Signatures

[Boba_Fettuccini]

Is there any rules about signatures? There really should be. Some people's signatures are 6 or 7 times longer than their posts, and contain huuuuge pictures or text blocks, or long sets of quotes. Frankly, this pisses me off. A signature should not be that much larger than the post content.

Now on other forums i belong to, image signatures have to be less than blah by blah pixels. On another, pictures are against the rules, and you can only have 6 lines of text. i think this forum needs a rule like that. Maybe not so strict, but it gets really annoying reading long pages of posts that are mostly signature and no info.

[Aero5555]

The current rule we have on signatures is that they must not be larger than 600X600 pixels in terms of image size.

[Boba_Fettuccini]

Hmmm... I think that's way too big, but I guess that's gonna change anything.

Is there any room for change in this policy? not to point fingers, but Upset_Clown's sig is about 7 inches tall on my screen res. settings. You should be able to see more than one post at a time.

[Dark_DJ]

erm...complaining much?

personally i feel like making a gigantic sig now....

[Boba_Fettuccini]

Real mature; that's the way to do it, Dark.

[Dark_DJ]

indeed, glad you appreciate my immaturity boba.

but seriously, complaining about signatures? theyre meant to personalise posts...

[Boba_Fettuccini]

Dark... when you say soemthing in real life, for example,"Yeah, i really liked it. The dialog is cheesy, but the story is still good." do you then go and unzip your jacket, wave around your teeshirt with a huge LOLcat macro on it, and then quote a bunch of songs? No. Posting on a forum is like talking in real life. Treat it as a social situation, not a playground that's exclusively yours.

[polylateral]

On another, pictures are against the rules, and you can only have 6 lines of text.

On The Sims 2 forums, from what I can remember a few months ago is that the signatures cannot have images and can only be three lines of text, including the codes. Like the (color=#000000) (/color)


Dark... when you say soemthing in real life, for example,"Yeah, i really liked it. The dialog is cheesy, but the story is still good." do you then go and unzip your jacket, wave around your teeshirt with a huge LOLcat macro on it, and then quote a bunch of songs? No. Posting on a forum is like talking in real life. Treat it as a social situation, not a playground that's exclusively yours.

On the internet, though anything is possible basically.
You can talk to people and be what you want to be and still remain anonymous. Just because you "post a picture of yourself" does not always mean that is what you look like in real life. You could've just googled a picture and posted it on here.
Same way with behavior.

[Jo_The_Marten]

Dark... when you say soemthing in real life, for example,"Yeah, i really liked it. The dialog is cheesy, but the story is still good." do you then go and unzip your jacket, wave around your teeshirt with a huge LOLcat macro on it, and then quote a bunch of songs? No. Posting on a forum is like talking in real life. Treat it as a social situation, not a playground that's exclusively yours.

The internet is srs bsns. So srs.


Y SO SRS?

[Boba_Fettuccini]

Because I enjoy order. Without order, it is impossible to enjoy life.

[Jo_The_Marten]

Some of us like to live outside the box. Don't force us to follow your way of life. :P

[Gase]

Aw, leave Boba alone, people. He's not complaining, just expressing his opinion.
A little more respect wouldn't hurt, hm ~

Actually, I'm on his side on some points.
First I'd like to say : I believe that most of the signatures on this forum are perfectly fine, I'm not complaining. The thing is that you have to be careful not to go overboard. Your oversized sig may look really neat and they may help you express yourself and personalize your posts and whatnot (isn't it what avatars are for, personalizing posts, in the first place ? ), but I must admit, for example, that I've often had trouble reading upset_clown's post at first glance because what he writes is so squished by his sig it makes it hard to read ( no offence, hun. ) Displaying quotes in your sig is a good idea, but simply droping the quote boxes would make the whole thing clearer. If you really want to post a picture that's originally huge, resize it, maybe. Same thing with text. Not only it would make the forum prettier and cleaner, but it would improve readability.

HOWEVER.
I disaprove how you're defending your point, Boba.
With a pretty much agressive/close-minded tone, that is.
Affronting people ("Real mature; that's the way to do it, Dark.") and imposing your way of seeing things ("Treat it as a social situation") is not the best way to do it, in my opinion.
Anyway, that's what I perceived in your posts. -shrugs-
Also I'm highly against your last statement, but that's another story.

There's always a way that will make everyone happy. It's called a compromise. C:

Just my 2 cents.

[Jo_The_Marten]

*points to Gase* what she said. It is possible to go over board, just don't shove it in our face like we're not important or something. I just didn't like that it sounded like Boba was wanting to tell everyone what they can and can't have in their sig.

[Ultra]

Dark... when you say soemthing in real life, for example,"Yeah, i really liked it. The dialog is cheesy, but the story is still good." do you then go and unzip your jacket, wave around your teeshirt with a huge LOLcat macro on it, and then quote a bunch of songs? No. Posting on a forum is like talking in real life. Treat it as a social situation, not a playground that's exclusively yours.



