20 July 2008 - 22:38Yahoo Glyphs WordPress Plugin

Plugin Name : Yahoo Glyphs

Description : Replace standard smiley glyphs with Yahoo’s glyphs complete with Yahoo! graphics emoticon plus pidgin’s graphic.

Version : beta and always beta (but it works!)

License : This program is totally free. Free means Free.

Reason to create this : I dislike standard glyphs provided by WordPress and any other sites that use the same way. I  like Yahoo’s glyphs. They are more charming, cute and various. That’s all.

Other :

A glyph is an element of writing.

This plugin only have effect in your  post content and comment area when they are accessed by user in their browser. Otherwise, do nothing. It will not add any clue in comment and post writing area. It will replace glyphs with graphic emoticon. I provide with 2 option graphic emoticon. First is Yahoo’s standard, include the new ones, like transformer .
Second is pidgin’s standard. I provide 2 graphic because i think Yahoo’s graphics have copyrights and pidgin’s graphics have GPL. CMIIW, because i do not want to surpasses other teritories or rights. And for a note, i match pidgin’s graphic by myself. Because i think pidgin’s graphic is not well implemented.

You should remember that this plugin only replace html entities characters. It will not convert :"> to , but it will convert :">. I suggest you always use html editor, not visual editor.

It works well in my WordPress Tyner. I not test it in other environment. Just test by yourself. I will no provide patch, except for regex error. Regex means Regular Expression, which the basis of plugin. (EDIT: by February 2009, it also works well in WordPress Coltrane.)

November 2008 : I found bug inside my regex pattern. I found it when i was testing it randomly. I have fixed it, it should be good by now. I also have added case insensitive directive to the pattern. Hope this one will serve better.

Instruction :

1. Download the source : here.
2. Extract and upload the directory named yahooglyphs inside wp-content/plugins directory
3. Turn off standard graphic smileys. For more information, visit : How To Turn off Graphic Smileys
4. Edit the yahooglyphs.php in order to choose which graphic do you like to use, Yahoo or Pidgin.
5. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.

All glyphs and their graphics match :

Standard Emoticons
Glyphs	Desc	Yahoo	Pidgin	Glyphs	Desc	Yahoo	Pidgin
:)	happy			:(	sad
;)	winking			:D	big grin
;;)	batting eyelashes			>:D<	big hug
:-/	confused			:x	love struck
:“>	blushing			:P	tongue
:-*	kiss			=((	broken heart
:-O	surprise			X(	angry
:>	smug			B-)	cool
:-S	worried			#:-S	whew!
>:)	devil			:((	crying
:))	laughing			:|	straight face
/:)	raised eyebrows			=))	rolling on the floor
O:-)	angel			:-B	nerd
=;	talk to the hand			:-c	call me
:)]	on the phone			~X(	at wits’ end
:-h	wave			:-t	time out
8->	wday dreaming			I-)	sleepy
8-|	rolling eyes			L-)	loser
:-&	sick			:-$	don’t tell anyone
[-(	no talking			:O)	clown
8-}	silly			<:-P	party
(:|	yawn			=P~	drooling
:-?	thinking			#-o	d'oh
=D>	applause			:-SS	nail biting
@-)	hypnotized			:^o	liar
:-w	waiting			:-<	sigh
>:P	phbbbbt			<):)	cowboy
X_X	I don't want to see			:!!	hurry up!
\m/	rock on!			:-q	thumbs down
:-bd	thumbs up			^#(^	it wasn't me
:ar!	pirate
Hidden Emoticons
Glyphs	Desc	Yahoo	Pidgin	Glyphs	Desc	Yahoo	Pidgin
:o3	puppy dog eyes			:-??	I don't know
%-(	not listening			:@)	pig
3:-O	cow			:(|)	monkey
~:>	chicken			@};-	rose
%%-	good luck			**==	flag
(~~)	pumpkin			~O)	coffee
*-:)	idea			8-X	skull
=:)	bug			>-)	alien
:-L	frustrated			[-O<	bpraying
$-)	money eyes			:-"	whistling
b-(	feeling beat up			:)>-	peace sign
[-X	shame on you			\:D/	dancing
>:/	bring it on			;))	hee hee
:-@	chatterbox			^:)^	not worthy
:-j	oh go on			(*)	star
o->	hiro			o=>	billy
o-+	april			(%)	yin yang
:bz	bee			[..]	transformer

Example :