Long sig's

[Norbie]

Is there some way to limit the size of user's signatures, and possibly disable the use of pics in the signature? One of my pet hates is scrolling through a forum and discovering that 90% of the content on the screen is stupidly long signatures being repeated over and over.... thoughts?

[82Spearco]

No offense to anyone, but I totally agree with this. Let's keep the pics in the Pic section. Will make the surfing experience more pleasant.

[SupraFiend]

little sigs are ok in my book, the rule of thumb though is they shouldn't be any bigger then your average banner add.

[82Spearco]

little sigs are ok in my book, the rule of thumb though is they shouldn't be any bigger then your average banner add.

Is that about an inch? That sounds good. Get much bigger than that an it gets kind of cumbersome.

[quick]

It is possible to disable sig pictures.

The rule of thumb is to use smaller pics and only have your sig once in a thread though -- that works well for me personally.

[justcallmefrank]

I understand what you're saying quick...but most people don't do it like you said. The number of threads with huge signatures is getting bigger....I'm on cable, so speed isn't the problem, its just a pain the arse trying to read while filtering through peoples huge signatures.

Go check out the Toymods forums in oz to see how much better it is not having long sig's. How do we get into out profile to change things too? I must be stupid cos i can't find it! :D

[MkIISuperSupra]

How do we get into out profile to change things too? I must be stupid cos i can't find it! :D


You have to click on log out then on the next window click on profile, it will then let you make whatever changes you want.

Leslie

[quick]

How do we get into out profile to change things too? I must be stupid cos i can't find it! :D

http://www.celicasupra.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=65

[quick]

I understand what you're saying quick...but most people don't do it like you said. The number of threads with huge signatures is getting bigger....I'm on cable, so speed isn't the problem, its just a pain the arse trying to read while filtering through peoples huge signatures.

We could always have Malloy add a 'view signatures' option to the BB...

If you see people with sigs that are too big let me know and I'll talk to them.

[Ross]

Chris, you're the only one in this topic with a big pic ;)

[Malloy]

I will have to think about the sig thing. I typically do not run one anymore, since I now fully understand how it slows the masses down.

Sigs are really cool though, and it gives everyone the option to showoff their cars.

[justcallmefrank]

I understand what you mean Malloy, but so does the pictures page, isn't that why you made it in the first place? :P

I think small text signatures are fine because they don't really detract.

quick,
no problems, if I find an example of what I mean I'll tell ya.

[SupraWes]

Get rid of the pictures in the signatures. You already have a place on the left to post a picture no need for one in your signature too.

[ma61_turbo]

I'm all for getting rid of picture sigs. Picture sigs are one of my pet hates for sf.com, they piss me off no end.

All that is needed is text and perhaps a hyperlink to pictures of your car. That way, if someone wants to see it they will go to the link. If not, it won't get in their way.

[Supra Bob]

I think I have to agree with everyone else here on this after accessing on a dialup thi weekend. Its not much of a concern on a high speed connection, but on dialup, the pics in sigs slow load time BIGTIME.

I say, if ya wanna show off your car, use it as your avatar, like Quick does, or post it in the Pics Section.

Just my 1/50th of a U.S.D.

[quick]

Chris, you're the only one in this topic with a big pic ;)

:lol: What's up, Ross!?

Ok, ok.... I'll avoid using the pic in my signature from now on.
Perhaps we should turn it off or make it a user option.

[Ross]

Chris, I just thought it funny that you said you would moderate anyone with a big pic, when you were the only one with a big pic.
I hope you noticed my smiley ;)

BTW, where is the option to view all new posts?

Ross

[quick]

Chris, I just thought it funny that you said you would moderate anyone with a big pic, when you were the only one with a big pic.
I hope you noticed my smiley ;)

BTW, where is the option to view all new posts?

Funny thing is that's a smaller pic. :)

When you log in check the upper right on the main page... there is a textual link there to view all new posts.

[Ross]

C'mon Chris, you're not playing fair.
I'm not talking about the little pic of your MkII to the left of your message.

This thread was started by Norbie, then there was a reply by 82spearco, then suprafiend, then yourself.
At the bottom of your message was a pic of your MkII and MkIV together.
This must have been about a quarter of an 800 x 600 screen size.

