Signature FAQ
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Signature FAQ The size limit for signature images is 500 pixels wide by 150 pixels high.
Animated images are not allowed in signatures (with the exception of small smileys).
Flash (swf) files cannot be included in signatures.
NWS (non-work-safe) images are not allowed in signatures.
The limit for text in signatures is 8 lines of standard-size text.
Advertising contact information for your non-sponsor business is not allowed.
Any signature content that does not meet these requirements is liable to being edited/removed without warning (and you should not replace something that has been removed by a moderator/admin).
Any software programs which can resize images and save them in JPG format can be used to resize images to appropriate size for use in signatures, including:
Adobe Photoshop
Jasc Paint Shop Pro (purchased by Corel in October 2004 )
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Photo Editor (comes with Office 97/2000/2002)
Microsoft Picture Manager (comes with Office 2003)
GIMP
Serif PhotoPlus (review)
IrfanView
Or a free online (no software to install) tool such as http://www.myimager.com/
If you don't already have web-hosting space available at a site which allows off-site image usage, you can host a signature image at one of these free sites that does allow off-site image use (Webshots, Yahoo, MSN, and many others, do not!):
http://www.photobucket.com/
http://www.imageshack.us/
http://www.tinypic.com/
http://www.putfile.com/
http://www.imagethrust.com/
http://www.storemypic.com/
http://www.uploadyourimages.com/
http://www.bighosting.net/
http://www.cardomain.com/
http://www.imgspot.com/
http://www.hotlinkhost.net/
http://www.imagevenue.com/
http://www.xs.to/ (http://www.free-image-hosting.us/)
http://www.imagehosting.us/
http://www.yesalbum.com/
http://www.thefilehut.com/
http://www.desearch.net/
http://www.uploadx.net/
http://www.photohosting.info/
http://www.myimagehosting.com/
http://www.filepost.us/
http://www.imagedump.us/
To insert an image in your signature after it's hosted, use the direct address of your image (starts with 'http://' and ends with '.jpg') - not the address of the page to display it, and place it between [img] and [/img] codes in your signature.
To edit your signature, go to the User CP and go to the Edit Signature section.
'Edit Profile Picture' does not have any connection to / effect on your signature.
Animated images are not allowed in signatures (with the exception of small smileys).
Flash (swf) files cannot be included in signatures.
NWS (non-work-safe) images are not allowed in signatures.
The limit for text in signatures is 8 lines of standard-size text.
Advertising contact information for your non-sponsor business is not allowed.
Any signature content that does not meet these requirements is liable to being edited/removed without warning (and you should not replace something that has been removed by a moderator/admin).
Any software programs which can resize images and save them in JPG format can be used to resize images to appropriate size for use in signatures, including:
Adobe Photoshop
Jasc Paint Shop Pro (purchased by Corel in October 2004 )
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Photo Editor (comes with Office 97/2000/2002)
Microsoft Picture Manager (comes with Office 2003)
GIMP
Serif PhotoPlus (review)
IrfanView
Or a free online (no software to install) tool such as http://www.myimager.com/
If you don't already have web-hosting space available at a site which allows off-site image usage, you can host a signature image at one of these free sites that does allow off-site image use (Webshots, Yahoo, MSN, and many others, do not!):
http://www.photobucket.com/
http://www.imageshack.us/
http://www.tinypic.com/
http://www.putfile.com/
http://www.imagethrust.com/
http://www.storemypic.com/
http://www.uploadyourimages.com/
http://www.bighosting.net/
http://www.cardomain.com/
http://www.imgspot.com/
http://www.hotlinkhost.net/
http://www.imagevenue.com/
http://www.xs.to/ (http://www.free-image-hosting.us/)
http://www.imagehosting.us/
http://www.yesalbum.com/
http://www.thefilehut.com/
http://www.desearch.net/
http://www.uploadx.net/
http://www.photohosting.info/
http://www.myimagehosting.com/
http://www.filepost.us/
http://www.imagedump.us/
To insert an image in your signature after it's hosted, use the direct address of your image (starts with 'http://' and ends with '.jpg') - not the address of the page to display it, and place it between [img] and [/img] codes in your signature.
To edit your signature, go to the User CP and go to the Edit Signature section.
'Edit Profile Picture' does not have any connection to / effect on your signature.
