Already Implemented Smilies, change please [Archive]

fufu

Fri 23rd Oct '09, 4:03pm

I understand you can change these if you like, but most forum webmasters do not always move away from the default smilies. To be real, these smilies are creepy. Yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but serious hire a smilies designer most of your customers approve of. These smilies will stay with vBulletin for how long? 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, etc. (you get my point)

To be a small voice for the vBulletin.org community, I suggest/nominate a well diverse and artist designer such as 'Shelley_c'. I have never used her smiles, but when I requested for an 'unpaid' project she quickly made (2) quick ChocoCat HelloKitty smilies. She is very professional, and the rest of the vBulletin.org community appreciates her craftsmanship. It was because of 'Shelley_c' vBulletin.org has a Graphics section.

Anyways, this is a suggestion, nothing more.

Nick

Fri 23rd Oct '09, 10:01pm

I'll be frank: these current smilies are hideous. I hope they are a placeholder for some magnificent little faces that will replace them, but I highly doubt such is the case.

I didn't think it could get much worse than the previous default set, but I've been proven wrong. :p

Green Cat

Sun 25th Oct '09, 3:15pm

Looking at the new smileys I am getting the impression that lipstick was on sale.

pank

Sun 25th Oct '09, 4:27pm

A few links to alternate smilies, they are pretty simple to change.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=222374
http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=xtras&xtra_id=1706

I really like the Adium images.

sophie

Sun 25th Oct '09, 5:00pm

These are already slated to be changed.

KevinL

Sun 25th Oct '09, 5:02pm

These are already slated to be changed.

Thank you...these were the worst I have ever seen. Not that I could do better, but come on! haha

HMBeaty

Sun 25th Oct '09, 5:02pm

These are already slated to be changed.
Thank you!

UGA

Sun 25th Oct '09, 5:45pm

Same here... Thanks!

Ohiosweetheart

Sun 25th Oct '09, 6:19pm

These are already slated to be changed.I love you lady! :D

J105

Sun 25th Oct '09, 6:21pm

LOL I think the big grin looks very weird myself. Is that lipstick on him? Haha :D

Urora

Mon 26th Oct '09, 2:32am

I have kidnapped all the Yahoo! IM smileys for my forums. They are by far my favorite smilies out there.

too_cool_3

Mon 26th Oct '09, 5:45am

These are already slated to be changed.

Good, goooooood.

I agree with the OP, if the vB team wants to concentrate their efforts on more important matter in order to get GOLD released quicker, get someone from vb.org to do it. I'm sure they would love the chance and their work is very good. I very much like the ones posted previously by pank in his second link.

Keep up the good work vB team!

Ramsesx

Mon 26th Oct '09, 6:10am

Please change this images too: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/images/buttons/reputation-40b.png http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/images/buttons/report-40b.png
Thanks

Green Cat

Tue 27th Oct '09, 12:01pm

These are already slated to be changed.
Thanks :D

CallieJo

Tue 27th Oct '09, 7:21pm

To be a small voice for the vBulletin.org community, I suggest/nominate a well diverse and artist designer such as 'Shelley_c'.

She has been working on an awesome set of smilies. These are very professional looking!
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=222076

Honestly, there is a lot of talent at vb.org that I feel gets overlooked sometimes.

I didn't think it could get much worse than the previous default set, but I've been proven wrong. :p

At first I thought the new smilies were funny & helped liven it up in here a bit.
But, now they are starting to scare me with their golden appearance and bright red lipstick.

These are already slated to be changed.

Thank you. That's good to hear. Maybe package the lipstick smilies up in the free downloads area for those who want to use those as an alternative.

CSS59

Tue 27th Oct '09, 8:03pm

testing...still suck:eek:

James Birkett

Tue 27th Oct '09, 8:08pm

This isn't an issue for me, I always re-do my smilies to match my style anyway.

feldon23

Tue 27th Oct '09, 11:09pm

LOL I think the big grin looks very weird myself. Is that lipstick on him? Haha :D
It's like Cartman when he thought he was a woman. ;)

schwab2clarkson

Tue 27th Oct '09, 11:16pm

Good to hear because I agree they look horrible.

