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Forum settings change, input requested.
We are going to make some changes to the way signatures are handled, as they have gotten out of hand. We are here to read the content provided, not stare at signatures that take up 2/3rds of the viewable screen for a 3 word post...
Here are the changes:
Changing these settings would mean, no pictures, no extremely large text, no crazy fonts, no lists like what I did here with the bullets, no code, PHP, or HTML quote style boxes, and no message quote boxes. Examples of HTML, PHP, Code, and Quote boxes: HTML Code:
<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> PHP Code:
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Code Tags Quote:
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Chris SVX World Network Administrator -1993 Subaru SVX LS-L, Barcelona Red, #46, 160,000+ Miles (Sold to SomethingElse) -2011 Toyota Sienna SE, Black, 30,000+ Miles (Swagger Wagon ) -2002 BMW R 1150R ABS, Black, 26,000+ Miles (Daily Driver ) SVX Owner from February 1997 to March 2008 SVX Online Community Member since February 1998 SVX World Network Member since February 2002, Member #520 Life is a game. Play to win. The world belongs to those who can laugh at it. |
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
Sounds fair to me. Not going to hurt my signature but it'll sure help keep the really big ones from being so big.
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
thank-you.
kill those page-long sigs, por favor. ibYoungTomandNapaBavarianlosetheirlife'swork
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
Its alright with me as well. Doesnt bother me much.
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
why??
Don't like signatures... turn them off Tom |
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
Because some of us want signatures to learn about who it is posting, the problem is that when the get absurdly large, it now becomes the SVX World Signature Network and takes away from the content.
Case in point, is all of this REALLY necessary? The same message can be given, without 27 flavors of flair. When my dual 19" monitors that are set to 1280x1024 (each) and all I see is signature for 2 words... it's out of hand. See attachment:
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Chris SVX World Network Administrator -1993 Subaru SVX LS-L, Barcelona Red, #46, 160,000+ Miles (Sold to SomethingElse) -2011 Toyota Sienna SE, Black, 30,000+ Miles (Swagger Wagon ) -2002 BMW R 1150R ABS, Black, 26,000+ Miles (Daily Driver ) SVX Owner from February 1997 to March 2008 SVX Online Community Member since February 1998 SVX World Network Member since February 2002, Member #520 Life is a game. Play to win. The world belongs to those who can laugh at it. |
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
Also, this isnt just me talking, this has been discussed and agreed upon by the Admins/Mods.
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Chris SVX World Network Administrator -1993 Subaru SVX LS-L, Barcelona Red, #46, 160,000+ Miles (Sold to SomethingElse) -2011 Toyota Sienna SE, Black, 30,000+ Miles (Swagger Wagon ) -2002 BMW R 1150R ABS, Black, 26,000+ Miles (Daily Driver ) SVX Owner from February 1997 to March 2008 SVX Online Community Member since February 1998 SVX World Network Member since February 2002, Member #520 Life is a game. Play to win. The world belongs to those who can laugh at it. |
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
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About the only thing that's worse than huge signatures is people who quote an entire long post just to comment on a sentence or two (or to say "me too"). Another vBulletin forum that I frequent recently added this feature: Each person's signature appears only in their first post on a page. This allows you to see it on every page, without having to see it over and over (if that person posts a lot). I'd love to see a similar abbreviation of long quotes — if a quote is more than X lines long, truncate it (...) and have a control to click on to show/hide the rest. Or add a scroll bar to the quote display box. But that's probably something that would have to be added by the vBulletin folks.
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
^This.
That is all.
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
In other forums I'm on, you get either an image or words, but not both. Also, the image is a limited size. For example, the avatars were 80x80 and sig pictures were 375x80. (Data size was limited as well for lower bandwidth users)
Now, I agree with monstrous signatures being cut. However, I think we can find a happy medium where images can also be allowed, but their sizes can be limited.
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
better?
Tom |
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
Yes, of course it is, but when I change the settings, its more than 10 lines.
I should also add, that in those 10 lines the character count is staying the same as it is presently. We really just want to minimize the clutter. I will be making the change later this week, not sure how it will affect current, already established signatures.
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Chris SVX World Network Administrator -1993 Subaru SVX LS-L, Barcelona Red, #46, 160,000+ Miles (Sold to SomethingElse) -2011 Toyota Sienna SE, Black, 30,000+ Miles (Swagger Wagon ) -2002 BMW R 1150R ABS, Black, 26,000+ Miles (Daily Driver ) SVX Owner from February 1997 to March 2008 SVX Online Community Member since February 1998 SVX World Network Member since February 2002, Member #520 Life is a game. Play to win. The world belongs to those who can laugh at it. |
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
Quote:
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
Sounds fair to me! Most forums I'm at, have a 6-line or 3-line + 80pixels banner maximum, so 10 lines i for me by far enough.
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Re: Forum settings change, input requested.
A limit on lines would make sence, as it seems your biggest concern is not taking up all the space on your screen .Limiting sizes on signature pictures also makes sence, for the same reason. But to take away quote boxes? Make all the fonts the same size and style? Remove some harmless bits of code? Seems a bit out of hand to me
Edit: Il chop a few blank lines out to help squish this down a bit
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