And now, just minutes later, it's not there.

;)

[Dean]

I'll just chime in to say that I agree with the others.

I don't like to see any pics in the sigs. It just slows it down and forces you to scroll more than you would otherwise. Leave the pics for the pics section.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes about as many bytes too!

That's my 2 pennies...

[Darrow]

Just wanted to revive this thread because I have seen a few sigs that are realy big. sarinas_dragons (kenny) comes to mind.

[drftsupramk2]

yeah I can understand becuase I'm on dial-up and my own sig is starting to piss me off. That said alot of us(me) don't have photshop or reiszing programs. btw kenny's on dail-up as well. funny how the high-speed people are complaing that the dia-up people have to large of sig.'s.

[she-westcoast]

^^ just google PIXresizer. its really really easy to use and pretty quick to d/l also. I d/l'd on a
dial-up and it maybe took 5 minutes.

[drftsupramk2]

k thanks !

[zank]

funny how the high-speed people are complaing that the dia-up people have to large of sig.'s.

Shut up Noob, its not about the size of the file but the amount of time it take us to scroll through that LONG ASS SIG :mofomad:

[drftsupramk2]

fu zank! that was kinda low man.

[sarinas_dragons]

He's such a touchy poster, huh? Want me to back you up or are you gonna let it slide? Here's what I was gonna post:

Manners, manners! I think they're right. I'm sick as crooked sh!t of looking at my pic. But I was going to re-size, too. I realize if everybody had sig any size they want it'd be wrong.

I took the pic, pb account, then img tag. Do you have a favorite size? A spec? Zank what's the size of yours? It's not like I'm plagiarizing, or using someone elses image without consent. I'm busy and lazy.

I was meeting a group of people I'd never met and I wanted to recognize them by their cars and me mine. Chris parked right beside my car. Also, Wade recognized killing my car. Shawn knew it by description over the phone. That's priceless info for me. And gigantic leverage against a future son-in-law. And why I need new drive shafts.

I was just considering what I was gonna do. But it's boring lookin' at the same thing, that's self-evident. I respect someone with the guts to say what's on their mind.

pm back

[drftsupramk2]

it's funny becuase i was just stating it was ironic, not that they didn't have a case. Zank if you would have read my post all the way he could have realised i agreed with them.

-"yeah I can understand becuase......."
So i left a more friendly sig for ya.
BTW how bout you shorten your pic zank so I don't have to wait for the page to widen everytime. thanks

[Chrisfrom1986]

nobody needs to download any program off the internet.

just use MSPaint. you can resize you pics with that.

[supramad77]

nobody needs to download any program off the internet.

just use MSPaint. you can resize you pics with that.


I would galdly resize mine if I new how. BTW what size yours and I will give it a go. I never relised it was such a problem as you get used to broadband being so quick.

[suprasrock]

Although very large photos in sigs can be annoying because of the room they take up, it's loading times and therefore file size that matter to people on slow connections. JPEG is a compressed format and most editting programs let you vary the amount of compression, so when you resize a photo you can also control the size of the resultant file. Obviously there's a trade off with quality, but you'd be surprised at how far you can go before you can see any difference on screen. As a general rule you can reduce a file to a 1/7th of the uncompressed bitmap without seeing any loss at screen resolution.

Pat, your photo is 96kb
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/supramad77/Compasspoint.jpg

reduced in size by a 1/3rd it's just 24kb, so will load in 1/4 of the time
http://www.yellowsun.plus.com/forum/Compasspoint-400comp.jpg

and then with a bit of editting, down to just 13kb
http://www.yellowsun.plus.com/forum/Compasspoint-chop.jpg












I think it would be a shame to see sigs disappear altogether, but a limit on pixel size and filesize (like with avatars) would tidy up the pages and speed things up for everyone.

[zank]

I took the pic, pb account, then img tag.

In photobucket you can edit your image and resize it by 75-50-25%

I resized mine down a bit, because it was too big for my taste.

[sarinas_dragons]

Nice to know, thank you.

[supra_toy]

I hate my dial up....

[kovec]

mspaint reduces the file size pretty good. my current sig is only 11.4 KB. hopefully that's acceptable to you dial-up users?

