Links no longer active in signatures?

[PaulofCthulhu]

I noticed this behaviour recently.

I'm inferring from the Subscriber info. that now only subscribers can have a clickable URL in their signature?

 

[TarionzCousin]

Yes, only Community Supporters (and, by inference, admins, Morrus, maybe ENWorld officials, ENNIES people, and left-handed pseudo-iguanas) can have links in their signatures now.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Unless its not completely implemented or there's a bug, there's an exception: links to things within ENWorld itself will still work.

(I just checked the ones in my sig.)

 

[freyar]

Errr, I thought it was decided to let all users keep short sigs with working links (just no graphics or so). My off-EN World signature link seems to be working.

 

[TarionzCousin]

What I found was that my previous sig link worked fine, but when I tried to change it, I was told that only Community Supporters could use that feature.

So I signed up.

 

[PaulofCthulhu]

It looks like that if you haven't changed your sig. in a while the links still work. If you update them, you lose the facility.

I think that's a pity, that's all.

 

[Nifft]

If you update them, you lose the facility.

I think that's a pity, that's all.

As the certified number one signature hater on EN World, I agree with you completely.

IMHO links in sigs are pretty much the best use for sigs, since it is someone's brilliance as a poster which often inspires me to check out his or her other works.

What you can do to get around this restriction: make a post with all your links in it, in an appropriate forum -- could be Off-Topic, could be House Rules, whatever -- and then put a link to that post in your signature.

Cheers, -- N

 

[frankthedm]

IMHO links in sigs are pretty much the best use for sigs

Yep. This current change is not one I'm happy about.

 

[PaulofCthulhu]

What you can do to get around this restriction: make a post with all your links in it, in an appropriate forum -- could be Off-Topic, could be House Rules, whatever -- and then put a link to that post in your signature.

True, however I think that would be trying to circumvent what Morrus wants to happen, which is no links in sigs.

Of course I certainly have no issues with paying for facilities, I just thought it was a pity this usually normal default had been removed. I just must have missed the announcement, only finding it to be the case by a bit of trial & error - but hey-ho we adapt and move on.

 

[Nifft]

True, however I think that would be trying to circumvent what Morrus wants to happen, which is no links in sigs.

Eh, not really. I do something similar already, because it reduces the size of my sig, and helps people find what they're looking for more easily without polluting every one of my (many) posts with a content index.

Cheers, -- N