Smiley Central Help

It's a great way to add more personality to your messages! Plus, Smiley Central is 100% free and includes NO spyware and NO adware. For more on Smiley Central ISP, browser and email compatibility, click here.

Does Smiley Central cost anything?

No - Smiley Central is 100% FREE!

You're offering me over 10,000 smileys for free? C'mon, there's got to be a catch.

Actually, there isn't. We do understand, however, why you may be skeptical and think Smiley Central is just too good to be true. Especially considering all the rather unbelievable offers floating around the Internet. So let us put your mind at ease and explain how we make money - without charging you a cent.

When you download Smiley Central, you get a toolbar installed on your browser. This is how you add smileys - by clicking on the toolbar's Smiley Central button. As you've no doubt already noticed, the toolbar also offers you other great benefits, including a search tool that is powered by the Internet's leading search engines. When you search the Web via your toolbar and click on any of the highly relevant sponsored search listings, we make money. It's as easy as that.

For that reason, we encourage you to do all your Internet searches using your toolbar. It's convenient (because it's on your browser, you can search from anywhere), and you simply won't find a more powerful search tool. Enjoy!

Adding Smileys to Messages

How do I add a smiley to my Instant Message?

To add a smiley to your instant message, click the Smiley Central button located in the top-right corner of the Windows client version of your AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger. Choose the smiley you'd like to use from the dropdown menu.

After clicking on a smiley icon within your Smiley application, you will see something like this in your compose box: @[smiley: Hi Ya : [15/15_1_70]]

This is code that tells your IM client to display your smiley as an icon once you click Send. Go ahead and try it. Send your message and the code will convert to the smiley icon that you and your friend will be able to see.

IMPORTANT: If your friend does not yet have Smiley Central, he/she will see the smiley code rather than the icon. Your buddy will need to download Smiley Central in order to see the icon. From time to time, we include a brief message and a link to Smiley Central when your friend receives a message from you in which you have attempted to insert a smiley.

How do I add a smiley to an Outlook, Outlook Express, IncrediMail, or AOL Mail 9.0 message?

1) Open a Compose Message/New Mail screen.

2) Click the Smiley Central button on your navigation bar.

Here's what to look for:

Outlook - (Click here to see a picture)
Outlook Express - (Click here to see a picture)
IncrediMail - (Click here to see a picture)
AOL Mail 9.0 - (Click here to see a picture)

3) Select a category and click on the smiley icon you would like to add - that smiley will now appear in your email.

IncrediMail users: If you are using the latest version of IncrediMail (build 1609), released in mid-July, please be aware that it does not currently work with Smiley Central. We encourage you to use an older version of IncrediMail while we work to resolve this issue. Thank you.

How do I add smileys to my MSN ISP email messages?

1) Open a Compose Message screen.

2) Click the Smiley Central button on your MSN Web browser's My Web Search toolbar.
(Click here to see a picture)

3) Select a category and click on the smiley icon you would like to add - that smiley will now appear in your email.

How do I add a smiley to my outgoing HTML-based webmail?

1) Open a Compose Message screen in your web-based email account.
You must be using the rich-media version of your email account. Click here to learn how to do this.

2) Click the Smiley Central button on your browser's toolbar.
Don't see the toolbar or Smiley Central button? Click here for additional instructions.

3) Select a category and click on the smiley icon you would like to add - that smiley will now appear in your email.

Can I add a smiley to a message board post?

Smiley Central can be used on some message boards such as iWon Boards, Excite Boards and My Way Boards.

Custom Smileys

Can I customize my own smileys?

Yes! Click the "Custom Smileys" link in your Smiley Central application window to add your own text - up to 150 characters - to a Smiley thought bubble or sign. You can then save up to 10 of these custom smileys for future use on Smiley Central. Choose from static, animated, sports and humorous custom smiley icons!

How many Custom Smileys can I save?

You may save up to 10 Custom Smileys. Should you try to save more than that, the saved smiley that hasn't been used for the longest period of time will automatically be removed to make room for the newest one.

Please note: Custom Smileys are saved locally on your computer. If you access Smiley Central from a different computer, you will not have access to your Custom Smileys.

Can I remove the light-gray "User Created" text below my Custom Smiley?

No, the "User Created" text is added to all Custom Smileys in order to differentiate the smileys our team designs from those created by our users. We have made the text very subtle so as not to distract from the smiley, itself.

Are there any characters or keys that won't work with Custom Smileys?

You cannot insert a colon ":" or a tilde "~" or a back-slash "\" into your Custom Smiley message, and some users may be unable to use their "Delete" key. (If you experience this, just use your keyboard's backspace key, instead.)

More Cool Smiley Features

Is Smiley Central available in other languages? If so, how do I change it?

