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Seagoat

04-05-2007, 07:24 PM

*** How to Use Your Sig Graphic *** Got problems with your new sig or need advanced help? See the next post, "<a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=355740#4039402" target="_blank">Sig FAQ</a>!"These are my instructions on how to use your signature graphic here on the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/list.m" target="_blank">EQ2 Official Forums</a> or EQ2 Guild Forums. Please read them carefully, since omitting a step -- or not reading completely through all four steps -- might cause your sig to not be displayed properly, or at all!Important things to know:<ul><li>The EQ2 Forums only give you 500 pixels across and 165 pixels down for your entire sig -- this includes images and text. Anything that extends beyond 500x165 will be chopped off! </li><li>You should try to keep your sig filesize as small as possible. Larger files mean longer page load times, which won't win you any friends. </li><li>It's the forum moderators' prerogative to zap any offensive, inappropriate, or overly distracting sigs.</li></ul>=====1. Before you can display a sig, you first have to obtain a sig!You can make it yourself with any one of various graphics programs, you can use a dynamic sig from the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/characters/character_sig_generator.vm?characterId=" target="_blank">EQ2 Players website</a>, or you can have someone here on the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=346696" target="_blank">EQ2 Signature forum</a> make a custom sig for you.If you're NOT using a dynamic sig from EQ2 Players:If you've made your own sig or had someone make one for you, you should save it to your hard drive in a place that's easy for you to find again. You can just save it in your "My Documents" folder, or you can create a special folder -- named "Sigs," for instance -- and save it there. Anywhere is fine as long as you remember where you saved it!===== 2. Once you have a sig image, you need a URL.(If you're using an EQ2 Players sig, you already have a URL and can skip ahead to the next step.)This means you will have to upload your sig image to a website somewhere. There are a number of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.free-webhosts.com/free-image-hosting.php" target="_blank">free image hosting websites</a> that will allow you to "<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.free-webhosts.com/definition/hotlinking.php" target="_blank">hotlink</a>" to your image. Keep in mind that some private websites (like a guild site or a friend's site) might not allow hotlinking; if you want to use a private website to host your image, it's best to first make sure that hotlinking is allowed.Once your image has been uploaded, make a note of your image URL. It should look something like this:<a href="http://www.your-url.com/folder/imagename1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.your-url.com/folder/imagename1.jpg</a>If you type (or copy & paste) your URL into your browser's address bar, you should see a blank page with nothing but your image displayed. If you see anything else, you should double-check your URL.For example, this is one of my own image URLs:<a href="http://eq2.lunaclick.net/galleries/mine/Riannon_Frostfyre_1_500x100.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.lunaclick.net/galleries/...e_1_500x100.jpg</a>If you click on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2.lunaclick.net/galleries/mine/Riannon_Frostfyre_1_500x100.jpg" target="_blank">this link</a>, you'll see that the browser address bar content is identical to this URL, and that there's nothing displayed but a single image.=====3. Next, you need some basic HTML code.The EQ2 Official Forums use <a rel="nofollow" href="http://w3schools.com/html/default.asp" target="_blank">HTML</a> to display your sig, so if you want text formatting or images to show up in your sig, you need the proper code. Anything else will show up as just plain text.The most important HTML tag is the image tag, <img>. This tells the browser to display an image located at the URL you place inside the tag. There are some basic "attributes" to the image tag that you may find useful:<ul><li>src<ul><li>This is the image "source" -- your image URL. Required. </li><li> Usage: src="http://www.your-url.com/folder/imagename1.jpg"</li></ul></li><li>width<ul><li>The image width. Optional but recommended. </li><li>Usage: width="500"</li></ul></li><li>height<ul><li>The image height. Optional but recommended. </li><li>Usage: height="100"</li></ul></li><li>border<ul><li>The image border width. Optional but recommended. If set, its value should be "0." </li><li>Usage: border="0"</li></ul></li><li>alt<ul><li>The alternate image text, which is displayed as a placeholder until your image is loaded by your browser. Optional but recommended. </li><li>Usage: alt="This is my sig!" </li></ul></li></ul> When you put your attributes inside the image tag, it doesn't matter what order they're in. Just make sure that your values are in "quotation marks" and that there's a space between each attribute, like this:<img src="http://www.your-url.com/folder/imagename1.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="100" alt="This is my sig!">The second HTML tag you might find yourself using is the anchor tag, <a>. You need to use this tag if you want your signature to be clickable; for instance, you may want it to link to your EQ2 Players character profile, or to your guild website. There are two attributes for the anchor tag that you MUST use:<ul><li>href<ul><li>This is the website URL that you want people who click on your sig to be taken to. Required. </li><li>Usage: href="http://www.your-guild-url.com/"</li></ul></li><li>target <ul><li>The target for the link. You should only ever use "_blank" or "_new" for the value. If you don't include a "target" attribute in your anchor tag, links in your sig will open where your sig is, in a tiny 500x165 space! Required on the EQ2 Official Forums; optional but recommended elsewhere. </li><li>Usage: target="_blank"</li></ul></li></ul>Again, it doesn't matter what order the attributes go in, as long as their values are in "quotation marks" and there is a space separating them. With anchor tags, you MUST remember to "close" the tag to tell your browser that you don't want anything else in your sig linked; note the closing </a> tag after the image tag:<a href="http://www.your-guild-url.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.your-url.com/folder/imagename1.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="100" alt="This is my sig!"></a>=====4. Time to put it all together!Now we're ready to paste our code into our sig block.<ol><li>Go to the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/list.m" target="_blank">EQ2 Official Forums</a>. If you're not already logged in, click the "Sign In / Change User" image at the very top of the page to login. </li><li>Click the "My Profile" link near the top of the forum index page. </li><li>In the second section, "General information about yourself," the last field is labeled "Signature." </li><li>Type (or copy & paste) your sig code into the "Signature" field.</li><li>Click the "Preview" button to see how your sig will look on the forums.</li><li>When you're finshed editing your sig, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Submit" to save your changes. </li></ol> You don't have to post a zillion times to test your sig. In fact, you don't have to post at all! Changes to your sig affect every post you've ever made automatically. You can just view one of your old posts to see how your sig looks.If you really do want to test it, the "<a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=346723" target="_blank">*** TEST YOUR SIG HERE! ***</a>" thread here on the Signatures forum is the place to do it! Please don't start a new testing thread; it clutters the board.================================================== ===========Do you have questions or recommendations about the content of this post? Please share them by posting a reply here!================================================== ===========