Writing books with emoticons, thats the way Unkle DJ-Dark gonna love it,

yup, I decided to stay here a bit longer, cause I see some hope on this forum after reading the first post in this Thread,

["HUMAN"]

large signatures dont bother me personally,but if its getting to you so much boba,ask the person in question nicely to change their sig rather than starting a campaign against it.theyre more likely to cooperate if youre not being forceful.in any case,i dont think we mods are here to govern things like this,its the persons choice.we have a set limit for signature sizes.

[Skills_sant^^]

Dark... when you say soemthing in real life, for example,"Yeah, i really liked it. The dialog is cheesy, but the story is still good." do you then go and unzip your jacket, wave around your teeshirt with a huge LOLcat macro on it, and then quote a bunch of songs? No. Posting on a forum is like talking in real life. Treat it as a social situation, not a playground that's exclusively yours.



Writing books with emoticons, thats the way Unkle DJ-Dark gonna love it,

yup, I decided to stay here a bit longer, cause I see some hope on this forum after reading the first post in this Thread,


Thats kinda.. rude<.<

[digital*aria]

i for one, agree that some of the signatures are just a little too big, but personally, i dont really mind them.

a signature is a great way to express your personality. it doesnt matter whether you would do that/show that in real life, because this isnt real life and anyone can do anything they want online.

i dont like the 'a signature should be smaller than the post content' idea, mainly because if someone types one line of text they couldnt even HAVE a sig!

a few things to consider however:

its very hard to read and confusing when you have a BUNCH of text in the signature, because its hard to distinguish from the actual post.

its also a bit annoying when theres more than one big picture in a signature. its not necessarily a bad thing, but it can get large and it means you have to scroll down more to read further posts.




a second thought: anyone have a problem with my signature's size? i cant really make it any smaller because then it would be hard to read the words, but i could always change it....

[Ultra]

ia second thought: anyone have a problem with my signature's size? i cant really make it any smaller because then it would be hard to read the words, but i could always change it....



Yup, i have - You already have an avatar picture to post there some of your images.
why do You need to have a picture in a signature too? i mean, the whole text from the signature can be written in a standard script like here in the post, and there is no need to add a funny picture to it just to make it all bigger and....cooler (???)

ps: I think that a great book/or CD/ doesn't need a great cover too - as it is with people,

[digital*aria]

ia second thought: anyone have a problem with my signature's size? i cant really make it any smaller because then it would be hard to read the words, but i could always change it....



Yup, i have


why am i not surprised by this?

[Ultra]

ia second thought: anyone have a problem with my signature's size? i cant really make it any smaller because then it would be hard to read the words, but i could always change it....



Yup, i have


why am i not surprised by this?




I had really expected some answer from You. You made a suggestion, and I replied to it with explanation. But all You can do was quote 8 letters by me - how Dumb is that?

[Skills_sant^^]

Everyone has opnions. As for me Aria, I have no porblems with your sig, cuz its easy to see that its not a part of your post or the thread :)

[Dark_DJ]

and i also have no problem with your sig aria!

or yours, for that matter, skills:)

[polylateral]

I don't have any problems with your sig, either, aria.
I'm used to seeing it with your posts so I automatically know that it's a part of your sig now.

[Jo_The_Marten]

I don't care what people say about my Sig, I love it <3

[Electro_Ma]

I hear you Bobba, but I think 600x600 is fine. As long as people follow those rules. I personally like that the sizes are so big. IMO they are sometimes too small on other sites.

^^Yeah Jo your Sig and Avy F**king RAWK!! :) !happy

I wanna change mine cuz I've had TKC for a while....(not that there is anything wrong with that) but I want a new one just don't know how to make them or don't know anybody that could make me one. !sad

[Dark_DJ]

i need to make a permenant sig....

[Jo_The_Marten]

I wanna change mine cuz I've had TKC for a while....(not that there is anything wrong with that) but I want a new one just don't know how to make them or don't know anybody that could make me one. !sad

*LKC, and I could probably make you somethin. What do you want?

[Electro_Ma]

Wow! ermm... I'm so uncreative. I'd really like anything. I trust you Jo. You are amazing at graphic design. I'll try to think of some suggestions but if you come up with something I'm sure I'll love it. Sorry I can't be more help lol. If I can think of anything I'll def. left you know. THANK YOU THANK YOU for offering to make me a sig!! !happy

[Jo_The_Marten]

Wow! ermm... I'm so uncreative. I'd really like anything. I trust you Jo. You are amazing at graphic design. I'll try to think of some suggestions but if you come up with something I'm sure I'll love it. Sorry I can't be more help lol. If I can think of anything I'll def. left you know. THANK YOU THANK YOU for offering to make me a sig!! !happy

Well I mean, I could put Teletubbies in your sig. A general idea will be good enough xD Do you want Daft Punk, or you, or...?

[Electro_Ma]

hmmm. Def. DP in there. No Teletubbies lol. Maybe you could do Guy-man and Eric Chedeville. with the Crydamoure symbol in the middle. Black and red are pry my favorite colors. Does that help a lil lol? and sorry I can't be more helpful like I said I am terrible when it comes to art and things like this.

