Managing reactions

Open the Reactions page

1. In the Admin CP, click Configuration, then Reactions in the menu on the left.

   

The page lists every reaction in the order members see them, with how many times each has been used.

Add a reaction

1. Click Add Reaction.

2. Type a Name - up to 50 characters - and choose an Image, then click Save Reaction.

   

The image has to be a PNG, GIF, JPEG, WebP or SVG of up to 256 KB. Square images look best: they’re shown small (18 pixels) in a post’s summary and bigger (36) in the pop-up.

Note

An SVG can carry code that would run on the forum for anyone who opened the image, so the forum cleans every SVG you upload: it keeps the drawing and removes scripts, links and anything else that could run or fetch something. If it removed anything, it says so when you save. An ordinary icon comes through unchanged.

Edit a reaction

Click its name. You can change the name, the order, and whether it’s active, and upload a new image - or leave the image empty to keep the one it has. Members who reacted with it keep their reaction.

Change the order

1. Change the numbers in the Order column - lowest first - and click Save Order.

   

The first active reaction is the forum’s default: the one members get when they just click the button. It’s marked “(default)” in the list.

Hide a reaction

1. Click Options beside it, then Deactivate.

   

A deactivated reaction disappears from the pop-up and from posts’ summaries. Nobody’s reaction is lost, though: activate it again (Options, then Activate) and they all come back.

Delete a reaction

Click Options, then Delete. You’re asked first, and told how many times it has been used - every one of those reactions is deleted with it.

Tip

If you might want them back, deactivate the reaction instead.

Every change is recorded in the administrator log (Tools & Maintenance, then Administrator Log).