[MikLSP]

Welcome se-nse users,

as you may know there have been a few changes backwards and forwards with the signature rules over the course of this year. We had also hoped to be able to implement an automated system to limit signature sizes but that hasn't been possible at this time.

The good news is that the signature rules have now been updated to offer the best solution for as many users as possible.

You can see the detailed signature rules here but I shall also give you them briefly in this topic along with some reasoning for them.

Signatures may contain a maximum of 5 lines of text at default size.
Signatures may contain images with maximum dimensions w700 x h75 pixels.
A small amount of text may be used in conjunction with images.
Multiple images may be used but their combined dimensions must be within the above limit.

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The signature limits are designed to restrict the amount of height used at the bottom of every post. Very tall signatures are not good for browsing the forum and often mean you have to scroll past lots of signature space just to read each post.
Signature width is also restricted but only at a point which would become wider than the actual forum page. This limit is designed to allow the full use of page width without disrupting the appearance of the site.

The width of 700 pixels and the ability to use multiple small images is specifically designed to accomadate the popular userbars of 350 x 19 pixels. As you can see 700 pixels allows the use of two userbars side by side without resulting in excess height.

Any signatures which are larger than these limitations will be removed and sent to the user attached to a PM.

Please remember that these limitations are the maximum sizes rather than recommended sizes. A small discrete signature often looks better than the biggest that is allowed.

Also remember that these rules are for the collective benefit of the se-nse community and I'm sure you'll all happily uphold them

Mik

[Ly]

Nice one Mik

EDIT: Someone changed mine already

This post has been edited by Lynott: 20 August 2008 - 05:30 PM

[OrionT]

good mate....very good

[sunfire7]

i adapted mine now

[Ciggy]

is this why the font i used for my signature has become so small?

[MikLSP]

That font is now simply the default size and yes this is why

The forum automatically minimises the fonts in signatures to the small size you see there as long as no specific size is set. If large sizes are set then the formatting will be removed so that the forum can display the default again

[Ciggy]

so am i allowed to increase my font size a little?

[OrionT]

im happy with my small sig

[Ly]

Mine's even smaller now

[MikLSP]

You should not set any font sizes, the default size for signatures is the small font you see now. This is because signatures are meant to be non-intrusive and less visible than the posts they follow.

[KrX]

What happened to this part?

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There may be no advertising of commercial ventures in signatures (unless permission is granted by the SE-NSE staff), of course links to members' own webpages are still allowed

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[Step666]

Are you saying you've seen sigs which contain advertising?
If you believe you've found someone whose sig breaks the rules, please bring it to the attention of one of the Mods.

Or, if you're asking why that particular point is no longer included in the sig rules, then it's probably because it's unnecessary - it only reiterates the forum rules regarding advertising in general, which is that it is strictly prohibited without prior permission, regardless of whether it's a thread, a post or a sig.

[MikLSP]

Yes as step says, I thought that those points were pretty much covered by the general forum rules and of course those rules apply to everything including signatures. Anyone who is concerned need not be as commercial advertising is still prohibited while personal links are perfectly acceptable as per the general forum rules

[photographer]

I guess I'll have to make mine suitable then lol... give me some time, I work 45 hours a week, 8 hours of driving lessons a week and 6 hours of badminton practise a week.


pretty omg... Ill change my sign when I have time lol.

[KrX]

Hmm... What about those which have those referral thing for when a person clicks on your signature to sign up for something they get money.

Like those that go like "Get paid to get clicked, 100% guarantee" or something similar.

[Step666]

Whilst I'm not 100% certain about this and cannot speak definitively, I'm pretty certain they're viewed in a dim light.


The simple answer is that if you're not sure, refer it to a Mod.
It's better you refer something which we decide not to take action on than you don't refer something that we would. Plus it's kind of our jobs to make the difficult decisions about what's acceptable etc, it's not something you lot should have to worry about.

[OrionT]

Step666, on 2008-08-23 12:51, said:

Whilst I'm not 100% certain about this and cannot speak definitively, I'm pretty certain they're viewed in a dim light.


The simple answer is that if you're not sure, refer it to a Mod.
It's better you refer something which we decide not to take action on than you don't refer something that we would. Plus it's kind of our jobs to make the difficult decisions about what's acceptable etc, it's not something you lot should have to worry about.

correct

[Wally_Dog]

!report button works wonders

[Ishan Sardar]

what could i say my sig is removed.....but oh well updated rules are fine for me!!

[OrionT]

Wally_Dog, on 2008-08-23 23:36, said:

!report button works wonders

yeah i can see.....verry fast