a 300 character limits on sigs?
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a 300 character limits on sigs?
talk about pain when trying to put links in sigs, I can understand a limit say 500 but 300 is too small, IMO
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"There's also a five line limit on signatures. That includes empty lines. It's also based on a maximized browser window at 1024x768 screen resolution, with no child windows (like search or bookmarks) open."
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I asked the DVD Talk tech god if he could open a socket to fix this glitch [and another one limiting poll options to 100 characters], but it might not be possible?
He gave me a tip for shortening the urls [http://tinyurl.com/], but I haven't gotten around to trying it..
He gave me a tip for shortening the urls [http://tinyurl.com/], but I haven't gotten around to trying it..
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I was going to suggest www.tinyurl.com myself. Perfect for long links.
Example: http://tinyurl.com/54c9b
Example: http://tinyurl.com/54c9b
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It's interesting that some sigs are well over this imagined 300 limit. Does this limit actually exist, or is it a number someone conjured up because their sig wouldn't work?
I recently tried to post a quote and was told (in two different ways) I need at least 3 characters.
Let's count, shall we: [ (1) Q (2) U (3) O (4) T (5) E (6)...
I recently tried to post a quote and was told (in two different ways) I need at least 3 characters.
Let's count, shall we: [ (1) Q (2) U (3) O (4) T (5) E (6)...
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It's interesting that some sigs are well over this imagined 300 limit. Does this limit actually exist, or is it a number someone conjured up because their sig wouldn't work?
I recently tried to post a quote and was told (in two different ways) I need at least 3 characters.
Let's count, shall we: [ (1) Q (2) U (3) O (4) T (5) E (6)...
It's interesting that some sigs are well over this imagined 300 limit. Does this limit actually exist, or is it a number someone conjured up because their sig wouldn't work?
I recently tried to post a quote and was told (in two different ways) I need at least 3 characters.
Let's count, shall we: [ (1) Q (2) U (3) O (4) T (5) E (6)...
And the 300 limit has to do with updating sigs, not retrieving them. Also, the limit is on the web scripts not the database, so old sigs are still stored and displayed.
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Yeah, I thought of the concept of old vs new (post v3) sigs. But it seems to me that El’s sig has changed since v3? Of course, I could be wrong, and frequently am.
But the quote problem is obviously a bug, yes?
But the quote problem is obviously a bug, yes?
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It shouldn't bet too hard to filter out url's when tabulating a proposed sig's character length. That way you can still have your five line max while being able to include links. Don't believe me? Then wh
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Originally Posted by Wizdar
Yeah, I thought of the concept of old vs new (post v3) sigs. But it seems to me that El’s sig has changed since v3? Of course, I could be wrong, and frequently am.
But the quote problem is obviously a bug, yes?
But the quote problem is obviously a bug, yes?
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Any news on this? I got no complaints about the 5 line rule, but, like people said, with links, it's very easy to go over 300 chars. and still be less than 5 lines.
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Yeah, i've been wantin' to change mine for a while now, even get rid of one or two of my links..
And that 100 character poll limit thing is annoying once a week..
And that 100 character poll limit thing is annoying once a week..
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This blows goats.
I just checked my little sig, and it's 297 characters (including spaces). If I take out the formatting, it's 70 fewer.
talemyn's comes in 7 short of the limit, not counting formatting.
Rogue588 is over by at least 2 just with the quote, never mind all the links.
We'll be reading about Dragon*Con 2004 well into the next decade.
And the question will be "Who the hell is Shaq?"
Goats never had it so good.
I just checked my little sig, and it's 297 characters (including spaces). If I take out the formatting, it's 70 fewer.
talemyn's comes in 7 short of the limit, not counting formatting.
Rogue588 is over by at least 2 just with the quote, never mind all the links.
We'll be reading about Dragon*Con 2004 well into the next decade.
And the question will be "Who the hell is Shaq?"
Goats never had it so good.
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Originally Posted by Wizdar
I just checked my little sig, and it's 297 characters (including spaces). If I take out the formatting, it's 70 fewer.
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Originally Posted by Venusian
Can't you use tinyurl for the links?
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I'm pretty sure my signature says it all regarding my thoughts on this...
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I don't understand the 300 character limit on signatures. Five lines, sure, I can see that... even if some of our more, ahem, august members seem to use more lines than that...
But 300 characters? The other day I had a great quote I wanted to use... it was more than 300 characters. I took out 2 sentences and completely bastardized the humor of the thing...still longer than 300 characters.
I mean, this isn't about server space... this entire forum is stored in a database, and virtually every comment here is more than 300 characters. I cannot believe that adding in an extra 200-700 characters to the limit would really affect bandwith or server response time.
And there's gotta be a single switch setting in vBulletin to bump this limit up. Or a very simple patch. Can someone explain why the sig limit is so low?
I don't understand the 300 character limit on signatures. Five lines, sure, I can see that... even if some of our more, ahem, august members seem to use more lines than that...
But 300 characters? The other day I had a great quote I wanted to use... it was more than 300 characters. I took out 2 sentences and completely bastardized the humor of the thing...still longer than 300 characters.
I mean, this isn't about server space... this entire forum is stored in a database, and virtually every comment here is more than 300 characters. I cannot believe that adding in an extra 200-700 characters to the limit would really affect bandwith or server response time.
And there's gotta be a single switch setting in vBulletin to bump this limit up. Or a very simple patch. Can someone explain why the sig limit is so low?