Custom Emojis, Icons, Etc.

[Shawn Gossman]

Do you add custom emojis, smilies, icons, and etc.?

If you do, what custom images do you add and how often?

 

[Cpvr]

I have a few custom emojis that I’ve uploaded along with reactions. I have a haha”, “interesting” “mad” “star” “boring” “umbrella” along with a few others.

I haven’t uploaded any new ones in a while though.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I have a few custom emojis that I’ve uploaded along with reactions. I have a haha”, “interesting” “mad” “star” “boring” “umbrella” along with a few others.

I haven’t uploaded any new ones in a while though.

I used to use custom emojis and icons back in the old days. Nowadays, I just use what comes default with the forum software.

 

[meetdilip]

I was working on my own forum smilie pack. Successfully created a couple before based on other themes.

 

[Tracy]

I no longer use any custom ones. The main reason if you migrate software, they don't generally follow along.
Also, it's a lot easier to use the built in emoji, especially for those that use the Unicode Standard as they translate across most all devices.

 

[frm]

The main reason if you migrate software, they don't generally follow along.

I'm not up to date on most forum software, but it appears that at least some have some form of custom replacement. So if a user uses a drunken smile, say set as :drunk_smile:, it's stored as such in the databases as that and not the image. So, it would be relatively easy, after an import, to replace :drunk_smile: with the new forum's way of displaying custom smiles, be it a link to the image in HTML or a different replacement text.

Sure, it's an extra step, but it's not that difficult to carry over.