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TeaLeaf

March 17, 2006, 03:26:42 PM Last Edit: March 09, 2018, 09:31:36 AM by Penfold
Adopted Forum Signature Size: 400x75 pixels max, and a file size no greater than 22kb.

Forum signatures have started creeping up in size again folks.  I just read one thread where the same person posted two one line posts, one after the other in the same thread.  After deduction of my browser frame and the task bar his two posts completely filled by 18" monitor screen.

I delved into the signature and found it to be a massive 410 x 180 Jpg taking up a whopping 55kb   :blink:  

I had to edit one user's signature today and remove not one but FOUR separate [img] tags that took up about 1,200 x 300   :blink:

Please remember that the general forum settings used to allow a signature of 96 x 96 .  The first of the above signatures used some EIGHT times this amount and the second one used up a staggering THIRTY-NINE times as much space :(

I know 96x96 is small, so I'm not asking people to restrict to that size, but just to remember that the signature should be a *minor* part of your post, not the majority of the content and all of the quality ;)

If you want to show off your artwork please link to it in the appropriate section.  Signatures are great, but they are signatures not the post themselves.  So PLEASE let's try to keep the signature size down please, this is after all a forum not a gallery.

Thank you.

TL.

PLEASE ALSO KEEP YOUR AVATAR'S SMALL TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WHITE SPACE IN EACH POST.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

suicidal_monkey

#1
March 17, 2006, 04:12:16 PM
you can turn them off even the small ones get to you as well in user options ;)
[SIGPIC].[/SIGPIC]

TeaLeaf

#2
March 17, 2006, 04:15:28 PM
Yep, I can also block them for all users on the forums, but then you'd not get to see them at all whatever you put in your personal options.   :P

The real answer is to be reasonable and the above need to consider if they are the wrong side of the reasonable line.  Which side do you think they were?

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

suicidal_monkey

#3
March 17, 2006, 04:28:28 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by TeaLeaf@Mar 17 2006, 04:15 PM
Yep, I can also block them for all users on the forums, but then you'd not get to see them at all whatever you put in your personal options.  :P

The real answer is to be reasonable and the above need to consider if they are the wrong side of the reasonable line. Which side do you think they were?

TL.
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I agree that many sigs are ott :) some people may wish to turn them off entirely, just reminding them that they can ;)
[SIGPIC].[/SIGPIC]

DuVeL

#4
March 17, 2006, 04:43:14 PM
Is mine to big? (signature that is  :norty: )
If so, please let me know.
Survivor of LAN V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXIV, XXX, XXXII, XXXIV and XXXVI so far...
[QUOTE]Lionheart; Grolsch to DuVeL is like spinache to Popeye [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Cheesepuff...A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Ninja_Freak, a young Man whose life will have a great significance in years to come.Ninja has only one protector - DuVeL - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Ninja_Freak & attempt to terminate him.
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Doorman

#5
March 17, 2006, 04:54:19 PM
Signatures? What signatures?  :ph34r:










     

TeaLeaf

#6
March 17, 2006, 05:10:05 PM
As you asked Duvel, I find that size about twice as big as is acceptable.  You are the happy owner of the above mentioned "410 x 180 Jpg taking up a whopping 55kb".

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

delanvital

#7
March 17, 2006, 05:35:20 PM
Funny you should do such a post. I have just scaled mine down prior to that. Not that it was that much of a nuisance anyway.

DuVeL

#8
March 17, 2006, 06:02:32 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by TeaLeaf@Mar 17 2006, 07:10 PM
As you asked Duvel, I find that size about twice as big as is acceptable. You are the happy owner of the above mentioned "410 x 180 Jpg taking up a whopping 55kb".

TL.
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1 thing about the size, on the left side you also see all the information like
Tealeaf,
Admin...
....
.....
and so, that also takes space. I had the sig about the size of this so it wouldn't take up extra space. I'll rerquest a nice sig from Doris plz with the apropiate size.

Arctic Fire, check this thread.... ;)  :whistle:
Survivor of LAN V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXIV, XXX, XXXII, XXXIV and XXXVI so far...
[QUOTE]Lionheart; Grolsch to DuVeL is like spinache to Popeye [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Cheesepuff...A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Ninja_Freak, a young Man whose life will have a great significance in years to come.Ninja has only one protector - DuVeL - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Ninja_Freak & attempt to terminate him.
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Othbarty

#9
March 17, 2006, 06:12:25 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by DuVeL@Mar 17 2006, 07:02 PM
1 thing about the size, on the left side you also see all the information like
Tealeaf,
Admin...
....
.....
and so, that also takes space. I had the sig about the size of this so it wouldn't take up extra space. I'll rerquest a nice sig from Doris plz with the apropiate size.
[post=117798]Quoted post[/post]
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I would guess its not only about the actual size of the img, but if you got 55kb on every post on a topic, it would greatly increase the loadtime of that paricular page, and if ten ppl accessed that page it would greatly increase the load on the server...

And the userinfo below the avater is just text, thats not that big..
-=[dMw]=-Othbarty  ::  Mighty Cheese Event
"Trust the awesomeness!" - Skippy the Magnificent

Doris

#10
March 17, 2006, 09:10:34 PM
400 x 80 resonable?


i could sclae it down .. and duvel ill make you one soon


vG.

outofsync

#11
March 17, 2006, 09:48:48 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Doris@Mar 17 2006, 09:10 PM
400 x 80 resonable?
i could sclae it down .. and duvel ill make you one soon
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Can anyone make a BF2 themed sig for me?
-=[dMw]=-outofsync

Maus

#12
March 18, 2006, 08:23:26 PM
The NS forums have a sensible sig rule: 400x75 pixels max, and a file size no greater than 22kb. Not bad guidelines.

Doris

#13
March 18, 2006, 08:43:48 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by outofsync@Mar 17 2006, 09:48 PM
Can anyone make a BF2 themed sig for me?
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LINK:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/dMwDoris/outofsync.gif


vG.

TeaLeaf

#14
March 18, 2006, 09:06:03 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Maus@Mar 18 2006, 09:23 PM
The NS forums have a sensible sig rule: 400x75 pixels max, and a file size no greater than 22kb. Not bad guidelines.
[post=117954]Quoted post[/post]
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Seems a lot more reasonable to me :D

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)
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