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Forum Url: http://grinsngiggles.smfforfree4.com
Before I am asked if I followed the directions, let me say that I did .. and I am 100% sure that I did it properly, because I've done this only 20 times before now. LOL And yes, I also read the trouble shooting. Still no help. So ... although I know the scripted questions will commence anyways, I just wanted to get that out there.

I followed this guide and instead of getting anything, I get absolutely nothing. There are NO smilies what so ever that come up. I checked my photo bucket account, the URL, the name of the album and so forth to make sure there were no typos (even though I copied and pasted), and nothing is changed. I have used the Current Theme step as well to select the smilies I want to use, etc...

I also tried going back and restoring to default, by placing the URL: http://grinsngiggles.smfforfree4.com/Smileys into the URL area and you know what? NOTHING! LOL I get nothing. No defaults. No classics. No smiles at all. Now, I used all those steps listed in the guide just a couple of weeks ago, and they worked fine. Nothing in my photo bucket account was moved or renamed. I double checked the file names to be sure those weren't screwy. They are fine. I was going to add some Thanksgiving Smilies and couldn't get them to show up. So I gave up and was going to restore the smilies back to the ones we were using - again ... couldn't get them to go back. So then I tried restoring to default ... again ... no luck. So, knowing the steps in and out .. and having successfully added these for three forums ... suddenly, it's just not working? Something isn't right.

In the midst of the small changes here and there being done with SMF, did something happen with the smiles along the way or is my forum just bugging right now?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!


(Edited to add: I should also add that this problem happened at the very time that SMF servers 3 and 4 went down on Monday night. I was in the middle of working on this when I noticed they stopped working and since have not come back to working order for me).

Trust me, I completely understand the need to ask those obvious questions. I have to do that daily (and it's not fun LOL). It can easily make a person  in the brain. So that wasn't a smarty pants comment, LOL. Just me trying to point out that I'm not an amateur to the scene. LOL

I double checked and no spaces. I did notice about a week ago that Photobucket was breaking links that included the <a href=  code in them. So I had to manually go in and remove each <a href code and leave only the <img src= code. Then the pictures started working again.

The Base URL I am using is: http://s478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/grinsngiggles (I left off the / because when you add it, it adds two // to the base URL that I noticed). The album name is GnGSmiles. No spaces, no dashes, or funky characters. The new set is named GnGSmiles and the files of each smiley is exactly what the original (default) files are named. I didn't change the file names at all for any of them.

Thanks for the assistance, once again, sibyl. LOL This problem is certainly making me bonkers. I had to go sit down and have a drink after banging my head on the keyboard in frustration. LOL I kept saying to myself, "OK .... Steph .. you had this working last week. What now?" 

It'll work without the slash too..     just took it off.. smileys are all there..
 If needbe do a screenshot of the smiley sets page so we can see what the url looks like there.

OK will double check it and if no go, will add in screenies.

Okay.. will check in as I can.. my football teams playing tonite and my other half keeps calling me from the den  LOL   Time to loggoff.. 

humm should at least show red x's
Your settings are identical to mine.. mine are working just fine.
Checked Edit Smileys and made sure none are set to hidden?
Any show up in there at all?
If not go to Add Smileys..    choose one in the drop down.. does it show up?

Might hafta ask SMF to take a peek and see if something is up over there

Go back to Add Smileys and add one of them.
Put in a code, and a tooltip for it, choose Post Form for Location then click save changes.
Check Edit smileys to see if it shows up (also do a reply to a post to check)
If it does you know what to do from there -  go back  and Add the rest.

If this does not do it for ya...  Im stumped

Well call me Sally and slap me with a rubber hose. That did it. Them not being inside of the Edit field was causing them to act like they weren't even there. What a P.I.T.A. that was and all to find such a simply stupid resolution. UGH! Okay ... well, at least it's resolved. Thanks so much sibyl. That was genius and yet at the same time, I am ashamed to admit, after four days of thinking about a resolution, I just never thought of that one. *sigh* I know for next time, right? LOL

I.O.U sibyl. Thanks again! 

glad its solved  "Sally"     heh
Ive only seen this happen one other time and the member had deleted them from Edit Smileys.
Will try to keep this resolution in the back of my brain for when someone else has an issue with them.