Emoticions ...can we have some more?

Just getting in the mood - I am having a small Jubilee Tea Party on monday and praying for lots of and hopefully a few glasses of

congratulations to techie! Thanks!

thank you GNHQ

Thank you Tech and GNHQ ...we can now be patriotic!!! Hope we can keep this one for the Olympics too!!

Thanks, cari. I guess I was unappreciative of the running time/effort. and, for you: [goldstarforpatience]

Just thought Butter you'd like to keep them all the same ...in the name of even-handedness??

Agree Bags I don't get it either [sigh] emoticon

Did wonder about temp emoticons ...we had a shamrock, rose and dragon didn't we? so a temp one over jubilee and both Oympics can't be impossible??

Then if GNHQ are talking about 6 month ones ...does that mean the sunshine one will disappear in August??

Think I might need to go back to bed!

Oh, Jacey - didn't think to. You can, though!

I talked to DH about this. He seems to think that once the 'code' is written for one emoticon and the appropriate 'gif' (Graphic Image Format) attached, then it should be a very simple matter to add any number of emoticons, providing you have the gifs. That's what I understood him to say anyway. So I don't really understand why it's such a problem for tech unless mumsnet/gransnet is running on absolutely minimal technical support. I guess that must be the ultimate problem, except that there are emoticons up there already so what's the big deal about adding more?

Sorry. Just don't get it.

That was my understanding, too, Butter, but it's the Perm/Temp issue that's got me confused now!

But 8Butternut* you didn't set up one for the union flag!

Ana my understanding is that only ONE emoticon will be possible to be provided by Tech - Perm. or Temp - In any one 6 month period.

Am I confused?

Anyway, I've set up two threads for voting - let's see what happens.......

Josie, I think we (including me!) really do need it made even clearer!

Are you saying that any emoticon we choose for this six-month slot (until August) will be permanent, and that any emoticon we choose for the next six-month slot (Sept - March-ish) will also be permanent?

But if we chose an Flag or Crown emoticon until August it would only be temporary?

Help!

"We said a while ago, in response to calls for a snowflake emoticon, that we had a limited amount of Tech resources we could assign to the creation of emoticons, and so we'd only be able to commit to one for a six month period. This is until August - so do have a think/vote about what everyone would like and we can pass on any requests to Tech."

That's what Josie said - nothing about temp/perm.

I've tried what you suggest, Elegran, but had no success! It seems we can't import emoticons either, they don't work (you can do it on some other Forums).

Isn't there any way that we could design an emoticon, using a grid with the right number of pixels in it? Like tiling the bathroom. I suppose it is not just the graphic bit, it is linking it in on the site and so on ......very technical.

Oh Jacey - the thing is, I don't really think TechHQ can do both. So it's down to choosing one or the other. I would like a temp. Olympics symbol, but if it's down for either / or, then it has to be the MOON for me, because it is ever present.

If you have inside info. that a temp. emoticon can be provide AS WELL as a permanent one then great, otherwise..............let me know.

See what I mean, Butter?

Butternut ...both ...show a bit of patriotism!!

temp flag; perm monn

! Anan

You're probably right, no harm in trying though, is there?!

....and I do like a bit of contest......

I like your optimism, Butter!
It'll be like trying to herd cats......

How about ............. one thread for the MOON, and another for crowns, or Olympic symbols or whatever.......

....then GNHQ can do the math, as they say.

BUMP
(Because the other thread's been bumped, and we're going to get confused anyway!)

Aah! Understood! Like that!
But I can't see me using it?

[dignified silence emoticon]