Posted on 10/03/2006 6:45:11 AM PDT by HastertFan
Emoticons are easy....to make a smiley face, hit :, then hit -, and finally, the ). Put them all together and you get :-)
There are lots of variations and each has a different meaning. ;^) is a smirk/ joking around/ the equivalent of sarcasm. If you wear eyeglasses, use the # 8 for eyes; which gives you an eyeglass wearing smiley: 8-).
Here are a few other faces.....:-p, ;^0~~~~~, ;-0, :-(, most of which aren't used.
HTML SANDBOX and HTML BOOTCAMP are both good and you also very much need to read the threads that deal with FR's slang, inside jokes, history, and who's who.
Being mostly HTML deprived myself, I can't post you a link, but I'm sure that someone with much better HTML skills than I possess, will post you some links for you. :-)
If you have other questions, please feel free to FREEPmail me and I'll do my best to help you/answer your question/s.
Yes, we ARE very nice people! :-)
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