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Kaffe 
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 Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:20 am Post subject: The Avatar and Signature Tutorial |
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The Avatar and Signature Tutorial
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There seems to be quite some confusion about signatures and avatars. Some people have a problem with not finding how/where to add/change them. Some people seem confused over what signatures and avatars may show and how big they are allowed be. Some people are just over-all confused. Hopefully this tutorial will straighten out all your questionmarks regarding avatar and signatures. Enjoy!
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Keef
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Avatar and Signature Sizes
Avatar Images need to be 160x220
Signature Banners must be no larger than 500x150
If you are using more than one image, then collectively they must not exceed the space a 500x150 image would.
All images MUST be General Audience appropriate. Absolutely no AP or UFI material is allowed and will incur a forum ban until fixed.
Check out this link for more information about what GA, AP and UFI means.
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Keef
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Where to remote host your images for your siggy.
In order for any image beyond your avatar to appear in the forums you are going to have to upload and store that image someplace on the internet. Luckily there are several image hosting services that do this for free.
Free images hosting sites.
http://imageshack.us/
http://tinypic.com/
http://photobucket.com/
http://www.imagecave.com/
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Keef
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Where do I add my avatar/signature to the forums?
Scroll Down to the bottom of the forums and click the ‘Profile’ link.
...or just use this link.
When the page is loaded, here is where you add your signature.
Before you're done, check that you have the right options set. What is shown below is the standard, so it should look like this from the beginning.
Avatar images can no longer be added using the forum profile page. Add them on the account settings page.
Size allowed is 160x220pixels and up to 200kb. Uploader accepts many formats including jpg, tiff, png and gif.
PNGs sometimes will not upload if you are using IE. Try another browser if you have a problem.
However, please ignore the signature uploader on the Account Settings page. It does not recognize BBCode at the best of times -- and sometimes just doesn't work at all.
info edited on 3 December 2011 ~ Min
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Keef
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Signature Codes
Basic text link for forums
| Code: | | [url=Link URL here]Text for the link here[/url] |
Basic Signature Image for forums
| Code: | | [img]Image URL here[/img] |
Linked Image for forums
| Code: | | [url=Link URL here][IMG]Image URL here[/IMG][/url] |
Linked Image for forums with text below
| Code: | [url=Link URL here][IMG]Image URL here[/IMG]
This text is part of the link as well[/url] |
And while we are at it, some code for your Homepage or Product Page...
Linked Image for Homepage or Product Page
| Code: | | <a href="Link URL here"><img src="Image URL here"></a> |
Linked Image for Homepage or Product Page - with text box, for others to copy your code from
| Code: | <a href="Link URL here"><img src="Image URL here"></a>
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<textarea><a href="Link URL here"><img src="Image URL here"></a></textarea> |
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