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30th April 2007, 2:57am
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#1 | | Hyphen Hyphen
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 15,085
| User: Signature Size
Note to all users:
New size limit:
100 pixels high by 500 wide
maximum filesize 100kb
The size for signatures was 500 wide x 150 high and 100kb in file size. If your current signature is larger than this, please can you reduce it. If your current signature just meets these restrictions, don't panic, you're not being asked to reduce it currently. If you change your signature in the near or distant future, we do ask that you follow the new guidelines for signature size, which is 500 wide x 100 high and 100kb file size, as a courtesy to AN staff and all AN users. Any changes to this will be posted here to keep users up to date with current AN guidelines on signature sizes.
Thanks for reading folks.
Last edited by Shannow; 5th July 2007 at 3:15pm.
Reason: clarification
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1st May 2007, 9:13pm
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#2 | | Forever Waiting.
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3,982
| Re: User: Signature Size
Do you know what the character limit is (for all text sigs) ?
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1st May 2007, 9:14pm
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#3 | | The Oncoming Storm Editor
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RFS Ravager
Posts: 15,709
| Re: User: Signature Size
200 characters, not including BBcode as far as I can remember.
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1st May 2007, 9:15pm
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#4 | | Forever Waiting.
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3,982
| Re: User: Signature Size
cheers.
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1st May 2007, 9:28pm
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#5 | | Forever Waiting.
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 3,982
| Re: User: Signature Size
I just got an error message there saying its 400 - "Your signature can not be longer than 400 characters including BBCode markup."
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1st May 2007, 9:31pm
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#6 | | The Oncoming Storm Editor
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Posts: 15,709
| Re: User: Signature Size
 I checked it a few minutes ago and I'm sure it said 200. Obviously need to get my eyes checked.
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25th June 2007, 5:44pm
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#7 | | Changed Man V4
Join Date: May 2002 Location: Breaking into H
Posts: 32,008
| Re: User: Signature Size
I just got a message about mine which is fair enough.
Question is - why is the limit this specifically?
Is it a bandwidth thing, or a space thing?
Is it both?
Does the height only count for images, or is it images and text?
If it's bandwidth, then should it be judged on the size of the file and not really the dimensions unless they are wild?
P.S Get the mods to fix theirs before they start correcting the users. HO HO HO
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25th June 2007, 5:49pm
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#8 | | MANLEGEND SuperMod
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 26,520
| Re: User: Signature Size
It seems to be a little arbitrary - as Shannow pointed out in the sig nazi site discussions thread about sig sizes, there is no noticeable difference from 100 - 150px.
Bandwidth I understand (I'm actually on AN right now by the graces of my phone's internet connection) - but the sizes seem plucked from the ether. | |
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25th June 2007, 5:58pm
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#9 | | Changed Man V4
Join Date: May 2002 Location: Breaking into H
Posts: 32,008
| Re: User: Signature Size
Yeah I cannot fathom why the 50px will make much difference.
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25th June 2007, 6:01pm
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#10 | | MANLEGEND SuperMod
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 26,520
| Re: User: Signature Size
With 1-3 lines of text in a post, it makes zero difference given the height of avatar+location+postcount+repimages+digg+post tools + messenger icons | |
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25th June 2007, 6:02pm
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#11 | | Changed Man V4
Join Date: May 2002 Location: Breaking into H
Posts: 32,008
| Re: User: Signature Size
Should porbably
start dishing out
infarctions for
extra
line bre
aks.
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25th June 2007, 6:03pm
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#12 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 26,956
| Re: User: Signature Size
Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaZeb  With 1-3 lines of text in a post, it makes zero difference given the height of avatar+location+postcount+repimages+digg+post tools + messenger icons | You're not suggesting that location, postcount, repimages and messenger icons are banished to the profiles only, are you?  | |
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25th June 2007, 6:05pm
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#13 | | MANLEGEND SuperMod
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 26,520
| Re: User: Signature Size
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Originally Posted by Stew You're not suggesting that location, postcount, repimages and messenger icons are banished to the profiles only, are you? | No, I'm not - I'm just agreeing with Marc that it's a set of bloody stupid and arbitrary numbers that make no good sense (asides from bandwidth) | |
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25th June 2007, 6:06pm
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#14 | | Changed Man V4
Join Date: May 2002 Location: Breaking into H
Posts: 32,008
| Re: User: Signature Size
The Location etc only really take up space when in Classic mode anyway.
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25th June 2007, 6:07pm
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#15 | | Fattly Drawn Boy SuperMod
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dundee
Posts: 16,308
| Re: User: Signature Size
I reckon join date, postcount and messenger icons could be banished to profile only and a case could be made for the rest.
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