Signatures changes

[Vercas]

Hey i just saw that the signatures has too low limits
Only 8 lines? 1000 characters + BB-codes? 500 characters without BB-codes?
This is crazy
Can you please make the signatures limit biggers?
How about 10 to 20 lines(it is still a limit and most users will not use them all)
And 5000 characters + BB-codes(it is still a limit too, and a... stupid limit )
And 2500 characters without BB-codes?
I think this would be better so users may add more information to their signatures.

I made a voting pool for this

Edit : AirHead came with a new idea... Small signatures(4 lines limit) for comments!(for example in social groups, that small messages. To have a small signature for comments)...
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hmmm.... here a 300 characters limit without BB-codes
and 600 character limits with BB-codes, and all tags(excepting HTML of course) allowed.

/!\ These are the ideas /!\
/!\ Please agree or do not agree /!\
/!\ Vote /!\
/!\ If you do not care about this subject vote for not care instead of voting to disagree /!\

 

[Squiggy]

Who needs 5000 characters in his signature?

 

[Vercas]

(me...) probably others but they mustn't use all 5000 if they don't need
Edit : 5000 to be the maximum + BB-codes!

 

[Eleandor]

People shouldn't have a longer signature than the average length of the messages they post. Since most people here don't post anything useful and just spam "lol" messages, signatures shouldn't be any longer than the actual message

 

[brad.dude03]

Yeah, massive signatures take up way too much space when you have to scroll through the damned things to get to the next post.

It used to be like this when users like AlotofGarbage were around posting spam messages with 50 foot long signatures.

 

[Bloody_Turds]

id have to agree with him, except maybe not on the line size, it could be a little bigger, but not much. anything in a HIDDEN tag shouldnt count twards your signatures line size, since it is hidden by default ^.^ any you wouldnt have to see it unless you choose to

 

[Pyritie]

My signature has a maximum of 7 characters.

Go figure.

 

[Vercas]

I decided to end this pool in 1 week. Next sunday at 20:00 for me!

 

[Martin Barbov]

16 lines???
That's way too much. The signature is not a novel.

 

[Vercas]

right now the maximum is 8 lines
Please reveal a box in my signature and see how small they are!
I will show you here 8 lines

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And 16 to 20 lines :

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[Pyritie]

The 8-line limit is fine. The char limit can be a bit annoying, but that's why you can learn to use efficient vB code.

A useful tip is to use [thread] tags when linking to a post on the forum. See how this thread's url is http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/f97/signatures-changes-104482? See that number at the end? That's the thread ID. Use [thread] tags like you would tags. So to link to this thread. ...com/forums/f97/signatures-changes-104482]link
[url=http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/f97/signatures-changes-104482]link[/url]

After:
[thread=104482]link[/thread]
[thread=104482]link[/thread]

Much shorter.

 

[Vercas]

link...[thread=104482]link[/thread]...

Nice
And i may agree with 10 lines at least... And the character limit is realy pissing on me!
I want to add more information in my signature and i am using hidden tags
And a more intelligent idea from moderators is to put a person's WHOLE signature in a hiddden tag

 

[Zombie]

I don't think signatures are needed at all. But, if you make that large sigs, I'm sure a lot of people will spam them.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I have had signatures turned off for 2 years now.


Bunch of space-wasting adverts.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

I voted no, because most people will add large stuffs on their signatures that will waste other people's bandwith.

I would show a good example of a site that uses huge signatures, but unfortunately, that site is down.

 

[DragoonZombie]

I liked the way it was when signatures were scrollable.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

That would fuck up certain people's scrolling, making it weird to navigate.

 

[TDR]

Scrollable sigs?! Hell no...
The limits are fine as they are.

 

[kewlthis]

Its fine as it is now. Iv always hated big sigs and its perfect as the way it is.

