When writing comments around our blog, there are many different ways you can type to get your message across better. Putting in one or two smilies to express how you feel or changing the text style to make it stand out are some ways of communication you can use on all WordPress.com blogs!
(Note: Make sure you follow all the instructions on this page if you want to do it correctly. Don’t make comments to ”test” these methods: if you aren’t sure it’ll work, it’s better not to use them at all. Comments made with the intention for ”testing” is considered spam and are likely to be deleted.)
WordPress Smilies
Did you know that when typing in your comments, you can insert these little smilies, or emoticons, into your comments? Here’s a table to explain what text you type in to insert a smiley into your comment. These work for all WordPress.com blogs (unless the administrator decided to disable this function, which is possible to do but not recommended), such as the Poptropica Help Blog you are currently at. Some emoticons have more than one way of being typed, as shown in the chart below:
| Icon | Text 1 | Text 2 | Full Text |
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:) | :-) | :smile: |
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:D | :-D | :grin: |
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:( | :-( | :sad: |
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:o or 8O | :-o or 8-O | :eek: or :shocked: |
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:? | :-? | :???: |
| 8) | 8) | 8-) | :cool: |
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:x | :-x | :mad: |
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:P | :-P | :razz: |
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:| | :-| | :neutral: |
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;) | ;-) | :wink: |
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– | – | :lol: |
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– | – | :oops: |
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– | – | :cry: |
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– | – | :roll: |
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– | :evil: | :twisted: |
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– | – | :!: |
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– | – | :?: |
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– | – | :idea: |
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– | – | :arrow: |
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– | – | :mrgreen: |
On July 6, 2009, WordPress changed all the blog smilies by default into a weird, blobbish, and smooth-looking type. Fortunately, they were automatically changed back into the ”old smilies” on July 22, 2009, which many seem to enjoy more.
Make sure to type a space before and after your smiley text. That prevents the smiley being accidentally included in the text around it. Also, don’t use quotes or other punctuation marks before and after the smiley text. Please don’t put in comments that contain only smilies – such comments would be considered spam and will probably be deleted. For more information, click here.
Typing in Bold
Bold typing is when you make the characters in your text thicker, like this. One way to catch a reader’s attention among lines and lines of words is to use bold, which is heavier and darker than regular text. They are used to make important phrases stand out, and are commonly used in headlines to increase the contrast between that and body text, as you can see on this page. Bolding your text is also very helpful for readers to just scan through a page, as demonstrated in many newspapers.
Please note than staff members on this blog often use bold to type in their replies to a comment, so we’d like to ask that you refrain from using it too much since bold is mainly reserved for us to use.
To type in bold, type <b> at the beginning, then enter your text. When you’re done typing, add </b> to finish it off. Click here for more tips.
Typing in Italics
The italic form of typing is when the text is slightly slanted to the right side, like this. Italics are best used for stating quotes, book or newsletter titles, names of any TV series (but not the names of any individual episodes, where it’s better to use quotation marks), names of movies (films) and plays, and names of ships, planes, automobiles, or trains. They can also be used to emphasize an important word in a sentence, for example: I love Poptropica. You should also italicize any words from foreign languages that may not be familiar to your readers (but do not do so for proper nouns).
To type using italics, type <i> at the beginning, then enter your text. When you’re done typing your message, add </i> to finish it off. Remember not to overuse them or it won’t have a good effect for the readers. Click here for more tips.
Underlining your Text
Underlined text is when the words have a line underneath them, like this. However, it’s actually best not to underline text on the Internet because people may mistake it for a link. Bolding or italicizing text is a more web-friendly option. Underlining may be used as an alternative for bolding important headings or italicizing book titles.
To underline your text, type <u> at the beginning, then enter your text. When you’re done typing, add </u> to finish it off. Click here for more tips.
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Super Thunder
Rainbow Dash
Fuzzy-B
Icy Comet
Shaggy Tornado
Slanted Fish
ST: Thanks!
I agree with him.
is so cool. 
is also cool.
ST: Sorry, but you shouldn’t make a comment with only smilies, as this is considered spamming (wasting space). Please don’t do this again. ”Testing” smilies is not necessary either.
Cool! 8)
80 lol
I love the moving ones.
im sorry but yay second comment!
the smilies are so cool! 