Yes! Smiley Central is available in English, Francais, Espanol, Deutsch, Nederlands, Italiano and Portuguese. To change the language displayed within Smiley Central, click the "Preferences" button at the top of your Smiley Central window and follow the simple instructions. (You can always change the language back at any time by following the same steps.)

What's the quickest way to find a specific smiley?

Just enter a keyword or phrase in the Search box found at the bottom of your Smiley Central application. Once you do, smiley search results will appear in the right-column window above the search box.

Tip: When looking for a match to a multiple-word search, be sure to put the words or phrase inside quotation marks. You'll get better smiley search results!

Can I make my favorite Smiley category/subcategory be the first page I see every time I open Smiley Central?

Yes! Just click " Start" in the upper-right corner of your favorite Smiley Central page. You'll then be asked if you would like that page to be your Smiley start page, or if you would like to return to the default start page. You can change your start page as often as you wish.

Can I copy and paste a smiley into another document, like Word or PowerPoint?

Yes - you can paste a smiley into any document that accepts images. To do so, right-click on the desired smiley and highlight the "Copy" option. Then use the Paste command (Ctrl-V) to place the smiley in your document.

Please note: Animated smileys will not animate in word processing documents, and will only animate when a PowerPoint document is being displayed as a slide show.

Having trouble? If you downloaded Smiley Central prior to 5/12/04, click here to upgrade to the latest version of Smiley Central to ensure you are using the latest Smiley Central version.

Can I move the Smiley Central window off my toolbar and around my screen?

Yes - to move Smiley Central around your screen, click on the title bar that runs across the top of your Smiley Central window (click here to see a picture). Then just drag the window anywhere you want on your computer screen. The window will remain open until you close it or, if you have enabled the Auto Close feature, until you add a smiley to your email message.

Having trouble? If you downloaded Smiley Central prior to 5/12/04, click here to upgrade to the latest version of Smiley Central to ensure you are using the latest Smiley Central version.

What are "Hot Smileys" and how can I find them?

Hot Smileys are smileys that reflect today's newsmakers, trendsetters and current events. Check them out by clicking the "Hot" link within the "Weekly" category.

Toolbar

What is this toolbar on my browser for?

Internet Explorer/MSN ISP Browser/AOL ISP Browser users: Your toolbar attaches to your browser and provides one-click access to Smiley Central and other cool tools, plus your favorite search providers - including Google, AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, AlltheWeb and LookSmart! Just enter a search term into the blank search field and click any search provider button to get instant results from the Web's leading search engines!

Please note: Your toolbar includes NO spyware and NO adware, and is 100% FREE.

Outlook, Outlook Express, AOL Mail 9.0, MSN ISP Email and IncrediMail users: In addition to the toolbar installed on Internet Explorer (see above), you also have a navigation bar integrated into your email system. You will see it at the top of any Compose/New Mail window. This toolbar, too, provides you with access to Smiley Central and other cool tools, plus a search box powered by the Internet's leading search providers, including Google.

Please note: The navigation bar includes NO spyware and NO adware, and is 100% FREE.

Is the toolbar spyware?

NO! Your toolbar does not collect any personal information and is completely �spyware�-free and �adware�-free. Period. In fact, we are proud to have recently been deemed "spyware safe" by the Aluria Spyware Safe program.

The toolbar was specifically designed to provide a great user experience free of spyware, adware, direct marketing, data collection or other similar activities. In order to achieve that goal:

The toolbar software DOES NOT collect personal information of any kind, period. No email address, registration or other information is required to use the product. No zip code, no email, no member name, no password. Unlike many other products, we do not even attempt to collect data upon startup as a requirement of use.
The toolbar software DOES NOT monitor the websites visited by the end user, collect or in any manner report any information about what sites an end users visits (or any clickstream activity), nor does it monitor or scrape information when you are on other sites.
The toolbar software DOES NOT serve or facilitate so-called "contextual advertising" where pop-up ads are served based on the sites you visit. Many applications are identified as spyware because they monitor end-user Internet usage and serve contextual pop-ups. The toolbar does not engage in any such practices.

In short, your toolbar provides a superior search experience on an ANONYMOUS basis and without any additional monitoring, contextual ads or other nuisances.

Etc.

What does the "Auto Close" button do?

The "Auto Close" button allows your Smiley Central dropdown window to automatically close after you've added a single smiley to your email message. Click the checkbox next to the Auto-close button within your Smiley Central window to enable this feature. (If you plan to add more than one smiley to most of your email messages, you may not want to take advantage of this feature.)

I share my computer with someone else. Does each of us need to download Smiley Central in order to use it?

No. Smiley Central and your toolbar install onto your computer's browser. You only need to download Smiley Central once in order for anyone using your computer to access it.

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