If you are a Mastodon server admin, here's how to add custom emoji to your server:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/using-custom-emoji-on-your-mastodon-server

The guide also covers how to clone them from other servers, and how to block unsuitable emoji.

If you're an ordinary user and just want to know how to access custom emoji, here's a guide for you instead:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/what-are-custom-emoji-how-do-i-access-them-can-i-add-new-ones

#Mastodon #Emoji #CustomEmoji

What would be amazing is, to have a custom emoji here on the androiddev.social instance of the @NovaLauncher@mastodon.social icon!

Wondering what it would take to make that happen.

I'm also curious if there's any limit to the amount of custom emoji there can be per instance.

#NovaLauncher #Nova #Android #CustomEmoji #Icons

If you run your own Mastodon server, you can add custom emoji by logging into the website through your admin account and then going to:

Preferences > Administration > Custom Emoji

When you first log in, you'll see a long list of all the custom emoji that are visible to your server, including your own server's emoji and those that are on other servers you federate with.

To just see your own emoji, click the "Local" tab at the top, to just see other servers' emoji click "Remote".

To add your own emoji, click "Upload", Emoji can be PNG or GIF files up to 50kb, and they can be still or animated. Remember to add a shortcode that describes what it looks like, and uses CamelCase or underscores so that screen readers can distinguish the words.

To clone emoji from other servers you federate with, tick the box next to the emoji you want and click "Copy".

To block an emoji from another server, tick the box next to it and click "Disable".

#Mastodon #Emoji #CustomEmoji #MastoAdmin

If you're using the official Mastodon app or some of the third party apps, the emoji are split across two menus.

You can access standard emoji by pressing the emoji button on your phone's on-screen keyboard as normal.

However, you can also access your server's custom emoji by pressing the app's emoji button when writing a post. There are no standard emoji in the app's emoji section, just the custom ones.

Each server administrator can add whatever custom emoji they want, including animations (within certain size limits). If you have some ideas for custom emoji, ask your server's admin if they could add them for you.

#Mastodon #Emoji #CustomEmoji

If your Mastodon instance admin is unsure about how to create custom emoji, there's a guide by @laura at:

https://laurakalbag.com/custom-emoji-on-mastodon

#MastoTips #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #CustomEmoji #FediTips

Hello there 🎩

I just added a few more #CustomEmoji for a few commonly used companies and organisations.

:dnb: :dplay: :entur: :finn: :flytorget: :gulesider: :klarna: :norsktipping: :norwegian: :nrk: :posten: :ruter: :sas: :sats: :sparebank1: :telenor: :tv2: :vg: :viaplay: :vipps:

Cool? Cool.