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Emoticon Preferences
This section of the Control Panel allows you to define preferences for your Emoticon module.
Smileys are graphical representations of commonly used "emoticons", such as :-).
When smileys are turned on, the system will display a small graphic of a smiley-face instead of the emoticon text, like this:
Display Smileys?
With this preference you can choose whether or not the special codes for smileys are rendered as graphics on your site. If this preference is set to "No" then the actual code such as :-) or :lol: will be displayed instead of the
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URL to the folder containing your smileys
This setting specifies the URL of the folder where you have your smiley graphics located. This setting will automatically be filled in during installation, so you should only need to change it if you have altered where your smiley graphics are stored.