David N. Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Right now if someone types the : ) shortcut (no space), it is automatically replaced by an old school smilie because that is set as a custom emoji converted from my old phpBB board. I would rather it be replaced with a modern emoji though. In my custom emoji pane I have all the converted emojis, what happens to the old posts that use them if I remove those? I want the old posts to either stay old school smilies or turn into modern emojis, is that what will happen, should I just delete both these sets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 45 minutes ago, Jamynee said: should I just delete both these sets? Deleting them will result in the images no longer being there, and therefore older posts will not display them - no conversion will take place. Your use-case is one of the reasons I created the following: SeNioR- and David N. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 31 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said: Deleting them will result in the images no longer being there, and therefore older posts will not display them - no conversion will take place. Thank you for your reply. So instead of smilies we'll just see the actual text (colon and parenthesis)? Is there no way to keep the old smilies and from now on have (colon and parenthesis) turn into a new modern emoji? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, Jamynee said: So instead of smilies we'll just see the actual text (colon and parenthesis)? You will see a dead image. 11 minutes ago, Jamynee said: Is there no way to keep the old smilies and from now on have (colon and parenthesis) turn into a new modern emoji? Not natively, no. Hence the resource I created. David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Ok thanks Nathan, that's too bad. I'll have a look at your plug-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said: Not natively, no. In the interest of fairness, there actually may be a way...simply changing the short code of the old emoticon to something else would mean that your example will be an emoji going forward. But then you still have the custom emoticon in the listing, available or use. You could remove the emoji button from the editor and rely on just type/search in the editor then. Ultimately though, want them gone without affecting old content then the resource listed will allow you to disable the old ones from being viewed in the menu. Edited October 8, 2022 by Nathan Explosion David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said: In the interest of fairness, there actually may be a way...simply changing the short code of the old emoticon to something else would mean that your example will be an emoji going forward. But then you still have the custom emoticon in the listing, available or use. Oh great, thanks a lot for that answer, that helps. 😄 7 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said: You could remove the emoji button from the editor and rely on just type/search in the editor then. Why would I remove the emoji button? I mean, I don't mind that the old "converted" smilies are still offered (all the way down at the very bottom of the emoji button pop-up menu), the only thing that matters is that if someone types a colon and a parenthesis it gets converted into a new modern emoji and not the old classic smilie. I believe your solution of changing the short code of the old smilie achieves that though, so thanks again. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution SeNioR- Posted October 8, 2022 Solution Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said: You will see a dead image. Unless he makes a copy of the emoticons directory first, removes the emoticons from ACP and uploads the copy of the emoticons directory. Edited October 8, 2022 by SeNioR- David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 There you go - he is now armed with the options. David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Awesome, thanks guys for providing different options for achieving what I want (and even more with that plug-in). 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, SeNioR- said: Unless he makes a copy of the emoticons directory first, removes the emoticons from ACP and uploads the copy of the emoticons directory. Wait... so I was going to do this but in the end, I deleted the two sets of classic emojis from my ACP and that took care of it: the emoticons directory stays in place, the old posts continue showing the old classic emoticons, but the shortcuts now create the new modern emojis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Interesting - it used to blat the images out. Good stuff. David N. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Wait, I cleared my system cache and then the images were gone. Ok good thing I had a backup. I uploaded it as @SeNioR- suggested and all is well. SeNioR-, Jim M, Marc Stridgen and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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