'Smilies' are small graphical images that can be used to convey an emotion or feeling. If you have used email or internet chat, you are likely familiar with the smilie concept. Certain standard strings are automatically converted into smilies. Try twisting your head on one side if you do not 'get' smilies; using a bit of imagination should reveal a face of some description.
Smilies can be applied in one of two ways: You can you can click on a smiley in the palette to the left of the message box, or type the BBCode directly in your message and it will be converted into a graphic. The table below shows the code, the smiley, and the emotion it represents.
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