How to do a smiley face!!!

[Schenks]

I know this is a daft question for this site, but how do you put smiley faces and other ones into your blogs! (Here is where I need one!)

[RedApple Administrator]

Smiley and other faces are created by typing certain key combinations. Like this:

Smiling face = Colon followed by Close bracket

Winking face = Semi Colon followed by Close bracket

Laughing face = Colon followed by Upper case D

You won't see the faces when you type them though. they only appear after you've posted.

[Schenks]

Yippee!!!

[Schenks]

Yippee squared!!!!

xxx

[RedApple Administrator]

I forgot... sometimes we feel the need to use a:

Sad face = Colon followed by Open bracket

[Schenks]

wonder how this will come out . . .

[LouiseRoberts in reply to Schenks]

ooo, how do you do that one? xx

[RedApple Administrator in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Colon lower case x I think

[Schenks in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Let me test it . . . :>

[Schenks in reply to Schenks]

Nope - try again :<

[Schenks in reply to Schenks]

Hmmm. ;>

[Schenks in reply to Schenks]

Oh bugger. ;>

[Schenks in reply to Schenks]

[Schenks in reply to Schenks]

Yep - colon and lower case 'x'

[Clarebear in reply to Schenks]

just testing

[Hidden in reply to Clarebear]

daft lot on times. keeps me going.

[Schenks]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Schenks]

}M :>

[Schenks]

Oops

[RedApple Administrator]

Hahaha! As you've found out, not all variations work

[Schenks]

yup1

[LouiseRoberts]

x

[Schenks in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Looks like a pictorial representation of someone successfully completing a difficult pooh!

[LouiseRoberts in reply to Schenks]

lol! xx

We had a whole Admin message thread about this not long ago! lol! xx

[flatfeet1 in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Why don't they work in the first question box ?

[Hidden in reply to flatfeet1]

hmm, not sure! xx

[Schenks]

Lololol! how can we try them out without littering the site? :? :/ ;x :R :! like that!!

[Schenks]

[Clarebear]

I haven't seen the red face before - I like that xx

[nightingale-56]

Could someone please type a whole page of them so that we can all try and have it to hand - will take me a long time to remember them all;}.

[nightingale-56]

Maybe this one now :x.

[nightingale-56]

Oh help - what am I doing wrong.?

[flatfeet1 in reply to nightingale-56]

Try resting your cursor over the face it should show you ;0

[flatfeet1 in reply to flatfeet1]

Opps i mean

[nightingale-56 in reply to flatfeet1]

Thank you flatfeet. Useful tip.

[nightingale-56 in reply to nightingale-56]

Oops. x

[RedApple Administrator in reply to nightingale-56]

J_bee, It didn't work because you put a full stop after it

There must always be a space before and after the group of emoticon characters.

[Hidden in reply to RedApple]

RA - any idea what the message was called? We ended up with loads didn't we!?

xx

[RedApple Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Just blogged the ones I can remember!

[Hidden in reply to RedApple]

I've commented! Added a pre-emptive note about Mr Red face...!

x

[RedApple Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Good point!

[Schenks in reply to Hidden]

I've lost the list, I've lost the list - where is the reply with the list of them that was done the other day... PLEASE!

[Hidden in reply to Schenks]

thyroiduk.healthunlocked.co...

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[nightingale-56 in reply to RedApple]

Knew it would be something simple.

[lilliput]

)M:> Testing...

[lilliput]

[lilliput in reply to lilliput]

:8

[lilliput in reply to lilliput]

Oops! Just how bored am I? @@

[lilliput in reply to lilliput]

friendstagger.com/facebook-...

:3 8) > (^^^) 3 :/ O

[lilliput in reply to lilliput]

Hmmm...

[Schenks]

how did you do the crying one, lilliput? :%

[lilliput]

is colon, apostrope and open bracket. Some of the link ones don't work, probably because they are Facebook ones .:/ . :(( B) OK enough...

[Schenks]

XXX

[puncturedbicycle]

I saw how many replies this post had and wondered if there was a debate going on - pro and anti smiley - but I see it is all cheerful experimentation and no grumping.

I used to really hate them but I now use them with the zeal of a convert. As someone who sometimes fails to infuse emails with a cheerful or positive note (my emails can sound unintentionally angry or morose), I find smileys very helpful. (Truth be told I prefer the text versions to the little animated ones, but I'll try not to let that trouble me too much.)

[Hidden in reply to puncturedbicycle]

Nope, no grumping! (great word! lol!)

Sometimes we are just very silly!

More here:

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[Schenks]

Smiley = Colon followed by Close bracket

Sad = Colon followed by Open bracket

Winking = Semi Colon followed by Close bracket

Laughing = Colon followed by Upper case D

Crying = Colon followed by Apostrophe then Open bracket

Red (with anger) = Colon followed by lower case x

Tongue out = Colon followed by Upper case P

Surprised = Colon followed by Upper case O

Sunglasses (Cool) = Number 8 followed by Hyphen then Close bracket

Unsure = Colon followed by Hyphen then forward slash

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Thank you RedApple for posting this . . . now I don't have to try and hunt it out because I forgot where it was! It's now in MY questions! :0 XXX

[Hidden in reply to Schenks]

xx

[Hidden]

I love this thread!!!!

Xx

[Schenks]

A pictorial representation of going out for a curry, the after effects and after the after-effect.....

[Hidden in reply to Schenks]

lol! xx

[Schenks]

So, what's this story?....

8-(

[Schenks]

Oh, for god's sake...

8-(

[Schenks]

I think that will work. what simple story might this represent?

[Hidden]

uh oh, I think that burger was a bit underdone.....

YUP.....

That's better, back to the barbeque!

xxx

[Schenks]

Brilliant!