[drftsupramk2]

thanks zank, devon and kovec now the pages load much faster. man when I get unlazy I will mess around with pic size. as for my sig it was just a gag on wadet anyways. how do i use mspaint? do I need that program?

[Chrisfrom1986]

thanks zank, devon and kovec now the pages load much faster. man when I get unlazy I will mess around with pic size. as for my sig it was just a gag on wadet anyways. how do i use mspaint? do I need that program?
mspaint comes on any windows computer. mspaint is one of the easiest picture programs designed. just open it and look around. you should get it in less than 10 minutes. however, it has limited capabilities to keep the simplicity.

[drftsupramk2]

yeah I've used it i just can't find it on my computer i was wondering if it was some new version of the old program.

[sarinas_dragons]

start->programs->accessories->paint. Did you go to PAP?

[kovec]

or

Start > Run > type mspaint > OK

[sarinas_dragons]

Good, much more techie, your way. I didn't even know it was called mspaint.

[Darrow]

I'm starting to see more and more long signatures. Getting annoying.

Entire page taken up by a two line post.

Example (this is on a 17" monitor):
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e33/darrowconley/BigSig.jpg

[turbogoo1]

I agree darrow....there are a few like that.

[amscamryse]

Please change that kids sig. Its huge and pointless.

[SilverMk2]

I just went and did a quick fix for now;

http://forums.celicasupra.com/showpost.php?p=387790&postcount=8

It only takes up 3/4s of the screen for now LOL. If anybody has someothers let me know I usually just scroll thru them at the speed of light.

[kdsii]

That one could also stand a little cropping - get rid of the grass below the MkII and the trees above the MkIII.

Might even make for a decent looking sig.

[Sawbladz]

I've always assumed mine was withing reason. If you think its a bit big let me know and I'll shrink it some more. Also, I remember me giving that kid shit in another thread for his sig. That thing was HUGE!!! lol

[Tanya]

^Yep, your sig is too big.


For maybe an ipod screen, heh. :)

[SlapFunkWarrior]

wow , i did not realize this was such a big deal. i removed m sig pic. sorry for the over consumption of space.

just 1 q from me.... what the hell are you all diong on dial up still. its 2007/08 . lets upgrade ppl. broad band is like 3 dollars a month more than dial up. really.

[Tanya]

It's not even just about being on dialup or not, it's also screen/resolution size. Sigs should be made so that they're at least comfortable to view on a 15" screen/800x600 pixel resolution without having to scroll waaay over or have the sig take up most of the page.

I try to keep my sig about the same size as my info box on the left so that it doesn't cause issues... and I also unclick the sig box on the fast reply a lot of times, because no one needs to see it like 5 times on one page.

[Darrow]

There is the option of not seeing sigs at all. Just change the setting in the user CP. But then I can't see the links I have in my sig. When ever I need to get the the TSRM I come on here and click the link in my sig. 6 of one and half a dozen of the other I guess.

[Sawbladz]

I changed it...it's now a few pixels smaller. lol

[SilverMk2]

Guys take the BS elsewhere we don't need it here or :ss_ban: I'm still not even sure why this jihad was launched.

[Junkie]

Aaron, I'll take the ban ...... see ya.

[SilverMk2]

Aaron, I'll take the ban ...... see ya.

You know who it was directed at. And keep the crap out of this thread please....

[CJSREDPRA]

Aaron,

You have a PM.

[mavrick666999]

hows my sig any complaints?

[CJSREDPRA]

Looks fine to me.

For the most part, we just have issues w/ peeps who put in REALLY BIG ASS PICTURES IN THEIR SIG's & they don't know how to resize the bloody things before inserting them. Some of the more offending peeps who have had them lately (they know who they are) have fixed them. Or the Admins fixed the pics "for them".

[Chrisfrom1986]

a 15" screen/800x600 pixel resolution

Even I use 1024x768 on my crap 15" crt monitor... 800x600 is way too... zoomed in? Hell with it set at 800x600 Eng's sig takes up half the page itself.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/xok/random/reso.jpg

[johnh7]

what about my sig is it to big?? ill resize it if to big.

