Smilies 2.0 Plugin Renaming Contest

Published on December 4, 2005 at 9:40 AM EST
Last updated on October 8, 2006 at 4:01 PM EST
In the Discussions category.

Let’s rename a new and popular dish!

2005/12/25 Update: Icon-o-matic is now available!

Much to my surprise, there’s another plugin named “Smilies.” It was released on the same day as my version (or close to it.)

So I need a new name for my plugin. Besides, “Smilies” is a poor name for what all it does now! Want a tease? Have a look at some of these screenshots!

The screenshots give a lot away!

Use any smiley, emoticon, or picture in the smiley bar. It’s as easy as uploading the image to your webserver—and you’re done!
Do you want to use a lot of icons and have a larger screen? Move the icon bar to the right of your entry and extended entry. A scroll bar appears if necessary.
Let your commenters add smilies (or any other icon!) to their comment.

Obviously, this plugin does a lot more than the Smilies plugin did. What do you think would be a good name for it? The winner will have a free meal at the EDSMT Bistro and a free copy of the plugin to be named 2.0!

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Comments

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By Karl Swedberg , written on December 5, 2005 at 7:30 AM.

How about emovicon?

By Aziz , written on December 5, 2005 at 9:32 AM.

how about MoTicon :))

By Kevin , written on December 5, 2005 at 2:08 PM.

MT Emotions :-)

By Dan Wolfgang , written on December 5, 2005 at 2:30 PM.

Does anybody have any “obvious” suggestions? One name I was thinking of was the Easy Icon Inserter.

By Kevin , written on December 5, 2005 at 4:17 PM.

How about Image (or Icon) Bar. It looks like a bar above the entry box AND it goes with the EDSMT restaurant/bistro/eatery theme.

By char , written on December 6, 2005 at 6:37 PM.

MT Icon-o-matic, MT IconMagik, MT SmileCom, MT SmIcon (Smiley & Icon)

Just a few ideas…

By char , written on December 6, 2005 at 6:38 PM.

MT SmileCom was supposed to be MT SmileCon

By Dan Wolfgang , written on December 6, 2005 at 6:42 PM.

Well, if it matters, at this point I’d say Icon Bar an Icon-o-matic are the front runners.

By Dan Wolfgang , written on December 6, 2005 at 6:43 PM.

And by the way, I’m a little surprised nobody has posted a comment with a smiley yet!

By Jason Karolczak-Konen , written on December 7, 2005 at 3:09 PM.

I liked MT Emotions suggested earlier, but I think it would be nicer spelled out as: MovableEmotions or MovableEmoticons (ME for short) http://www.eatdrinksleepmovabletype.com/smilies/biggrin.gif

Also, perhaps PostableEmotions or PostableEmoticons

By Jason Karolczak-Konen , written on December 7, 2005 at 3:11 PM.

Oh sure, I used a smiley and I did it wrong… Oops