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arrow image Message Boards How Do I Add a Smiley?



Emoticons or 'smileys' are little images you can add to your messages. They are generated automatically if you type certain combinations. For example, if you type this :-) it will appear like this in your message.

Here are some of the ones you can use...


Smiley

smiley
is :-)  or  :)  or  <smiley>
Sad

sadface
is :-(  or  :(
Winking

winking
is ;-)  or  ;)
Big Grin

big grin
is :-D  or  <biggrin>
Cool

cool
is B-)  or  <cool>
Erm

erm
is :-/  or  <erm>
Love Blush

loveblush
is <loveblush>
Laughing

laugh
is <laugh>
Blush

blush
is @'.'@  or  <blush>
Yikes

yikes
is <yikes>
Doh!

doh
is <doh>
Whistle

whistle
is <whistle>
Devil

devil
is <devil>
Hug

hug
is {{{}}}  or  <hug>
Thumbs Up

thumbs up
is <ok>
Smooch

smooch
is <smooch>
Angry

angry
is <steam>
Magic

magic
is <magic>
Tongue Out

bubbly
is >-|  or  <bubbly>
Gift

gift
is <gift>
Grr

grr
is <grr>
Peace Dove

peacedove
is <peacedove>
Rose

rose
is @->--  or  <rose>
Star

star
is <star>
Ill

ill
is c|_|  or  <ale>
Santa

santa
is <santa>
Snowball

snowball
is <snowball>
Snowball backwards

llabwons
is <llabwons>
Cracker

cracker
is <cracker>
Holly

holly
is <holly>
Reindeer

reindeer
is <reindeer>
Snowman

snowman
is <snowman>
Christmas pudding

xmaspud
is <xmaspud>
Christmas tree

xmastree
is <xmastree>

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