Dilly

Wed 28th Oct '09, 12:49am

Good to hear because I agree they look horrible.
By the tone of your post there schwab2clarkson you are angry with the smilies. You mightn't like the new smilies and you mightn't like change but that's what you get with different versions.

KW802

Wed 28th Oct '09, 7:27pm

I think I liked the 'lipstick' smilies better! :p

36535

KW802

Wed 28th Oct '09, 7:49pm

I think I liked the 'lipstick' smilies better! :p
That was a fast revision! The new smoothed versions are looking much better.

Bergler

Wed 28th Oct '09, 7:59pm

That was a fast revision! The new smoothed versions are looking much better.

Are you serious, you can hardly see them!! I didnt complain about the first new set, it was much easier to read the smilies expression on the old new ones than these latest ones!! Like we have heard a thousand time since VB4 has come out, there is always someone that wont like it!! Keep up the good work VB!!

Wayne Luke

Wed 28th Oct '09, 7:59pm

That was a fast revision! The new smoothed versions are looking much better.

Just had to update the database to point to the PNG versions.

Abomination

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:02pm

:)
;)
:p
:D
:confused:
:cool:

dunno.

Trevor Hannant

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:04pm

I'm actually finding it hard to distinguish between the wink and Big Grin ones unless I look closer at the screen...

cbiweb

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:20pm

The new smilies don't rawk, sorry to say.

rossco_2005

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:29pm

They're not bad. But they need to grow a bit. I can hardly see them. :p

shelley_c

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:29pm

Not yet but the design is heading in the right direction. With further refinements I think this may be the first time vbulletin have a set of smilies that look good.

Kanustep

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:29pm

They are based on famfamam.com (http://famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/) icons, but yes they are a big improvement based on the last ones.

dutchbb

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:33pm

They're not bad. But they need to grow a bit. I can hardly see them. :p
Yep, some of the postbit icons too.

Abomination

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:34pm

Not yet but the design is heading in the right direction.
Agreed.

Kanustep

Wed 28th Oct '09, 8:42pm

I know is a little off-topic, but these are ours:
3654836547 (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3502425921_29c7dd66d3_o.png)

the second images is a couple of architects emoticons we made for the community birthday. Some are animated 36549 36551

Carlos 360

Wed 28th Oct '09, 9:43pm

These are already slated to be changed.
YAY! I did not like the current smiles. I liked the older, much older smiles. Not the ones that came with VB3.

KW802

Wed 28th Oct '09, 9:46pm

Just had to update the database to point to the PNG versions.Ah. Don't forget the post icons. :)

Eriksrocks

Thu 29th Oct '09, 12:31am

Not much of an improvement in my opinion. They are way too small.

Zachery

Thu 29th Oct '09, 12:57am

I agree, could be bigger.

Abomination

Thu 29th Oct '09, 1:01am

I agree, could be bigger.
There are a huge number of things on peoples to do list at vB. These smilies, while better, may not be ideal. Any chance on re-addressing the issue later?

This thread is marked 'Already implemented'.

rootsxrocks

Thu 29th Oct '09, 1:26am

Every thing is important, and I kinda agree about admins not adding any new smilies, but I did My members love the variety, they write stories with just smiles.
everyone should take time to stop and ad a smile,:p.
I was happy to find an add on were members can select favorite smiles from the big library so they don't have to open the panel each time. as soon as I have my Arcade in top shape I'm going to look into that.

fr9r

Thu 29th Oct '09, 1:39am

thanx

Grover

Thu 29th Oct '09, 6:28pm

These are already slated to be changed.

Thank you, Sophie.

Please change this images too: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/images/buttons/reputation-40b.png http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/images/buttons/report-40b.png
Thanks

Those certainly need to change. Especially this one: 36656. I am currently sitting behind a pretty good monitor and really.... its again very simple: an icon needs to represent the function that it performs. It has to be instantly clear to the enduser what an icon does. In this example one can't see the exclamation mark inside of it for example.

She has been working on an awesome set of smilies. These are very professional looking!
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=222076

Wow, those smilies from Shelly_C are indeed great! I also think the new vB4 smilies are very, very nice, actually.

:(:cool::confused::mad::rolleyes::eek::p:o.... do not know who designed these, but these are adorable.

