New Signature Rules [Archive] - vBulletin.org Forum

TECK

21 Jun 2002, 17:20

it will clutter the forums. i guarantee it. because i believe people will not obey to the size. plus others will use this for advertising reasons.

we will see.

Xenon

21 Jun 2002, 18:05

i'm not a friend of images in sigs, but nakkid is right, we'll see.

vBulletin.org is dangerously nearing the 1,000 hacks milestone!
/me sits down to write one more to fill it :) ^^

TECK

21 Jun 2002, 18:25

plus the security issues...

Xelation

21 Jun 2002, 18:27

Originally posted by nakkid
plus the security issues...

what security issues?

Dean C

21 Jun 2002, 19:49

i love your sig xelation !

Velocd

21 Jun 2002, 21:37

Nakkid you are such a wuss (sorry ;), don't kill me).

People wont spam in their signature, as I've mentioned there is literally no spam on these forums anyway compared to other forums! Unless you call putting your forum name in your signature advertising, but what's the harm in that? People already place their forum names with links in their text signatures. And what is this about cluttering the forums? I have seen some people text signatures with a listing of like 20 things! Its not that bad, and most of the people on these forums are webmasters and Vbulletin owners, who know the rules best because they moderate their members ;)

Xelation

21 Jun 2002, 21:42

Originally posted by Velocd
Nakkid you are such a wuss (sorry ;), don't kill me).

People wont spam in their signature, as I've mentioned there is literally no spam on these forums anyway compared to other forums! Unless you call putting your forum name in your signature advertising, but what's the harm in that? People already place their forum names with links in their text signatures. And what is this about cluttering the forums? I have seen some people text signatures with a listing of like 20 things! Its not that bad, and most of the people on these forums are webmasters and Vbulletin owners, who know the rules best because they moderate their members ;)

um, I can see what nakkid means, velocd you are already breaking the rules... your sig is over the width limit.

Broekie

21 Jun 2002, 22:12

and it's both image as text, which also isn't allowed ;)

Velocd

21 Jun 2002, 22:45

Originally posted by Xelation

velocd you are already breaking the rules... your sig is over the width limit.

I am? ;)

The only text I would have to agree on to be allowed is maybe a quote, or/and just your username. I can't the see the harm of putting your forum name in either.

N9ne

21 Jun 2002, 23:01

Xelation, do you take requests for graphics? :D

Xelation

21 Jun 2002, 23:17

Originally posted by Tha Rock
Xelation, do you take requests for graphics? :D

yep, but its gonna cost ya :)

Velocd

21 Jun 2002, 23:22

Originally posted by Tha Rock
Xelation, do you take requests for graphics? :D

I'll do it, for free. Although you will have to PM me later tonight when I have more time. I only do non-animated images, and I'll always save them in JPG unless it's larger than 20kb.

..uh, anyway, back on topic.

SSJ6FusedGohan

22 Jun 2002, 01:31

hmm..... ok i get the rules i read em all.

TECK

22 Jun 2002, 01:36

Originally posted by Velocd
Nakkid you are such a wuss (sorry ;), don't kill me).hehe is cool. that's just me.. kinda difficult guy... :)
i didnt want to offend you in any way.

about the security... hmmm i cant debate it, unless i have authorisation from firefly. all i can say is this:
is not recommented to use [img] code because it can open backdoors in your forums.

btw, i will not be surprised to see firefly putting an autoresize image hack, just to make his life easy. :)

edit: Velocd.. look at ULTIMATESSJ's sig (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?postid=264086#post264086). i was right. :)
people dont care, even if they are vB webmasters. firefly should definitelly install the hack.

TECK

22 Jun 2002, 01:47

Originally posted by Xelation
yep, but its gonna cost ya :) may i add big dollars to? :D

Xelation

22 Jun 2002, 03:18

I charge $25 for animations like this http://www.pcscene.com/alex.gif ( just made this today for someone for $25)

and $10 for sigs with some animation if wanted.

if this is not the place to say this then one of the mods can delete this. :)

Velocd

22 Jun 2002, 04:54

Holy crap you charge an arm and a leg! http://localhost/forums/images/smilies/omg.gif

Your current signature animation I could do easily even in Image Ready 7. I guess you gotta make a living somehow though!
j/k, j/k ;)

Xelation

22 Jun 2002, 05:13

Originally posted by Velocd
Holy crap you charge an arm and a leg! http://localhost/forums/images/smilies/omg.gif

Your current signature animation I could do easily even in Image Ready 7. I guess you gotta make a living somehow though!
j/k, j/k ;)

you get what you pay for, and its not that easy to do animation... takes a while to do the bug sig... this is why I charge so much, just look at the quality I put into my sigs. http://www.xelation.com/sigs.html

TECK

22 Jun 2002, 06:22

hmm. i charge $500 for a logo like the one in top (http://www.vbulletin.org/layout/nakkid.gif) at vb.org. and for a site between 1000$ and 5000$, depending on complexity. i work for a company who delivers me the contract and they take 30% of the price.

sorry to say this Velocd, but can you show us your skills? i think xelation is good with his graphic art. and no offence, but i think is not easy what he did in the alex bug graph there.

