Jiquera's Emoticon Pack Standard (JEP) 4.0
1.0 Addon Emoticon Packs
- 1.1 You MUST have permission of the author to add emoticons to his pack.
- 1.2 To maintain the quality of the emoticon pack, all emoticons must be the same style as the original pack styled.
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as add-on to the original Cordillera packRight:
as add-on to the original Cordillera pack
- 1.2 Remove all unused space, since its not used it shouldnt be there.
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- 1.3 Try to stay within the default size (16 x 16) as much as possible, if you need more space try to go wide instead of high.
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- 3.1 [Add-On Packs] All your emoticons should go in your own folder and not in the smileypack root folder.
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- 3.2 All static emoticons should be stored in one(!) .png file with a transparent background called: "emoticons.png".
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emoticon1.bmp
my_emo.png
emoticon2.pngRight:
emoticons.png - 3.3 Each animated emoticon should be stored in a .gif file with a transparent background called: "emot-" + #name + ".gif".
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my_emo.gifRight:
emot-bah.gif
- 4.1 [Add-On Packs] You must put your emoticons in your own group(s), you are not allowed to add emoticons to others.
- 4.2 [Add-On Packs] You are not allowed to use recources of other add-on emoticon packs (for it is not sure those are installed), it IS allowed to use resources which are installed with emoticon pack itself.
- 4.3 [Stand-Alone Packs] You are not allowed to use recources of other emoticon packs (for it is not sure those are installed).
- 4.4 Each sound will be defined with a name "snd" followed by the name of the sound with a capital first letter: "snd" + #Name
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<sound name="mysound" file="...
<sound name="boom" file="...Right:
<sound name="sndHello" file="...
<sound name="sndBoom" file="... - 4.5 The emoticons.png file should be defined as (defaulsize is in general 16): #name + "_" + #defaultsizex + "x" + #defaultsizey
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<bitmap name="myicons" file="...Right:
<bitmap name="jiquera_16x16" file="... - 4.6 Each gif file will be defined with a name "gif" followed by the name of the emoticon with a capital first letter: "gif" + #Name
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<bitmap name="myicon" file="...
<bitmap name="animatedemoticon1" file="...Right:
<bitmap name="gifBlah" file="...
<bitmap name="gifWave" file="... - 4.7 After each new emoticon make a new line
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<emoticon text=":-)"><source...
<emoticon text=":)"><source...
<emoticon text=":P"><source...Right:
<emoticon text=":-)"><source...
<emoticon text=":)"><source...
<emoticon text=":P"><source...
- 5.1 Ech emoticon should appear at most ONCE in the emoticon button (even across groups).
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- 5.2 Only smileys with the default height of your emoticon pack (16 for cordillera) and with not too much blank space should be published in the button.
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- 6.1 You are not allowed to use common words as emoticon entries, you must use codes which can not accidently appear in a conversation.
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<emoticon text="hi"><source...
<emoticon text="and"><source...Right:
<emoticon text=":-)"><source...
<emoticon text=":P"><source... - 6.2 If you define a entry like: "(" + #word + ")" or ":" + #word + ":". then you should also define the uppercase variant: "(" + #WORD + ")", ":" + #WORD + ":". and vice versa
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<emoticon text="(blah)"><source...
<emoticon text="(fight)"><source...
<emoticon text=":jump:"><source...Right:
<emoticon text="(blah)"><source...
<emoticon text="(BLAH)"><source...
<emoticon text="(fight)"><source...
<emoticon text="(FIGHT)"><source...
<emoticon text=":jump:"><source...
<emoticon text=":JUMP:"><source...
- 7.1 The discription in desc.txt should look as follows: #Name + #version_number + #defaultsizex + "x" + #defaultsizey.
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My Ubercool smilies!!!!!!Right:
Trillian Cordillera 2.1 Size 16x16
- 8.1 The preview image in preview.bmp should be representative for your smileypack. Its called "preview.bmp" for a reason!
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