I totally suck at this too so i will give this a shot..Because it aint working for me otherwise

In other words, the hack didn't work for you.. You had to go in to the database manually and play around with the order there.. The hack should automatically change the order via the Smilie CP.

I guesss it didnt work for me either. I installed it just like the directions said, i got no errors at all and everything went smooth. But when i try to change the order it does not work :(.

Well i never had any problems installing this hack in 2.2.9.. when i upgraded to 2.3.0 ( after reinstalling the prequisit hacks and then reinstalling the smilie hack ) everything stayed in place.
My order of smilies was fine so i did not need to change them, although i have not yet tryed adding any more smilies.

Its a nice hack but its long winded to add all the smilies manually... still love it.

im on vb 2.3.0.

How exactly does this thing work. For example just say i have 20 smilies on my page (the newthread page) and number 3 smilie gets used more than any other smilie, will #3 smilie automatically move to the no. 1 position?

Errrrm...no....

All this does is allow you to place the smilies in the order that you want them to show up either in the little smilie window or in the popup 'get more' window.

I've got a question. What would make a chunk of the function.php file to simply disappear?

I have 2.3.0, and I modified the necessary files, ran the queries, uploaded the files, and couldn't get into the site. I had the exact same problem as the gentleman 2nd from the top on page 10. Unfortunately, no one ever answered him, so I decided to try for myself. I reinstalled my functions backup, uploaded and ran the installer, and option one worked. I then had numbers under the smilies in the control panel, but they wouldn't take.

So I went into the function file and added the part about ordering the smilies by the showid in the two places required, saved it, and got an error message telling me something about line 909.

I deleted the function file, and copied the backup over again, and it was like before; numbers under the smilies, but they wouldn't stick. I then modified the function file again, and got the error message. I did this routine one more time with the same results.

Finally, I selected Show File instead of edit, and I noticed that the code from line 909 through 942, or part of line 942, was missing.

I tried another fresh copy of the function file, and i was able to access my site with no error messages. I clicked on Edit for the function file, and then Save, without touching a single thing. Back came the error messages, and sure enough, lines 909 through half of 942 were missing.

How is this happening, and how can I modify the file without it happening?

Any help would be appreciated.

Take care,
~Chris

@FireFly: Can you please post a single .txt or .zip of this hack that can be run on vB 2.3.x (espacially for 2.3.2 that I'm running ;)) cause it seems that this hack (first .zip and .txt) will not run on vB >= 2.3.x :(

I've done this other way round :)

Has anyone got this hack to work on vB 2.3.2? I keep getting parse errors on line 268 of the smilie.php file.

Line 268:
while(list($key,$val)=each($order)) {