[Austin E]

what about my sig is it to big?? ill resize it if to big.

Nope, your absolutely fine.

[Fastspoolsupra]

Testing out the new signature

[Tire Shredder]

:ss_ban: ^^^

[turbogoo1]

1983 Supra, 1987 Supra
Make it any smaller and you will be looking down the barrel of a Smith and Wesson .50 before your head explodes like a pumpkin being smashed.

E-thug in da house!

[Austin E]

1983 Supra, 1987 Supra
Make it any smaller and you will be looking down the barrel of a Smith and Wesson .50 before your head explodes like a pumpkin being smashed.

I wish i was a gangsta like you! I didn't know Smith and Wesson made bb guns for kids to play with.

[Road Ripper]

I would just appreciate that the sizes of the sig pics be corrected. There's one member in particular who's pic of his red 85 sdr is HUGE, while the other pic of his late 84 2-tone is small (correct). It always makes me have to side-scroll to read posts when he posts in a thread. PLEASE fix this (member formerly known as some_guy...) Thank you :).

[Fastspoolsupra]

I wish i was a gangsta like you! I didn't know Smith and Wesson made bb guns for kids to play with.

Jesus partner, it was a joke.

Chill...

[84ptype]

I would just appreciate that the sizes of the sig pics be corrected. There's one member in particular who's pic of his red 85 sdr is HUGE, while the other pic of his late 84 2-tone is small (correct). It always makes me have to side-scroll to read posts when he posts in a thread. PLEASE fix this (member formerly known as some_guy...) Thank you :).

this is me..but it has never showed up big for me...it always showed up the same as the blue two tone.

[Road Ripper]

Weird. I just looked at this post on my wife's computer and the pic was small, but on my computer the pic is still huge and makes me have to side-scroll to read everything! I don't know what's up with that...

[Lee_MA61]

Is my Sig to ridiculous for the new format?

[Malloy]

Why not take the line spacing out?

[Lee_MA61]

how about this? ;)

[johnh7]

so is mine too big then??
again sorry just asking.

[sowsley]

so is mine too big then??
again sorry just asking.

Pretty big.

[Malloy]

so is mine too big then??
again sorry just asking.

I took the spacing out. Do you really need your email in your sig when its already in your profile? Also, you could use just the images and link to your website(s)

[discoelk]

So, these massive sigs are starting to bug me. I don't really want to call people out but,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/SpeedyTRDSupra/Sig7.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v95/SpeedyTRDSupra/ALEXSIG.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g89/gt-s_photos/new%20album/100_5829-4.jpg

Are these really necessary? I know my sig isn't a single line or anything but come on. I'm down for no sigs at all if i gotta scroll through this stuff on every thread.

[Tanya]

Technically David, your sig is too large as well. Malloy wants sigs no wider than 300px.

[discoelk]

Resizing now...but what's the point if everyone else has uber-huge sigs?

[Chrisfrom1986]

I dont see width as the problem at all. Its length. Im not helping, but not complaining either. Im just annoyed at avatar size and how mine just so magically happens to be microscopic compared to other people on this page alone.

[discoelk]

Honestly, it kinda drive me crazy sometimes. I don't care if it's super wide, but half the page shouldn't be sigs.

[Tanya]

I've had this argument before, but Malloy is dead set on 300pixels wide and he's been trying to get people to resize their sigs, one person at a time.

IMO 150x500 pixels is a nice size, even for 800px screens

[discoelk]

...resize or ban?

[Tanya]

He banned Alex for like 5 minutes awhile back bc Alex kept putting his 800 pixel wide sig up every time Mike deleted it, LOL

It was funnay!

[discoelk]

I just don't understand why he needs 2 sigs. Or why a sig has to be a life size picture of your car.

[Tanya]

My sig, what?

[discoelk]

Edited. No, yours is fine. I was talking about the ones I posted.

[86SupraFan]

I think the sig.s add personality, and help us remember who we are talking to. Please don't ban them.

Anyway, I don't even know how people make big pic. sig.s. I had a helluva time with the exisiting limitation of 19.5 kb of memory. I know that some people's are a helluva lot more than that. Are the new limitations grandfathering in the larger ones from senior members?