Instead of taking away members' abilities to express themselves, we are just going to require some re-arrangement of their content. I have just added a new field to everyone's profiles known as one's 'extended signature'. It is not quite as limited because it will not hinder with the viewing of the board. HTML can also be used in your extended signature.
Upcoming Additional Limits To Main Signatures:
- Cannot use vertical marquees. Horizontal marquees are fine, but vertical marquees will distort the page on certain browsers. For some they either will not load (leaving a long list of text and images) or they will not load immediately (leaving a long list until everything loads, then the page starts reconfiguring itself). I am talking about something to the effect of this...
[vmarquee=2]Vertical Marquee - Can No Longer Use In Signatures[/vmarquee]
[marquee]Horizontal Marquee - This Is Okay[/marquee]
- Cannot use DHTML or any other unusual or dynamic content. Won't load on all browsers and could distort the page.
- Cannot include music or video, even if it does not start by default.
- Cannot exceed roughly half a page on 1024x768. We're not going to pull out a ruler, but please try to aim for half a page at the most. We have visitors with all resolutions, and having signatures that consume the post is not really all that respectful to others who just want to view the thread. Compared to some boards, even half a page is considered a lot.
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When It Comes To The Extended Sig...
- Use vertical marquees as much as you want. "Sig" members all you want. It's your profile that you would be potentially distorting.
![bluetongue.gif](http://www.cspacezone.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/bluetongue.gif)
- Please, no music or video... It could be removed by a moderator if caught.
- Nothing excessively huge. Remember who's server will have to serve it.
![ShiftyEyes_anim.gif](http://www.cspacezone.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/ShiftyEyes_anim.gif)
- Do anything you can also do in your regular sig. If your sig will exceed roughly half a page on 1024x768, please move something to your extended sig so the dimensions are alright.
- Anything placed in one's extended sig that is against the general rules will require action to be taken as with anything else on the site.
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This will be managed by the moderators as of October 11th (a week from today), but I'd recommend that you start thinking about reconfiguring your sig as of right now (or just doing it now). Moderators with profile-editing abilities will be able to re-arrange it without notice if necessary, however anything removed from your main sig that is not against the general board rules will be transferred to the bottom of your extended sig.