Signatures

[i3oilermaker]

The TOS says "signatures are limited to 777 x 70 pixels (1,000 characters max)"


Clearly this is not enforced....I was thinking what if we could enforce it in the template so that you can jam all you want into your allotted space but the site will only display the first 70 pixels of it.

[Photekq]

How come the vertical height is so restricted anyway? Most forums allow users to use images/text that's around 250-350px high.

[keymaster]

It's not a big issue, but there definitely needs to be some kind of enforcement.

[SmallFry]

Images are limited to that area, however you can cram a lot into 1000 characters, especially when using goo.gl or bit.ly etc.

[i3oilermaker]

It's not a big issue, but there definitely needs to be some kind of enforcement.

Its not a big issue, but without picking on anyone, it can sometimes be hard to tell where the post ends and the signature picks up.  There is a profile for all your personal info...the signature should just be some brief info and maybe some quick callouts.

[esoomenona]

What does your profile show? From what I can see, the only thing there that isn't in everyone of a person's posts is the dates registered, last active, and local time.

[CommunistWitchDr]

The vertical limit makes sense, but horizontal really shouldn't matter as long as its under the lowest common resolution.

[i3oilermaker]

The vertical limit makes sense, but horizontal really shouldn't matter as long as its under the lowest common resolution.

Agreed

[jdcarpe]

The one image in my signature only displays at 35pix tall, but it's not even the biggest part of my signature.

I know mine is big.

[Soarer]

Sigs... meh 

[i3oilermaker]

I'm reading about 220px high.... ಠ_ಠ

[rknize]

So in terms of pixels (not characters), what do folks think is a reasonable height limit?

[keymaster]

100px height

Width shouldn't matter much. I don't think it annoys anyone.

[rknize]

Done.  Let's see how long it takes for the clacks to hit the fan....

[The_Beast]

I know mine is big.

Someone sure is self confident!

[The_Ed]

Now if only Avatars could be 184x184... There's so much wasted space between the Avatar and post right now...

[sth]

only exception to the rule should be esoomenona

[rowdy]

Now if only Avatars could be 184x184... There's so much wasted space between the Avatar and post right now...

Wasted space?  All that space is there for people whose usernames are too long and (still) overwrite the post title

[jdcarpe]

rowdy is only 5 letters...

[rknize]

Oh yeah...I forgot about that.  Let me see if I can fix that for realz.

[jdcarpe]

What you trying to fix, something that's not broken?

[rowdy]

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36137.msg780019#msg780019

[i3oilermaker]

What you trying to fix, something that's not broken?

Not broken? Your post is 45 pixels message, and 245 pixels sig. 

[jdcarpe]

What you trying to fix, something that's not broken?

Not broken? Your post is 45 pixels message, and 245 pixels sig. 

Just turn off sigs?

I mean viewing others' sigs, like Soarer showed.

[i3oilermaker]

I like sigs...they add some character, but like I think your listing of keyboards and projects is sufficient...the quote and image are a bit overkill in my opinion.

[jdcarpe]

Oh, so you don't want to see my military ribbons? That's okay. I served in the military so you can live in a country where you have the freedom to state your opinion. I respect that you have your opinion, I just don't share it.

[keymaster]

Images from sigs cab be removed altogether, but idk if it's necessary. the board would look much cleaner. Avatars could remain as they are.

[sth]

I served in the military so you can live in a country where you have the freedom to state your opinion.

hhnnnnnrnrrrghhhh must resist urge to derail topic

[i3oilermaker]

Oh, so you don't want to see my military ribbons? That's okay. I served in the military so you can live in a country where you have the freedom to state your opinion. I respect that you have your opinion, I just don't share it.

I didn't mean it that way...those are badass and I would love to hear an explanation for each of them.


I actually like your sig a lot more right now.

[rknize]

I'm getting a bit OT, but I fixed the overlap issue and also tightened up the left column.  LMK if you think it's too much.

[rknize]

I raised the character limit for sigs to 5000 chars.  So you can do whatever fancy markup that you want, but everyone gets 100 pixels and that is all.  Use it wisely. 

[jdcarpe]

I raised the character limit for sigs to 5000 chars.  So you can do whatever fancy markup that you want, but everyone gets 100 pixels and that is all.  Use it wisely. 

So you just get to decide this and we have no input?

[mkawa]

think not what you can do for your pixels, but think what your pixels can do for YOU

also personally i hate signatures (except for anonymoose's, which is hilarious). if it were up to me (like it was before) you'd get like 100 characters period.

[mkawa]

oh, and everyone's signature would be a fiat 500, except for anonymoose's, which would be a fiat 500 attacking him in his sleep

[mkawa]

also everyone's fiat will be driven by freddy mercury

I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND, HIS STACHE WILL BE STEERING

[rknize]

I raised the character limit for sigs to 5000 chars.  So you can do whatever fancy markup that you want, but everyone gets 100 pixels and that is all.  Use it wisely. 

So you just get to decide this and we have no input?

No, I'm not necessarily saying that.  We are taking this for a spin to see what kind of feedback we get.

Sigs are nice but they can be distracting when they are larger than your typical post.  They are repeated over and over again.  What would be a reasonable limit in your eyes?  1000 characters wasn't enough, so we went to 1500...but that probably won't be enough either.  The main purpose of the limit is to curtail the use of screen-hogging sigs.  So I modified the template to put the limit on the final render size, not the content that feeds it.

[rowdy]

I can still see overlap in the post I linked above with Nostalgia theme.

[mkawa]

part of experiencing nostalgia properly is recalling the grand times when the forum didn't work

[rowdy]

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It only happens rarely, I can ignore it as I have been doing.

[rknize]

I can still see overlap in the post I linked above with Nostalgia theme.

Show Image

First, be sure to do a full reload (ctrl+shift+r).  Second, what browser are you using?  The CSS property I'm using is pretty well-supported.

[Sai]

i am seeing the same thing as well.
using chrome with default theme.

[sth]

part of experiencing nostalgia properly is recalling the grand times when the forum didn't work

ok but i think would do that nicely too

[rknize]

This is what is should look like:

[rowdy]

First, be sure to do a full reload (ctrl+shift+r).  Second, what browser are you using?  The CSS property I'm using is pretty well-supported.

Fixed now, thanks

I am using Chrome under Windows 7, and tried reloading the page a couple of times previously with no luck.  Doing Shift-F5 seems to have worked.

FWIW Safari and Firefox under Windows 7 also display wrapped text properly.

[Sai]

yep it looks fine for me as well.

[rknize]

I modified the bbc parser to support the "align" property in the "img" tag.  Hopefully that will help the process of folks making their sigs more space efficient.

[esoomenona]

Maybe instead of killing off people's creativity or their small portion of this site to express something, a checkbox could be added to block a person's signature individually? You're getting tired of looking at mine? Click my profile and turn it off.

[rowdy]

The moose with the big signature )

[esoomenona]

Also, if we're going to cut people's signatures off, we need some scrolling action...

[esoomenona]

Also, we should reintroduce polls, then have a vote on how people feel about signatures.