Question for the moderators...

MzSnapCup · 01-10-2009, 06:44 PM

I'm just wondering why we can't use html code to customize our signatures?

jimzgrl · 01-10-2009, 10:23 PM

bump-I'd like to know also

Ntombi · 01-10-2009, 10:29 PM

Oh boy.

We used to be able to, and then people went bananas and sigs were taking over. Some were so big that you had to scroll past a whole screen's worth of pictures, flotsam and jetsam. Since people couldn't control themselves, no more pics were allowed and the number of lines were limited.

There was a big to-do when the rules were changed, which was several years ago.

Jake · 01-10-2009, 10:31 PM

No offense to anyone, but I love that we don't have dancing, screaming sigs here. It's an instant turn off to me on any forum, it increases load time, and makes mobile access almost unbearable.

cowboymom · 01-10-2009, 10:34 PM

I'm still in the dark ages in dial-up and if sigs get too complicated I'm out...

UltraViolet · 01-10-2009, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ntombi

Oh boy.

We used to be able to, and then people went bananas and sigs were taking over. Some were so big that you had to scroll past a whole screen's worth of pictures, flotsam and jetsam. Since people couldn't control themselves, no more pics were allowed and the number of lines were limited.

There was a big to-do when the rules were changed, which was several years ago.

Those were the days. To say it was way out of hand is an understatement.

Ntombi · 01-10-2009, 10:34 PM

Jake, do any of your other forums have iPhone-friendly or mobile-friendly formats? Two of the others I go to have a choice, so I can participate in the forums via my iPhone without it going crazy with extraneous crud.

I don't mind the gifs and so on when on my iBook, but on the iPhone, too many of them on one page is a PIA.

Jake · 01-10-2009, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ntombi

Jake, do any of your other forums have iPhone-friendly or mobile-friendly formats? Two of the others I go to have a choice, so I can participate in the forums via my iPhone without it going crazy with extraneous crud.

I don't mind the gifs and so on when on my iBook, but on the iPhone, too many of them on one page is a PIA.

I have Windows Mobile with IE four, so nothing is too friendly, lol. I do have the option of turning off all image file types though, so that helps a lot.

Ntombi · 01-10-2009, 10:37 PM

Oh god, WM.

Jake · 01-10-2009, 10:41 PM

It's required by our IT group.

I want a G1 phone soooooooooooooooooooo bad.

Ntombi · 01-10-2009, 10:46 PM

Keep working on them, because WM is horrid, and you deserve better.

DiamondDeb · 01-10-2009, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ntombi

Oh boy.

We used to be able to, and then people went bananas and sigs were taking over. Some were so big that you had to scroll past a whole screen's worth of pictures, flotsam and jetsam. Since people couldn't control themselves, no more pics were allowed and the number of lines were limited.

There was a big to-do when the rules were changed, which was several years ago.

Yep. I remember.

Jake · 01-10-2009, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ntombi

Keep working on them, because WM is horrid, and you deserve better.

Yeah, we got a bunch of .net fanboys up there.

MzSnapCup · 01-10-2009, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ntombi

Oh boy.

We used to be able to, and then people went bananas and sigs were taking over. Some were so big that you had to scroll past a whole screen's worth of pictures, flotsam and jetsam. Since people couldn't control themselves, no more pics were allowed and the number of lines were limited.

There was a big to-do when the rules were changed, which was several years ago.

Well, that's understandable.

*If* they would let us do it again maybe they could put a size limit on the files?

I just thought it would be nice to be able to do a little more with the signatures.

LindaJ · 01-10-2009, 11:46 PM

Yeah. Like dog pictures.

Micko · 01-11-2009, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LindaJ

Yeah. Like dog pictures.

Neecy08 · 01-11-2009, 02:01 AM

It makes sense - I'm a member of a couple forums where I am *constantly* using the "Adblock" extension for Firefox so I can "delete" all the flashing pics they have in their sigs.

SummerAnne · 01-11-2009, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ntombi

Oh boy.

We used to be able to, and then people went bananas and sigs were taking over. Some were so big that you had to scroll past a whole screen's worth of pictures, flotsam and jetsam. Since people couldn't control themselves, no more pics were allowed and the number of lines were limited.

There was a big to-do when the rules were changed, which was several years ago.

It was a mess. I had to turn the display of sigs off to keep my sanity.

jimzgrl · 01-11-2009, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ntombi

Oh boy.

We used to be able to, and then people went bananas and sigs were taking over. Some were so big that you had to scroll past a whole screen's worth of pictures, flotsam and jetsam. Since people couldn't control themselves, no more pics were allowed and the number of lines were limited.

There was a big to-do when the rules were changed, which was several years ago.

Okay, that makes sense. I have seen some forums like that.

Thanks for taking time to answer!

skrepka · 01-11-2009, 08:19 AM

I turned off my sig display when it got really bad a while back and never turned it back on. Even after rules changed.

I have never seen anybody's signature. LOL

Micko · 01-11-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skrepka

I turned off my sig display when it got really bad a while back and never turned it back on. Even after rules changed.

I have never seen anybody's signature. LOL

Same here

stews · 01-11-2009, 08:53 AM

hehe, we can have comments about shrepka and Micko in our signature's and they won't know

.

DiamondDeb · 01-11-2009, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stews

hehe, we can have comments about shrepka and Micko in our signature's and they won't know

.

kip · 01-11-2009, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cowboymom

I'm still in the dark ages in dial-up and if sigs get too complicated I'm out...

