Sorting existing "Custom Emojis"

[Jordan Miller]

Hi there, quick question.

My members are very interested in a better way to search for "custom emojis," or "emotes" as they're nicknamed on my forum. They are extremely popular and often used on my site.

Check out this thread that one of my members started.

Wondering... would it be possible somehow to sort existing custom emotes? For example, ALL of our custom emotes are in one Group.

I was thinking of categorizing custom emotes by Group so it's easier to find them. For example, Groups named:

• Happy
• Funny
• Sad etc

I would like to avoid re-uploading all of our emotes as there are currently hundreds. It would be awesome just to drag and drop or re-categorize into groups somehow. Is this possible?

It would be also awesome to assign tags to the emotes. For example, if a user searched for either "britney, smile, peace" this would pop up:

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[CoffeeCake]

You can create groups and drag and drop emoji between the group via the ACP > Customization > Emoji. At the top, there's an option to add a new group. Do that, give it the name you want, and then just click on the space above the existing custom emoji and drag it into the group you want.

For the tags bit, that's probably a custom mod.

Edited September 4, 2020 by Paul E.

[WP V0RT3X]

There already is some kind of tag function too, you can search the replacements 😉

For example your replacement could be :britney_smilie_peace: or whatever.

[CoffeeCake]

2 minutes ago, V0RT3X666 said:

There already is some kind of tag function too, you can search the replacements 😉

For example your replacement could be :britney_smilie_peace: or whatever.

Oh! Interesting idea. Do you mean using System > Settings > Posting > Word Filters to replace a number of different variations of the emoji text to the one that's configured as an emoji? If so, that might work for those folks typing them in, yet I'm not sure about searching in the emoji chooser.

[WP V0RT3X]

Much easier, look here...

The text below the smilie is the replacement in the editor. The smilie dropdown is searcheable.

2 hours ago, breatheheavy said:

For example, if a user searched for either "britney, smile, peace" this would pop up

And exactly that's it. You only have to use the right tags/keywords in the replacements.

Simply call a smilie :britney_funny_peace:, :britney_drunk_stoned: and so on, you see what I mean 😄

 

[Jordan Miller]

1 hour ago, V0RT3X666 said:

Much easier, look here...

The text below the smilie is the replacement in the editor. The smilie dropdown is searcheable.

And exactly that's it. You only have to use the right tags/keywords in the replacements.

Simply call a smilie :britney_funny_peace:, :britney_drunk_stoned: and so on, you see what I mean 😄

 

This is a GREAT suggestion! I tried it and it worked amazingly. I don't know why I didn't think of it! But that's the beauty of this place. Thank you @V0RT3X666

As far as sorting goes... there's no solution to that besides re-uploading I presume? 

[CoffeeCake]

42 minutes ago, breatheheavy said:

As far as sorting goes... there's no solution to that besides re-uploading I presume?

You can just drag and drop them in the groups and order that you want. No need to reupload.

[Jordan Miller]

4 minutes ago, Paul E. said:

You can just drag and drop them in the groups and order that you want. No need to reupload.

I'm confused. When I upload a new emoji and create a group... it does nothing 😂 

Where are these groups after they're created? 

[CoffeeCake]

Click on the emoji icon in the editor. When you scroll down, past all the standard emojis, you'll see one called "Emoticons." That's a group here. You can add more. You can also get to this from the Categories drop down in the upper right:

[bfarber]

You cannot adjust the sorting of standard emoji.

You can drag and drop the custom emoticons that you upload in the AdminCP to reorder them.

[Jordan Miller]

On 9/8/2020 at 6:33 AM, bfarber said:

You cannot adjust the sorting of standard emoji.

You can drag and drop the custom emoticons that you upload in the AdminCP to reorder them.

Gotcha, but no way to categorize the custom emoticons by folder? 

[Morrigan]

@breatheheavy Its not super intuitive. But upload a new custom emoji and "Create a new group" this will give you a new emoji group to sort. Do this for as many groups as you want or need.

[Malwarebytes Forums]

Not tried, but is it possible to not show the default emoji and only show your custom ones, but copy the default ones into your custom ones organized how you want?

 

[Jordan Miller]

10 hours ago, Morrigan said:

@breatheheavy Its not super intuitive. But upload a new custom emoji and "Create a new group" this will give you a new emoji group to sort. Do this for as many groups as you want or need.

AHHH ok so I figured out why the folders weren't creating before. The emote I was using had @2x.png in the name. Problem is I wasn't uploading a version that wasn't HD as well. Just the HD one, so it wouldn't create the folder.

Just now, I uploaded both versions of the same emote, standard and HD, and it created the folder! Now I can easily drag and drop the emotes.

One thing I find interesting is that you can't simply create a folder. You must upload an emote as you create the folder. But that's no big deal. 

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions! 

Now, to organize hundreds of these guys... 😂