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  • 02-12-2009 1:30pm
    #1
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hey all... something I've been meaning to do for some time, we've constrained the sig tags to disallow things already prohibited by the sig rules. It should lighten the load of the Sigpo and clean the place up a bit.

    We're aware that it may impact a few sigs but nothing has been changed that wasnt already prohibited in our existing (and long standing!) rules.

    The changes now remove the following tags:
    Quote
    Size (nothing greater then 2, which is regular size)
    Alignment
    Font
    Code
    PHP
    HTML


    This is to clean up sigs and improve readability for people who have sigs on.

    DeV.
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    #2
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    PS: this will apply to all users, mods and admins.

    DeV.


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Nice. Simple fix which should clean things up a bit.


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    #4
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    pps: This will take time to wash through all of our layers of caching and preprocessing... it will take days to weeks to be seen retroactively but is applied to new sigs automatically.

    DeV.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    We're not allowed to use any of those tags anymore?!

    Bit strict dare I say..


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    You were never allowed to use them. I dont think many people will actually notice either... (which ones are you referring to specifically?)

    DeV.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    6th wrote: »
    Nice. Simple fix which should clean things up a bit.

    Man your sig is distracting!


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    --amadeus--
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭--amadeus--


    DeVore wrote: »
    Hey all... something I've been meaning to do for some time, we've constrained the sig tags to disallow things already prohibited by the sig rules. It should lighten the load of the Sigpo and clean the place up a bit.

    We're aware that it may impact a few sigs but nothing has been changed that wasnt already prohibited in our existing (and long standing!) rules.

    The changes now remove the following tags:
    Quote
    Size (nothing greater then 2, which is regular size)
    Alignment
    Font
    Code
    PHP
    HTML


    This is to clean up sigs and improve readability for people who have sigs on.

    DeV.


    Will this lock out things like Last.fm / TickerFactory sigs?


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    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    --amadeus-- wrote: »
    Will this lock out things like Last.fm / TickerFactory sigs?

    it shouldn't. you can find really handy html to vb code converters through google. is there a list of widgets allowed in sigs?


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    --amadeus-- wrote: »
    Will this lock out things like Last.fm / TickerFactory sigs?
    No. this just strips out the vb BB tags mentioned in the OP.

    Afaik, things like the Flickr image, Last.FM and others are done on the image serving server-side and then simply served as an image. Since we arent limiting external images, those things shouldnt be affected.

    DeV.


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Nerin wrote: »
    it shouldn't. you can find really handy html to vb code converters through google. is there a list of widgets allowed in sigs?
    No, but common sense applies. If its flashes, flickers or jumps up and down, its going to get deleted with avengence.... Sigs are a place to put a personal message or highlight a particular *thing* you find interesting. They arent places for ads, and there is an important distinction between "highlighting" and "drawing attention to".

    DeV.


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    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    DeVore wrote: »
    No, but common sense applies. If its flashes, flickers or jumps up and down, its going to get deleted with avengence.... Sigs are a place to put a personal message or highlight a particular *thing* you find interesting. They arent places for ads, and their is an important distinction between "highlighting" and "drawing attention to".

    DeV.

    so pretty much things like tickerfactory and last.fm are ok because (i presume :p ) they only move once or twice per day?


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Man your sig is distracting!

    Eye catching ..... and as a advertising desiger I thank you for the complement :D


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Nerin wrote: »
    so pretty much things like tickerfactory and last.fm are ok because (i presume :p ) they only move once or twice per day?
    well they only change when you refresh the page at least. :pac:

    Now if we could automagically enforce image size..


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Image size is a tricky one.... we could have limited the number of images to 1 but some people have sigs with a couple of small images which arent intrusive.

    We can force people to upload their sig image via the control panel but that seemed overly dictatorial and awkward. In the end we decided to leave those things alone and just block the tags which are undesireable from the get go.

    DeV.


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    #16
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,210 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Question: My Jon stewart quote is still center-aligned. Is that not blocked or will it be blocked the next time I go to change my sig?


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    No it will simply not be centred. The tag shouldn't be visible either, it simply wont have an effect on the rendering.

    DeV.


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    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    alingment? As in left right or centre?


    My sig is centred as usual.. Perhaps if i never ever log off again i will be able to keep it :pac:


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    #19
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Centred sigs are the devil....


    DeV.


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    DeVore wrote: »
    Centred sigs are the devil....


    DeV.

    I never saw what the issue is with them? Don't use it myself but I think some sigs look better with it

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #21
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    It breaks the flow of the thread and almost inevitably is an advertisment of some kind :)

    DeV.


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    #22
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,959 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    DeVore wrote: »
    It breaks the flow of the thread and almost inevitably is an advertisment of some kind :)

    DeV.
    How does it break the flow of the thread. It stays centre no matter what width the page is. I'm with ScienceNerd on this one I'm afraid.


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    #23
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Quazzie wrote: »
    How does it break the flow of the thread. It stays centre no matter what width the page is. I'm with ScienceNerd on this one I'm afraid.
    For many people the eye will be following down the left hand side, where the sentence is expected to start. A centred sig forces your attention elsewhere.


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    #24
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,959 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    I took this feedback on board and went to change my sig. Upon doing so I noticed there is not no option to change allignment. It looks like I'm stuck with my centred sig for the moment until an Admin or the Sigpo get aroung to it.


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    #25
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Quazzie wrote: »
    I took this feedback on board and went to change my sig. Upon doing so I noticed there is not no option to change allignment. It looks like I'm stuck with my centred sig for the moment until an Admin or the Sigpo get aroung to it.
    Sorted that for you.


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    #26
    Conor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Conor


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    Sorted that for you.

    Another 649 for you to go. :)


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    #27
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    This is a job for... work-experience admin!


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    #28
    Conor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Conor


    Nah, just a job for a quick SQL query. :D


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    #29
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    /has a word with his shop steward


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    #30
    eVeNtInE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭eVeNtInE


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    #31
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    I'd fix it for you, but I'm on a work-to-rule (see above).


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