Awesome
I love your typing
purple paw!
purple paw, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Purple Paw,how could you have spammed?!
Awesome new addition to the Cool Stuff section!
I love this!
Smileys rock! 
Hey! Thanks for the help!
Thanks, ST!
Cool!
8)
u rock phb
Awesome =D
i love the smilies
8)
ST: They have now been changed back!
But please do not put so many smilies into one comment…
are we allowed to “spam” as in test the smiles out here?
ST: Sorry, not on this blog.
Wow! The smilies are upgraded! :shocked:
I think they look great!
the new ones are cool
LOL! 8)
funny! 8)
Cool!
The smilies are okay but I like the old one’s better.
me too…
Me three…
me four…
me five…
ST: Umm, we can stop adding to the ”me [number]” comments now.
Me six!
Me 10!
Good thing they’re now back!
Do u think they listened to the complaints of the commenters?
ST: Possibly, but probably not from the commenters on this blog. There are so many other WordPress blogs on the internet.
Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-(:):P:X:?:O:Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
*blows raspberry*
me seven
SCREAMER!, I also don’t know what you’re talking about.
It’s Screamer by the way.
me eight……..uhhh…We can stop adding the “me [number]” what..what do you mean about me number?
Me 9!
me 9.
What old ones? I like these because they are roundish.
ST: Read the paragraph[s] about ”the old WordPress smilies” on the Smilies section of this page.
Hijuyo, I love this blog! Yay PHB!
Ha ha!
This is cool!!!
Sorry if it’s not so good…
I wanted the first line to be bold, italic, and underlined.
I LOVE SMILIES!!!
OMG they changed the smilies back! To the old ones! Yay! Wow lots of good news today!
Oh, sorry I didn’t see you said that already.
This is cool.
They’re changed back! The smilies are back!
yes, they have!
WordPress smilies are the BEST!! 8)
yeah
I’m so glad they changed it! They must’ve heard our complaints.
Thnx WordPress!!!!
Yay WordPress!
This is so cool
8)
THX!
LOL funny
i love this! i can even use this on other sites!
Wow! GREAT smilies! This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOHOO!!! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!
awesome 8)
this is sweet
love these smileys
i never used to know how to use them
It’s SO COOL!
this is pretty cool :p
I know!
Typing in bold is fun.
Yay! They put them back to normal!! -
8) that is cool!
That is cool!
PHB rocks!!
Thanks,I really needed that Smiley guide!
just learned typing bold
the smileys are cute
This Is Cool
look at me typing in bold!
yayz
thanks so much!
yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cool!!
awesome!/
Amazing web site, Hijuyo!
cool
Awesome
My favorite smiley is roll. See?
! It is SO cute!
It is SO cute!
LOLZ!!
the smileyz r AWESOME! 
Can you use any other HTML coding to do effects on your comments?
Hijuyo: The ones mentioned on this page are the ones we don’t mind the PHB readers using.
i luv the smileyz!!
Cool
The smi-o-les are SO
awsome:!::cool:
This is so amazing!
[u][i][b]awesome[/b][/i][/u]
awesome website i love you guys!
Love this website!!!
Yay i know how to do emotes now!
My favorite smileys are
and 
I agree with you, Screamer.
I love all the smileys.
Wow, these are cool! 8)
Yeah!
Writing in bold is cool! Thanks PHB for sharing this trick!
EPIC!
Wow! Look at that!
Heh heh. thats fun!
Man dudes nice now many people can type smileys!Man that is so cool!!
And do bold and itallic!!
Thanx for tha help phb hope you had a merry christmas and a happy new year.
!!
Awesome!
i know right
I think they changed up the : o smiley. Look: :O
My name on Poptropica is Icy Lightning , my ” Battle Ranking ” is really supposed to be 4 , but when I go into multi-player rooms , it’s 3 and a half …
! BTW , This . Blog . Is . Epic !
lol a lot of ppl act like they jst wanna use em but they really are jst testing.
btw i wish they had one like tis -_-
This cool awesome
Hey Thanks for the WordPress Smilies.
Cool!
