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How do I turn off smilies? (Original Post) Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 OP
I don't think you can, but cyberswede Mar 2014 #1
Thank you. Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 #2
You can use html entities to prevent smilies from being displayed. Make7 Mar 2014 #3

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
1. I don't think you can, but
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 10:05 AM
Mar 2014

...If you need to use text containing a colon or parentheses (or any other character that makes a smiliey), be sure to add a space between the symbols, and the smiley won't display.

...and you can use the "preview" button once before posting your post, to make sure.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
2. Thank you.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 02:00 PM
Mar 2014

Mods, could you please have the software people come up with a way to turn off smilies in a post.

Make7

(8,543 posts)
3. You can use html entities to prevent smilies from being displayed.
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 02:31 PM
Mar 2014
 is  :)  use  [font style="color:#000099;"]:)[/font]
 is  ;)  use  [font style="color:#000099;"];)[/font]
 is  :(  use  [font style="color:#000099;"]:([/font]

When you preview a post and find unintended smilies, note their location in the text and replace the last smilie character with its html entity. That should normally work - although sometimes you might need to replace the first character instead.

Even though that should work to disable smilies from being displayed, it is not without its own set of drawbacks. The main one being that if you go back to edit a post with html entities in it, you have to redo all of them or the smilies will show up in the edited post. Also using the preview button to double check how your post displays will undo the html entities if you hit the Post my reply! button from the preview screen. Just remember to hit your browser's back button to post from the pre-previewed text with the html entities still present.
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