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You are here 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>


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