 

[Squiggy]

I don't have anything to complain against them.
But, if one uses spoilers, would it be possible to align the posts' size after opening it?
Now, most of the spoilers get cut off.. just as a thought

 

[Bloody_Turds]

i forward that, anything in a hidden tag, should only count as the amount if lines it is, when its in hidden form, then pages should expand to fit it if its unhidden

 

[donut3.5]

I'm not seeing the option which says "Oh dear god, please REDUCE the size of those eye-sores"
Something is clearly wrong with this poll.
--donut3.5--

 

[Hakeem]

I've been thwarted by the limit needlessly when using [BROKE] tags.

[BROKE="Lots of words that don't bother anyone scrolling or otherwise."]Stuff![/BROKE]

So yeah, there are valid reasons have larger limits. Also, why have these limits when sigs are already forcibly cropped to 146 pixels tall?

And since a whole lot of you will complain, how about we only grant bigger limits to people who wouldn't abuse them?

 

[Vercas]

[broke="this May Really Help Me!"]lol![/broke]


Edit : Please tell me more tags that do not have a button to use
Please, please!

 

[Rising_Dusk]

I find it an art form to design a signature that tells a lot without taking a lot of space or letters. I think you can handle saying everything you need to say without a limit increase. Consider it a personal challenge.

 

[Vercas]

The characters limit is a curse for me!
And 10 lines at least will be much better i think!

 

[Pyritie]

And if you need more text space, you could always turn your text into a picture and upload it to tinypic or something.

 

[Vercas]

Look at my sig... It contains more information than any image may contain...
I would like to use HTML codes in my sig D:

Edit : Hey maybe you're asking why i made the third choice in the pool...
If any person reads the subject and doesn't cares it should better ignore it than chosing to disagree...

 

[Ghan_04]

I think an argument could be made that signatures are already too big as it is.
I really don't see any need to increase the size above what it currently is.

 

[Hakeem]

A while back I had this sig, but had to abandon it because the limits thwarted my full entry of data.

And I included you so you don't feel left out.
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So it turns out you can take a bite out of people without them noticing.
[BROKE="adam067 tastes like raspberries, Arab4life tastes like strawberry ice cream, arrieta tastes like asparagus, Breaker92 tastes like yogurt, Cavman tastes like wine, Daminon tastes like limes, DarkDenizen tastes like shoe, Darkmagi tastes like cheeseburgers, donut3.5 tastes like jello, Dr Super Good tastes like mutant pigeon, Dr00d tastes like cheese and crackers, DwarfZealot tastes like tomatoes, Ghan_04 tastes like raisins, Godless tastes like osprey, GST_Nemisis tastes like cookies, HappyTauren tastes like squirrel, HeretoDLstuff tastes like anchovies, Infinitynexus tastes like carrots, iristle tastes like a beef-lollipop hybrid, iron_warrior tastes like starfish, Kaitech[SanD] tastes like buffalo jerky, kharma tastes like chicken, Kofi_Banan tastes like pizza, Landy tastes like artichoke, Linaze tastes like scorpion, Lions_Pride tastes like cherry pie, lordgriffen tastes like pink lemonade candy, Maelstrom_ tastes like hay, matyko tastes like applesauce, Mechanical Man tastes like potatoes, Melkor_L tastes like grilled gorilla, MySpaceBarBroke tastes like elephant, Preskooldude tastes like root beer, PurplePoot tastes like elk, Pyritie tastes like mango, ragingspeedhorn tastes like cocoa puffs, Ralle tastes like caviar, Redeemer59 tastes like fried squid ink, Riptokus tastes like bran flakes, Samuraid tastes like rabbit, Sansui tastes like burned duck, ScaryK1d tastes like bananas, Shados tastes like grapefruit, SuPa- tastes like peanuts, Teh_Ephy tastes like giraffe, Werewulf tastes like watermelon, WILLTHEALMIGHTY tastes like atrificial grape, Wolverabid tastes like penguin, and Zoral tastes like tree sap."]It's true![/BROKE]

 

[Belgarath]

Signatures are the perfect size, they're not so big that you have to scroll another half page to get past them, and they're not too small, so you can fit a signature image into them.

