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Installing New Smiley Sets

There are two ways to install new smiley sets. You can either use the Package Manager; or upload it directly to your server.

Install a Smiley Set Using the Package Manager

The Package Manager can be used to install new smiley sets to your forum. This works in the same way as when you install new modifications.

Upload a Smiley Set Directly to the Server

The other way to add a smiley set is to create a new directory inside your "Smileys" server directory. First, give it the name that you want it to have, like "blue_smiley_set", for example. Then upload all the actual graphic files (primarily PNGs and/or GIFs probably) for your smileys, into that directory.

Next, go to Admin Center > Smileys and Message Icons > Smiley Sets and click on the New Smiley Set button in the bottom right corner. Type a name in the Name field; the logical choice being the same name as the directory you created, "blue_smiley_set" in this case. Click the dropdown menu for the URL field, and choose "blue_smiley_set".

**Page updated to this point. Still working**

When you click Save changes, your new smiley set should be recognised and installed.

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 ===Installing New Smiley Sets===
-There are two ways to install new smiley sets. You can either use the Package Manager, like installing a new modification; or add it directly to your server. Please read the instructions further below.
+There are two ways to install new smiley sets. You can either use the Package Manager; or upload it directly to your server.
-First, please take note of the following two warnings.
+====Install a Smiley Set Using the Package Manager====
+The [[SMF2.1:Package manager|Package Manager]] can be used to install new smiley sets to your forum. This works in the same way as when you install new [[Modification|modifications]].
-{{Important|'''Multiple Smiley Sets: Avoiding Problems'''<br />
+====Upload a Smiley Set Directly to the Server====
-#If you install more than one smiley set, it is advisable to make sure that each set contains graphics files with exactly the same names. If they do not have the same names, and your members are using different sets of smileys, they will not be able to see each other's smileys.
-#If you install more than one smiley set, and a smiley appears in one set, but there is not an equivalent smiley in the other sets, members will encounter broken smileys.}}
+The other way to add a smiley set is to create a new directory inside your "Smileys" server directory. First, give it the name that you want it to have, like "blue_smiley_set", for example. Then upload all the actual graphic files (primarily PNGs and/or GIFs probably) for your smileys, into that directory.
-'''<pre style="color: red">  **Page updated to this point. Still not finished**</pre>'''
+Next, go to ''Admin Center > Smileys and Message Icons > Smiley Sets'' and click on the ''New Smiley Set'' button in the bottom right corner. Type a name in the ''Name'' field; the logical choice being the same name as the directory you created, "blue_smiley_set" in this case. Click the dropdown menu for the ''URL'' field, and choose "blue_smiley_set".
-===Adding a Smiley Set Using the Package Manager===
+'''<pre style="color: red">  **Page updated to this point. Still working**</pre>'''
-The [[SMF2.0:Package manager|Package Manager]] can be used to add smiley sets to your forum. This works in the same way as when you add [[Modification|mods]].
+When you click ''Save changes'', your new smiley set should be recognised and installed.
-If you want to add smileys to a set, edit their code, placement order, or the places where they are displayed, for example on the [[post]] screen, as a pop-up, or hidden you need to check ''Enable customized smileys'' on the ''Settings'' page of the smiley section.
-===Adding a Smiley Set by Creating a Directory===
-The other way to add a smiley set is to create a directory inside your forum's "Smileys" directory. First, give it the name that you want it to have, then upload all the actual graphic files for your smileys into that directory.
-Next, go to ''Admin > Smileys and Message Icons > Smiley Sets'' and click on ''New Smiley Set''. Select a name for this smiley set, the logical choice being to give it the same name as the directory you created. Click ''New smiley set'' and you will see "URL:" and, to the right of that, a requester.  Use this to select the set's name.
-Check the box labelled ''Import smileys already in this directory:'' and, if you want to make this set your forum's default set, check the box labelled ''Default smiley set:''.
-When you click ''Save changes'', your new smiley set should be recognised and installed.
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