e-steki Smilie Maker 1.7

This modification allows you to create personalized smilies by choosing eyes, mouth and face. The smilie set that was used for the graphics is one of the most popular and beautiful ones (see screenshots). It is possible to create up to 18000 different smilies for this so hours of fun are guaranteed! Additionaly, it includes plugins for custom WOL location, so that they don't show up as unknown and a handy bbcode (bbcode example: [smilie=1,2,3]) to put those smilies in posts. There is a field in the smilie maker which displays the bbcode that should be used so that the user can copy it from there. Every action is made via javascript so that the page does not reload. It is fully phrased so translations are now a piece of cake!

DEMO: http://www.e-steki.com/forum/smmaker.php (Note that the demo is in greek. However as there is not much text in this hack, you'll probably find your way )

Important:You need GD enabled in your server to use this (and almost all image-creating-on-the-fly mods so you better tell them to enable it if they haven't already ) Also this doesn't work in some forums that have the hack for transparent pngs in IE.

Installation
-1 product file which adds 5 plugins, 1 template, 4 AdminCP settings and 15 phrases.
-2 php file uploads
-1 folder with images upload
-1 small template edit
Detailed instructions are included in the accompanying zip file.

Please be kind and click INSTALL if you have installed this mod. I *can* see this you know!

I hope you enjoy this mod as much as I enjoyed making it

Changelog:
Version 1.7
-Made the tables for the eyes, mouth and face collapsible
-Added 15 more eyes, 15 more mouths and 2 more faces
-Added text to show till a smilie is made so that the user doesn't think that nothing is happening. The text disappears after the creation of the smilie.
-Fixed the bug with the preview of the BBcode.

Version 1.6
-Added AdminCP option to hide the creation buttons to guests and show a message instead
-Added AdminCP option to hide the bbcode editbox so that forums with a lot of traffic don't get a big server load from many dynamic smilies. (to completely disable the functionality though you have to disable one plugin and not perform the suggested template edit)

Version 1.5
-Added Random Smilie button
-Added bbcode like [smilie=1,2,3] to use custom smilies in posts. Beware that this may be server-intensive in big forums.
-Editbox that displays the bbcode that should be copied, which also changes with javascript instantly.
-Fully phrased now
-Template and phrase addition is done with the attached product
-Link in the smilie popup to the smilie maker
-Custom WOL locations
-A lot shorter image URL

As english is not my native language I may have done some grammar mistakes. I would really appreciate it of you reported them in this thread

Thanks to KW802's mod for inspiring me on how to use the javascript.

Translations availiable

• French

[Lea Verou]

Oh if you remove the page from the modules directory you have to change the URL in the template (in a javascript function). I don't remember the url of that php file being used anywhere else but my memory isn't very good
It was originally created only or vbadvanced users and this is why there is that strange "modules" thing still there. I was too lazy to change it Maybe I will put it in the images folder in the next version
About the bbode, that a nice question! I'll test it in my test forum and see what happens if I disable the plugin and I'll try to include something better about that in the next version.
Thanks a lot for your comments, they are really useful!

[Lea Verou]

TODO: (so that I don't forget)
-option to close the smilie maker to everyone but admins and/or mods for maintenance.

[Lea Verou]

3 people uninstalled the past 2 days. Can't you at least tell me what's wrong?

[TJFweb]

Originally Posted by Michelle

3 people uninstalled the past 2 days. Can't you at least tell me what's wrong?

I'm still installed... Not having any problems here ;-)

Can I suggest a few things for future versions?
- More smilie graphics, i.e. eyes, mouth, face. How about hands / items?
- Have you seen the application that allows you to customise the text on a sign that the smilie is holding? If these two could come together then it would most definitely be the ultimate smilie maker out there.

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by TJFweb

I'm still installed... Not having any problems here ;-)

Can I suggest a few things for future versions?
- More smilie graphics, i.e. eyes, mouth, face. How about hands / items?
- Have you seen the application that allows you to customise the text on a sign that the smilie is holding? If these two could come together then it would most definitely be the ultimate smilie maker out there.

-Don't you think it would get stuffed if I put more images there? It's way too big already...
Anyway those eyes/mouths are stripped from the original smilies of that set that I could find so I don't have any more to strip their eyes and mouth from :nervous:
-KW802 said in above posts that he will combine those two. I believe though that if it was like that it would become more specific and users would be able to use them on special occasions (a smilie holding a sign doesn't fit anywhere, right? ). Also, there would always be those "smartass" users that would post their whole post in a smilie and put the smilie instead of text cause they will think it's "cool" therefore causing serverload.
-I had also thought of hands/items and it's a good idea. However I'll have to save all the images again at a larger size and find enough items to add. It would be no use if we only had like 3 items, would it? And I don't want to put ugly stuff from other smilie sets as items, I'm quite picky with looks

[Bounce]

where's forum/modules , cant see that folder on my server ??

Does this use much bandwidth ??

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

where's forum/modules , cant see that folder on my server ??

Does this use much bandwidth ??

If you read the whole thread then you wouldn't have that question. Just create the folder.

About bandwidth, I guess it's the same as a normal png 8-bit smilie of that size. When I say "server load" I am not referring to bandwidth but to CPU usage.

Anyway, if you install it, please click the appropriate button

[TygerTyger]

Are you taking suggestions? How about a way to upload more custom images and add them to the default set via the AdminCP?

Installed by the way, brilliant modification I love it, very popular with my users. Only bit that confused me was adding to modules folder, might be worth saying you have to create it if it doesn't exist for stupid users like me

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by TygerTyger

Are you taking suggestions? How about a way to upload more custom images and add them to the default set via the AdminCP?

Installed by the way, brilliant modification I love it, very popular with my users. Only bit that confused me was adding to modules folder, might be worth saying you have to create it if it doesn't exist for stupid users like me

Yes I am taking suggestions but I can't make them all, even if they are nice ideas. I am not a php guru!
How do you imagine your suggestion working? I didn't fully understand what you suggested.
Since you like that modification that much, please click install!
I have said before that in the next version I'll update the readme or even move the file to the images of smilies folder if that won't affect the existing ones in the board (which I don't think it will as they are created each time they are viewed).
However I'm currently working on another hack so I don't think the update will be very soon. That's not certain however. It could be out in a day. It depends on if I feel like coding the new hack or the update of this at a time. :nervous:

[TygerTyger]

Well you have some default smilie parts that come with the package, but what if you want to add some faces or eyes of your own? I was thinking of an easy way to do so, like via the AdminCP for instance. Your upload your smilie part, and then it is added to the list of parts you can use in the Smilie Customiser.

It was just something that came to mind, that's all. It's one of my favourite mods just as it is