First do you have them hosted? Secondly, do you have them named correctly. The file name should read at the end for example:
angry.gif
azn.gif
grin.gif
no spaces in the names or it won't work. The following is something I have been working on for my own use to help me with the smilieys. It took me a long time to get my mind to understand how to get them up there. Now it's so easy I am embarrassed.
On your computer, in My Pictures, make a new folder for the smilies you are going to use. Any smilies you use
must be in GIF format.
When you find a smiley you want to use, save image(using right click) to this folder. I have used a download from
http://smileymagick.com/ to illustrate the procedures. You can use any images that you like.
THE FOLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE WHEN YOU COPY THEM TO THE COMPUTER:
After you have them on your computer, you must rename them to match the smiley names on your forum.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY LOOK AFTER YOU HAVE RENAMED THEM :
If you are using Photobucket, you will have your Main Album called: "Mydangphotobucketaccount"
In that account make a sub album called anything you want; for examply "SMFsmileys"
In
that account make a sub album called whatever those smileys are for: "Valentines"
So it would be:
Mydangphotobucketaccount/smfsmileys/valentines
Upload your renamed smileys from your computer to the "Valentines" album.
Each time you want a new set of smileys, make a new sub album in the SMFsmileys album and give them an individual name such as christmas, winter, spring, easter. Whatever you are going to use them for.
Then follow Sybil's excellent instructions for putting them in your forum. She has been the best help to me to get me to understand all this stuff.