Download the Cloudy smilies

I’ve adapted some smilies created by David Lanham to work with Wordpress. All you’ll need is to have the more smilies plugins activated. With this plugin you can integrate further smilies package like those from Nyssa JBrown.

The Cloudy smilies’ package:

Click the image to download the Cloudy Smilies package

Installing the more-smilies plugins

Download the more smilies plugins here. I would suggest you the latest version which is currently the 2.1. Extract and upload the more-smilies folder to your plugins’ directory. To add further smilies package just drop them in the more-smilies folder where you would be seeing other smilies packages that come with the default plugins.

Installing the Cloudy smilies package

After downloading the Cloudy smilies package, extract and within it you’ll find the Cloudy folder, drop the Cloudy folder in that same more-smilies folder. Get to your plugins admin section, activate the More Smilies plugins. Then click the Options tab within your admin section and select the More smilies sub-tab. Choose the Cloudy package from the table and underneath it, click the update button. (ps : make sure the checkbox Convert emoticons like and to graphics on display is selected, which you’ll find before the table listing)

activate options

Actually only the smilies used by your Wordpress’ blog are going to be changed. To give visitors the option to add their smilies within the comment form, just add this line of code somewhere in your comments.php file within the current theme you’re using. Underneath your input field might be a good choice :

<?php do_action('comment_toolbar', 'comment'); ?>

That’s it all. Now visitors are allowed to add the smilies according to the package you’ve selected in the options panel.

Have you got any Smilies/emoticons package you would want to share with us?

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tips

this makes me remember that i have not installed any emoticons…

thnks for reminding me

Yashvin @ November 23, 2006,7:43 pm(#)

Hey ..

Am not at home actually ..

Am at my cousin place .. Will try to phone ya if reach home before midnight …

Hey … soooooooooooooooorry .. won’t be able to make it for tomorrow ..

Only one person agreed for tomorrow : Joe ..

The remaining : busy :sweat:

Soooooooorry .. :sweat: :sweat:

Laters ..

anoop @ November 23, 2006,8:23 pm(#)

Wow… the screenshot looks terribly good, I’ll surely use it on my personal blog, once I fix it.

Thilak @ November 27, 2006,5:22 pm(#)

@ Yashvin

time to make us feel emotional man Hey are you using the more-smilies plugins? What’s the pack you’re using, they’re too funny :grinnod:

Hans @ November 27, 2006,7:47 pm(#)

@ anoop

no probs bro :agree:

Heyyyy ..

Log onto MSN !!

7:49PM [ u r online !! ]

Waiting for ya on MSN

anoop @ November 27, 2006,7:49 pm(#)

@ Thilak

Nice , you like the smilie’s pack…then how about giving us your personal blog’s link? I didn’t know you had another one. Are you referring to tech-buzz?

Hans @ November 27, 2006,7:49 pm(#)

Its thilakraj.com, It was recently hacked by someone.. I’m fixing it now

BTW, what’s your MSN Address ?

Thilak @ November 27, 2006,8:05 pm(#)

ya, i have added them onto my blog, with the pack Nomicons

thnks for the post =)

Yashvin @ November 27, 2006,8:07 pm(#)

I’ll send it to you on mail…

Hans @ November 28, 2006,12:18 pm(#)

@ yashvin

*wow* I’ll check them and see whether I can make them grayscale… they’re nice. Thanks for the link

Hans @ November 28, 2006,12:19 pm(#)

:agree:

Anonymous @ December 9, 2006,2:59 am(#)

I like this one.Saw few days agao on you blog too.But thinking should i use it or not.Good post

Ashish Mohta @ February 7, 2007,9:02 pm(#)

Thanks for this very nice/cool/fine pack of smilies. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for making such a cool looking blog. Wish my CSS was a quarter as good

Modifoo @ February 26, 2007,7:52 am(#)

@ Modifoo

thanks for the compliment….if you want me to design one for you for “FREE” just shoot me a mail

Hans @ March 1, 2007,1:20 pm(#)

wow!!!!
so cute

but i still upgraded my wp to 2.1.2…then i’ll try this smilies in my blog!!

and..your blog load very fast in my comp!!how u do that??

ekowanz @ March 3, 2007,8:05 pm(#)

@ ekowanz

if you need help in setting it up on your blog, just get in touch man. I would be glad to help you. As for the boost in speed, I try keeping my stylesheet(style.css) light. I also don’t use javascript or ajax effects(with live search for e.g) which cause some decrease in speed. If you need to optimise your stylesheet, this tool can helps but can make the code somehow difficult to read or update afterwards. So make sure to backup your original stylesheet before using it. There are also plugins you could use like wp-cache or just activate the

WordPress should compress articles (gzip) if browsers ask for them

in your admin section by going to Options and then Reading.

These are just some simple tips….but do also check what’s getting your page heavier using this tool that will tell you

do tell me whether that helps. thanks for your visit…hope to see you around more often

Hans @ March 4, 2007,1:54 pm(#)

hey..thx for your respon!!!
will try your suggestion

ekowanz @ March 5, 2007,5:58 pm(#)

nice icon…
hihihihi

aziz @ March 6, 2007,9:30 am(#)

hey i hav problem with editing the comments.php..followed your instructions, but the smilies can’t appear in comments form??
i use k2 themes….

ekowanz @ March 7, 2007,11:07 am(#)

@ ekowanz:

hope now it works buddy with the code I provided you. Do tell me whether you’ve succeeded in getting the Cloudy pack installed?

thanks for choosing it

@ aziz:

adorable and addictive, ain’t they?

Hans @ March 8, 2007,4:09 pm(#)

it works!!!!!!

ekowanz @ March 8, 2007,5:50 pm(#)

delightful

Anonymous @ April 4, 2007,4:05 am(#)

hi there, i recently had a crash on my blog and i’d really like to re-install these smilies but i can’t find a download of ‘more smilies’ anywhere - it’s no longer supported on matt’s site…

…don’t suppose you could send me a copy of yours?

i’d be your bestest friend in the whole wide world ever

marilyn's shampoo @ April 18, 2007,1:18 am(#)

@ marilyn’s shampoo:

sure and I’ve also included the download link in the above article. Would you need anything, feel free to ask

Hans @ April 21, 2007,10:48 pm(#)

thanks buddy i have been using this theme…could u plz made some change to embed some logo at the top..

abhishek bhatnagar @ May 15, 2007,1:08 am(#)

@ abhishek bhatnagar

sure, I’m considering that for the ver 2.0. Infact that’s what I’m working on for the time being. Do subscribe to my feeds to receive further updates of any release.

Hans @ May 16, 2007,8:23 pm(#)

I love this but I cant seem to work in wordpress 2.2… it doesn’t show-up in my plugin’s list.

Pay Agaton @ June 12, 2007,12:33 pm(#)

Make sure you’ve the more-smilies plugins installed and activated. The Cloudy smilies is a smilies package.

If you can’t make things work on 2.2, you could try it out on 2.1.3. Sometimes many plugins don’t work on recent versions of Wordpress and for the more-smilies plugins, there won’t be further development since the last time I checked, the site was down.

Do tell me whether that helped.

Hans @ June 12, 2007,6:44 pm(#)

hey i really need assistance. i’ve downloaded all the smilies but i don’t know how to use it in Cbox [you need URL's], but a friend of mine got to put personal smilies on hers.

and i also want to learn how to use it on my blogger site.

i really need assistance.. and an easy-to-understand step-by-step guide.

thanxx..

coleen @ July 27, 2007,11:19 am(#)

Thanks ..

gevv @ September 30, 2007,2:48 pm(#)