Smilies not working

[Keith]

I still can't get my smilies working on my computer at work or the one at home.

[mranderson]

No Yahoo news either.

[Todd]

Keith,

What Browser do you use?

Can you see the Yahoo news?

[Todd]

mranderson,

What browser do you use?

Can you use smilies in your post?

[mranderson]

Explorer. No I can not do either. Both home and at work. They use the same browser.

[Todd]

Test

[Todd]

Keith,

Man I'm lost as to why the smilies are not working for you. I've tested it as you can see above.

Other members please reply to this post with a test smilie. I am curious if this is isolated to Keiths computers.

[mranderson]

Keith,

Man I'm lost as to why the smilies are not working for you. I've tested it as you can see above.

Other members please reply to this post with a test smilie. I am curious if this is isolated to Keiths computers.

This is the test you requested. Still no smile will produce.

[Keith]

The Yahoo scroll bar is gone also.

[Todd]

I have temporarily disabled the Yahoo module for further testing. It was not working correctly for me either. the smilie thing is really strange thought. I am interested to see if others have the same issue.

[MasterWolf]

hmmm...seems ok on my end. Keith, Mr. Anderson, I am wondering if you guys are having any other problems with Internet Explorer? or is it just the smileys, and thats it?

[Keith]

Not that I know of, however, with me, anything is possible. Rolleyes...

[Patrick]

I'll try a test here....

Hmmm...it's not worknig for me either...I can't get the code to copy over from the smilie window to the message page here when I click on one of the smilies....

[Patrick]

Let me try just cutting and pasting the code fromthe smilie pop-up page.

[Patrick]

Okay Todd.....when I enter the code it works!

The problem seems to be when you click on the smilie image in the smilie poup window. IT won't transfer the code over to the message page!

[Ms.Relaxationstation]

I cant get my smileys to post either....nor can I get my usual red color to work. What a travesty~!!

[MasterWolf]

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[MasterWolf]

hmmm...very strange indeed

[Todd]

When you guys click on the link [More] that opens the smilie popup window are you guys trying to drag and drop the smilies into your post?

[Keith]

I have never had to drag any smilies to my posts. All I've had to do is click on them and they automatically go to my post.

[Todd]

I've done a little research into the smilie issue. It seems that when you select a smilie from the popup window you cannot drag and drop a smilie into your post. According to the forum software maker Vbulletin you can only double click a smilie and it should be automatically inserted into your post. I tested this out and it worked for me on this board plus 3 other forums I am a member of. Please try double clicking and let me know the results

[Keith]

Ok, let's see...Nope. I double clicked and nothing happened.

[Todd]

Patrick,

When you say "It won't transfer" what do you mean? Are you trying to drag it into your post or double click it?



If you double click it should work. I double clicked the smilies above. It is technically impossible for it to work on my two computers at home the 3 I use at work and not somehow be localized to the individual computers you are using. I've had my wife try at work no problems, I even had a friend in India try with no problem.

The smile portion of the site has not been tinkered with. It would be impossible for me to diognose a local issue. I would start by eliminating the most obvious possabilities such as.

1. What system software do you use. Has it been updated lately. XP and XP Pro can be set to be updated automatically. Maybe one of the updates is causing a problem.
2. Did you recently turn on a popup blocker in I.E. or any of the 1,000 other blockers. If you have blockers did you double check them ALL. Including the new I.E. version which has a blocker built in?
3. Did you update virus software. Several of them have blockers built in to.
4. Turn OFF ALL you virus programs, firewalls, and blockers. Then close ALL your browser windows. Open them backup and try again. Be sure to close all programs FIRST then CLOSE ALL windows and open up the site from a new window.
   

I will keep investigating but I am running out of suggestions. I cannot replicate the problem on any computer I have tried.

[Ms.Relaxationstation]

Todd,
It is strange that it has happened to a few of us all at the same time. I have not updated anything, nor have I installed any new pop up stopper. Is anyone else have problems with the font, size, and color also? When I double click on the smilies, it sort of resets my page and give me an "error on page" at the bottom left side of the page. Hmmm...could this be a delayed millineum bug? LOL

[Keith]

I am not having problems with fonts or colors, I just can't get the smilies to work. When I click on a smilie, my screen will jump...and that's it.