Actually, the images are created on the fly and it uses no more queries than the vbcode trick not to mention it's really easy for our computer challenged folks.... lol Let's hope we can get it working with VB....... :D

No more Querys, yeah. But during my teste the image creation was really slow if you have Many Images into one Thread. And mostly this is used in Sugnatures, so it is on every site.

I only tell you what I figured out on my Board. ;)

The image is only created once and stored on the server..... Sorry for the confusion.... And they aren't created in sigs.... Also, you can limit the groups so only the donating members were able to use it when that board was operational........ :D

OK, than thats new and very better. ;)

This is just brilliant! Kudos to you!

very kool .. installed!

I'll say it again, nice hack/share/whatever you want to call it.

As far as changing the color of the font, etc. I use dark and light styles on my site, so I made the background clear

if you want to change the font to bold, blue, comic sans:

Ok I am confused... Does the Shield-Smilie BB-Code create the images on the fly each time someone opens the thread/post? If so I am not sure I want to install this.. :(

VenomX,

No, it doesn't create the images on the fly. What it does is create a table with the text that the person typed in with a border and then the single image is centered at the buttom of the table to give the illusion that it's a graphic smilie created on the fly.

Kevin

Thank you for this hack, I will use it...

Edit: a little tip... To have the banner centered with the smiley... Simply put a blank space on its left. The size must be the same size of the smiley (excluding the banner/arm). I attach an example... I think it's better... It gives also automaticaly a minimal size of banner :)