XF 2.3 Getting Error on adding smiley

[noahblank]

Hello,

"
Oops! We ran into some problems.
Please enter a valid emoji short-name. "

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iam getting this error, does someone know how can i fix this?

 

[philmckrackon]

What is under Admin >> Content >> Smile
Edit the smile by clicking on it.

 

[noahblank]

What is under Admin >> Content >> Smile
Edit the smile by clicking on it.
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I try to edit a smiley now and let you know.
If i try to put a new one there i get the error message.

 

[noahblank]

What is under Admin >> Content >> Smile
Edit the smile by clicking on it.
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same story i get the Error:
Oops! We ran into some problems.
Please enter a valid emoji short-name.

 

[noahblank]

Anyone any idea?

 

[beerForo]

Short-name already exists?

 

[MentaL]

Maybe the name is taken?

 

[noahblank]

Short-name already exists?

Maybe the name is taken?

Because possibility iam stupid, i tested it with a random name like this:

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get still the same error.

 

[beerForo]

I get the same error on my site when trying that field.

 

[beerForo]

Okay so you can paste the actual emoji there and it works, not sure what a short-name is but :smile: works but making up your own does not, so not sure where it is getting the short-name from but it needs to exist. XF can clarify.

 

[Jeremy P]

For example, :smile: is the short-name for . You can type : and then the name of any emoji and it should auto-complete a valid emoji for you. This also works in the regular post editor.

 

[beerForo]

Who makes up the valid short-names, XF, or it's a universal thing? It's definitely not super-intuitive.

 

[Jeremy P]

In our case, we source them from JoyPixels, but many social platforms offer something similar.

 

[beerForo]

Gotcha.

 

[noahblank]

In our case, we source them from JoyPixels, but many social platforms offer something similar.

I want to have this Smiley: https://slackmojis.com/
is there any way i can add it?
I dont quite get it or can we just use smileys from JoyPixels?

 

[Jeremy P]

Yeah but don't enter anything in the emoji replacement field. Smilies can either be emoji replacements or image replacements, but not both. I can appreciate that might not be obvious from the UI.

 

[beerForo]

Confused now. It literally says an image replacement can also be entered, and then the emoji will be used where the image can't be displayed.
"Enter an emoji or emoji short-name (such as ) which will replace the smilie text. If an image replacement is also entered, the emoji will be used as in places where image replacements are not supported (such as emails)."

Sounds like it favors image with emoji as backup. Is that wrong?

 

[Jeremy P]

Oh right, my mistake. In that case the emoji replacement serves as an alternative, but if you wanted to use an image it’s not strictly necessary.

 

[beerForo]

Right. Okay got it now lol. Thanks

 

[noahblank]

Right. Okay got it now lol. Thanks

same here, it works, thank you all

leave field emoji replacement blank