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Spiderman
Fri Dec 22nd, 2006, 10:41 PM
It seems that there are more and more signatures getting bigger and bigger, some taking up almost a whole page (depending on your screen resolution). This is starting to get out of hand and needs to stop, now.

Here are the new rules for sig sizes:

Overall height: Cannot be taller than your user info box that appears on the left beside your posts, as it would be with a one-line text-only response, in regular font size. In my case, at the time of this post, it's:
http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/images/MB/user_info_sample.jpg

Overall Width of Images: 700 pixels wide. This is to ensure the pages display properly. If multiple images are used, the total space taken by all images should not exceed 700 pixels.

Maximum Image Filesize: The total filesize of signature images, including cases where multiple images are used, should not exceed 60K. This is to ensure that users with low-bandwidth connections can still enjoy the site.

No-coast-punk
Fri Dec 22nd, 2006, 11:33 PM
THANK THE LORD!

Bueller
Sat Dec 23rd, 2006, 07:32 AM
I have them turned off, tooo much!

Spiderman
Fri May 11th, 2007, 11:56 PM
Bump/reminder 8)

InlineSIX24
Sat May 12th, 2007, 01:03 PM
Forum sigs in general are way too huge. Just a small graphic w/ a link, or use the graphic as the link looks way better.

Yellow Bullet
Thu Jul 12th, 2007, 09:05 AM
*confused* So you dont want it to be too tall, then how tall do you want it to be? like on my other forum its 600x110... And you want yours to be 700x___?

~Barn~
Thu Jul 12th, 2007, 09:54 AM
*confused* So you dont want it to be too tall, then how tall do you want it to be? like on my other forum its 600x110... And you want yours to be 700x___?

Just be reasonable man... No need to get Bob all "ruled up" and start giving specifics for us to follow. ;)

Spiderman
Tue Aug 7th, 2007, 08:50 PM
*confused* So you dont want it to be too tall, then how tall do you want it to be? like on my other forum its 600x110... And you want yours to be 700x___?

The concern here is the overall sig height, text and image(s) combined. If your sig consisted of ONLY an image, I suppose it could be up to 175 pixels tall (I say "suppose" because I'm guessing at the available space with an avatar and profile fields filled out). If you want text and an image, then the height should be reduced accordingly.

Capiche?