Extension:Emoticons

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
Emoticons; Release status: stable
Implementation	Extended syntax
Description	Enable forum-style emoticon (smiley) replacement within MediaWiki.
Author(s)	Markus Glaser, Alex Wollangk (alex@wollangk.com) and Techjar (tecknojar@gmail.com)
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
	Hooks used OutputPageBeforeHTML;
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Translate the Emoticons extension if it is available at translatewiki.net

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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

This extension makes forum-style emoticon (smiley) replacements within MediaWiki. See the list of default emoticons below.

Requirements

Emoticons requires BlueSpiceFoundation .

Installation

Download and move the extracted Emoticons folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Emoticons
```
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'Emoticons' );
```
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Default emoticons

The following emoticons are defined by default:

 
 :-)    smile.png        smiling 
 :-(    sad.png          sad 
 :-|    neutral.png      neutral, sceptical 
 :-@    angry.png        angry, annoyed 
 ;-)    wink.png         winking, ironic 
 :-D    smile-big.png    laughing 
 :-/    thinking.png     thinking 
 :-X    shut-mouth.png   sealed lips 
 :'(    crying.png       crying 
 :-O    shock.png        shocked, surprised 
 :-S    confused.png     undecided, confused 
 8-)    laugh.png        laughing
 :lol:  glasses-cool.png cool, sunglasses 
 (:|    yawn.png         yawning 
 :good: good.png         good, thumbs up 
 :bad:  bad.png          bad, thumbs down 
 :-[    embarrassed.png  embarrassed, blushing 
 [-X    shame.png        ashamed

External links

Helpdesk: Emoticons

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security.

You can download this extension separately.

BlueSpice: