find it on here.
There's a manager in the acp ... somewhere.

 

[Chris D]

It's on the Admin CP home page under "BB Code & Smilies"

 

[cclaerhout]

You can use this addon from Sonnb. It's working great and helped me a lot to convert my vB boards.

P.S: why did you write smiley and not smilie? I'm asking you this because in French we use smiley and I thought in English it was smilie.

 

[Chris D]

P.S: why did you write smiley and not smilie? I'm asking you this because in French we use smiley and I thought in English it was smilie.

Nope. Smiley is more correct

Smiley and Smilies

It's consistent with other words in the English language. Smilie is not in the Oxford English dictionary whereas Smiley is

 

[cclaerhout]

Nope. Smiley is more correct

Smiley and Smilies

It's consistent with other words in the English language. Smilie is not in the Oxford English dictionary whereas Smiley is

Oh thank you, I really thought it was the opposite.

 

[Morgain]

I see both in use Cedric - use as you know is often not according to rules.
I have taught English for years so I tend to be more fussy. As Chris says 'smiley' is 'proper.'
For informal use both are accepted.