Very strange smiley performance following upgrade

[Roger2]

ok - final clue... if a (failed-to-parse) post made in 2.0.19 is edited after removal of the 2.0.19 upgrade, the smileys return - blowing the translation table theory I had out of the water!

Over to you guys"

[Kindred]

What are inverted commas? Apostrophes?

@Roger2 - yes it would

 Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.

In english, those are called apostrophes or quote marks

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Just back on, thought it was a bug.  When you get to 10 posts you're treated as a normal member, not a spammer.

[GL700Wing]

Not sure if I need to earn trust, but the ability to drop in hyperlinks or img references would have been helpful to both you and me here. If there is a flag you can set in my profile, I'd appreciate it. At least I'm no longer plagued with increasingly difficult-to-read Captchas!

Those anti-spam measures disappear as your valid post count (ie, messages posted in boards that increase your post count) increases ...

[Dave J]

What are inverted commas? Apostrophes?

@Roger2 - yes it would

 Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.

In english, those are called apostrophes or quote marks

I am very English as I live in England and was born here,  maybe you mean American English 

The definition came from the Cambridge dictionary

[Steve]

As the problem has been identified and logged, closing this.

[Kindred]

I am very English as I live in England and was born here,  maybe you mean American English 

The definition came from the Cambridge dictionary

I think you've got a regional/dialect, even in England, since the majority of British people that I know still call them Apostrophes and Quotes.

[Roger2]

Trying to prevent speculation here - it's a generation thing. I'm knocking on now and use all. A bit like using "foil" for slide - evolution.

[Kindred]

ah, generational... yeah, that makes sense.

most of the brits that I associate with are in their 40s-60s at this point.

[Roger2]

Just to add to the new topic on punctuation marks, the single raised comma is always called an apostrophe when used to define an abbreviation or used to depict genitive case. Examples:

We've ... Roger's topic...

The term inverted commas whether single or double was coined because when quoting speech they should be used in pairs, and the opening one is not only superscript but when printed accurately should be truly upside down, i.e. tail(s) up and blob(s) at the bottom.

[shawnb61]

And with that post, Roger2, you are now formally inducted into the SMF community - with special honors into the silly tangent division.


(Plus, I think your post count is now high enough...)

[Roger2]

And with that post, Roger2, you are now formally inducted into the SMF community - with special honors into the silly tangent division.


(Plus, I think your post count is now high enough...)

[Kindred]

That's possible after 10 posts.

[Dave J]

with special honors into the silly tangent division.

[Wellwisher]

Yep, perfect.  And yep, it's a bug.

Appears to only impact smilies, and specifically smilies that use apostrophies in the code.  For most of us, that's just the cry smiley.

Logged internally, #254

Apologies to resurrect a solved thread.  I have the same issue. My crying emoji doesn't phase. The rest of them work.

Emoji's that don't have apostrophes work as normal. Confirmed. 

For example my crying emoji is and this doesn't work:

Code Select Expand


:')



[Arantor]

When you're posting, is it via quick reply or full reply?

[Roger2]

On my board I don't have quick reply enabled - at least I don't think I do.

[Dave J]

Yep, perfect.  And yep, it's a bug.

Appears to only impact smilies, and specifically smilies that use apostrophies in the code.  For most of us, that's just the cry smiley.

Logged internally, #254

Apologies to resurrect a solved thread.  I have the same issue. My crying emoji doesn't phase. The rest of them work.

Emoji's that don't have apostrophes work as normal. Confirmed. 

For example my crying emoji is and this doesn't work:

Code Select Expand


:')



Go to Admin>Forum>Smileys and Message Icons

If not done already go to Settings and tick the box for 'Enable customized smileys' click on 'Save'

Now you will see that there are new options in the heading. Click on 'Edit Smileys' then scroll down to the 'cry'  smiley and click on 'Modify' on the right hand side.

In the box that opens change the code to  :c( click on 'Save Changes'and see if that works OK. Check to see you don't have any other smileys with that code.

[Roger2]

Go to Admin>Forum>Smileys and Message Icons

If not done already go to Settings and tick the box for 'Enable customized smileys' click on 'Save'

Now you will see that there are new options in the heading. Click on 'Edit Smileys' then scroll down to the 'cry'  smiley and click on 'Modify' on the right hand side.

In the box that opens change the code to  :c( click on 'Save Changes'and see if that works OK. Check to see you don't have any other smileys with that code.

Is this the proposed work-around? If so it leaves me behind big time 

I have just used the "cry" emoticon from the presented row. It embeds an apostrophe - and parses perfectly. Is the real fix included in here or is this forum somehow immune?

[Wellwisher]

When you're posting, is it via quick reply or full reply?

@Arantor I tested it on both. It doesn't work on both types of replies.

@Dave J Thank you. It's good to know there's a work around temporarily.