mundoo
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[0000065] Signature areas
I am wondering if it will be possible to have a restriction in size of the signature area?
Often the signature is larger than the actual message and can overpower a thread when you have many members using that area with huge graphics and
lists etc.
We actively police this and have requested (and made it a board rule) to not have graphics in that area and also limited to 6 lines of text. To
achieve this at present we are continually watching and requesting members to alter their signature area.
Ideally I would like a field where a restriction in the size of the signature area could be placed (like the avatar can have a size restraint placed)
so that the mods/admin aren't continually dealing with this area.
Members forget the 'rule' or it didn't register with them in the first place.
Any chance of a field to be able if wanted, to restrict the size of the signature area in the settings?
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miqrogroove
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So it would be a limit by line count plus a limit by [img] size?
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Mouser
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I like this one!
Would it be an idea to strip the IMG tags from the signatures, and limit the signature to a certain amount of characters?
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mundoo
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Back with this after just spending 2 hours U2Uing 'shorten your signature please or remove the huge graphic from it' messages to members.
I actually would like to ask a different option as well.
I would like the option to turn the whole signature area OFF so the admin have a choice of either limiting sig area size or having it off completely.
This could go in the Settings section of the Admin Panel.
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Mouser
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*Fast forward two years..*
So you want an option to turn Off ALL signatures, for everyone?
I once had an option in the userprofiles for users to choose if they wanted to see signatures or not.
So that's why I'm asking.
If so, that's quite easy.
viewthread.php (XMB 1.9.11 as example here)
This shows the signature
| Code: | if ($post['usesig'] == 'yes') {
$post['sig'] = postify($post['sig'], 'no', 'no', $forum['allowsmilies'], $SETTINGS['sightml'], $SETTINGS['sigbbcode'],
$forum['allowimgcode'], false);
eval("\$post['message'] .= \"".template('viewthread_post_sig')."\";");
} else {
eval("\$post['message'] .= \"".template('viewthread_post_nosig')."\";");
} |
Replace with this
| Code: | // if ($post['usesig'] == 'yes') {
// $post['sig'] = postify($post['sig'], 'no', 'no', $forum['allowsmilies'], $SETTINGS['sightml'], $SETTINGS['sigbbcode'],
$forum['allowimgcode'], false);
// eval("\$post['message'] .= \"".template('viewthread_post_sig')."\";");
// } else {
eval("\$post['message'] .= \"".template('viewthread_post_nosig')."\";");
// } |
Done. Now no one sees a signature 
What do you think of this method?
http://forums.xmbforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=757580#pid1250486
Maybe replace with an XMB function we have now, to softly cut it off.
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Jason Fairmount
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Not to steer TOTALLY off-topic, but one of my upcoming questions was going to be about signatures.
I was going to ask "Is there a way to allow all signatures ONLY on certain sections of the forum"; but
my only other guess as far as making the option to showing up as a selection, would have been on
the forum section's options.
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Carolyn
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I also have problems with large signatures on my board. My preference in dealing with this would be for each member to have an option in their
control panel that would turn off signatures. That would allow, for example, a member to stop the display of signatures when they're browsing the
board with a small cell phone screen.
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mundoo
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Or limit the size of the area 
| Quote: | I once had an option in the userprofiles for users to choose if they wanted to see signatures or not.
So that's why I'm asking. |
Now there's a thought.
Instead of an all or nothing situation it could be selective as per member.
Interesting.
| Quote: | | If so, that's quite easy. |
Thanks for that. Will talk to my mods and see what they think about this as a possible solution.
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Carolyn
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Quote: Originally posted by Mouser  | *Fast forward two years..*
I once had an option in the userprofiles for users to choose if they wanted to see signatures or not. |
My board once had that option, too. I installed it as a hack/mod for XMB 1.6 Magic Lantern.
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John Briggs
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| Quote: Originally posted by Carolyn | | Quote: Originally posted by Mouser | *Fast forward two years..*
I once had an option in the userprofiles for users to choose if they wanted to see signatures or not. |
My board once had that option, too. I installed it as a hack/mod for XMB 1.6 Magic Lantern. |
This is one of my mods. You will need to update it/adapt it to 1.9.11 but it has been around a long time.
Attachment: View_Signatures_In_Threads_Option_v1.0.zip (14kB)
This file has been downloaded 7 times
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