[Boba_Fettuccini]

Can you please take this discussion elsewhere? It has been made obvious that I'm some sort of jerk for wanting to get straight to the meat of a post without visual disctractions, and the thread has outlived it's purpose.

besides that, i have 25 new emails, all of them reminders about this thread because I forgot to uncheck the box, and having superfluous emails drives me nuts. So maybe a signature making thread should be made in The Lounge to carry on the discussion.

[Electro_Ma]

But isn't the title of this thread Signatures?

sorry man I guess I'll just PM her

[Boba_Fettuccini]

It is, but this particular strain of the convo has gone beyond The Site, which is for site-specific discussion, not for individual discussion.

[Dark_DJ]

...you brought it up in the first place...

[Aero5555]

Let's stay on topic here everyone, if you want to discuss signature requests, please create a thread in The Lounge.

[tomatorama]

I

LIKE

BIG

SIGS AND I CANNOT LIE

So long as they're less than 600 pixels wide so that the site still works fine.

[DJPixcell]

Because I enjoy order. Without order, it is impossible to enjoy life.


The thing you call life, IS A LIE.

[niKa]

my sig got a little depressed things
anyway, as tomatorama, the tomato queen said:
ICH LIEBE BIIIG SIGGYZ

[gymtonic]

my sig got a little depressed things
anyway, as tomatorama, the tomato queen said:
ICH LIEBE BIIIG SIGGYZ

my german ist nicht so gut
buttttt....
ICH AUCH LIEBE GROSSE *SIGZ*#



i think?

[Champiness]

In my opinion, signatures are like the way that a member's profile extends into each and every one of his posts. They should be creative, colorful, and reflective of the person who made them, not 8-page stories. Feel free to be unique, but if you have something that just has to be seen but is bigger than your average post size, link it. Links work just as well.

[Boba_Fettuccini]

German is an awesome language.

[Dark_DJ]

*off topic* isnt german simmilar to french?

[digital*aria]

you kidding?! french is a romance language and is based off of latin.

german and english are both well... germanic languages are are based off of nordic ones. http://retiredbarrister.blogspot.com/2007/10/language-evolutionary-tree.html

yeah i know. EXTREMELY WAYYYYY offtopic.

[Boba_Fettuccini]

They share some vocabulary, but that's it (most of the languages from that area share words anyway). Trivia: Cabaret was a German word before it was adopted by the French.

At this point, i don't care too much about the OTness, because languages fascinate me. Especially German.

[B.E.A.S.M]

Because I enjoy order. Without order, it is impossible to enjoy life.


I also enjoy order, but I also like a little bit of chaos every now and then, just to live on the edge :)

And also, in response to you, no, german is not at all like French. I havebeen learning both of them for just over two years, and I can tell you that they are not at all similar. Spanish is quite similar to French though.

[Alex]

French is love and care. German is tidy and hard. Its like having sex with a washing machine.

[tomatorama]

you kidding?! french is a romance language and is based off of latin.

This.

But anyway, probably best to start a Lounge thread about linguistics if any of you want to discuss them further.

[bananaeconomics]

linguistics thread. LINGUISTICS THREAD NAOW.

[upset_clown]

aww this topic maeks meh sadz :(
if it helps, ive been in the middle of changing my sig for a while and the huge quote pyramid is gone.
(it wuz kinda big)

[Efun]

I don't even seem to be able to upload pics as my sig. :( !sad

[daft gamer2]

how do you quote things for ur sig like upset clown?

[Aero5555]

how do you quote things for ur sig like upset clown?


Quote the post you want to add to your sig (via clicking the "Quote" icon), copy the entire quote code (e.g. [quote[[/quote] + the post), and paste it onto the signature field in your profile.

[JAJ]

hey, um i've been trying to upload a pic to my sig and when it says i was successful it does'nt show on my sig. i just shows a box with an X in it. can someone help me with that plz.

[Aero5555]

hey, um i've been trying to upload a pic to my sig and when it says i was successful it does'nt show on my sig. i just shows a box with an X in it. can someone help me with that plz.


Try uploading the pic on www.tinypic.com and copy paste the link that pops up with the [img] code intact onto the "signature" field.

[JAJ]

THANX A LOT AERO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS HELPS!!! :) !happy

[Dark_DJ]

le question...

on some peoples sigs they have a last.fm playlist thingy.

ive tried adding this before with mine but it doesnt appear to work. help?

[electromatic]

Just wondering, Is mine a little too big?

[Dark_DJ]

well mines now huge....

[Lady Luna]

Eh, I decided to make mine smaller. I do miss the Guy-Manuel quote and my pictures, but I can live without them. After reading through this thread I thought it might be better if I had a smaller one.

[Dark_DJ]

Your current sig is a nice size actually. well as far as banners and links go. and i decided to tone mine back down a little. gah!

[Efun]

I know i've already been told this, but i can't find out the original link... :o
HOW DO I GET PICCY'S ON MY SIG??
PLEEZ HALP! :(

[Dark_DJ]

^^ looks like you figured that out man,xD

[DJPixcell]

lol i love it.

It reminds me of something.. dunno what. lol

[Efun]

Yep, lol i found out eventually lol :)