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Here on Office Outlaw, we allow VIPs, Founding Members, Moderators, and Administrators to have signatures. In case you don't know what a signature is, it's the little space below all of your posts where some pre-defined text or an image you choose shows up.

We do have some rules regarding signature spaces. However, something neat about signatures on our forum is that you don't need to keep any of these rules in mind.

Signature Limitations
You see, the limitations listed below are automatically applied to every signature, even the maximum banner size. This means that we have no need for warnings for simple formatting mistakes.
  • Maximum number of signature lines: 3
  • Maximum number of links allowed in signature spaces: 3
  • Maximum number of images: 1 (maximum size is width: 700px, height: 100px; sizes larger are automatically adjusted)
  • Maximum allowable text size: 4 (default)
Additionally, text signatures are displayed on both the desktop and mobile view of the site. However, image signatures are only viewable on the desktop version of the site.

Update: we’re going to trial limited signatures with registered members as well.
  • You can have up to 3 lines of text, but links and images cannot be added. We’re going to trial this for a bit and if everything goes well, then we can allow links and images. VIPs and Founding Members will instead get another benefit like 4-5 lines in a signature
Signature Rules
We do expect signatures to follow the other rules of our forum.

Other than that, please don't use anything in your signature to mislead users into think they're clicking an alert on Office Outlaw.

Gif Signatures
Gif signatures are permitted, although we do expect them to not be... I'm sorry, I know this isn't specific, but we expect them to not be annoying.
  • No rapid flashing, strobe-like effects, or rapid colour shifts
  • Rapid transitions (count "1 Mississippi , 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi" between each transition).
Because this is subjective, we won't issue any notices for this unless you're being really egregious and embedding gifs that look like they came out of Superjail.
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Is the banner size limit set because it fits the theme or for another reason?
720/90 is as standard as it can be (not just for signatures, for ads banners as well) and I think it didn't really needed to be modified.
 
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Great and simple rule! Thanks for explaining.
 
Any reasons for the current 700x100 size instead of the 728x90 ( leaderboard ads) ?

Is it capped at 3 lines or should we be aware that it can be more in case we copy/paste text into it?
 
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Any reasons for the current 700x100 size instead of the 728x90 ( leaderboard ads) ?

Is it capped at 3 lines or should we be aware that it can be more in case we copy/paste text into it?
Because I was being tacky with that weird size, that's why. ;)

Let me set it to the standard leaderboard ad size.
 
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Sounds Great!

I've just saved my Signature, but not showing it to me.. Maybe Limited signature at the moment or what?

Let me know @Zwielicht
 
Sounds Great!

I've just saved my Signature, but not showing it to me.. Maybe Limited signature at the moment or what?

Let me know @Zwielicht
I can see your signature.

You're a Founding Member, so you have a full signature space like a VIP would.

Are you on your phone, though? Signature don't display on portrait mode.
 
I can see your signature.

You're a Founding Member, so you have a full signature space like a VIP would.

Are you on your phone, though? Signature don't display on portrait mode.

Yes, I'm working on the phone device..

I got to see now.. It works now on mobile device itself :)

No issues, Thanks
 

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