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Signature not showing correctly

Discussion in 'Site Feedback and Suggestions' started by Ididmyc600, May 20, 2007.

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  1. Ididmyc600 TechSpot Chancellor

    Just noticed my sig is missing the link to the site I run, my profile shows it set correctly

    IDIDMYC600

    To unlock your Dell Laptop see this site,.

    http://www.ihatedell.info/


    But all its showing is the first and second part, not the site name or hyperlink.

    ANy ideas

    Or is it because the site is called "I hate dell" ?

    Regards

    Edit: I just changed the part of "to unlock...." to include the hyperlink and its working , still would like to know why it didnt before though
    Ididmyc600, May 20, 2007
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  2. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training

    It seems Julio may have configured the forum software not to allow signatures more than 3 lines long.

    I saw that somebody else's signature magically shrank from 4 lines to 3. It seems that anything after 3 lines doesn't display in the forums.
    kitty500cat, May 27, 2007
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  3. Ididmyc600 TechSpot Chancellor

    Interesting, thanks for the reply Kitty

    Regards
    Ididmyc600, May 28, 2007
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  4. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    I've been waiting for this fix for a long time.
    Mictlantecuhtli, May 29, 2007
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  5. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor

    WHY? It makes the sigs so much more boring :( We should be allowed to have IMG code sigs...
    MetalX, May 29, 2007
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  6. jobeard TechSpot Ambassador

    disagree; <img> sigs will impact the server and client response times needlessly.
    jobeard, May 29, 2007
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  7. agi_shi Newcomer, in training

    agree; I'm now lengthening my message.
    agi_shi, May 29, 2007
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  8. cfitzarl TechSpot Chancellor

    I've never had a big problem with signatures at my clan forum. I really don't have rules about it; although we don't have an incredible amount of users anyway (like 10 :unch: ).
    cfitzarl, May 29, 2007
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  9. agi_shi Newcomer, in training

    Go check out any (big) gamer forum... You'll see super-massive signatures made up of 100s of (animated) images, "Click Here!"s, "Spread Bunny Around"s, "I 4r3 73|-| r0xx0rzz |_|zz5z 101zz5z n000000|3zz55z5z c|_|zz u !5 z3H 5|_|x00rz5zz !!!1111!111one!!11one!!"s, etc...
    agi_shi, May 29, 2007
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  10. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    To make sure it won't show up correctly?
    Mictlantecuhtli, May 30, 2007
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  11. Ididmyc600 TechSpot Chancellor


    What ???

    Regards
    Ididmyc600, May 30, 2007
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  12. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training

    Yup, it truncates anything after the third line. I just tried it.
    kitty500cat, May 30, 2007
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  13. CCT Newcomer, in training

    That's ok - I can only see 1 and 1/4 lines horizontally - my screen preferences obviously eat the siggies up. lol

    One line is lots anyway.
    CCT, May 30, 2007
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  14. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Signatures are meant to be signatures and nothing else. While I would ideally would like to put no restraints on how these are managed or created, the reason restrictions are set is so we can keep the boards as clean as possible and put the most emphasis on the information posted and not "other stuff".

    In fact, IDIDMYC600, your signature goes against our forum rules as we do not permit special bb code (colors, etc.) be applied to signatures other than a link or two.
    Julio Franco, May 30, 2007
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  15. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training

    I agree, Julio.

    Why not disable colors completely, and simply let the default link color apply?
    kitty500cat, May 30, 2007
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  16. beef_jerky4104 Banned

    Hehe. Nice, I disagree with some of the restrains we have. But I can live with them.
    beef_jerky4104, May 31, 2007
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  17. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training

    Julio does have a good point, however. It keeps everything looking nice and clean, and you don't get distracted as much by colorful blinking signatures or whatever.

    It gets somewhat hard to read when the signatures are long, images are included, etc...
    kitty500cat, May 31, 2007
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  18. Ididmyc600 TechSpot Chancellor

    Ahh right I see, but if its not allowed then how come I can do it, sorry to be pendantic Julio but I know my limitations as a "non" Mod but I didnt know that my Sig would be against rules.

    Regards
    PS i just changed it to standard to comply...
    Ididmyc600, May 31, 2007
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  19. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Thanks for your understanding (everyone and Ididmyc600).

    The reason you can still use the code in the signature is because the version of vBulletin we are using does not have a feature to turning off bb code in sigs only. I believe the latest version does have the option but upgrading would be a pain in the ... given the customizations we have made to our installation so far.
    Julio Franco, May 31, 2007
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  20. Ididmyc600 TechSpot Chancellor

    OK so i propose to elevate myself to the position of "Sig Checker" and see if everyone follows the rules, those that dont will be issued a notice,

    Naagghh not really i just saw how many members we have lol.

    Regards
    Ididmyc600, Jun 1, 2007
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