SapphireSnip

04-08-2007, 03:31 AM

Can we get this thread stickied instead of the other How to post your sig thread? It's much more clear <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seagoat

04-11-2007, 07:13 PM

*** Sig FAQ *** Got questions about obtaining a sig and how to use it? See the first post, "<a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=355740#4030852" target="_blank">How to Use Your Sig Graphic</a>!" These are some of the most frequently asked questions about using and customizing your sig on these forums. If you have a question, it's probably answered here! If it's not answered here yet, please post a reply to this thread with your question; not only will you get an answer (or three, LOL), but it will probably be added to this FAQ so that others can benefit from it as well. ===== Q: I made changes to my sig on my profile page, but I still see my old sig!! A: This forum software displays signatures in a unique way; each user has their own sig "page," which is displayed inside an inline frame ("iframe") in each of their forum posts. Just like any other website page you view, your browser will try to cache it in order to improve page load times when you visit the page again. This is totally expected and normal behavior, but it can be frustrating when your changes are saved on your profile, but they don't seem to be taking effect in the posts themselves. The truth is, most other people are seeing your updated sig, but because you view a lot of your own posts, your browser is naturally trying to save you some time by caching the page. To force your browser to pull the latest version of your sig page from the forum server, just press Ctrl+F5 when viewing a thread in which you've posted. (This is also called a "hard refresh.") You should see the new version of your sig after the first try, but some browsers are stubborn and require a second hard refresh. It does now state on the "My Profile" page that changes to your sig may take up to an hour to apply, but try the hard refresh first. Ninety-nine percent of the time, that's all you need to do and no waiting is required! ===== Q: My sig isn't shown at all on some of my posts, but it's shown just fine on others. Why is that? A: Your sig will not be appended to your post if you use the "Quick Reply" function at the bottom of the page when you're viewing a thread, or if you unticked the "Append Signature" box when you were composing your reply. (You can edit your post and tick the "Append Signature" box to make it appear, but you will have to do this for every affected post you want changed.) Also make sure that you select "Yes" on the "My Profile" page if you want your signature appended by default to every post you make using the "Post Reply" button. ===== Q: All I see in my sig is the URL to my image!! A: Follow the "How to Use Your Sig Graphic" steps in the first half of this post. You must use HTML code in order for your sig image to display properly! This forum does not recognize BBcode ("[ url ],"[ img ]," etc.), and it won't automagically detect that your URL points to an image and insert the code for you. If you followed the steps above and are still having problems, make sure that you copied & pasted the code correctly, or that you retyped everything out yourself. If any punctuation is missing because the entire section wasn't highlighted when you C&Ped it, chances are that your sig won't display properly! ===== Q: I'm trying to format the text I typed in my sig with HTML, but only some of it worked! I see some HTML tags as plain text, and what's this "[I cannot control my vocabulary]" stuff? A: Only certain HTML tags are allowed to be used in your signature, and all others will show up as plain text. The allowed tags -- at least the ones that we know of so far -- are as follows: <ul><li> - paragraph; you can add alignment to this as needed: <ul><li> </li><li> </li><li> (default alignment)</li> </ul></li><li><img> - image; all common attributes seem to be allowed: (for more info on how to use the <img> tag, see the first post, "How to Use Your Sig Graphic") <ul><li>width </li><li>height </li><li>src (required) </li><li>border (recommended: border="0") </li><li>alt</li> </ul></li><li><a> - anchor (link); all common attributes seem to be allowed: (for more info on how to use the <a> tag, see the first post, "How to Use Your Sig Graphic") <ul><li>href (required)</li><li>target (required)</li><li>title</li> </ul></li><li> - bold </li><li> - italic </li><li> - underline </li><li> - font; change the font face or size...this tag is deprecated in the HTML standard, but it's the only way to change the font face and print size that I've found on these forums: <ul><li> </li><li> </li><li> or </li><li></li> </ul></li> </ul> Here are some tags that are NOT allowed; they show up as regular text: <ul><li><div> </li><li> </li><li><center> </li><li><hr></li> </ul> Apparently, the "style" attribute is on their "naughty words" list, since every time you try to type... (mentally remove the space from between "style" and "="...) ...you wind up with: Inline styles would be a great way to format our signature text, but until they're allowed, we'll have to settle for using the tag, even though it's obsolete. ===== Q: I only see a portion of my sig!! A: These forums only allow you an area 500 pixels across and 165 pixels down for your signature -- that means text and images must all fit inside that space. Anything that extends beyond those dimensions will be chopped off. You'll need to remove some text and/or resize your sig graphic in order to fit everything in the allotted area. ===== Q: My sig is distorted (squashed, very tiny, or pixelated)!! A: There are two possible causes, and the two can even occur simultaneously. Here's a breakdown of possible scenarios: <ol><li>Your sig is squashed (too narrow either in height or width). <ul><li>You need to check your HTML code. Your width or height is probably incorrect, resulting in the image displaying with the wrong dimensions.</li><li>Example code: <img src="http://eq2.lunaclick.net/galleries/mine/Riannon_Frostfyre_2_500x100.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="100" alt="The width is incorrect!"></li><li>Resulting image: <img src="http://eq2.lunaclick.net/misc/distortedsig01.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="100" /></li> </ul></li><li>Your sig is very tiny. <ul><li>You need to check your image URL. The URL you're using is probably to a thumbnail of your sig image. This happens most often when accidentally copying the thumbnail URL instead of the original image's URL from an image hosting website (such as Photobucket, ImageShack, Flickr, etc.).</li><li>Example code: <img src="http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/eq2graphics/th_Riannon_Frostfyre_2_500x100.jpg" alt="The URL is incorrect!"></li><li>Resulting image: <img src="http://eq2.lunaclick.net/misc/distortedsig02.jpg" border="0" width="160" height="32" /></li> </ul></li><li>Your sig is pixelated. <ul><li>You need to check both your HTML and your image URL. You're probably using the URL to the thumbnail image but the dimensions of the original image.</li><li>Example code: <img src="http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/eq2graphics/th_Riannon_Frostfyre_2_500x100.jpg" width="500" height="100" alt="This image is totally messed up!"></li><li>Resulting image: <img src="http://eq2.lunaclick.net/misc/distortedsig03.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="100" /></li> </ul></li> </ol> ===== Q: How do I get a picture of my character to show up on my EQ2 Players profile and signature? A: That image is called a paperdoll. You can take a paperdoll screenshot in-game by using Shift+PrintScreen. It's saved in your EverQuest II directory on your hard drive, and it's named "paperdoll_charactername.jpg" (unless you've turned off your JPEG format in your screenshot options; then it should be named "paperdoll_charactername.tga"). The game will overwrite the paperdoll every time you press Shift+PrintScreen! This means you can only take one at a time, so look in your EQ2 folder to make sure you don't want to keep the one that's there before taking a new one. To make it appear on your EQ2 Players character profile and signature, you need to take the following steps: <ol><li>Go to the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/" target="_blank">EQ2 Players</a> website. (Sign in if you're not already.) </li><li>Click "Characters" in the menu on the left . </li><li>Click the character's name in the menu on the right of the character you want to upload a paperdoll for. </li><li>In the tabs above your character profile, click the red "Admin" tab. </li><li>Below the "Admin" tab, click "Manage Images." [This is NOT the same as "Manage Screenshots!"] </li><li>Under the "Profile Image" header, click "Browse..." and locate your character's paperdoll image. </li><li>Once the filename appears in the text box next to the "Browse..." button, click the "Upload to Server" button.</li> </ol> Tada! You should now see your paperdoll image on your EQ2 Players character profile and signature! If you don't like the way paperdoll screenshots look (who does??), you can always request that a paperdoll be made for you by one of the artists on the <a rel="nofollow" href="../forums/show.m?forum_id=2603" target="_blank">Signatures forum</a>. Any 170x305 image will work, really. ================================================== =========== Do you have questions or recommendations about the content of this post? Please share them by posting a reply here! ================================================== ===========