 

[Pyritie]

A while back I had this sig, but had to abandon it because the limits thwarted my full entry of data.

And I included you so you don't feel left out.

Oh so that was you! I remember that sig.

 

[Misha]

i think that the signtature line count was purposly created so it would prevent signatures from running out of controll. that is as it is and should not be changed.

 

[Vercas]

Yes but the maximum lines should be more.... from 10 to 20 i guess
At last i would like the character limit changed because it is pissing me off!!!

 

[Misha]

10 is fine, thank you very much.

 

[Vercas]

And you voted to disagree...!

 

[Archian]

I really don't want to change the current 8 limit.
I'd go as far as 10 but nothing greater than that.

 

[Vercas]

Then agree...
I will ask Ralle the results.
But the character limit is really pissing.
My signature is most hidden to add there more info.
I need bigger character limit to add more content in width not height...

 

[HappyTauren]

Make it infinite number of lines. BUT, say, it cuts off after 200 pixels tall. I am saying this cause some people might want to put text in to write a lot of data. Oh, and character limit is retarded, especially since it also takes all the vB code.

 

[Pyritie]

If the text limit did not include vB code then it would be much better :3

Or better yet, no text limit at all.

 

[AirHead]

I say there should be no line limit and no char limit but only displays a certain amount of space (like HT said) but I think the amount of space displayed should be increased to roughly this much

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this would make a great deal of people happy without covering tons of pages with signatures. And maybe a mini-sig for comments and things of the such. like when you are posting in resource section it makes your sig the mini-sig that can't fit allot of space, and maybe if your post is one or two lines it does the mini-sig; which would be roughly

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[Sabertooth]

I think they're perfect as it is. There's no need to have things like incredibly oversized images in your signatures. However, I think it would be reasonable to make it so that if you put something in

Hidden

tags, when you click them and it opens it stretches to the needed amount. Currently that doesn't happen, it still cuts off.

 

[Hakeem]

I see no need for any other limits if the physical screen space it limited.

 

[Vercas]

I don't want an unlimited lines limit, the line limit is still too low... maybe 10 or 12...
But there should be no character limit since only some characters will be showed in the signature 'cause of the lines limit. And please study my signature and find my way to use "hidden" tags... I can't show all my projects... I have more than 2... I use a GUI tag to make enough space on the screen to see the project table... Other things are in a "simpletable"...
Edit:And yes... simple comments small signatures is a very good idea!!!
AirHead, i will include this idea in the thread's root post!

 

[Kwaliti]

The simplest way is to remove the character limit and keep the 8 line limit, just stick your walls of text behind [broke] tags.

 

[Vercas]

Yes.... removing the character limit and making the lines limit at least 10....

 

[terradont]

I think we should use Spoiler on the Hive.
When you press the button, the length of the post is lengthened. The spoiler itself should have a char-limit (higher than usual sigs), but you should be able to have more than 1 spoiler. ofcoarse you can press the button again to remove it again.

This way, people that are interested can read your sig and others can just scroll past it.

 

[Kwaliti]

We already have them, they're called Hidden tags, and are pretty much useless in signatures.

 

[Vercas]

Vote ended!

So 20 people agreed, 19 disagreed, and there are 17 or more people that do not care.

Result : Changes should be done.
I let Ralle chose how much lines to be...

So(i know Ralle ) 10 lines limit
5000 characters limit (+ BB-codes)
2500 characters limit (without BB-codes)
And a small 4-lines signatures for comments(like in social groups messages)

Result image attached!

 

[Rising_Dusk]

Well, I voted that I don't agree, making it 20-20.
Let's face it, it's an art form to make a signature that says a lot with very little text. It's hardly site-critical that the signature be extended or even adjusted in any way, shape, or form.

I say make do with what you have, and we'll consider changing it to something else at a later point. If you can't handle the current signature limits, then the answer is to either reduce what you have to say or not say anything at all. It's not difficult, I know you all can do it.