Chen

22 Jun 2002, 07:41

Originally posted by nakkid
edit: Velocd.. look at ULTIMATESSJ's sig (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?postid=264086#post264086). i was right. :)
people dont care, even if they are vB webmasters. firefly should definitelly install the hack.
People are always breaking the rules, that's why we have moderators.
And besides I don't see anything wrong with his signature... ;)

Anyway, how did this become a discussion about paying for signatures (wtf) and designs? Back on topic. :)

Velocd

22 Jun 2002, 09:00

Ok ;) But just let me finish one little tid bit and then we'll get back on topic ^_^

Originally posted by Nakkid
hmm. i charge $500 for a logo like the one in top (http://www.vbulletin.org/layout/nakkid.gif) at vb.org

WHA-?? ehh? ahh? $500 for that?? *dies* Looks like I need to get in the imaging business! ;)

Boofo

22 Jun 2002, 09:08

Is there a way to set the size limits for images in signatures in the admin cp?

Originally posted by FireFly
Hi everyone,

Some of you decided they want to use images in signatures, so here goes. I was sure you can already do this, but apparently the[img] code was turned off for sigs.

So, I have turned it on and you can now use images. However, there are some limits. They are, and I quote:

All signatures should not exceed the following size limits, and you can't have both text and images
For text signatures: 4 lines normal size, 8 lines small size and up to 90 chars per line. Font sizes above 2 are not allowed.
For images in signatures: 1 image up to 300 pixels wide, 125 pixels tall and 20k in size(same rules as our big brother, vBulletin.com)

Velocd

22 Jun 2002, 09:59

That would be an excellent hack, it could work someway like the width/height avatar hack does. Only problem is it would have to detect the image signature, but still its possible by just looking for the tags.

Boofo

22 Jun 2002, 10:10

Does that mean you are going to do it for us then? :)

Originally posted by Velocd
That would be an excellent hack, it could work someway like the width/height avatar hack does. Only problem is it would have to detect the image signature, but still its possible by just looking for the tags.

N9ne

22 Jun 2002, 12:03

Originally posted by FireFly

People are always breaking the rules, that's why we have moderators.
And besides I don't see anything wrong with his signature... ;)

Anyway, how did this become a discussion about paying for signatures (wtf) and designs? Back on topic. :)

Yes but Xelation makes great sigs :D but I'm not gonna pay for one :p ill make my own...but they aren't that good :(

Chris M

22 Jun 2002, 14:44

I have a really cool sig (http://sigpics.kurafire.com/hellsatan.jpg), but its just over the limits...

:(

Satan

Xenon

22 Jun 2002, 14:48

resize it then ;)

afterlab

27 Jun 2002, 04:26

Awesome! What changed your mind into using images around here, FireFly? I think it rocks. :rambo:

Chen

27 Jun 2002, 08:04

Nothing, actually. It should have been enabled all time, but it wasn't.

shovel

27 Jun 2002, 22:16

    Hey Chen. Is this Hermans Signature Limit hack? If so, my congrats goes out to him.

Liquidsky

02 Jul 2002, 15:35

Ok understood

Gary King

02 Jul 2002, 15:54

Yep, I understand the sig rules :)

Originally posted by Xelation

you get what you pay for, and its not that easy to do animation... takes a while to do the bug sig... this is why I charge so much, just look at the quality I put into my sigs. http://www.xelation.com/sigs.html

Hehe and for your sigs, Xelation, the car and the mouse [2nd and 3rd ones] both look like they came out of a Flash movie [that was the first thing that came to my mind]. Could I be right?? :cheeky:

Also, did the requestors of the last 3 sigs [the bugs] ask for that? All common requests?? Just wondering :rolleyes:

JJR512

13 Jul 2002, 03:41

Originally posted by Xelation

what security issues?
I don't know if this is a "security issue", but images can drop cookies, and I don't like that.

Xenon

04 Nov 2002, 21:58

*bump*

I just wanted to bump this thread, and remind all that we have Signature limits here.

We will be more strict in forcing users to shorten their sigs if they are over the limitations, so please look at the rules again, then look at your sig and change it if it's not ok.

Thank you all

TECK

05 Nov 2002, 03:24

it should be pinned

Erwin

05 Nov 2002, 03:35

It's pinned as suggested. :)

desmondw

19 Nov 2002, 10:39

So, thanks for notifiying us of the new Siggy Limits ;) :p

Chen

04 Dec 2002, 09:51

The rules have been updated.

