Signatures

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Signatures

June 16, 2007, 11:39:49 PM

I think it's about time somebody created a thread about this increasing problem.

In the past several months, I've noticed that some users' signatures are getting way out of control. Some are so large that they take up nearly all of the browser's viewing window on my machine (1024x768).
And yet, the pictures are often low in resolution and "stacked" with lines of text. We have to make a rule on this; much like we did for the forums' marketplace section. That means we will have to enforce it.

I propose we limit a user's signature to the equivalent of 8 lines of default text - with or without an image. I think images are great, actually. I would hate to see those go, but we should still enforce a limit in size.
If you look at some signatures here, you will see that 8 lines of default text is more than enough room to use both an image and some lines of text. I think it's a comfortable barrier.

If you're looking for a way to conserve on space, do what I did: use the built-in code for changing the size of the text. Your user control panel should have details on this.
I prefer the smaller text, actually. It helps to differentiate the signature from the rest of the text within a post.

I would like to see us move forward on this. I've seen this rule enacted on other forums and while some may resist it at first, it's a step in the right direction to keep threads from becoming 20 pages long with 10 pages of signature material.

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Reply #1 – June 16, 2007, 11:44:55 PM

I'm on dilaup internet so it REALLY sucks for me. I've been wanting to set limits and actually made a thread about it a few months ago - unfortunately I haven't yet found the option in the vBulletin control panel to do so. I'm sure there's a way to do it, but I haven't figured it out. I've also been wanting to ditch the Krass & Bernie image in my sig but never think to - I must go and do it right now (after making this post)

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Reply #2 – June 16, 2007, 11:50:59 PM

i always have a small one for all you dial up guys, i used to have it and know how bad that sucked!

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Reply #3 – June 16, 2007, 11:51:53 PM

I think we will have to enforce the rule on a user-to-user basis. If somebody breaks the limit, we can shoot them a PM asking to reduce its size.
Then, of course, you can rely on people like me to bring it up within threads for the offending person(s) to see. :D

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Reply #4 – June 16, 2007, 11:57:15 PM

LS1tech.com has an image size restriction of like 150x400 pixels. That's a little larger than the pic of my T/A in my sig I believe.

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Reply #5 – June 16, 2007, 11:59:28 PM

on another board i frequent, the site reduces all images that were made with [img] tags, and its hard to see pics. sigs were getting out of hand there, too. when people post images with the [img] tags, id have to click the image and select "view image" to see the full size. attachments would show up properly when you clicked on them.

http://www.simplemachines.org/ is what they use

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Reply #6 – June 17, 2007, 12:02:33 AM

I don't think mine is too bad. If it is I'll change, just let me know

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Reply #7 – June 17, 2007, 12:07:10 AM

Fila: I think your signature is fine. I would consider that to be right at the limit.

DaBoss: Yours is a little large, but it makes it worse when I see it 5 times in one page in every other thread. No offense, of course.

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Reply #8 – June 17, 2007, 12:20:14 AM

Then maybe mine is too big too. If it is, sorry. I'll see what I can do, or use the mini version as suggested earlier. I have cable, so it's easy for me and others with cable to forget. Actualy I have the slow version of cable (road runner light, aka, cable at a cheaper price, but still cable), it's cheaper then the full fledged, and the difference is hardly noticable... most of the time anyway. Let me know if I need to make changes.

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Reply #9 – June 17, 2007, 12:23:41 AM

I changed mine, it was a tad wide. Like Yellow86Coogr said, with Cable you kinda forget what its like to wait on things to load. I need to learn how to PS so I can make my own, and size them the way I want them, within parameters of course.

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Reply #10 – June 17, 2007, 12:27:56 AM

high speed internet is a great investment. (Hell this seemed to come off smart and wasnt meant that way.)

explanation: it is easy to forget the daily fight with dial up to view anything thats barely larger then an avitar. I for one will never switch back as it is a night and day differance.

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Reply #11 – June 17, 2007, 12:43:13 AM

That's just the thing. It's not just the connection speed, but the fact that 50%+ of a page is filled with these redundant signature images.

Sleeper, your signature is a good example. Can you modify the code to set those images next to each other rather that "stack" them?

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Reply #12 – June 17, 2007, 12:44:25 AM

I like not having limits on the sigs, but I think there should be a "gentlemen's agreement" just so that everyone keeps them reasonable. There are some on here that are too big and need to be toned down, but I wouldn't like to make everyone have tiny sig pics either. The quote in my sig does make it seem kinda stacked up, though, but it's only text. I also save all of my images as .jpg since they're very small file sizes.

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Reply #13 – June 17, 2007, 12:46:49 AM

Quote from: cougarcragar;154866

That's just the thing. It's not just the connection speed, but the fact that 50%+ of a page is filled with these redundant signature images.

Sleeper, your signature is a good example. Can you modify the code to set those images next to each other rather that "stack" them?

See I figured this whole thread was directed at me since it was made not long after i modified mine.Am i correct?

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Reply #14 – June 17, 2007, 12:51:33 AM

Dang SLEEPER, nobody asked you to delete it; just tweak it some. 2 fairly large pictures stacked on one another is a bit much. If you want, I can put them side by side and resize everything for you.