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]

bashy try deactivating the SEO hacks and the rewrite url one and tell me if it gets solved.

N8 yes it will. I forgot to update the version

[jj]

Hi there, is it possible to get the faces pngs with real alpha blending for use on dark backgrounds also? Because they show some not so nice white borders on left and right top and bottom of the faces picture if you view them on a darker background. Attached image is self-explaining.

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by j.jacobsen

Hi there, is it possible to get the faces pngs with real alpha blending for use on dark backgrounds also? Because they show some not so nice white borders on left and right top and bottom of the faces picture if you view them on a darker background. Attached image is self-explaining.

AFAIK GD doesn't go well with alpha transparency
Internet Explorer also hates it

[MooMan65]

I just felt like I would show this off. It took me a few solid days of work to modify this, but it was necessary on our forums as we use the old vb2 style of smilies. While changing it, I felt it would be nice to include a lot more options as well as an additional Eyebrow category for that extra touch. You can see some of the examples too, 74 out of over 57 million possibilities.

[Kurisu]

Well, that's almost TOO much^^"
But nice nevertheless...

[Lea Verou]

Wow! Good job there MooMan!
It must've taken ages!

[jj]

Originally Posted by Michelle

AFAIK GD doesn't go well with alpha transparency
Internet Explorer also hates it

You can find some real nice code snippets for working with alpha transparency on www.php.net function list (in the comments to the functions)

Originally Posted by MooMan65

I just felt like I would show this off...

Is there a way to get some of your faces images. Im running the forum on a dark background, which would match perfectly.

[Lea Verou]

Thanks, I didn't know such functions existed. However I'm too busy these days (months?) for coding...

Also, even if he gives you the faces images they have to be the correct size (even if that means just some transparent space). You have to understand how the smilie maker works. If you understand it then customization is really simple

[shiva]

First off, very cool.

What i think would be better, and something I would like to do, is add a direct link to the maker that opens a second window to the maker while using the posting editor, so people can make their smilie at the same time as they are posting, so they can copy and paste the code directly into their post.

How would I be able to do this? Not sure which templates would be needed to modify. Just a direct link where the smilie's are displayed would work fine. (Including the drop down menu as well) This should then be fine for PM's etc as well.

Oh, and quick reply I guess.

Pretty fun though.

[Lea Verou]

I did that in my forum if I understood you correctly but I don't remember which template it was. I'll look and tell you