| that's fine by me, 600x112 XD |
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| is there a reason for changing it again? too long to load or something? jw. |
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| ehehe, must have been my siggy from last night/this morning someone mentioned it on irc today don't worry, i fixed it, this is ok now, rite? xD |
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| I don't understand the reasoning behind the height restrictions on signatures. If load times were the case then shouldn't sigs just not be an option. Why is only height restricted when the length allowed is unchanging. You'd think if load times were an issue both height and width would be effected. And if there is a height restriction, why do you have the option to include up to ten items in your MAL sig... Do height restrictions apply to spoiler tags in a sig? If so, I don't think it should be that way. I mean, any slow load times would be the result of the one who, out of curiosity and of their own volition, clicked the spoiler tag. Perhaps a rule should be initiated where any images in a sig that exceeds the height restrictions has to have spoiler tags. Moderators will be checking sig sizes anyway. Also, does the height restriction pertain to only graphics or does it include everything in your signature area? (text, links, ect) If not, then, again, I don't understand the height restriction. One last thing, I don't personally have an issue with size restrictions. It's not my site, I didn't create it, so I could care less. Thought I would ask some questions for those who might not of thought to do so. |
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| High sigs are annoying. This is a forum board and not a site for big ads and banners. People like putting images and text into their signatures so why not let them have their fun. However we didn't want to take all the fun away so we only restricted the height. When a sig is too big, it's against the rules. Be it in a spoiler tag or not, since after clicking you see the full size sig that's against the rules. Same goes for text, it hasn't been mentioned so EVERYTHING in your sig will have to be within the 600x140 pixels. Text, or image(s). On that note, please change your sig, Umbra. (: |
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| I can't believe it. The second I finally bother to make a real sig, and I find out half way through that rules have been changed XD Oh well. It should be fine now :P |
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Umbra said: I don't understand the reasoning behind the height restrictions on signatures. If load times were the case then shouldn't sigs just not be an option. Why is only height restricted when the length allowed is unchanging. You'd think if load times were an issue both height and width would be effected. And if there is a height restriction, why do you have the option to include up to ten items in your MAL sig... MAL sigs aren't strictly for MAL, so you could make a higher sig to use somewhere else! |
| On that note, if people don't change their sigs, we will do it for them. :) |
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AnomalousOne said: Umbra said: I don't understand the reasoning behind the height restrictions on signatures. If load times were the case then shouldn't sigs just not be an option. Why is only height restricted when the length allowed is unchanging. You'd think if load times were an issue both height and width would be effected. And if there is a height restriction, why do you have the option to include up to ten items in your MAL sig... MAL sigs aren't strictly for MAL, so you could make a higher sig to use somewhere else! lol... That's what they said in IRC too. But if I set it to 10 rows in the signature page, then it'll effect ALL signatures that link to that picture, including MAL's. So unless I'm going to have a mal sig on some other site, and then not have a MAL sig here, that just doesn't make sense. I think Xinil might as well just set the maximum number of items on your sig list to 6. 7 would be over the 140 px limit. |
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| With some images around the sig, even 6 lines could break the rules. Also if you want to use the sig somewhere else, you'll simply have to decide whether you use it here or there. You could simply link, too. |
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| Eh... I don't even get why people want large sigs to begin with. It's just so fugly. So very fugly. I like our sig rules very much. Makes everything look a bit more aesthetically pleasing. If I had it my way I would make things even smaller, lol. Sad I don't. :D |
Crystal said: Eh... I don't even get why people want large sigs to begin with. It's just so fugly. So very fugly. I like our sig rules very much. Makes everything look a bit more aesthetically pleasing. Pretty much what I would say. I've never really seen a good large sig in my life. Small is best. |
Crystal said: Eh... I don't even get why people want large sigs to begin with. It's just so fugly. So very fugly. I like our sig rules very much. Makes everything look a bit more aesthetically pleasing. If I had it my way I would make things even smaller, lol. Sad I don't. :D /nods |
Crystal said: Eh... I don't even get why people want large sigs to begin with. It's just so fugly. So very fugly. I like our sig rules very much. Makes everything look a bit more aesthetically pleasing. If I had it my way I would make things even smaller, lol. Sad I don't. :D :( My sig could've used a bit of breathing room height wise... Could'a fit in 5 columns rather the 4 :P Plus I had all these great ideas for sigs that are now impossible. Doesn't really matter though, seeing as this is done and settled. |
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| Yosh! time to make the siggy bigger :P It's only 129 px in height :O |
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CanadaAotS said: Plus I had all these great ideas for sigs that are now impossible. Doesn't really matter though, seeing as this is done and settled. It was never allowed past 110px, nothing changed in the negative aspect |
| It doesn't really matter, but I'm just curious about what the max was before this? |
