Can we have HTML enable in our signatures? I'm not planning to put something like a website in my signature or anything. I just wanna simple marquee or probably another few scrolling down on my signature.

If you really want to and prevent abuse of this, you can make an extra member group and enable HTML from there... and should only give this group to the ones that you trust or something.

But anyway... pleeeeeeeeeease?

yeah that'd be awesome...i already have a html based sig stored on my comp...

perhaps you should put a size limit to the html sigs...

Maybe just give that member group to someone is trustworthy or put it up on a website and judge it from there or something. I don't really know that I would call myself trustworthy, but meh.

A size limit on HTML signatures would be pretty useful...

A new permission mask JUST for HTML users? Thats kinda... eh... not a good idea. Just let everyone use it if the Admins approve. If someone misuses it, just warn them. Ban them if they do it again. Thats logical.

I wouldn't use it. Eh, I'm lazy when it comes to HTML. hehe. My sig is big enough anyways. :lol: Adding more text would surely mean my beloved Kraven banner must go bye bye.

Lycan

lol, but having html in sigs would add a TON of diversity to sigs...there are endless possibilities...scrolling marques...image maps, scrollovers, iframed shoutboxes, iframed blogs...and many more...

Probably as long its not too flashy or too HTML-y.

I hate flashy signatures. Pain in the butt.

EDIT:

I'm just saying if things might go out of hand... and to be honest, I just don't wanna friggin' website on a signature or anything that would distort the signature and the board or anything like that. :\

errr...the point of the HTML sigs are to save space, not use more space...there will be more coding, but with all the benefits HTML has to offer, you can have tons of content crammed into a very small area using marquees or iframes...

Ah, but I hate cramming. It looks tacky and if you have a LOT of crap in some little i-frame, it's a pain to scroll through.

And this is what IF says:

Html is nice, I like using it for my sites, but I don't think it's worth the trouble...

hmm, we could have html sig approval...like Hetman suggested..that way we can avoid abuse...

besides...the clutter wont look bad if you know what you're doing

Yeah, I don't think we really need it, and having a new member group would be too annoying to make. We'd need several to compensate for the RPG members and non-RPG members and single forum moderators.
I think it would be anyway. Might be a more simple way I don't know of.

The problem is that not everyone will know what they're doing. If someone is trying to make tables, but messes up the coding, it could throw everything else off. And that could be caused just by a minor typo. Anyone can do that.

And Cap is right. Between the member groups we already have, it would be a pain to seperate things even more.

Thats why its recommended to preview it to check you made any mistakes? Also, it won't take too long though... if you know what your doing anyways.

But it would be tricky, here's the groups at the moment. (I think, I can't be bothered checking)

RPG member
Member
Moderator

We'd then need.

RPG member HTML
RPG member non-HTML
Member
Member HTML
Moderator
Moderator HTML


And it would be even more work for admins to put people in a group.

But that's only if we allow certain member groups.

You can't preview it unless you test it on some other page that allows html. All you can do here is "update your signature", and hope that it turns out right. If it doesn't, you have to sift through the coding to fix it.

I also think it would be unfair to create such a seperation in our membership anyways. Someone will wonder why they aren't allowed the privaledge.

I say no. Sorry.

In light of what Caps and Jammer have said, as well as the warning.. I would have too agree, it's too troublesome. As well, what do we need in our sigs that calls for a scroll bar? Read a persons bio if you want battle info and such.

If it will cause problems, I would agree its a bad idea. I think it would have been fun to use, but yeah.. Too much negative. Not enough positive. Not like my opinion matters, but yeah... Lycan

Actually, if managed properly. More positive than negative...

If thats your verdict Jammer, then I will respect your judgement... pity. :\

Edit: And no, Lycan. I'm not going to shove in an entire RPG info right in. *grabs a metal baseball bat and swings full force to her forehead* And stay down!

*grabs bat and twaps Forte* YOU stay down. I wasn't implying that. I just ment some people might see a need for the scrooling text, but I can only think of some idiots listing their RPG info. Not you, just saying.

Anyways, I can imagine it having more positive outcomes and such, hell I want HTML, but yeah... I can't imagine it doing anything but causing trouble for the beginning. But yeah, who knows. Thats just my experience with it, watching people on the Adult Swim forum have difficulty. :lol: Lycan

I was thinking of restrictions on the HTML thing. Yeah, I had my experience with HTML in siggies. I was an admin then, and it ran smoothly after I put a list of restrictions of what they can't do. :)

Too bad that board is gone. :(

Sound good, but yeah... *points to Admins* Tis their desision. I would say yes, but I don't want to see someone like Strike Wolf for an example who uses it, not knoing what to do and screws up and puts ins tupid stuff. *using him as an example, not poking fun*

Anyways, I guess it seems fine. But, eh... Who knows. Even that could have faults like the gender code did. Lycan

Didn't you read my first post? *smacks himself on the head*

But they said its too messy sorting things out, but they can ignore moderators though. I think they are responsible enough. :\

Luckily for me, I assigned 'sentinels'. :)

You *can* still put html in your signature, but I'm not telling you how to do it.

:) Webhosting gives me knowledge.

DT, question; isn't it possible to define tags in IPB that do the function of html? IE make a [marquee][/marquee] tag thing...

And the html in sigs... :P yeah. You were telling me something about images once... XD

But I think the hardest part would be if a user created a post that modified the CSS of a page. Perhaps defining tags that are all the same color or what ever... I think it would be more like a red hat hack.. yah know, people just screwing around with other people..

I read this somewhere:
White Hat Hacker: Honest computer junkie, perhaps doing legitimate software programming. I consider myself a White Hat Hacker
Black Hat Hacker: The evil crack warez serialz hackers. Like to modify software or create viruses that tick off people. See: stealing passwords and things. Very secretive.. I'd say DT is a Black Hacker...
Red Hat Hacker: The hacker that likes to cause data loss, mass chaos, stock market crashes, and put genitalia on the big tv screen in NY... Pearson, the dude who made Blaster worm... Hes probably a Red Hat Hacker...

Hah, I'd say DT is black hat too. It was probably him who hacked my account when I first made this board, and then got the new password again to cool down the people who hated him, by saving the board :lol:

But, about HTML, no, because of D) All of the above. Everything that needs to have been said, has been said. It's just to dangerous, can be abused to easily, and not worth it.

Teach me... I wanna know. I wanna put marquees up on my signature, thats all! Humerous too...! *dies*

Yeah, I wanna know how to do it too. Primarily how to stick HTML in my sig. NOT for here though. On my own boards, so I can be the leet Admin. :blink:

Alright, no response from DT..... Does HaTcH knows?

I wanna be a test dummie. T_T

yes, that'd be a good idea...even though Zelos said no, could we at least try it out on certain people? I'd be glad to be a test dummy too...

No. x_x No html. I've already given my reasons. I'm stickin' with them.

u admins are no fun at all.... <_<

Seems the discussion on this is over, yes?