Fern, look to the right hand column toward the middle of any page where you can write something (ie, a forum post, a comment or a journal post). You'll see a block called "Smileys." It lists all the currently available smileys (working on a rolling eye one) and how to get the smiley. For instance, if I type the word "grin" with colons on either side of it, I get

If I just type a colon followed by a closing paranthesis, I get

and so on. That's how the smileys work!

Lynn Siprelle, Editor