Signature Size Enforcement [Archive]

Brandon Martus

09-05-2006, 07:47

Using an idea from Kevin Irish (kirish (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?u=8734)) in this post (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=499009&postcount=16), your signature will now only display a maximum of 200px (12.5em). Any text or images that fall outside that 200px box will not show up on posts. They will still show on your profile, however, so use that however you want (within the rules..).

So, if your signature is missing a line or twelve at the bottom, it's not a bug or a problem with the software -- it's a problem with your signature; edit it as necessary.

Thanks,
Brandon

p.s. This is only going to work in Firefox, Netscape 6+, Opera 5+, and Safari 1.3+ and IE7.

Greg Marra

09-05-2006, 07:54

Hurrah!

Could this even be a user editable option in the control panel? *ducks*

Eugenia Gabrielov

09-05-2006, 07:59

Sounds rather spiffy...

Brandon Martus

09-05-2006, 08:06

Hurrah!

Could this even be a user editable option in the control panel? *ducks*
What options would you want? On/off? Maximum size?

I think the default (and guest browsing) would be at 200px/12.5em, still.

JVGazeley

09-05-2006, 08:12

Yay, thank you :)

DonRotolo

09-05-2006, 10:57

Thanks Brandon, it was getting out of hand.

Don

Richard Wallace

09-05-2006, 11:00

What options would you want? On/off? Maximum size?That sounds good.

I think the default (and guest browsing) would be at 200px/12.5em, still.That sounds good, too.

Elgin Clock

09-05-2006, 12:01

Would there be a way to just supress all signatures while browsing??

Brandon Martus

09-05-2006, 12:02

Would there be a way to just supress all signatures while browsing??
That is a current option somewhere in the user cp.

Richard Wallace

09-05-2006, 12:09

That is a current option somewhere in the user cp.The Show Signatures checkbox is found under Edit Options/Thread Display Options/Visible Post Elements.

Maybe that's the place to add a selection of maximum displayed signature height?

Greg Needel

09-05-2006, 12:10

Would there be a way to just supress all signatures while browsing??

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/profile.php?do=editoptions

third block area down from the top...it is a little check box.

Nita

09-05-2006, 15:24

Another forum I regularly browse adapted this about six months ago and I really liked the idea, but it became natural to me that all sigs would have a forced size limitation that I forgot about it completely until now! Thank you Brandon for your hard work trying to make these forums more viewer-friendly. :D

Dan Zollman

10-05-2006, 19:32

I'm guilty of using a large signature. Thanks for reminding/forcing me to fix it.

Rich Kressly

11-05-2006, 07:26

Hey Z, yours wasn't nearly as large as some. Thanks for making this happen, Brandon. Having spent my time acting as the signature police, I am very grateful for the electronic enforcement :) .

Adam Richards

11-05-2006, 15:20

Hey Z, yours wasn't nearly as large as some. Thanks for making this happen, Brandon. Having spent my time acting as the signature police, I am very grateful for the electronic enforcement :) .I agree. Thanks Brandon! Even though this doesn't work in some versions of IE (due to MS not fully supporting standards), it helps cut down on way oversized signatures that some people tended to create, without totally removing the feature of a signature. Great job on implementing the code!

Josh Hambright

12-05-2006, 07:43

Brandon your awesome, I've been waiting for this one to be developed for awhile! WAY TO GO!

Morgan Gillespie

12-05-2006, 14:57

Using an idea from Kevin Irish (kirish (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?u=8734)) in this post (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=499009&postcount=16), your signature will now only display a maximum of 200px (12.5em). Any text or images that fall outside that 200px box will not show up on posts. They will still show on your profile, however, so use that however you want (within the rules..).

So, if your signature is missing a line or twelve at the bottom, it's not a bug or a problem with the software -- it's a problem with your signature; edit it as necessary.

Thanks,
Brandon

p.s. This is only going to work in Firefox, Netscape 6+, Opera 5+, and Safari 1.3+ and IE7.
I run on AOL and by saying this doesn't work for me does that mean my signature appears different to me than it would to a IE7 or Firefox user? (If it is over the limit)

Brandon Martus

12-05-2006, 15:02

I run on AOL and by saying this doesn't work for me does that mean my signature appears different to me than it would to a IE7 or Firefox user? (If it is over the limit)
The difference being that you'll see it all .. those who have the feature supported will only see approximately 150-200 pixels of it.

Jaine Perotti

07-07-2006, 13:17

Old-ish topic, I know, but I wanted to bring up something I noticed.

Normally, I use a PC with Mozilla Firefox, and the 200 px cutoff works fine.
But here, a work, I use a mac with Safari, and I have noticed that Safari cuts off more than 200 pixels on people's signatures (or it cuts off more than Firefox does). I first noticed it when looking at Arefin's signature (which I guess is close to 200 px), and the very bottom of it is cut off when I am using Safari, but is entirely visible when using Firefox.

Maybe this is a bug - if not, I can live with it, but if it's a problem I thought you might want to know. It might be related to the new feature that allows people to say what event they are attending underneath their signature (maybe one browser considers it a part of the signature, and the other doesn't?).

I like the addition of the 200px display limit... makes reading the forums much easier. Thanks!

kirish

07-07-2006, 13:53

The reason for the differences across browsers is in the way each handles the specifics of font sizing. The same CSS font size (from xx-large to xx-small, with default being medium) may have slightly different pixel counts between different browsers and platforms. Also, the spacing between lines is subject to browser defaults because the line-spacing attribute is not defined in ChiefDelphi's style sheet.

The reason this is all relevant is two-fold. First, it effects the actual size that the signature occupies. Second, the signature maximum height is not actually defined as 200px (pixels), but as 12.5em (which is approximately 200 pixels). An em unit size is a function of the text size, which as I mentioned can vary slightly. This is not a bug on Brandon's part, but an expected (although possibly undesirable) deviation.

Booger

12-07-2006, 15:00

Yea good job guys, you guys rock!

Yea!

Awesome!

Excellent!

Big signatures are really annoying.

First post!! Yeah!