Wolfie Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Very simple.. Via member group setting, a member of a group could add their own emoticons and names (although the names would be forced to be between colon's) that they could use when they make posts. The member group setting should be -1/0/# settable (-1 unlimited, 0 is off or not allowed, otherwise the # is the maximum number of personal emoticons they can have/setup). Each emoticon would either be a file they upload or a URL to the emoticon itself. The emoticons should also replace the boards default emoticons (perhaps setting per group if that group can override default emoticons). So if someone wanted to use their own version of a common smiley, they could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 And then what happens on large boards where you have thousands upon thousands of members each uploading multiple emoticons? Say goodbye to your disk space :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wepfijweoifj Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 1000 laugh emoticons is a bit over half of a megabyte... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 The only real issue I can see would be the processing of personal emoticons. Other than that, if someone is able to "outsource" emoticons, then space isn't an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wepfijweoifj Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 And what happens if someone deletes an emoticon to make room for more? :P Everything's broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 You can use the img tag to link to remote emoticons, or you could attach an image to a post. I think that's sufficient myself. This sounds like unnecessary bloat to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Well I had the idea and thought I'd toss it out. What about user submissions of emoticons, where a member can supply the image and suggested :tag: and then the admin either approves it (and it gets added) or not? Per group setting (obviously) and view the group can limit the kb and x/y dimensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Why couldn't your members just start a topic on the forums where they post these emoticons they'd like added? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 then you have to copy the image (save and upload to emoticon area) and make the name for it instead of a simple approve/deny process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 That's not like, a [i]lot[/i] of work though, to save an image and upload it to the emoticon manager, it's all of about 5 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Add up those 5 seconds to save and 5 seconds to upload and 5 to name it (ie, more than a total of 5 seconds per emoticon), multiply it by however many emoticons, say 20, and the time adds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy T Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Μichael' date='10 August 2009 - 03:41 PM' timestamp='1249940517' post='1841507'] Why couldn't your members just start a topic on the forums where they post these emoticons they'd like added? [/quote] Thats how I got the 1000s of emoticons I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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