Signature Hack Applied!

[Illuvatar]

Howdie Folks!

I wanted to let you know that after much searching, I finally found an appropriate Signature hack and I applied it last night. This one was very large and had several database changes, and as nervous as I was, the instructions were great and the install went off without a hitch!

The hack will now automatically restrict your max signature to 4 lines or less. We can actually set it to any size we want, but for consistency and forum readability's sake, we have decided on 4 lines (including spaces) as the maximum.

This controls the signature option during registration and while it will not affect existing sigs, if you modify your profile in any way, it will take effect.

This is a very slick hack that also provides as signature preview, so that you can see how your sig looks when created. This preview appears directly below "Subscribed Threads" in your Options area.

I want to thank everyone for their co-operation in the past few weeks for manually editing their signatures down to 4 lines.


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[Bonos-Girl]

its a great idea...but also kinda annoying!!!

[Lady of Rohan]

same here

[Illuvatar]

Well...I'm hoping the benefits (Being able to preview your sig and what not will out weigh the annoyance).

This is great relief for us, for as the 4 line limit is a forum rule, us admins and mods were having to send pm's and basically police everones profile. And I think our mods have enough to do with having to run around and bugger people over thier signature.

This way it's automated, and 4 lines should be quite enough for anyone. Anthing more than that and 1/4 of your screen can be taken up with just a signature! Now wouldn't you rather be reading the posts on topic instead? lol

[Tar-Ancalimë]

Yes, sometimes when the sigs are too long you can't concentrate on the thread, especially in literature threads.

thanks for your support/understanding/cooperation etc.

as for yours bonos girl! HALDIR'S FAN CLUB???????? what is with that? what's so great about him?