Topic: Dealing with Signature spam ? (Here's my today's irrevelant post) (Read 4652 times)
You can easily switch off signatures in profile. There should be some rules about signature size though.
October 23, 2012, 07:32:05 AM
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October 22, 2012, 01:05:33 PM
It's not THAT bad, is it?
October 21, 2012, 07:28:23 PM
I guess the best solution would be some kind of “expand” button that makes the sig full size when clicked, but that'd probably be more complicated than a simple CSS style change. Thanks for considering, though!
October 21, 2012, 07:00:12 PM
Actually, overflow:auto is annoying because my cursor occasionally ends up in a signature while I'm scrolling down a page and then my browser thinks that I want to scroll through the signature instead of the page. So I removed that.
October 21, 2012, 06:53:32 PM
OK, I made it 4em and overflow:auto.
October 21, 2012, 05:31:10 PM
I think max-height: 3em should normally match 3 lines. For some reason, 4em seems to come closer to exactly three lines in this case. Might be a good idea to test in a few different browsers to make sure it's consistent. But whatever the em value is, it should automatically scale to match the overall font size in use.
3em should be 3 lines of text, the extra 1em is for the line spacing probably.
Or not...
October 21, 2012, 05:19:28 PM
I think max-height: 3em should normally match 3 lines. For some reason, 4em seems to come closer to exactly three lines in this case. Might be a good idea to test in a few different browsers to make sure it's consistent. But whatever the em value is, it should automatically scale to match the overall font size in use.
October 21, 2012, 01:24:00 PM
Please consider making it overflow : auto rather than overflow : hidden. That way if someone wants to view the rest of the signature, they can (it adds scrollbars as needed without losing the advantage of the size being limited). Just because someone doesn't want to see the whole signature doesn't mean everyone else doesn't.
Also, I'd make the height relative (e.g. em or ex units), not absolute. Pixel units do not take into account the user's screen size and discriminate against people with visual impairments who may need to use a larger font size. Relative units allow the size to remain reasonable under different conditions.
Also, I'd make the height relative (e.g. em or ex units), not absolute. Pixel units do not take into account the user's screen size and discriminate against people with visual impairments who may need to use a larger font size. Relative units allow the size to remain reasonable under different conditions.
I'm not very familiar with Web length units. What should I use to make it about 3 lines of default-sized text?
October 21, 2012, 09:51:26 AM
why u got an advert in your sig then?
October 21, 2012, 12:55:57 AM
Please consider making it overflow : auto rather than overflow : hidden. That way if someone wants to view the rest of the signature, they can (it adds scrollbars as needed without losing the advantage of the size being limited). Just because someone doesn't want to see the whole signature doesn't mean everyone else doesn't.
Also, I'd make the height relative (e.g. em or ex units), not absolute. Pixel units do not take into account the user's screen size and discriminate against people with visual impairments who may need to use a larger font size. Relative units allow the size to remain reasonable under different conditions.
Also, I'd make the height relative (e.g. em or ex units), not absolute. Pixel units do not take into account the user's screen size and discriminate against people with visual impairments who may need to use a larger font size. Relative units allow the size to remain reasonable under different conditions.
October 06, 2012, 04:40:11 AM
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Edit: oh and Transisto - your sig you made for that exact advert that you dislike, is now truncated, so you should be disbarred from the competition IMO
I'm following the contest rules, I really hope to win the Quad miner.Edit: oh and Transisto - your sig you made for that exact advert that you dislike, is now truncated, so you should be disbarred from the competition IMO
October 06, 2012, 02:57:04 AM
strongly agree
October 05, 2012, 09:59:38 PM
AdBlockPlus w/ Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon, click adblock plus icon, select element to hide, then select the "signature field" then click add element hiding rule.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2hrkwrz688a5ta/Untitled.jpg
That is, if the signatures bother you.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b2hrkwrz688a5ta/Untitled.jpg
That is, if the signatures bother you.
October 05, 2012, 09:38:36 PM
So ... anyone know how to make a 3 line table that doesn't get screwed up as mine is?
Yeah my sig code is WAY larger now - more work for the forum software
(I'm using 8pt which seems to be the same size as a normal sig)
Edit: oh and Transisto - your sig you made for that exact advert that you dislike, is now truncated, so you should be disbarred from the competition IMO
Yeah my sig code is WAY larger now - more work for the forum software
(I'm using 8pt which seems to be the same size as a normal sig)
Edit: oh and Transisto - your sig you made for that exact advert that you dislike, is now truncated, so you should be disbarred from the competition IMO
October 05, 2012, 02:41:55 PM
I increased the allowed number of characters in signatures to 2000.
October 05, 2012, 01:42:22 PM
Since size is no longer a problem, I increased the allowed number of characters in signatures to 2000.
Use a smaller font.
I strongly disapprove of the signature change. I have my own threads I would like to advertise in my signature and I can't because there is not enough room now.
Use a smaller font.
October 05, 2012, 01:28:47 PM
I strongly disapprove of the signature change. I have my own threads I would like to advertise in my signature and I can't because there is not enough room now.
October 05, 2012, 10:35:23 AM
It's a standard CSS2 property, and http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_max-height.asp claims that it's supported in all the major browsers (though not in IE6 or earlier). If it's not supported, the only side-effect is that you see the entire signature instead of just the top 30pt.
This seems to work well. I added it. I used 42px instead of 30pt -- the same height limit as ads. Thanks!
October 05, 2012, 10:22:06 AM
Why bother parsing the signature markup when you can just put this in the CSS?
Is that widely-supported?
It's a standard CSS2 property, and http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_max-height.asp claims that it's supported in all the major browsers (though not in IE6 or earlier). If it's not supported, the only side-effect is that you see the entire signature instead of just the top 30pt.
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