How to Replace your Smileys 

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If you need help please see TROUBLESHOOTING at the bottom of this post.
If all else fails and you need help post here: Help with adding smileys

Some places to get smileys from:

http://www.smileymagick.com/ 
http://www.funfilesandsmiles.com/smileys/smileys.htm   
http://www.kolobok.us/modules.php?name=Gif   (click English at the top)
http://www.foolstown.com/en/sm01.htm
http://www.smileyset.com/
http://bestsmileys.com/pageindex.htm
http://www.emoticons4u.com/index.htm
http://www.ez-smilies.com/index.php
http://www.mazeguy.net/expressive.html
http://www.invision.smileyville.net/index.php
http://members.cox.net/mysmileyplace/ - shameless plug -  smileys made by simply sibyl

Do EVERY Step in the Guide:

Step 1:
 

• Go to Admin > Smileys and Message Icons > Settings
  Put a checkmark in:  Enable Customized Smileys
  Click Save Settings.
  

• Admin > Smileys and Message icons > Edit Smileys 
  Write down the filenames you see there.
  for example:afro.gif  angel.gif angry.gif  azn.gif cheesy.gif   
  
  After you have written down all of the filenames rename your smileys to the same names you just wrote down.
  Your new smileys MUST be named the exact same names as the smileys that exist on your forum.
  

Step 2:

• Now you need a host for your smileys. Photobucket works very well for this.
  Use your exisiting Photobucket acct, or make one if you do not have one.
  
  At Photobucket make an album to place your smilies in. 
  NOTE: The name you choose for the album will also be the name of your new smiley set
  Upload the smileys into the album.

Step 3:

• Admin Panel > Smileys, and Message Icons.  (Picture below)
  
  1.  Click on the Smiley Sets Tab.
  2.  Click on the New Smiley Set Button.
  3.  In the Name box put the name of the album you created at Photobucket.
  4.  In the url box put the exact same name.
  5.  Check mark the Default Smiley Set box.
  6.  Click Save Changes.
  
  

Step 4:

• Click the Settings tab.   (picture below)
  1.  In the box for Base url:   Put your photobucket address. 
  NOTE:    Leave OFF the album name.  It only needs to know your Photobucket address.
  If your smileys are in  http://myphotobucketaccount/myname/mysmileys   
                  then put only http://myphotobucketaccount/myname   in as the base url
  IMPORTANT:  Be sure there are no spaces before or after the url when you paste it into the box.
  click Save Changes.
  
  2.  Click the Settings tab again.
  3.  Choose the smileyset in the Default Smiley Set dropdown box:  (the name of the album you created)
  4.  Click Save
  
  

Step 5:

•   Click  Current Theme
  Select default smiley set for this theme :    Choose your new smiley set  (the name of the album you made)
  
  

• Your smileys are now installed.
  
  Once you are sure your smileys are working you can go to the add smileys section and add the ones that are not already listed in edit smilies.    Write down the additional filenames, upload the additional smilies.

   

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TROUBLESHOOTING:

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1.  Did you name your smileys the exact same names as the existing smileys?
    (see Step 1)

2.  What address did you put in as the base url?   
     Do NOT put in the entire url WITH the sub album name at the end.   
           a.  If your smileys are in  http://myphotobucketaccount/myname/mysmileys   
                then put only http://myphotobucketaccount/myname   in as the base url.     
     
3.   Did you name the new smiley set the SAME name as the sub album the smileys are in at photobucket?
           a.  using the above example your new smiley set name would be "mysmileys"
           b.  the forum will look in  http://myphotobucketaccount/myname for the "mysmileys" subalbum

4.   Did you go to Admin > Current Theme and choose your new smiley set 
     (the same name as your sub album)?
     (see Step 5)

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How to put your smileys back to Default
In case you decide to put your smileys back to the forum default smileys.

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Admin > Smileys and Message Icons

1.  Click the Settings tab.

        Default Smiley Set:     Change it to Default.

        Base URL to all smiley sets:   Use http://text.smfforfree.com/Smileys for the base url.
        NOTE   Replace text.smfforfree.com with YOUR forums url.
        Do not leave a space at the end of it when pasting it in.
        Click Save.

2. Click the Smiley Sets tab.   
    Make sure there is an asterick (*) beside the Default Set.

3. Admin > Current Theme:[/b]   
    Select default smiley set for this theme:  Choose Default in the dropdown box.   
    Click Save.

That is all there is to putting them back to default.

checkmark enable customized smileys on the settings tab

yer welcome.   

Thanks so so much! I'll try it!

girlylicious hun
what that means is when you upload your smilies you want to use into photobucket
you have to rename each one  to the ones that are on yoyr forum
so if you have a smilie called hug.gif rename it to the one that say
afro.gif
and then afro will become your hug smilie
that make sense?

thats ok lol
i have to have ALOT of things put in simple text for me lol

~Sigh~ I messed up my smilies, tried resetting to default, now all im getting is words instead of smilies.

smiley wink cheesy etc

It really is! I cant seem to reset it though is the problem now, but i will try again