# Why Do Smilies & Tag Not Work For Me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 2, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703 "2004-12-02T15:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/1 "2004-12-02T15:53:32Z")
What is the reason or why do the smilies and tags not work for me? They worked up untill a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/2 "2004-12-02T16:21:57Z")
Post some and let’s see what the rest of us see. For smilies, make sure that “Disable smilies in text” isn’t checked. I don’t know if or where there is a similar setting for tags. AFAIK, tags are parsed automatically. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/3 "2004-12-02T16:38:16Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Post some and let’s see what the rest of us see. For smilies, make sure that “Disable smilies in text” isn’t checked. I don’t know if or where there is a similar setting for tags. AFAIK, tags are parsed automatically. Manually entered links in IMHO post Habitat for Humanity work. Fonts, size, smilies don’t. Disable Smilies box has never been checked, dot in Guided Mode. Would cookies setting have any relation? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/4 "2004-12-02T16:43:43Z")
I just looked at that thread and both your links work fine. Try a couple smilies and tags in this thread, so I can see if they work at my end. It may be a browser issue on your end. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/5 "2004-12-02T19:41:26Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > I just looked at that thread and both your links work fine. Try a couple smilies and tags in this thread, so I can see if they work at my end. It may be a browser issue on your end. **Sm_ilies wou_ld** not enter automatically. ☹ : 🙂 : ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/6 "2004-12-02T19:49:21Z")
Tags are definitely working. The smilies appear to be a coding issue, however. Type the following _exactly_: 🙂 ☹ 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/7 "2004-12-02T19:52:05Z")
Incidentally, if you’re trying to use the Smilies box to the right of the Reply entry box, then it’s most likely a javascript issue. Which browser and version are you using? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/8 "2004-12-02T19:55:30Z")
Q.E.D.'s got it. You also miscoded a smiley [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5561164#post5561164). Those aren’t the ones vB recognizes. You include the hyphen as the nose. Try the colon/parenthesis without the hyphen (or intervening space). ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/9 "2004-12-02T21:40:49Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Incidentally, if you’re trying to use the Smilies box to the right of the Reply entry box, then it’s most likely a javascript issue. Which browser and version are you using? Browser is Netscape 7.1 May be the javascript issue. Didn’t make any changes on that score however. It may have been replaced by something else or corrupted. Copied and pasted following 🙂 ☹ 🆒 :rolleyes: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/10 "2004-12-03T00:41:00Z")
You won’t see the smilies while you’re typing. You’ll only see them on preview or posting. While you’re actually typing your response, you’ll just see :'s and )'s and such. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/11 "2004-12-03T00:58:38Z")
I see round people… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-smilies-tag-not-work-for-me/277703/12 "2004-12-03T01:42:57Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > You won’t see the smilies while you’re typing. You’ll only see them on preview or posting. While you’re actually typing your response, you’ll just see :'s and )'s and such. I was wondering “What should I suppose the _preview_ is for if it isn’t to preview the coding?” :rolleyes: Thanks for the effort. 🙂