BMouse

06-04-2007, 07:32 PM

Hi Guys, Thanks for ya walkthrough for Sigs.....finally been able to create a sig of my own. The problem I have now when I put it into my Profile, is the dimensons shrink to 150 by 50 pixels. Yet when I created, save, and then uploaded the signature to my URL site it was 500 by 100 Pixels. Any Ideas on what I have done wrong, for it to shrink? Ended up taking it off my prfile until I am able to get size sorted out. hmmm might have to re-read Sig walkthrough again....anyways...any feedback is good.Cheers earsKiwi

BMouse

06-04-2007, 08:03 PM

Hi again Guys, I have re-read the walkthrough. I noticed that you talked about width and Height. Mu URL Link dod not have that in it. So....When I copied, and pasted URL link into my Profile, I was then able to adjust the width/Height etc in profile. Great<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.....but when I adjusted the Height/Width to 500 by 100 it appeared blurly as heck......haha....sigh, am getting there slowly. Might get it right....eventually.Kiwi

SapphireSnip

06-04-2007, 08:40 PM

Hi! We'd love to help you but you've removed your sig from your profile. Obviously because it's not working at the moment but we can't see the code and sig unless you put it back <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seagoat

06-04-2007, 09:59 PM

<cite>BMouse wrote:</cite><blockquote>I have re-read the walkthrough. I noticed that you talked about width and Height. Mu URL Link dod not have that in it. So....When I copied, and pasted URL link into my Profile, I was then able to adjust the width/Height etc in profile. Great<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.....but when I adjusted the Height/Width to 500 by 100 it appeared blurly as heck......haha....sigh, am getting there slowly. Might get it right....eventually.</blockquote>Keep in mind that the "width" and "height" parameters of your image are optional...if you leave them out, the universe won't implode. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I recommend using them when you can as a kindness, but the way these forums display signatures makes it an insignificant kindness.That being said, your width and height won't be provided anywhere in the URL; that's simply the physical location of your image on whatever server it's living on. If you're viewing your image with your browser, right-click on your image and select "Properties" from the context menu. You should see a "Dimensions" label with numbers to the right of it. Those are your image's width and height, respectively, measured in pixels. These are the values you need to use if you add the "width" and "height" parameters to your sig HTML code as I described above.If you're viewing the image on your hard drive, right-click and select "Properties," then click the "Summary" tab. The width and height of your image in pixels should be shown there.Hope this helps clear things up a bit for you. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

HighFructose

06-08-2007, 02:56 AM

So this is what I have in my sig block: <a href="http://baneofchaos.org/" target="_blank"><img src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/signature?characterId=641231205" border="0" width="500" height="100" alt="Yo"></a> and it shows up in the preview correctly, but not in the live forums... am I being dumb, or does the system just not like me?

Seagoat

06-08-2007, 03:20 AM

I'm seeing it just fine... Kudae, Bane of Chaos, Mistmoore, Fae, 41 Conjuror, KVD: 50, Quests: 172, NPC Kills: 3976Your browser will typically cache your sig page, so try hitting Ctrl+F5 to force a refresh. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

SapphireSnip

06-08-2007, 05:49 AM

With the EQ2 Players sigs, I've noticed that they take awhile to show up here. If you're sure you have added it correctly to your profile, go away for 15 to 20 minutes then check. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seagoat

06-26-2007, 11:44 PM

I've just udpated the OP and added a "Sig FAQ" that will hopefully help out a bit. Please let me know if you can think of anything that needs to be changed or added. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Ramius613

07-06-2007, 06:08 AM

Just curious what the coding is to make your sig switch to different sigs you may have? I have a couple of sigs for different toons, and would like to show them off.

Seagoat

07-06-2007, 11:08 AM

Hehe, there's a link in my sig entitled "Random Sigs." <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Silverwraith

09-30-2007, 09:12 PM

Hmm I think I followed in instructions and I want to use this as my sig <img src=http://eq2players.station.sony.com/signature?characterId=779923206 border="0">" <img src=http://eq2players.station.sony.com/signature?characterId=779923206 border="0">" but I seem to not be able to do soAny thoughts?Oh I can see it on My Profile in the preview area, just not on the forums, no matter how much I refresh

Seagoat

09-30-2007, 11:58 PM

Usually a refresh is all you need, but sometimes yes, the note in your profile about it taking up to an hour to show on the forums is true.Don't fret; they always show up eventually! <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Silverwraith

10-01-2007, 01:04 AM

Just did thanks, must have been the delay ;(

Dubyasdad

10-26-2007, 06:19 PM

hello im the one that just sent you a pm but wanted to let you know im here as well.

Seagoat

01-21-2008, 12:10 PM

Updated the OP to reflect the new allowed sig size of 500x165.

Flame

02-05-2008, 02:41 PM

Okay..I've had my sig posted here before. Only it has been awhile and I wanted to replace it. So, will someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and why it doesn't show. I know it is something simple and I'm just missing it! Thanks!!

Seagoat

02-05-2008, 03:47 PM

You have to use HTML code, as outlined in the step-by-step process in this thread's first post. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Flame

02-06-2008, 10:59 AM

Okay I think I got it ..thanks for the help...and the nudge to read!..lol

Alenna

02-14-2008, 02:38 PM

I don't see this question in EQPlayers where I'm getting my sig from it talks about the paperdoll photo and that you can upload it from in game how is that done? and are they talking about the picture to the side of my character's stats? I would like the picture of main to show here and in the EQ Players profile.I'm fairly new to the game started last August, and just signed up for the forum. sorry if I ask questions that have been asked before.

Cadori Seraphim

02-14-2008, 02:53 PM

<cite>Alenna@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>I don't see this question in EQPlayers where I'm getting my sig from it talks about the paperdoll photo and that you can upload it from in game how is that done? and are they talking about the picture to the side of my character's stats? I would like the picture of main to show here and in the EQ Players profile.I'm fairly new to the game started last August, and just signed up for the forum. sorry if I ask questions that have been asked before. </blockquote>When you are at the eq2players site, you must first log in. At your character you wish to upload photos to, you need to click on the tab that says *admin*.From here click on *Manage Images*, this will show you your profile picture (if any,default is nothing) and also show you a button to add an image to your profile.There is another tab that says *Manage Screenshots* where you can add screenshots.

Alenna

02-14-2008, 04:04 PM

<cite>Sidori@Crushbone wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Alenna@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>I don't see this question in EQPlayers where I'm getting my sig from it talks about the paperdoll photo and that you can upload it from in game how is that done? and are they talking about the picture to the side of my character's stats? I would like the picture of main to show here and in the EQ Players profile.I'm fairly new to the game started last August, and just signed up for the forum. sorry if I ask questions that have been asked before. </blockquote>When you are at the eq2players site, you must first log in. At your character you wish to upload photos to, you need to click on the tab that says *admin*.From here click on *Manage Images*, this will show you your profile picture (if any,default is nothing) and also show you a button to add an image to your profile.There is another tab that says *Manage Screenshots* where you can add screenshots.</blockquote>Will that put the picture on the stats for the sig?

Seagoat

02-14-2008, 04:07 PM

Yep, your profile paperdoll becomes your sig paperdoll. I posted a walk-through for someone else a while back that you might also find useful. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=359258" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=359258</a>

Amberlinn

05-13-2008, 02:26 AM

First of all I want to thank you for the information link to "randomizing your sigs" Great info there. My question, Im sure it is noobish, is this. What must I do if I want my signatures to be random or rotate during a visit without using the refresh ? I have no idea where to begin or where to go. Only thing I do have is the signatures.

Seagoat

05-13-2008, 10:09 AM

<cite>Amberlinn wrote:</cite><blockquote>First of all I want to thank you for the information link to "randomizing your sigs" Great info there. My question, Im sure it is noobish, is this. What must I do if I want my signatures to be random or rotate during a visit without using the refresh ? I have no idea where to begin or where to go. Only thing I do have is the signatures.</blockquote>Glad you found it useful! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> The only dumb question is the one left unasked!Unfortunately, to have the sigs rotate in "real time," you only have a few options:1. Animate them all together in a GIF file. This isn't random, though, and you will wind up with a pretty large file. You'll also lose a lot of fine details because of the color limitations of the GIF format.2. Use JavaScript or another client-side programming/scripting language to cause the viewer's browser to refresh the page containing the sig at regular intervals, calling a random sig from the available list as normal on each refresh. On many forums, JavaScript is disallowed because of the abuse potential. It can also really annoy people if your sig is embedded in the forum page rather than inside an iframe (as it is on these forums). They'll be trying to read a thread you've posted in, and the page will just keep refreshing and refreshing and refreshing...3. Use Flash or another server-side programming/scripting language to push the random images to the viewer's browser. Again, there aren't a lot of forums out there who allow you to embed objects in your sig, mostly to keep the bandwidth usage and annoyance factor to a minimum.Hope this clears things up a bit. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> If anyone else has a suggestion, though, I'd be glad to hear it...it's always nice to be proven wrong, especially when it solves a problem for someone. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Amberlinn

05-19-2008, 06:33 PM

Got some trouble on that "Randoming of the Sigs" Thing is everytime i go to upload my "Random" folder it wants me to open it and upload each file seperately. I noticed where you say to upload the "random" folder and just trying to figure out what I am doing wrong?

Seagoat

05-19-2008, 06:44 PM

That would depend on where you're trying to upload your files to. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Most FTP clients will allow you to upload an entire directory and its contents, but as long as "random.php" and "images.txt" are both in the same folder on the webserver, no matter what that folder is called, they should work just fine.

Amberlinn

05-19-2008, 07:17 PM

Ok, I have got everything together and loading it upo to my GP website and found out that GP does not support .php files *screams* Do you have any advice on the location of a decent webserver that .php files would be permitted? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seagoat

05-19-2008, 08:32 PM

A quick Google search turned up some promising hits; maybe one of them will work for you. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=free+php+file+hosting&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=free...amp;startPage=1</a>

Amberlinn

05-20-2008, 04:38 PM

Thanks for everything Seagoat! Your advice and tips and tricks for Sig design were great. So great infact that I have posted links to your site from mine for all who want the best of advice on creating their custom signatures.<a href="http://anlahshok.guildportal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://anlahshok.guildportal.com</a>Thanks again!

Beckah

07-07-2008, 11:29 AM

*pouts* I'm having issues finding somewhere to host my files so I can rotate my sigantures! I went to several free websites and they all won't let me upload the files. I have tried my webspace provided by my cable...it too doesn't work.It's one of these I have tried so many things and I think I almost actually *screamed* Lol....Anybody have any tips or suggestions for me? lol

Seagoat

07-07-2008, 12:16 PM

I'm guessing you're having trouble finding a place to host "random.php" and "images.txt," not your image files themselves. A Google search for "free PHP file host" turned up <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=free+php+file+host&btnG=Search" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a number of promising hits</a>. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> You might have to shop around a bit, but I'm sure you'll find something that will suit your needs nicely.

Beckah

07-07-2008, 07:53 PM

Okay...I think I got it, Thank you Seagoat. *Hugs* The list that you linked I had already used...lol took quite a few before I finally found one and then a bunch of messing before it finally worked.

Seagoat

07-07-2008, 08:21 PM

Awesome! <img src="http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/eq2graphics/smilies/th_2thumbsup.gif" alt="2thumbsup.gif image by eq2graphics" width="25" height="16" border="0" />

phatd42

07-08-2008, 10:11 AM

yay! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

PRALL

07-19-2008, 05:20 PM

EDIT: Sig kinda fixed itself.... I'd delete this post if I could.

Scythes

08-26-2008, 06:53 AM

could some 1 actually help me do this please coz i dont get this at all lol - ive never been good with sigs lol

Sinistria

09-08-2008, 05:16 AM

hello,i am wondering why my sig is showing up correct in preview but not here.someone else in trhis threasd had the same problem but i didnt find the answer for thje problem.this is the link.<img src="http://b.imagehost.org/0084/Sini-Sig.gif" border="0" alt="ImageHost.org" width="465" height="100" />hmm it shows correct here. i will have a look if its in the post correct too

Sinistria

09-08-2008, 05:18 AM

hmmm somehow it looks different in my profile. if i copy and paste it here its something else.... maybe it takes a bit for the forum to update it?<img src="http://b.imagehost.org/0084/Sini-Sig.gif" border="0" alt="ImageHost.org" width="465" height="100" />

Sinistria

09-08-2008, 05:26 AM

the link that shows up below (where the sig should be) is another that is shown in profile. in my profile its the coprrect one and it shows the sig correct in the preview. same here if i insert the link by hand. but somehow the url is changed if i post something so i get only text. (wich is also wrong and not hte text i inserted in the profile.anybody an idea?

Sinistria

09-08-2008, 05:26 AM

well it seems to work now...(mondays, i should have stayed in bed)

Seagoat

09-08-2008, 09:28 AM

<cite>Sinistria wrote:</cite><blockquote>hmmm somehow it looks different in my profile. if i copy and paste it here its something else.... maybe it takes a bit for the forum to update it?</blockquote>From the above FAQ:<blockquote>Q: I made changes to my sig on my profile page, but I still see my old sig!!A: This forum software displays signatures in a unique way; each user has their own sig "page," which is displayed inside an inline frame ("iframe&quot<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> in each of their forum posts. Just like any other website page you view, your browser will try to cache it in order to improve page load times when you visit the page again. This is totally expected and normal behavior, but it can be frustrating when your changes are saved on your profile, but they don't seem to be taking effect in the posts themselves. The truth is, most other people are seeing your updated sig, but because you view a lot of your own posts, your browser is naturally trying to save you some time by caching the page.To force your browser to pull the latest version of your sig page from the forum server, just press Ctrl+F5 when viewing a thread in which you've posted. (This is also called a "hard refresh.&quot<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> You should see the new version of your sig after the first try, but some browsers are stubborn and require a second hard refresh.It does now state on the "My Profile" page that changes to your sig may take up to an hour to apply, but try the hard refresh first. Ninety-nine percent of the time, that's all you need to do and no waiting is required!</blockquote>It only answers your questions if you read it! <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Sinistria

09-08-2008, 09:50 AM

ok thank you <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />i did the hard refresh and i also logged out and into the forum again.It was still not working. At least it was exactly that problem since was solved on its own.now it is working and i am happy and only that is important <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

Seidhkona

02-23-2009, 12:35 PM

My question is "How do you set up a custom avatar?" Like the one Seagoat is using, for example...

Kamimura

02-23-2009, 03:59 PM

Seagoat

02-23-2009, 04:03 PM

<cite>Sigrdrifa@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite><blockquote>My question is "How do you set up a custom avatar?" Like the one Seagoat is using, for example...</blockquote>All I can tell you is that it involves a live mouse and a basket of figs. <img src="http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/eq2graphics/smilies/eek7.gif" width="15" height="16" />Just kidding! You need to have been smiled upon by the forum gods (aka one of the admins) to be allowed to set your own custom avatar.Technical reason: The forum software doesn't currently enforce the 130x130 size limit, and if everybody were allowed to set their own, it's only a matter of time before some [Removed for Content] puts in a full-sized screenshot and screws everything up.Practical reason: The mods and admins have enough fun moderating signatures, and they would probably explode with the sheer joy of it all if avatars were thrown into the mix. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seidhkona

02-23-2009, 06:32 PM

<cite>Seagoat wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Sigrdrifa@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite><blockquote>My question is "How do you set up a custom avatar?" Like the one Seagoat is using, for example...</blockquote>All I can tell you is that it involves a live mouse and a basket of figs. <img src="http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/eq2graphics/smilies/eek7.gif" width="15" height="16" /></blockquote>ROFL!Ah well. I can use 'em on my guild forums!

Morphix

03-06-2009, 05:41 PM

Not sure if this is the right place to post but looked as good as any <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />I've recently purchased the game and i went for the EQ2 players add on (1.99) ive sussed out how to get my sig to appear but I cant figure out how to get my paper doll to show in the signature.If anyones got any tips on this, like how to take a screen of just my paperdoll ingame and how to place it into my sig it would be appreciated <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seagoat

03-06-2009, 05:51 PM

Check the end of the first post in this thread. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Morphix

03-07-2009, 05:32 PM

Cheers <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />And doh how the hell i missed that i have no ideas :/Thanks again!

Morphix

03-09-2009, 07:05 AM

okies managed to get my papaerdoll image into my eq players sig...but to me it looks like its trying to escape and can only see half of it.question is, is it that way when others see it and if so any ideas on how to fix it?

Seagoat

03-09-2009, 10:54 AM

<cite>Morphix wrote:</cite><blockquote>okies managed to get my papaerdoll image into my eq players sig...but to me it looks like its trying to escape and can only see half of it.question is, is it that way when others see it and if so any ideas on how to fix it?</blockquote>Yep, everyone sees it...it's a known issue with some EQ2 Players sigs (<a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=434111" target="_blank">thread here</a>).

