Ken, you need to set your editing options to the "Enhanced Interface" setting. Here's how:
- Click User CP in the upper left corner of any forum page.
- In the list of options on the left of the screen, click Edit Options in the Settings and Options section.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page that's displayed, and you'll see the Message Editor Interface section. In the drop-down menu displayed, select the Enhanced Interface option.
- Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page, and you're done.
After doing that, you should see a bunch of smileys on the right of the message editing box each time you you click
Post Reply in a thread. Note, however, if you click the Quick Reply button at the bottom of the post, you won't see the smileys. You can still type the characters manually, though. For example, a colon
: and a right-hand parenthesis symbol
) will make this:
. If you click the
More option in the list of smileys, you can see the character equivalents for each of the smileys we have here.
If you see a smiley in a post that's not shown on the list, that means the poster has linked to a smiley graphic that's hosted on another website.
I hope this helps -