Extension:Emoticons

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
Emoticons; Release status: stable
Implementation	Extended syntax
Description	Enable forum-style emoticon (smiley) replacement within MediaWiki.
Author(s)	Markus Glaser, Alex Wollangk (alex@wollangk.com) and Techjar (tecknojar@gmail.com)
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
	Hooks used OutputPageBeforeHTML;
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Translate the Emoticons extension if it is available at translatewiki.net

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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

This extension converts an emoticon (smiley) into an emoji after typing. See the list of default emoticons.

Note: To start a new line with an emoticon, type a space first.

Requirements

Emoticons requires BlueSpiceFoundation .

Default emoticons

The following emoticons are defined by default:

 
 :-)    smile.png        smiling 
 :) 
 :-(    sad.png          sad 
 :(  
 :-|    neutral.png      neutral, sceptical 
 :| 
 :-@    angry.png        angry, annoyed 
 ;-)    wink.png         winking, ironic
 ;) 
 :D     smile-big.png    laughing 
 :-/    thinking.png     thinking 
 :/ 
 :-X    shut-mouth.png   sealed lips 
 :'(    crying.png        crying 
 :-O    shock.png        shocked, surprised 
 :-S    confused.png     undecided, confused 
 :lol:  laugh.png        laughing
 (:|    yawn.png         yawning 
 :good: good.png         good, thumbs up 
 :bad:  bad.png          bad, thumbs down 
 :-[    embarrassed.png  embarrassed, blushing 
 [-X    shame.png        ashamed

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceEmoticons

.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/BlueSpiceEmoticons) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceEmoticons
.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/BlueSpiceEmoticons": "BlueSpiceEmoticons"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'BlueSpiceEmoticons' );

Done Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

External Links

Technical reference

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. You can download this extension separately.

BlueSpice: