I agree. I have signatures switched off to limit load time and size, but it's still nice to have the option of looking at someone's sig without having to temporarily re-enable signatures from the 'Edit Options' menu.Originally posted by Del Murder
That way, people who turn sigs off can still be subjected to them.
Another nay here. We have enough stuff in the profiles as it is.
It's not necessarily a big hack involving changing anything.
in member.php
Find:
if ($userinfo['receivepm'] and $usergroupperms['canusepm']) {
Add Above:
if($userinfo['showsignatures']) {
$userinfo['signature'] = bbcodeparse($userinfo['signature'],0,$allowsmilies);
}
In template getinfo
Figure out where you want the signature to appear, and put there:
$userinfo[signature]
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That's more like it, Prot.
Too bad everyone's saying no.
I think it's a great idea. All the other info on a member is available in their profile; why not their sig as well? It'd look quite nice at the bottom of the Profile page.
No it wouldn't...
I think it's a bad idea, 'cause it's a bloody waste of time. I go to MBs where my sig is in my profile, and MBs where it's not, and frankly, I don't even notice.
For some people, a signature is as significant as their avatar, unsername and other details. It's a part of their 'identity' here, so it wouldn't hurt to have it visible on the profile. Besides, lots of sigs contain links which pertain to the member in question.
Not my decision to make, of course, just my opinion.
Nor is it a huge deal anyway, just an idea.
Last edited by Big D; 07-04-2003 at 05:11 AM.
Yeah, it's called "homepage" and "LJ/blog" which is not only already in a member's profile, but also at the bottom of their posts.
There are advantages and disadvantages to this.
Advantage:
• A person who has Signatures Disabled will be able to view someone's signature without having to go into their usercp just to enable signature and look at someone's signature.
• It'll be easier for staff to determine if someone is breaking the signature limit. (i.e. If it stretches the profile table, it's too wide.)
• A member wouldn't have to find a post of theirs to check their signature after changing it. (Especially those with signature disabled)
Disadvantage
• Cluttering up Profile.
And then there's the opinions that it's a "dumb useless" hack that "has no point." *nods*
EDITS: I also notice that the Profile Table is .... awkward. It's exactly equal in width. Shouldn't the left side of the table be smaller?
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"A person who has Signatures Disabled will be able to view someone's signature without having to go into their usercp just to enable signature and look at someone's signature."
Umm...if they wanted to view someone's signature, why would they have signatures disabled in the first place?
"It'll be easier for staff to determine if someone is breaking the signature limit. (i.e. If it stretches the profile table, it's too wide.)"
Wtf? That makes no sense. You can tell if a sig stretches the tables...well, if it stretches the tables. And why would staff go looking in peoples' profiles for their sigs anyway? They could tell all they'd need to by seeing it in a thread.
" A member wouldn't have to find a post of theirs to check their signature after changing it. (Especially those with signature disabled)"
Your only "advantage" that makes any sense whatsoever. However, you can either wait for your profile to load fully, or just click on the "last post" thingy and wait for the thread to load. A difference of maybe 10 seconds.
And yes, my opinion is that it's a dumb useless hack. 'Cause it is. Meh.
*sigh* If people are going to be really picky about a little hack such as this that's not even going to be noticed seeing that everyone don't view a member profile very often, I'm really considering..... *sigh* This is just ridiculous. It's just a profile hack.
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Disabling signatures makes threads load faster. Less downloading = cheaper EoFF for Big D.Umm...if they wanted to view someone's signature, why would they have signatures disabled in the first place?
i can see how someone might want to look at a specific signature (like if someone comments on a signature in a thread) without wanting to have sigs in all posts. The hack seems helpful in that regard. I also agree its annoying to go load a thread in which you've posted just to check out a new sig you've put up. FInally, it also seems inconsistent that we have every other bit of usefull (useless) information in our profile but not our signature. I don't think it all matters too much to me, but I dare say we would have more members happy about this new feature than members complaining about it. It's just that the people who read the feedback forum like to complain about things. Quite frankly, the only people who can really compain about putting in a hack are Shlup and Bleys.
There are other disadvantages. For example, editing and uploading a php file always introduces the possibility of corrupting the heck out of things. I think I remember last time Bleys was having FTP problems and the MB was down for quite a while because he corrupted a php file and couldn't fix it. Every hack you add also has to be re-added if they ever upgrade the version of the vB we use. Hacks also have to be taken into account if you ever add another hack that somehow affects whatever you changed when installing the hacks before that one. The profile is currently 100% text except for avatars, which I find nice.
I don't really care though. It's not that big a deal. If you're only going to use it for moderation purposes, maybe there's a way to let mods see it without forcing the rest of us to. Like Big D, some people still do have slow / limited connections and really do care about not downloading 40 gigs worth of images for no reason.
Quite frankly, the only people who can really compain about putting in a hack are Shlup and Bleys. --eestlinc
The only people who can decide whether to install a hack are those two, but anyone can complain about anything all they want. That's what this forum is for, I thought.
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