KevinL

Thu 29th Oct '09, 6:43pm

Like others have said they need to be larger, but other then that they are better then the last set :)

Mary303

Thu 29th Oct '09, 10:37pm

I am not crazy about the direction of the new smilies. But it's ok, it's a matter of preference.

Will there be a way to easily de-commission the default smilies, and use the forum's existing smilies instead?

I have a feeling the old ones will have to be manually added to keep them instead, but I understand that's part of a major re-do of the software.

KevinL

Thu 29th Oct '09, 11:33pm

shelley_c

Thu 29th Oct '09, 11:42pm

The actual canvas doesn't need re-sized. I don't know who designed these but they ought to know this. They have not utilitized the full extent of the canvas and retain such a small portion of the canvas to the smilies and giving the shadow to much space. This is the reason why they lack that emotion the designer is trying to convey. I personally think the actual design (visually) is heading in the right direction but if they become a little more refined and the areas that convey emotion made prominent then you won't have any trouble using the 16px by 16px dimension.

Take it from a user that designs smilies on a daily basis. Below (attachment) is an example that you can still retain a 16px by 16 px dimensionional size and retain the emotion people will come to expect from you. Your giving the shadow too much room that is where your problem lies.

Another reason to keep them 16px is to retain the text formatting and eliminate any breaking or spacing issues. or atleast retain such a size will keep those issues to a minimum.

KW802

Fri 30th Oct '09, 12:14am

...That set is really looking good! :cool:

Grover

Fri 30th Oct '09, 9:33pm

Those certainly need to change. Especially this one: 36656. I am currently sitting behind a pretty good monitor and really.... its again very simple: an icon needs to represent the function that it performs. It has to be instantly clear to the enduser what an icon does. In this example one can't see the exclamation mark inside of it for example.

And... it is -again- (just like in vB3 series) not consistent with the Blog image for reporting a post: 36763. Why not use that image?

VonDoom

Fri 30th Oct '09, 9:43pm

That set is really looking good! :cool:
I second that. Well at least we know we can always replace default with Shelley_c's

cory_booth

Fri 30th Oct '09, 11:03pm

These are the best smilies I have ever come across...

152 total...

http://bigdaddyleather.com/smiles.html

http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley27.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley3.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley31.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley32.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley36.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley4.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley5.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley7.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley8.gif
http://bigdaddyleather.com/images/emotes/SOOP/smiley9.gif

cory_booth

Fri 30th Oct '09, 11:05pm

I also have these resized to current smilie sizes as well....

Darkimmortal

Sat 31st Oct '09, 12:23am

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

Silk icons are under that license. Might be a bit of a problem.

sadiq6210

Sat 31st Oct '09, 1:22am

These are the best smilies I have ever come across...

152 total...

http://bigdaddyleather.com/smiles.html

Nice :)
but not suitable for official style. It should be simple like the smilies used now. Just resize it to be bigger !

dutchbb

Sat 31st Oct '09, 9:18am

These are the best smilies I have ever come across...

152 total...

http://bigdaddyleather.com/smiles.html

If your forum is for toddlers maybe. Not good for default style and I would never use those on any serious discussion forum.

cory_booth

Sun 1st Nov '09, 12:48pm

Good point... I suppose my forum environments are a bit more laid back than most...

rootsxrocks

Tue 3rd Nov '09, 1:13pm

If your forum is for toddlers maybe. Not good for default style and I would never use those on any serious discussion forum.

Well smilies and serious forum seem to be an oxymoron anyhow LOL:confused:

Mark.B

Tue 3rd Nov '09, 1:15pm

Darkimmortal

Tue 3rd Nov '09, 2:01pm

Facepunch has a nice set of smilies, as does PhpBB2.

punchbowl

Tue 3rd Nov '09, 5:45pm

As long as I can use exactly the same smilies as I do now, I've no issues. These new ones, no thanks.

CallieJo

Tue 3rd Nov '09, 7:25pm

As long as I can use exactly the same smilies as I do now, I've no issues. These new ones, no thanks.

This goes for me too. I like the ones I currently use anyways. However, the ones that Shelley has been working on (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=222076) would make a great set of default smilies for vb. And to add to the smilie discussion, I'd love to see a better Smilies Display & Organization (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?323595-Smilies-Display-Organization).