Description

Do you want access to a huge database of emotes for the forums? Then be sure to pick up this script. It allows you to use the Emote Cloud API to use custom smileys in your comments, by replacing custom emote codes with deviations. This database is how emotes like , , and came to their original popularity, prompting dA to add them to the entire website.

This script is still in development (needs the ability to add emotes to the official database; the ability to add custom emotes), but with your feedback it'll be done much quicker. It's essential to not only know what you think about current features and which you want implemented, but to know about what bugs there are in the current version of the script so they can be fixed.

How to use it

If you don't know any custom emotes already from using something like SuperdAmn (this script shares the same database), then click the "Forum Cloud" link at the bottom of any comment or reply box to a forum post and you'll get a big menu of all of the ones available for use.

Forum Cloud doesn't just work for comments in threads. You can even use it in the Message Center; it will simply appear only for replies to forum posts. You can also use custom emotes when you make a new thread. You'll notice a "Forum Cloud" link under the textbox you use when creating a new thread.

There is also a "Refresh Emotes" link. When you first get Forum Cloud, you download the entire database of public emotes so you can use them in your posts. If you want to update your list with new emotes and how many times they've been voted for, then click the "Refresh Emotes" link and wait until you get an alert telling you that it's been refreshed.

You can vote for what emotes are in the public list by opening up the Forum Cloud Menu with the "Forum Cloud" link I just mentioned. If an emote has over 5 votes, then it's public. Not only that, but in the database there can be more than one emote with the exact same name (like three different emotes called :blankstare: for example) and whichever has the most votes is the one people get to use. That means if you vote for it by clicking the + next to it, you help it stay in use and increase its vote count. If you vote against it by clicking the - next to it, you help allow another emote to replace it.

You can search for emotes by typing part of the emote name in the search box and hitting enter. A list of matching emotes will appear, ordered by votes and alphabetical order.

IF YOU FIND PROBLEMS IN THE SCRIPT OR HAVE SUGGESTIONS, TELL ME ABOUT THEM. Feedback is good. Feedback is what gets things done.

Releases

Version 0.7 (Jan 13, 2013) [current]

• Numerous bugs with the interface were fixed. Notable ones include:
  
  • The links at the bottom of the really big comment box on the bottom of the thread no longer disappear when you click them if you didn't type something in first.
  
  
  • When you'd mouse over the deviation or vote links for an emote in the Forum Cloud menu, it would flicker over and over again. That's been fixed.
  
  
  • The Forum Cloud links for new threads used to display incorrectly.


• Search has been implemented! Type something in the search box and hit enter, and it'll display emotes that match that text, ordered by vote count and alphabetical order.


• There is now a built in link to the Emote Cloud.

Version 0.6.1 (Jul 30, 2012)

• A very minor issue was fixed in Chrome which made it so the emote and menu info didn't disappear when you moved your mouse away from a menu item.

Version 0.6 (Jul 29, 2012)

• Emote images now only show when hovering over their respective menu item.


• Clicking on an emote code will add it to the text box.


• You can now vote for public emotes. Click + to vote up an emote, and - to vote one down. The Emote Cloud only allows you a single vote per emote.


• There is now a "view" link to view the deviation of the emote submitted.


• New "Help" menu button.


• Improved error handling mechanisms.


• The menu shouldn't be noticeably lagging anymore.


• It's prettier.

Version 0.5.1 (June 5, 2012)

• Fixed a severe bug which made it impossible to obtain a new emotes list.


• In some browsers, the link to install Forum Cloud didn't work.

Version 0.5 (May 21, 2012)

• Added forum cloud links to the message center and the box used to create a new thread.


• Fixed glitch in the message center where posts that weren't to a forum had forum cloud enabled.

Version 0.4.1 (May 16, 2012)

• I've re-added the links to the big commenting box.

Download Link

Click here and hit the "Install" button to get Forum Cloud.

You need Greasemonkey (Firefox Users) or TamperMonkey (Chrome Users) to use this script.

Click here to download Greasemonkey.
Click here to download TamperMonkey.

Note: Not to be a whore or anything, but if you want to track the updates to this script it would be a good idea to watch me so I can automatically notify you of updates in my journal. I might add an updater within the script itself eventually but not anytime soon.