Morphix

03-09-2009, 01:23 PM

Thanks again Seagoat!

Blambil

04-01-2009, 04:32 PM

how do I make my crafter stats show up, when I play on a PVP server?

Seagoat

04-01-2009, 06:53 PM

<cite>Lanar_Lifeline wrote:</cite><blockquote>how do I make my crafter stats show up, when I play on a PVP server?</blockquote>You can't...what you see on your EQ2Players sig is what you get.

SisterTheresa

04-16-2009, 03:16 PM

Thanks for the write up. HTML is very confusing to me.

Seagoat

04-16-2009, 07:53 PM

No problemo! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

EQTTEQ

05-16-2009, 10:49 AM

How do I change the option to "see signatures in posts" and make it stay? Is there another place to make the selection also?

Seagoat

05-16-2009, 02:59 PM

<cite>Leipo@Najena wrote:</cite><blockquote>How do I change the option to "see signatures in posts" and make it stay? Is there another place to make the selection also?</blockquote>If you click "My Profile" at the top of the page, there's an "Always attach my signature" option (right under where you put in your sig code) and a "View signatures in posts" option (just a little further down). <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> Don't forget to click the "Submit" button at the very bottom of the page to save your changes!Keep in mind that your signature won't ever be added to "Quick Reply" posts...if you always want your sig shown, you have to use the "Post Reply" button at the top or bottom of a thread page, or go back and edit your "Quick Reply" post after submitting it.

EQTTEQ

05-16-2009, 04:01 PM

I have been clicking that button, and "submitting" and it keeps changing back <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seagoat

07-05-2009, 12:44 AM

I've cleaned up -- and split up -- the "<a href="list.m?start=0&topic_id=355740#4030852" target="_blank">How to Use Your Sig Graphic</a>" and "<a href="list.m?start=0&topic_id=355740#4039402" target="_blank">Sig FAQ</a>!" They now occupy the first and third posts in this thread, respectively, and are hopefully a bit easier to read than they were. As always, feel free to post any questions you may have here, and they may be added to the list.

Cusashorn

07-30-2009, 03:59 PM

Can someone tell me how to remove the link to Photobucket from my sig please? I can't make heads or tales of the instructions in this FAQ about removing the website links. I just want to show the image.Here's the full HTML code, broken up so the boards don't show the picture itself.<a href="http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/?action=view&current=OukaSig-1.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/OukaSig-1.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Seagoat

07-30-2009, 04:06 PM

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote>Can someone tell me how to remove the link to Photobucket from my sig please? I can't make heads or tales of the instructions in this FAQ about removing the website links. I just want to show the image.Here's the full HTML code, broken up so the boards don't show the picture itself.<a href="http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/?action=view&current=OukaSig-1.png" target="_blank"></a></blockquote>This is the only code you need. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /><img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/OukaSig-1.png" border="0" />Everything else you can safely remove.

Cusashorn

07-30-2009, 07:08 PM

Hmm. It's still linking. I wonder if it's a photobucket thing? Oh well, thanks for the quick response.

Origin_Elloyn

07-30-2009, 07:49 PM

<cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hmm. It's still linking. I wonder if it's a photobucket thing? Oh well, thanks for the quick response.</blockquote>If you close your browser it should show it without the link, just the old one is stuck in the cache. I had that problem yesterday.

Cusashorn

07-30-2009, 09:34 PM

Ahh that did it. Thank you!

Crystalily

12-31-2010, 08:35 AM

Erm i'd greatly appreciate if someone could help me, I have a boxy thing = technical term, and it's pushing my image off the box ='<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Seagoat

12-31-2010, 10:43 AM

<cite>Eridinia@Butcherblock wrote:</cite><blockquote>Erm i'd greatly appreciate if someone could help me, I have a boxy thing = technical term, and it's pushing my image off the box ='<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /> </blockquote>You've got some funky HTML in there. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />Right now, you have this:<img src="<a href="http://s1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee390/KaraRose91/?action=view&current=sig3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee390/KaraRose91/sig3.jpg" border="0" ></a>" border="0" width="500" height="100" alt="Phribbib!">...and you should have this:<a href="http://s1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee390/KaraRose91/?action=view&current=sig3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee390/KaraRose91/sig3.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="165" alt="Phribbib!" /></a>

Crystalily

12-31-2010, 10:59 AM

Thankyou muchly, *bows to seagoat* <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />