I don't have the emoticons on the right side of the reply window that everyone else seems to have. Anyone else had this problem?

 

Sometimes they're there, sometimes they're not for me. If you know the emoticons "name", you can type it out. Like confused, eek, but add : to the front and back of the word. Sorry but those are the only names I know.

 

Open the User Control Panel. Something may have changed in your settings.
Happened to me once or twice.

 

Found it - just turned mine off...
Go to User CP
Edit Options
Misc. Options - about 2/3 down page
Message Editor Interface - you are probably set on 'Basic" - change to 'Enhanced WYSIWYG

Be sure to save - bottom of page

see if that works!

 

That was it. I don't know why some users default to basic and some default to standard or enhanced. Maybe it's a bug in the software. Thanks.