PixelFx

31 Jan 2003, 20:04

I read the rules, and updated my sig, hope it meets the rules now. sorry for any problems...

image size 300x75 10kb in size..

Xenon

01 Feb 2003, 12:10

yes perfect :)

nuno

02 Feb 2003, 17:14

I don't know what's wrong with mine. :(

Dean C

02 Feb 2003, 17:44

There is nothing wrong with yours as far as i can see?

- miSt

nuno

02 Feb 2003, 18:28

Mist, yes there's something wrong with vB code.
The link you see is .png file, and it works with vB 2.2.9 vanilla. :confused:

Dean C

02 Feb 2003, 18:55

Is it in an [img] tag?

Why not just save the image as a gif then upload it to free webspace and link it :) (it's far easier)

- miSt

nuno

02 Feb 2003, 19:01

It's a dynamic image, Mist.
And yes, it's inside tags.
For some reason it's not being parsed.
vB code removes the tags. :confused:

nuno

02 Feb 2003, 19:04

Screenie

Dean C

02 Feb 2003, 19:34

Perhaps because there isn't an extension on the end of the url so it parses it to a url.

Strange

- miSt

nuno

02 Feb 2003, 19:47

Testing

IMG tag

http://www.seti-stats.de/setistats/teamstats.php?bcolor=128,128,128&tcolor=128,128,128&lng=en&id=104

URL tag
http://www.seti-stats.de/setistats/teamstats.php?bcolor=128,128,128&tcolor=128,128,128&lng=en&id=104

Xenon

02 Feb 2003, 21:14

or you have disabled show images as posts ;)

test it on your board, does it work?
if not you should post over at vb.com as bug ?

Roody

04 Feb 2003, 16:00

Originally posted by TECK

about the security... hmmm i cant debate it, unless i have authorisation from firefly. all i can say is this:
is not recommented to use [img] code because it can open backdoors in your forums.

quick question for you Teck. So would you be against the use of the IMG button as a whole due to backdoor issues?

nuno

04 Feb 2003, 16:04

Originally posted by Xenon
or you have disabled show images as posts ;)

test it on your board, does it work?
if not you should post over at vb.com as bug ?

Yup, it's working fine on several vB's i post, so it is no bug, it is only happening here at vB.org. ;)
Screenshot attached

Dean C

04 Feb 2003, 17:14

K maybe it's a bug - post it up at vbulletin.com if you strongly think so :)

I think the reason for this is because it's a php code link. The php page creates an image on each request so that's why it's not working

- miSt

Xenon

04 Feb 2003, 17:54

@n9ne: there is an admin option allow dynamical urls in img tags.
it's disabled here, it's no bug.

trafix

15 May 2003, 06:14

Ok, today my sig was suspended! so i came to this thread to find out why i was voilating the rules.....

As far as i can see... there was no violation, I only had 5 rows of small text and there was on solisiting of paid hacking services.

can soneone please tell me y??

Erwin

15 May 2003, 06:48

Check the first post again. This is an old thread - I have edited the first post to reflect the new sig rules.

Smoothie

15 May 2003, 10:50

This site is overwhelmed with images in signatures. It's very distracting. images in signatures should not be allowed.

Nietzsche

15 May 2003, 11:11

I agree as i did long time before i became Admin, but it was decided to allow them....

btw. i've enabled show images as links, it's much better :)
no disturbing images in sigs any more :)

Logician

15 May 2003, 15:40

Today at 12:50 PM Smoothie said this in Post #58 (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?postid=395377#post395377)
This site is overwhelmed with images in signatures. It's very distracting. images in signatures should not be allowed.
Smoothie are you aware that you can turn off images in the signatures in your USER CP? Just turn it off and you will not see any images in anyone's sig. and not get distracted. ;)

As the preference is available to all users I believe it does not hurt anyone to have images in the signatures altough I myself don't fancy them either.

filburt1

15 May 2003, 15:59

With that, I ask that we continue this in the correct rules thread (stickied in this forum).

Xenon

15 May 2003, 19:32

Today at 16:40 Logician said this in Post #60 (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?postid=395449#post395449)
Smoothie are you aware that you can turn off images in the signatures in your USER CP? Just turn it off and you will not see any images in anyone's sig. and not get distracted. ;)

As the preference is available to all users I believe it does not hurt anyone to have images in the signatures altough I myself don't fancy them either.

Hmm pal, haven'T i already mentioned that before your post? ;)

auz1111

05 Jan 2004, 15:21

i have not posted in a long time, and apparently my sig has been banned. I tried to view the rules but the top post does not have any text pertaining to the rules. ???