| Well if people have a problem not able to put their oversized pictures or signatures on the forum then don't act annoyed too the forum staff as they just do what is neccessary to keep this place smooth and running. I find it rather good its 600x110 I love to makes signatures and designing with anime stuff myself and I can say the best signatures usualy come out in aprox size of 500x100 to 500x120 so I don't see the big deal here :) And if you just wanna be a prick ( a figure of speaking ) then place those oversized pictures in your profile that should do the trick right ^^ |
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| The sig height restriction doesn't bother me. What frustrates me a little is the character limit. So, for example, if I made a very thin MAL sig showing 2 shows I am watching, and then I want to add a few very thin club or site banners (such that the total height of the sig doesn't exceed the rules) and I want each one to link to the corresponding club page or website or whatever, it would be very tricky because the character limits. Each character used to write out the url or the image location counts against the limits :) |
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| I'll keep this in mind when I finally bother to make my own! |
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MagicalEmi said: The sig height restriction doesn't bother me. What frustrates me a little is the character limit. So, for example, if I made a very thin MAL sig showing 2 shows I am watching, and then I want to add a few very thin club or site banners (such that the total height of the sig doesn't exceed the rules) and I want each one to link to the corresponding club page or website or whatever, it would be very tricky because the character limits. Each character used to write out the url or the image location counts against the limits :) Ezpk solution. Tinyurl/tinypic See my current sig? I managed to fit that bastard on another forum that had a THREE hundred character limit :P Edit: Btw, I had like, 6 characters to spare at the end xD |
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| Yeah 600 is a lot. Adding more to the limit won't hurt anything though, I don't think, seeing as we have the signature size restrictions in place. |
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| A couple things. First, I have no problem with people using spoiler tags in their sigs. You may have larger than 140px sigs ONLY when the sig is in the spoiler tag. Second, and I just thought of this. We're going to start imposing a 300Kb limit to sigs. That means your total signature cannot be larger than 300kb. I hate long loading sigs that make the rest of the page crawl. Third, I could increase the character limit, we'll see if it's really needed. |
| YES 600px by 140px FTW |
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| I know forums that don't have a sig limit, and you end up with sigs that fill an entire screen. It's just unnecessary. A signature should be a small blurb at the end of your post. Signatures -should not- be bigger than your average post. Just looks really bad :p . So...I'm all for stricter siggy limits. |
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| :( Anyone wanna spot what's wrong with mine? If you can't, I won't change it! |
Teeif said: :( Anyone wanna spot what's wrong with mine? If you can't, I won't change it! Seems fine to me. (: |
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Teeif said: :( Anyone wanna spot what's wrong with mine? If you can't, I won't change it! You mean besides it being 601 x 105...one pixel too big? :P |
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| Okay, that's not the first person who did the one pixel business. Please no more, alright? I see it as mocking our rules and our moderators. |
| Crystal you shouldnt let them get away with it, I say you should remove there sigs, even if its just 1 pixel too big. These guys need to respect the site. (also if this has already been done, sorry I always surf in work mode) |
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| We are giving the users a chance or two to change their sigs if they're over the limits, we don't delete or change their sigs right away. We will do that though if the PMs we're sending are ignored while the user is still active on the forums or the user refuses to change. Don't worry. :) |
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| Good because, and I might be a bit biased, that the mods work pretty hard for the site, and they dont need smartasses disrespecting both the sites rules and the mods trying to uphold them. |
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Xinil said: A couple things. First, I have no problem with people using spoiler tags in their sigs. You may have larger than 140px sigs ONLY when the sig is in the spoiler tag. Second, and I just thought of this. We're going to start imposing a 300Kb limit to sigs. That means your total signature cannot be larger than 300kb. I hate long loading sigs that make the rest of the page crawl. Third, I could increase the character limit, we'll see if it's really needed. Assuming no one is stupid enough to use .bmp pictures in their profile, I doubt anyone will need more then 300kb. Good rule. :P edit- wait, I dont even think it's possible for someone's sig to be more then 300 kb. Even if they take up the total possible space it'd only be around 250 kb lol. |
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Assuming no one is stupid enough to use .bmp pictures in their profile, I doubt anyone will need more then 300kb. Good rule. :P Animated .gifs can quickly push past that limit too - I've seen some signatures over a meg and a half thanks to animation. But most people who use them don't keep a close enough eye on file size, so it'll be good to have the limitation taking care of those too. |
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| If you don't know how to compress, .jpg pictures can reach those file sizes too. |
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Crystal said: Okay, that's not the first person who did the one pixel business. Please no more, alright? I see it as mocking our rules and our moderators. thats what I do yo :P |
| It looks shitty, but proof that you can do an animated gif signature under 300 kb: haha. |
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| Although this: Looks a lot better :P EDIT: no it doesnt... drrr missing a frame maybe? |
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