Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

My own signature is only 18.3 K and it's .PNG formatted (my apologies to IE6 or less users, but upgrade to IE7 or FireFox to enjoy it's transparency goodness)

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

CW's sig is 41k. Azselendor's is 18k. Most of the avatar pics on here are 2-5k. I will agree that 41k is a bit large for a sig graphics. 10-20k seems reasonable to me.

Of course, it would also be best if users had the option to not show sig graphics.

That seems like it would be a bit difficult to implement though if you want to allow other graphics in the message. Sigs are part of the message itself, unlike the avatar, so if you have the option to not allow sig graphics, you'd have to not allow ANY graphics in the messages.

Changing the forum so that sigs are a separate part of a message seems like it would be a fairly large adjustment to the code architecture.

So, 500k is a reasonable limit because it also affects graphics in the messages themselves.

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

Well, the sig is not actually part of the message data; it is pulled from the profile every time the post is loaded. You can witness this by editing your signature, then reviewing old posts. Any image filtering would be done in this step, separate from the post body.

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

Hey, CW, I got a little itch to make a sig, so I made one for you.

http://www.orbportals.com/fornow/ForCombatWombat.png

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

While you can't specifically remove from your site signature pictures, you can remove signatures from your view altogether. It's an option in your settings area.

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

As for what the statement at the top of the forum is about, I'm going to be announcing a policy on signature graphics. This won't affect most people, but I have gotten some complaints about some specific signatures that are a little over the top both in dimension and file size. I'll be putting up an individual graphic limit and a combined graphics limit. So that people don't have sig graphics that go across the whole screen on an average resolution size and that one page doesn't take forever to load because there are many high file size sig graphics on the page.

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

40k isn't bad.

Bad = When you scroll past the person's post your computer freezes up as it tries to play the graphics. =)

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

I personally am against all signatures.

They are just annoying, boastful, and spammy.

The sole exception is a functional sig like Mindi's, used to clearly identify her official status and responsibilities.

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

Well see my post a few posts back about how to remove signatures from your view if you haven't done it already.

Suck up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Re: \"some limits on graphics in signatures\"
 

While your effort is appreciated it just isn't the same, each of the images has a story behinfd it the way it is actually about the same story but that would be lost if I combined them also I think yours is larger than my 2 combined We will see what the restrictions become and work from there.