How to get emoticons into body of a post?

OK, guys, I've tried and failed so many times that I'm now ready to eat a bit of crow and admit I don't know how to get the emoticons into the body of a post. All I can find is the emoticons to go with the title.

I've checked what I can (being a computer dummy, I don't know anything about programming), and the only thing I can see is that on the "posting rules" at the lower left corner sometimes it says the HTML code is off. Right now it says it is on, but in all truthfulness I wouldn't know what that means--I just tried to put an emoticon into the body of this message and it ended up at the title again.

Please offer suggestions as to what I may be missing.

Thanks!!

Doug

Are you able to see them on the Reply Editor (Right side)? If not you might have your options set differently then needed. From the User CP on the main menu bar (or link below) look for the user options section and at the bottom they have several editor choices, see if it is in the ENHANCED INTERFACE - WYSIWIG mode

User CP

Also another option in tells about visible post elements and that might also be a problem.

You can get them in a couple of ways, one is by clicking on them in the editor (if you have the enhanced one selected), you can also just type the secret (well not too secret) codes that make them up...

For Example

: ) - Smile
: (- Frown

One other style is like this :NAME: -
: confused : - Confused
: bash : - bash :bash:

The first part of the examples I put a space between the first and last parts as they would magically turn into a smilie if I didn't. Give it a try and preview your message and the magic will happen!

If you need more help, please give a holler

Sandy

rockonsmile Thanks guys :bow: just what I needed to know :chug:

Dont feel to bad Doug, I just read Sandy's reply and still cant do it.

Ta Dah!!!epper: second attempt worked. Apparently it takes a few seconds for changes to be saved.

Thanks Sandy.

Glad to help!

Sandy

Thanks Sandy
I'm another who has had to go without :shrug:
but now :burnout:

Thanks Sandy, for a while I thought I was just 'special not being allowed daemons

Brett