LAST EDITED ON 08-22-02 AT 11:59 PM (EST)

>Is 2 lines of font size=1
>text, acceptable?

Nope... one line of font size=2 (regular) is 15 pixels in height... two lines of font size=1 is 22 pixels in height...

If you choose to have a picture, you need to limit yourself to one line of text below it... Please note: one line of text BELOW a 60-pixel pic is already bending the rules.

You never know what might be up my sleeeve...

LAST EDITED ON 08-23-02 AT 08:43 PM (EST)

Okay, sleeeve, here's my new sig, and a question.

Swami

Since my sig pic is only 39 pixels, can I add a line of text below it (whenever I feel so moved?) The 'S' in my name kind of hangs below the pic, which is just the font's style, and I don't know if that changes anything regarding the overall signature size.

Swami
Sleeeve is so kind to answer my dumb questions.

(Edited to take out some unnecessary words. But then my explanation of the edit took more words than I deleted. Sigh. Sometimes you just can't win!))

As mentioned in the first post in this thread, and in AyaK's post on OT, we have decided to approve a single line of (size 1 or 2) text below any sig pic, even if the sig pic is already 60 pixels.

So yes... the line of text will be absolutely fine

Also... your lizard sig pic would be easy to resize down to 60 pixels, if you decide that you want to use it again at some point in the future .

...who thinks he's gonna have a hard time "recognizing" everyone with their new sigs.

LAST EDITED ON 08-23-02 AT 03:47 PM (EST)

sleeeve,
I totally agree when you say:
>>Frankly, there's nothing worse than a reply consisting of one
>>line of text, followed by 20 lines of signature.

As I take your point and AyaK's point on OT (and what Webby has posted in the past)--the idea is to be able to get the NEW content from a post (and thus a thread) without a ton of scrolling.

Another type of post that defeats that purpose is one that consists mostly of copying the previous person's reply and adding a line or a word. Double the problem if one has to struggle to figure out what part is the old post and what is new.

Now I would certainly not say there should be RULES about this--it's a style preference--but I want to point it out and ask people to think first before they copy most of a post in their reply only to add a line--what a waste of space that is and how little it adds to the thread.

It seems to me that the whole usefulness of quoting back to someone is to single out a PORTION of what they said and reply specifically. Sometimes it's a great way to reply in sections to a whole post and thus create a real dialogue--especially when an argument is being addressed--as in Spoilers. Or use it to show what part of a humorous post you liked the most, as we all do.

But if your reply to the post above is fairly general--well, we just finished reading that post, so doubling it up on us is simply redundant and therefore irritating. IMHO.

Please, my friends, more NEW content--less repetition. I DO want to read your thoughts, but I need to be able to find them without a sifter.

But maybe I'm the only one who feels that way, so let me ask sleeeve: what do you and the Blue Men think about it?

Edited to increase redundancy and add more NEW but BORING words Nobody's perfect.

she's got everything she needs; she's 60 pixels and she don't look back

>But maybe I'm the only one
>who feels that way, so
>let me ask sleeeve: what
>do you and the Blue
>Men think about it?

Well... I can't speak for the rest of the blue men, because there is no policy on this, we've never discussed it, and I'm not a mind reader, so instead I'll speak for myself.

Basically, I agree with everything you say. There are definately times when quoting is much more effective... like when you wanna respond to a very particular part of someone's message, and not the message as a whole... but yes... it does get redundant to have to read the same thing again and again, unless it has a purpose.

And I definately agree that things that are quoted (from anywhere, but a previous message is a good example) should be made clear... both so that you don't get accused of plagarism, and to make your arguments/opinions/thoughts easier to follow.

You never know what might be up my sleeeve...

LAST EDITED ON 08-25-02 AT 09:06 PM (EST)

Is this a rule...now......or, are you just testing the waters?

This has been a rule since June of 2001... I'm just adding it officially to the Help Forum since there were a number of violations, recently.

You never know what might be up my sleeeve...

How about an "honor system"? When a thread reaches a certain (undetermined) length, posters with large sigs need to edit/remove sig? Now that's complicated! Brain storm...it'll pass....Creative outlets deserve attention.

I'm trying to get the letters to type onto my logo (next to the typewriter, 'natch), and uploaded a Gif89a. Doesn't seem to work. Any help available?

And why does this have all the type when viewed on Windows machine, and none when viewed on the Mac? hmmmm....

It was cycling throught the animation only once and was finished by the time you could scroll down to see it.

Also, when you rendered the output, it was producing a white background instead of being transparent. I assume that you wanted a transparent background.

Fixed both issues with this version here:

LAST EDITED ON 09-20-02 AT 01:00 PM (EST)

LAST EDITED ON 09-20-02 AT 12:58 PM (EST)

Cat, you are da man. Shoulda just asked you from the start, but I know you are a busy cat. I now have this problem... I don't see the white letters at all on my Mac at home. I fear thay have become transparent along with the white backround. Can that be fixed?
Thanks,
TJ

The frame properties had each frame not removed when next frame comes up. I changed it so the frame reverts to background before each subsequent frame:

Just testing

I love this snake pic so much and want it in my sig pic but its too big.

Icecat, you made me the wonderful ivory elephant pic, can you make me a new one with the snake please?

Thanks,

"you can never escape, you can only move north up the coast"
-congratulations to Clay Jordan, the winner of survivor Thailand-

Just to remind everyone of the rules...

You never know what might be up my sleeeve...

Icecat, is there a way you could shrink this to 60 pixels?

thanks

Great job IE and IceCat!

Sleeeve thanks for bumping this. You are awesome!

If we find folks consistently violating the rules should we just suck it up?

"Half of Tech's charm is that sometimes I have no idea what she's talking about" -- True

Hit your alert button and a mod for that forum will be immediately messaged with your concern. It is the best way to get action on a problem. Believe it or not, we appreciate getting alerts... lets us get on probs as fast as possible.

Thanks Again IceCat!

You are great

People have told me how much they like my quote sig, and I want to keep it going.

I need the board's opinion:

1. Should I erase Ep1's quote, and add Ep4's to stay within the boundaries?

2. Or should I just get rid of the two lines of "------" so I can have 6 quotes going at a time? The only reason why I have the ----- are to separate my post from the sig.

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