[Shelley_c]

I would suggest that you upload them to your server, and apply them in the same way as other emoticons, except create a new category titled "Welcome Emoticons" in the smiley manager and apply them from there. That way, they are seperate from the rest of the emoticons, and you can then use them when needed.

I always used them to greet members that have introduced themselves, Best used in some king of introduction area.

Hopefully that helped a little.