FIRST of all, I love you guys!!! You have totally made my week!

I have had message boards for the last year on this site but they never took off. Apparently noone liked the set up. And they were costing me a fortune.
So I installed this software and customized it and WHAM, you guys are here everyday. I love it! I wish I would have installed these a year ago and saved myself oodles of money!
Second, Beth, when you are replying to a post, you should see a box on the left side of the box that you type in. Above the box it sill say "smilies" and in the box you will see a bunch of smilie icons. Just click an icon and it will be inserted into your message! There are certain symbols (emiticons) that will automatically transform into an icon, such as a
: and
) to make this
and a
: and a
p to make this :p
and
: and
- and
D to make this
Otherwise, just click one or more of the little pictures and it will appear. I believe you can include up to ten symbols in each post!