Annoying smiley faces in posts

[Lost Dog]

Isn't there something you (and by "you," I mean you, the administrators) can do to stop this kind of crap (quoted, below) from happening? I know it's the poster's responsibility to NOT do it, but I don't think they even know they do it. If you don't preview your post, it won't show up.

They must be pasting in from some other application. It's really annoying and I think it makes it so people stop reading the thread. It's too bad for the good threads.

This example's not even all that bad. Some have lots of different little faces sprinkled throughout the post.

Just wondering...

Thanks,

Roland

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[Jean-Paul]

I'm not sure how to prevent it other than going back in and editing it. I have noticed that it happens when you copy something in MS Word and paste it into a post. Some sort of code issue I'm sure. It doesn't show until after I hit the "post" button though. I usually just go back into my post and remove all the extra stuff that was not part of my post.

Maybe Susie (my webmaster) will know a fix, but I have noticed this same bug across the board on many other VB forums, so I'm not holding my breath.

[RobLL]

I had thought that the poster had done it by intention. And I thought it a bit weird. Now i know. :p:p

[jruck37]

What >:p>:p are >:p>:p you >:p>:p talking >:p>:p about?
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[susieblue]

they've copied HTML into the pst, and the smiley shortcuts are replacing the HTML. one way around this is to rename the smiley shortcuts.

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[pjb923]

I'm not sure about vBulletin but some other forums will only display smilies that are surrounded by spaces on both sides. Maybe there is an option somewhere.

This would at least prevent them from appearing in the middle of words.

[bigDman]

just change the code for the smiley to like

[Mahler]

I compose a lot in Microsoft Word. This happens every time I paste. Always do a preview before posting and the garbage will show up and you can remove it.

[Victoria]

I have to do that, too, and it can be time consuming and a pain in the neck. Any way to make it copy and paste from Word without all the garbage?

[Phaedrus49er]

I haven't confirmed this myself, but what if you C+P to Notepad or another plain-text application and THEN paste to the forum? That'd probably clear out all the BS formatting that Word throws in.

[Lost Dog]

Originally Posted by Victoria

I have to do that, too, and it can be time consuming and a pain in the neck. Any way to make it copy and paste from Word without all the garbage?

Originally Posted by Phaedrus49er

I haven't confirmed this myself, but what if you C+P to Notepad or another plain-text application and THEN paste to the forum? That'd probably clear out all the BS formatting that Word throws in.

Phaed's tip is one way. The other is to click on the "switch editor mode" button in the upper right (little a/big A button). In that mode, you're just pasting in in text mode.

Of course, these won't work for Mahler, who actually WANTS the formatting to show up. Just not the little tongue guys (I'm assuming).

I will, however, point out that Chuck Norris doesn't have this problem. When Chuck posts, the smileys delete themselves.

The score is now Chuck Norris 7,453,356, Mahler 7,453,345. Slight edge to Chuck. The day is young...

[Jerome]

Hi all,

This also happens when posting articles to the directories if copying and pasting from MS Word. It's something to do with the coding of MS Word. Use a plain text editor such as Notepad or Notetab.

If you've already typed it out in Word, just copy and paste into a plain text editor, then copy and paste into the forum.

Oh, I should read all the thread first. It's already been answered.................dohhh h.

Never mind. Glad to be here folks.

Jerome
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[Jean-Paul]

Welcome Jerome!