hi keruri
you can refer to the "help" section of SB.
Example
Input: \ red{your text} and \ green{your text} are pretty colors.
Output: Red and green are pretty colors.
so for my above testing post, I type in \ red{keruri} and your name appears red.
<font color="ff0000">Note: NO spacing between \ and red. I space it to explain to you.</font>
as for the emoticons, i think there must be some free ones on the web u can check it out. for me, i insert pictures from my harddisk. whenever i saw some pics i like, i save in my harddisk.
You need to type \ image{the file name of the pic}, eg: \ image{playful}.
<font color="ff0000">Note: Again, no spacing between \ and image.</font>
you can do a test and preview, the colours will appear. but the image will not. so u need to "post this message" and a message asking where is the file will appear, type in the location.
i know my explanation is very bad...haha...let me know if you are still not sure.
cheers
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