Post by Paul on Dec 1, 2005 2:53:17 GMT
I've been thinking about this signature thing and I have decided we should limit what can be put in a signature.
There are a few goods reasons for this. Let me be clear I'm not doing it because of recent examples because I don't think anyones has been a problem. Sian's was just a graphical representation of what would have been in her signature as text.
Firstly I have discovered you can't actually include bbcode in the Avatar text
Picture in signatures could go tits up, I've seen what copigeon is talking about and it ain't pretty. If I wait until we've reached that state I'll have to remove the facility when it is being used and by potentially a lot more members. While it is ok for individuals to turn off the signatures, this forum is also used by non-members who are looking for information and to that mind I think it is important to present something more concise and perhaps more representative of that side of things.
The text size is limited so it can't be massive and that is a good thing I think as it is really meant as a footnote.
Also, perhaps one of the largest factors is that I always intended more integration between the forum and the website. That is very tricky to do with a free one like proboards. However, I'm making progress in terms of profile pages etc so this will become more and more used. I intend to include a page you can edit separate to your snails, where you can link to whatever you wish and write whatever you wish, so that facility will be there and would cover just about anything needed. But there will probably be a time when the signature space is needed for you to have the links from forum to website for all your bits and bobs and there is really no other way to go about it.
I kind of wish I'd started this way because I hate taking things off, but I hope you can see it is for legitimate reasons and not just the snowballing thing. It's just that I hadn't had the reason to think about this and this thread has given me that opportunity.
So, rather than turn it off which involves removing the ability to do links I'm just gonna ask people not to use pictures in the signatures.
I have done the required change, just edit your profile at:
www.petsnails.co.uk/members/member_index.php?action=editprofile
and add your forum username, not your alias.
Then include the following code in your signature:
but change admin to your forum username, coz admin is mine. It is case sensitive. It should look like my signature when your done. Then just click the link to make sure it is going to the right person.
There are a few goods reasons for this. Let me be clear I'm not doing it because of recent examples because I don't think anyones has been a problem. Sian's was just a graphical representation of what would have been in her signature as text.
Firstly I have discovered you can't actually include bbcode in the Avatar text
Picture in signatures could go tits up, I've seen what copigeon is talking about and it ain't pretty. If I wait until we've reached that state I'll have to remove the facility when it is being used and by potentially a lot more members. While it is ok for individuals to turn off the signatures, this forum is also used by non-members who are looking for information and to that mind I think it is important to present something more concise and perhaps more representative of that side of things.
The text size is limited so it can't be massive and that is a good thing I think as it is really meant as a footnote.
Also, perhaps one of the largest factors is that I always intended more integration between the forum and the website. That is very tricky to do with a free one like proboards. However, I'm making progress in terms of profile pages etc so this will become more and more used. I intend to include a page you can edit separate to your snails, where you can link to whatever you wish and write whatever you wish, so that facility will be there and would cover just about anything needed. But there will probably be a time when the signature space is needed for you to have the links from forum to website for all your bits and bobs and there is really no other way to go about it.
I kind of wish I'd started this way because I hate taking things off, but I hope you can see it is for legitimate reasons and not just the snowballing thing. It's just that I hadn't had the reason to think about this and this thread has given me that opportunity.
So, rather than turn it off which involves removing the ability to do links I'm just gonna ask people not to use pictures in the signatures.
I have done the required change, just edit your profile at:
www.petsnails.co.uk/members/member_index.php?action=editprofile
and add your forum username, not your alias.
Then include the following code in your signature:
[url=http://www.petsnails.co.uk/species_owned_list.php?user=admin]My Snail List[/url]but change admin to your forum username, coz admin is mine. It is case sensitive. It should look like my signature when your done. Then just click the link to make sure it is going to the right person.
;D
Oh, and avatars aren't that big, you can't fit an awful lot in them easily, that's why pics in sigs are used.