<<Hope that worked 
Im going to try A Bold italic XD
THIS IS AwESOME
I am Cool 8D THIS IS AWESOME
AWESOOMMMEEE!!!!!!! 
cool!:D D:
– - – 
I finally know how to type bold! Thanks for the help.
smileys are cool!
“” &”” are also bold. ““&” are also italic. Just like (X)HTML tags!
Errrrr…. I ment “strong” and “em” inside “”
this one is my favorite:
i also like this one:
bold
I LOVE IT!
Awesome PHB! You rock!
This is so cool! Thanks for posting!
☺☻♥
smilies are “just the way they are”!
me me
me
REALLY cool!
Really REALLY cool!
Typing in bold is fun
wow so …..
Eh, let’s try it out…
:roll
I am
I made a cake, I am
I ate it all
The crumbs flew around and made shapes
They all Dropped back on my plate
My Brother Slapped me
I stuck my tongue at him
HE SLAPPED ME :I
He gave me money
……………..
Cool poem Shinykid157.
Gracias, err, Thank you
I love it!!!
Hi this is cool!!! It’s BOLD. What’ya doin’
Oh my the wind is blowing the letters AHHHH!
Wait, I dont have a brother, oh, yeah i do. Hi sis
(QS is my sis BTW)
What is QS?
Quckstar.
I <3 This BLOG!!!!!!!!1
Me too!Actually,I have only been commenting since November,but I have been reading this since ST’s name was Hijuyo
:D 
Spotted Wolf is my name.
I like to invent many things
I like smiling
oh no it is a tornado
Help help help!
Oh good it is o’er
I hope you will come to my party in multiverse. AXX89
I’m a girl.
RTV Contestant Hip Hop is sooooo cool! 
My login failed.
My dog drank from the toilet!
Help! My house is on fire!
I LOVE PHB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody call 911, I fell down!
Oops, that was a mistake.
Do you like my poem, Cool Bite?
Cool poem, Break Dance.
But Spotted Wolf, I used my brother’s poptropican and there was no rooms matching my entry!
I know. I left. Soon before you tried.
I have one!
I fell 
I’m a boy
I won a game
I failed a math test
Ugh… That’s disgusting!
HEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!! THERE’S A PIT BULL IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got that wrong
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
If anyone wants to friend me, it’s boysdroolgirlsrule3.
They call me Raymond.
I miss 2012.
Someone hit me!
Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya!
I fell down.
I tried on some shades.
*groan* This test is so hard!
Yay! I passed it!
Ummm, yeah.
Sure.
Why do you want someone to hit you?Yes,I also miss 2012,Raymond.
Hey look,there’s Joe Cool(aka Snoopy) 8)
He works at a grocery store
He keeps up with the latest fabs
He wears glasses
Next to his house is an
He rarely gets a good
When he passes,everybody
So do you like my poem?Lol,I’m
Anyway,Merry Christmas!
I’m a boy
My friend moved away
I failed my test
I fell
PHB IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!
My cat scratched me!
Merry Christmas!
Why doesn’t the 8) smiley work anymore?
It does! Look-
Hey,it works!
I’m a boy, I am
When I say bad words, everybody 
When I leave, everybody is
When I lie to my mom, she is
When I costomize my favorite Reality TV contestant. I am
When I fall down and get hurt, I am
When I pass my test, I am
Now do you like my poem?
Yes.
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
The cool shades don’t work for me. Let me try again:
Never mind, it works! 8)
meow meow
awesome!
Woof woof woof !
Hey Happy Horse, this meow sounds like my cat!
Just so you know,you can’t underline words any more. Watch: Hello!
I want to find out where to get the cool girl hair because i hate that plain hair.
There are plenty of hairstyles you can customize from on Poptropica. You might want to be more specific, but if you’d like to customize my Poptropican’s hair, add hi.Juyo to your friends list. Also, check out the PHB’s Friend Finder for more usernames to add!
Um…how do you interlink words?
Since I can’t demonstrate how to hyperlink text in the comments because it will hyperlink, you should research how to use the a tag here.
I am
My friend moved away
My cat just scratched me!
I love PHB!
I got hurt
I stuck my toungue out
I wore my cap
Happy Valentine’s day!
Poptropica is fun!
This is me!
I read the Poptropica Creator’s Blog!
Does it work?
I love smilies!
i love talking in bold