Signatures

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-11-17 05:31pm

Can we get some kind of rule stipulating the maximum length of a signature? Some people are starting to get kinda silly.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 05:33pm

Howedar wrote:Can we get some kind of rule stipulating the maximum length of a signature? Some people are starting to get kinda silly.

There's alread a 255 character limit if I remember right.

I agree though, the animated sig need to go. And some of those with the larger pictures as well.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2002-11-17 05:33pm

I second that. I find it annoying.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-11-17 05:34pm

I suggest the equivalent of six lines. Infractors will be punished.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 05:36pm

Colonel Olrik wrote:I suggest the equivalent of six lines. Infractors will be punished.

I think the character limit it fine as it is. No need to get lines into it, that doesn't really work. They do it over at SB.com and the admin has to mess with all the time. A character limit works much better and besides it's built in already.

Just get rid of the huge pics and animations.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-11-17 05:37pm

is mine too big?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 05:37pm

salm wrote:is mine too big?

No, but I wouldn't make it any bigger.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-11-17 05:39pm

Stormbringer wrote: I think the character limit it fine as it is. No need to get lines into it, that doesn't really work. They do it over at SB.com and the admin has to mess with all the time. A character limit works much better and besides it's built in already.

No, my point was precisely because of the images. I want to stablish a limit on the size of possible images . It makes some sense getting the equivalent of written text in the pics.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-17 05:40pm

The word limit seems fine, only a few people have what I'd call excessive amount of text. But the animations and any pictures over 10 kb need to die.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2002-11-17 05:41pm

Its not the file size thats irritating IMHO, its the fact that some peoples' signatures take up damn near half a screen.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 05:43pm

Colonel Olrik wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: I think the character limit it fine as it is. No need to get lines into it, that doesn't really work. They do it over at SB.com and the admin has to mess with all the time. A character limit works much better and besides it's built in already.
No, my point was precisely because of the images. I want to stablish a limit on the size of possible images . It makes some sense getting the equivalent of written text in the pics.

If you want to do that, just limit the pics by pixel size then. It'd be a lot simpler than trying to figure line equivalents.

Howedar wrote:Its not the file size thats irritating IMHO, its the fact that some peoples' signatures take up damn near half a screen.

Could you give us a little more concrete the some peoples? Examples would be good.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-11-17 05:46pm

Stormbringer wrote: If you want to do that, just limit the pics by pixel size then. It'd be a lot simpler than trying to figure line equivalents.

You're right. Maybe something like 2 or 3x the maximum avatar size

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-11-17 05:46pm

yeah, limit the pics to 134 X 100!

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-11-17 05:48pm

salm wrote:yeah, limit the pics to 134 X 100!

<right clicks on Salm's gorilla head>

Dimension: 134 X 100

What a surprise

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 05:49pm

Colonel Olrik wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: If you want to do that, just limit the pics by pixel size then. It'd be a lot simpler than trying to figure line equivalents.
You're right. Maybe something like 2 or 3x the maximum avatar size

I'd say no more than 240 height by 480 wide. And nothing over 25 kb in size. That seems pretty reasonable to me.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2002-11-17 05:50pm

BBCode can be used in the signature as well. I made my sig text smaller, so as not to take up much space, easier to scroll past.

For details, check out the BBCode faq here on sd.net.

My sig text is size=10.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-11-17 05:54pm

Colonel Olrik wrote:
salm wrote:yeah, limit the pics to 134 X 100!
<right clicks on Salm's gorilla head>

Dimension: 134 X 100

What a surprise

er... coincidence?

I'd say no more than 240 height by 480 wide. And nothing over 25 kb in size. That seems pretty reasonable to me.

might be a big large. this is 240 X 240:

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 05:58pm

I'd say no more than 240 height by 480 wide. And nothing over 25 kb in size. That seems pretty reasonable to me.
might be a big large. this is 240 X 240:

ok, so we cut it to 160 x 160

And further restrict the amount of text.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-11-17 06:00pm

sounds good:

160 X 160:

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 06:02pm

salm wrote:sounds good:

160 X 160:

It's still 240x240

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-11-17 06:02pm

actually it could be wider:

550 X 160:

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-11-17 06:03pm

salm wrote:actually it could be wider:

550 X 160:

That's still getting into a rather big pic, I'd limit the width to 480 maybe.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-11-17 06:04pm

Hersey! Charactet text shouldn't be limited further, and I shall put on my Lennox for annyonce.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2002-11-17 06:05pm

300 x 150 should be large enough. Realisticaly, that's all space you need.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-17 06:40pm

umm....

How about we leave the sigs as they are?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

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