I was on dial up in the days of the huge siggies, it was horrible, I had to turn that feature off.

emeraldskye · 01-11-2009, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiamondDeb

Too funny!

Wife of a Vet · 01-11-2009, 11:44 AM

Its pretty well been answered...

I go to another forum where alot of people have pictures and flashing doodads in the signatures... and even now on DSL it takes a long time for long threads to load.

I was on Dialup for the longest time and coming here became too much of a PITA... even without all the long signatures. I only went to the other one from work where I was on a T1. and came here rarely from home until we got the DSL.

I think the short answer to the OP is - consideration of others.

LindaJ · 01-11-2009, 01:09 PM

Gosh, and I so do miss those dog pictures.

Micko · 01-11-2009, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stews

hehe, we can have comments about shrepka and Micko in our signature's and they won't know

.

DiamondDeb · 01-11-2009, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stews

hehe, we can have comments about shrepka and Micko in our signature's and they won't know

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiamondDeb

Quote:

Originally Posted by emeraldskye

Too funny!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micko

SummerAnne · 01-11-2009, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LindaJ

Gosh, and I so do miss those dog pictures.

Nowadays it'd be LOLCats

01-10-2009, 06:44 PM	#1
MzSnapCup MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,598 Gallery: MzSnapCup Stats: scary	Question for the moderators... I'm just wondering why we can't use html code to customize our signatures?

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01-10-2009, 10:23 PM	#2
jimzgrl MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nevada Posts: 1,687 Gallery: jimzgrl Stats: (7/04-272)/(???)/152-5' 7" WOE: still figuring it out! Start Date: Restart-Everyday!!	bump-I'd like to know also

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Ntombi Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, then OH, then NYC, now SoCal. Whew! Posts: 22,071 Gallery: Ntombi Stats: original:325+/259.6/180? restart:325/---/180? WOE: Atkins works when I work it. Start Date: Original: 8-23-02 latest restart: October 13, 2009	Oh boy. We used to be able to, and then people went bananas and sigs were taking over. Some were so big that you had to scroll past a whole screen's worth of pictures, flotsam and jetsam. Since people couldn't control themselves, no more pics were allowed and the number of lines were limited. There was a big to-do when the rules were changed, which was several years ago.

01-10-2009, 10:31 PM	#4
Jake Not Jake Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 20,564 Gallery: Jake	No offense to anyone, but I love that we don't have dancing, screaming sigs here. It's an instant turn off to me on any forum, it increases load time, and makes mobile access almost unbearable.

01-10-2009, 10:34 PM	#5
cowboymom MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: out west Posts: 2,535 Gallery: cowboymom	I'm still in the dark ages in dial-up and if sigs get too complicated I'm out...

01-10-2009, 10:37 PM	#9
Ntombi Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, then OH, then NYC, now SoCal. Whew! Posts: 22,071 Gallery: Ntombi Stats: original:325+/259.6/180? restart:325/---/180? WOE: Atkins works when I work it. Start Date: Original: 8-23-02 latest restart: October 13, 2009	Oh god, WM.

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Ntombi Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, then OH, then NYC, now SoCal. Whew! Posts: 22,071 Gallery: Ntombi Stats: original:325+/259.6/180? restart:325/---/180? WOE: Atkins works when I work it. Start Date: Original: 8-23-02 latest restart: October 13, 2009	Keep working on them, because WM is horrid, and you deserve better.

01-10-2009, 11:46 PM	#15
LindaJ Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Oregon coast Posts: 24,914 Gallery: LindaJ Stats: 172/160/140 5'7" age 60! WOE: Atkins lifestyle Start Date: August 2000	Yeah. Like dog pictures.

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Neecy08 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver Island, BC Posts: 3,063 Gallery: Neecy08 Stats: 288/255/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Aug 6, 2008	It makes sense - I'm a member of a couple forums where I am constantly using the "Adblock" extension for Firefox so I can "delete" all the flashing pics they have in their sigs.

01-11-2009, 08:19 AM	#20
skrepka MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,302 Gallery: skrepka	I turned off my sig display when it got really bad a while back and never turned it back on. Even after rules changed. I have never seen anybody's signature. LOL

01-11-2009, 08:53 AM	#22
stews Random WIT Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 64,869 Blog Entries: 21 Gallery: stews Stats: - 9 WOE: Learning2Lose with Jackie Brown Start Date: November 1, 2009	hehe, we can have comments about shrepka and Micko in our signature's and they won't know .

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Wife of a Vet Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Finding Fun in the heart of TX Posts: 19,482 Gallery: Wife of a Vet Stats: Highest 280/LC start-222/210 (grr)/145 5'8" WOE: Low Carb (Diabetic) Start Date: 8/26/03	Its pretty well been answered... I go to another forum where alot of people have pictures and flashing doodads in the signatures... and even now on DSL it takes a long time for long threads to load. I was on Dialup for the longest time and coming here became too much of a PITA... even without all the long signatures. I only went to the other one from work where I was on a T1. and came here rarely from home until we got the DSL. I think the short answer to the OP is - consideration of others.

01-11-2009, 01:09 PM	#27
LindaJ Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Oregon coast Posts: 24,914 Gallery: LindaJ Stats: 172/160/140 5'7" age 60! WOE: Atkins lifestyle Start Date: August 2000	Gosh, and I so do miss those dog pictures.