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trouble with Smiley Module - thanks for any help!

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Ok (imagine trembling lower lip smiley here), I guess I won't be able to customize and use the above vomiting smiley for example...it'd be way too tiny if it's overall as tall as all other smileys. Oh well (imagine puking smiley inserted here). I would have been happy to edit each custom smiley I added...many would be the same sizes anyway...but i can understand why you might want to avoid having to explain that to puzzled people.

Well at least now the smileys don't all have be square or else get squished...

But I'll have to also now test to see whether animated gif smileys get de-activated simply because their height/size is changed by Smiley module. That'd be a total bummer if so, as my members are very devoted to various amusing gif 'action smilies' we've been using for years. Will get back to this thread after a test of animated gif smilies, but not til after Thanksgiving I'm afraid- houseguests coming soon! Thanks!

Admin Hover module- love it and was using it all the time until it bullied its way into the smiley menu... DURN!

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Ning To Jamroom

Bookmarked for when I need it!
updated by @strumelia: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

An 'Heads Up'

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Micheal, just wanted to say that reading these tips help me as well- thank you for taking the time. Always much appreciated. :D
updated by @strumelia: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

trouble with Smiley Module - thanks for any help!

Using Jamroom


Brian, Michael, I was really loving the choice I briefly had with the "free size" option included amongst the sizing choices. I had started experimenting with it, and it was awesome! Can you put it back in to include the Free Size amongst the other sizing options we can choose? That way I can work on some awesome custom smileys if I like, with various dimensions- it gave me some great creative options. Like the vomiting smiley, which needs a bit of 'step awaaaay from the smiley' room. ; )

I do like that I can eliminate the 'text string' so that if I want to type "l o l" for instance, it won't turn that into a dopey face automatically. Like this: hmmm

Brian if you look at the attached image in my first poste of this thread, you can see that my "Admin Hover Menu" module is plastering itself over my smiley drop menu, making it impossible to select among the top rows of smileys. Is there a way you can keep it out of my smiley dropdown menu? I like using the Admin Hover Menu Module that i installed- gives me some nice quick shortcuts! But it's messin with my smiley menu selection window.
updated by @strumelia: 11/25/14 08:02:49PM

trouble with Smiley Module - thanks for any help!

Using Jamroom

Okay, okay. it's at this url:

http://api.ning.com/files/8fil5gmLgTY5UBBf8m2v62zpRKwhOfBNB72yRNl7-L8I3ANeFQh4nUU*3l6HCAWq324Wsjf0Uv9oEkz6SLykO2QxIc2bH-2X/puking_gif.gif

L O L one of my faves.

updated by @strumelia: 11/25/14 07:27:06PM

Need for a Search within specific features (& Profiles/member List issues)

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The search boxes are working now, thanks! I may have some thoughts on it later as well- for refinement maybe.

But I just noticed I only seem to have 16 of my 60 groups, even though they 'seem' to be present in my ning archive... but can't do any more on JR tonight- gotta do some work. Later!....
updated by @strumelia: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

An 'Heads Up'

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Pam- your cPanel is where you access your stuff and your settings on your SERVER and your server account. You log into your server account (not JR) to get to your cPanel. Once there, you can look for your file manager folder to see where your 'stuff' is. Also in there, look for your "Public_html" folder and you'll recognize some of your stuff there.
updated by @strumelia: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

trouble with Smiley Module - thanks for any help!

Using Jamroom

I paid someone so I could use their smiley set on my ning site- very modest one-time fee. I could ask them about making it available in JR, but there are a whole bunch out there, surely some 'public domain' ones available too.
It's kinda fun to add one at a time to the JR Smileys.
Thank you Michael!!!
It now works great for moving gif non-square smilies...now I can have a cool vomiting smiley.
However be advised if you set the sizing for "free size', the handful of generic smilies that are already installed in Jamroom all become HUGE. the fix would be to remove them, shrink them down to about 24px, and then re-load them. I tried resizing them right in place within the smiley module edit settings, but that doesnt seem to work- so easiest just to shrink those and re-upload them, or just get smaller or different ones from someplace anyway.
It appears one has to add in new smilies one by one anyway, but it's kinda fun so I dont mind at all- thank you for the update!
updated by @strumelia: 11/25/14 02:23:16PM

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"use the COMPARE button to compare how your changes line up with the new updates, then just add in the changes you want. "

Michael, I'm a little foggy on this: you suggest using the Compare and then adding the new template's changes to our own custom template we've been using, OR the other way around- adding our previous custom tweaks to the new template? And... how do you suggest cloning the skins be a part of this? Thanks for clarifying.
updated by @strumelia: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Need for a Search within specific features (& Profiles/member List issues)

Ning To Jamroom

I'll have to check on those updates later on this afternoon- thank you Michael!
updated by @strumelia: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM