[ninjamon]

I am kind of computer challenged, and have not been able to figure out how to put smileys into the body of posts...like in here. I read thru the help section on these, but it did not sink in for me. Anyone got a simple explanation?

 

[MrSciTrek]

When you hit REPLY a new window or letter box opens up.
Above the box will appear a wide range of icons in 3 rows.
The low ros has the Smileys... just click on the one that fits your mood. 8)

Unless somehow you have set your computer so that it doesn't recognize such things. :'(

 

[ninjamon]

I see the three rows of icons above...yet when I click on them, all it does is leave a few characters( like commas, periods, parentheses, etc. ) where the cursor was in my note. Maybe my computer is stupider than me...eh, I don't think so. At any rate, I also tried the space bar thing lucky#13 and it did not seem to make any difference.

 

[ninjamon]

OK lucky#13 let's see what happens. I see a colen and a close parenthesis in front of OK. Now I'll try to put in another... ;D...and I see a semicolen and a D. So, when I preview the post it still shows those characters. Now I'll post it and see what happens.

 

[ninjamon]

I'm ecstatic that half the attempts worked! What do you mean by too close(I assume you mean that's why the first did not work ?

 

[ninjamon]

;D OK, I think I've got it now . Thanks for helping a computer ingnoramius : .