Merged Avatars and Signatures thread

[dave_o]

Killing images is cool, but more text/links should not be a problem.

Let's say you're getting 2.5kb/s, that is 2500 bytes a second, which is roughly 2500 characters a second. And 2.5kb/s comes from a really bad 56k dial-up connection. Basically, by the time they read my post, they'll have been able to download my sig many times.

So, I really don't see text as being a problem.

But I'm not an admin or anything.

 

[Kichwas]

305 including spaces (which count as a character in my software), and all code. Or so says a quick character count in a word processor.

Your 305 is in error. It's 234 including spaces for all the vB code.

Perhaps you're counting the 'edited by' section?

My count is from MS Word, and the sig was built for a forum that had a 250 limit.

Here's the whole sig.

|url=http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Y&Artist=arcady]My 3D art Gallery[/url] | |url=http://home.pacbell.net/arcady0/MnM/]My MnM Website[/url]
|url=http://arcady0.topcities.com/Kalamar/]Kalamar Site & Name Generator[/url]

With the ['s changed to | so it won't vB.

 

[Creamsteak]

Well, my old sig was 'longer than 500 characters' but wasn't long by normal sig standards. My new sig links to forums I frequent and look for input on, rather than specific threads. Because apparently, links to specific threads (I believe it was 3) made the sig too long.

Also, as Dave and Djeta said, check out living enworld. We're looking for some active board members to keep things going at a steady (almost fast) pace while we try and figure out how we want to run the little details. It's online Dungeons and Dragons, I know you can get into it.

 

[pogre]

Whatever makes the boards faster. I'm all for limiting avatars and sigs in any manner that will help.

People who go to my story hour and modelling threads know they are going to be confronted by picture thumbs and those are linked to offsite servers.

 

[reapersaurus]

I would prefer sig pictures to be allowed, since I use them to locate my post when scrolling thru the long pages....

 

[garyh]

It's on the page where you edit your Profile.

I still can't find it! If you mean the "Profile" sub-section of the User CP, it ain't there on mine.

Did my Supporter status expire without a renewal notice, oh ye friendly and helpful Admins? Is there some other reason I'm not seeing it?

 

[Darkness]

I still can't find it! If you mean the "Profile" sub-section of the User CP, it ain't there on mine.

Nor on mine. And I, as a mod, have been able to change my title for a long time now.

Maybe Morrus accidentally switched moderators to 'off' instead of CSs to 'on'?

edit - Come to think of it... You're a mod, too, actually, Gary.

 

[Greybar]

I would prefer sig pictures to be allowed, since I use them to locate my post when scrolling thru the long pages....

You don't look for your avatar for that? Just curious.

My sig certainly was over 500 characters from before - URLs are a pain for that. However, using Make a Shorter Link should help. For instance: http://makeashorterlink.com/?P3CC226C5 now goes here!

The key, as usual, is in individual decisions. Do you *always* add your sig, even for one-liner replies? Could you use tables to make your .sig more vertically compact? (as a side note, the current 500 character rule discourages use of extensive HTML to visually compact .sigs ...)

I'd be fine with losing the image in my .sig if so ruled.

john

 

[garyh]

edit - Come to think of it... You're a mod, too, actually, Gary.

Thanks for noticing!

 

[Darkness]

Thanks for noticing!

Just wanted to make sure you're aware of your condition.