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Ryan
08-03-2004, 11:11 AM
Many on here look atrocious. They are filled with info that nobody reads, and generally make me look much more conspicuous at work.
I call for an outright ban on these self promotong monstrosities. I can just about tolerate some text. Anyone else? :rambo:

Ryan
08-03-2004, 11:12 AM
Not to mention how badly they f.uck up all the alignments on my screen.

EmotionComplex
08-03-2004, 01:30 PM
lol, since about 70% of the board have them i dont think your going to get a good responce :lol: , i think there ok if there a sensible size but the gigantic ones can be a bit :nono: :lol:

Ryan
08-03-2004, 02:48 PM
What's up with your signature?? Did you design that?? Is it you??
It's OK to look at, like, once....but 50 times on a single thread? Do you get where I'm coming from?? :rambo:

death on a stick
08-03-2004, 03:32 PM
some people need to learn to use an imaging program. unless they're deliberately taking up the entire screen with their oversized flashy banners. I guess it's some kind of "flash car" syndrome, posting a great big image to make up for what's lacking elsewhere.

some forum software prevents the sig showing in all but a posters first post in any one thread.

death on a stick
08-03-2004, 03:36 PM
Actually, going back and noticing which avatars/sigs I find annoying, they seem to belong to equally annoying individuals, so there seems to be a correlation there.

EmotionComplex
08-03-2004, 03:39 PM
:lol: :lol: now now be nice :nono: ;)

Esox Lucius
08-03-2004, 07:14 PM
mines a shrine to robbie keane :lol:

DJ Corbzy
09-03-2004, 01:47 AM
Yeah I have to agree there, It slows the page down a hell of a lot with these unnecessary banners...

I occasionally put a flash banner as my sig, but thats because it's for an event as such.

I just use it as a link to my site.

WEZ
09-03-2004, 01:07 PM
dear oh dear , some people get so shirty about silly little things !

:doh:

WEZ
09-03-2004, 01:08 PM
have you pulled the power from your TV so you dont see adverts , switch off the radio , drive around city centres peeling off posters and bill boards !

do you work for the council ?

Ashley
09-03-2004, 02:05 PM
:lol: :lol: :clap:

Ryan
09-03-2004, 02:38 PM
No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.

EmotionComplex
09-03-2004, 02:41 PM
you dont like them full stop or you dont like the ones that are too big?

Ryan
09-03-2004, 02:46 PM
Full stop to be honest. It's the fact that we have to see them repeatedly, on every post an individual makes. It's excessive, unnessary spam, that slows down the entire board and makes it much more conspicuous too look at, and harder to read. And it just basically looks ****in' sh1te - I mean, half of them are not even decent pictures, just mushed up computer generated rubbish!!!

:rambo:

EmotionComplex
09-03-2004, 02:53 PM
its clear you have a strong view against them mate, ive nevereally thought about them too much, i expect on 56k modem they will slow you donw quite a bit when thers a lot of larger ones but i think sensibily sized promotional ones aer ok, i mean we are a community here and all about a simialr scene so most of the people with the promotional ones are for the nights they put on etc, but yeah to take on your point of view perhaps ther should be a size limit or something to keep the big ones away.

Ryan
09-03-2004, 02:53 PM
:lol: :lol: :clap:

Very mature response there from one of the B/O moderators. Don't you care what YOUR members think??

Ryan
09-03-2004, 03:00 PM
its clear you have a strong view against them mate, ive nevereally thought about them too much, i expect on 56k modem they will slow you donw quite a bit when thers a lot of larger ones but i think sensibily sized promotional ones aer ok, i mean we are a community here and all about a simialr scene so most of the people with the promotional ones are for the nights they put on etc, but yeah to take on your point of view perhaps ther should be a size limit or something to keep the big ones away.

Cool, at least someone is paying attention. The thing about the promotional aspect is - do these parties not get promoted to high heaven on here ANYWAY? I don't reckon that any user will go to the lengths required to create a mahossive signature promoting their wares, and not post them elsewhere, as an individual thread, on this foum and others. That's why it comes across as some kind of trophy, and self "big-upness" and I think that stinks. Promoting the notion that showing all that you do, all the time, is unhealthy, and will eventually lead to bad blood and competetiveness from fellow board members when there is no need for it.

Not to mention the previous reasons I mentioned- perhaps a size regualtion would be a good start.

WEZ
09-03-2004, 03:00 PM
No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.


Hmmm ok , ive worked ****ing hard to get where we are now , and im proud of what myself and my fellow board members have achieved and im dam well going to show it of !

mate , get a grip , its only a few pixels ,

by all means i can send you some software and see what you can come up with !

:rambo:

WEZ
09-03-2004, 03:02 PM
:lol: :lol: :clap:

Very mature response there from one of the B/O moderators. Don't you care what YOUR members think??

Shout and scream here , you will get laughed at !

Be mature and discuss matter with Senior Board members and they will consider your views !

Ryan
09-03-2004, 03:06 PM
No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.


Hmmm ok , ive worked ****ing hard to get where we are now , and im proud of what myself and my fellow board members have achieved and im dam well going to show it of !


:lol:

That ludicrous picture represents what you have achieved??? How on earth do you figure that?? Remind to not come to any event you're involved with!!!!!! :lol:

(See what I mean??? I wouldn't attend an event on the strength of that image alone!! I wonder how many other people feel the same?? In fact, I wonder how many people decide to not even visit this community because they can't deal with all those Gatecrasher-esque cyber pictures???)

EmotionComplex
09-03-2004, 03:06 PM
its clear you have a strong view against them mate, ive nevereally thought about them too much, i expect on 56k modem they will slow you donw quite a bit when thers a lot of larger ones but i think sensibily sized promotional ones aer ok, i mean we are a community here and all about a simialr scene so most of the people with the promotional ones are for the nights they put on etc, but yeah to take on your point of view perhaps ther should be a size limit or something to keep the big ones away.

Cool, at least someone is paying attention. The thing about the promotional aspect is - do these parties not get promoted to high heaven on here ANYWAY? I don't reckon that any user will go to the lengths required to create a mahossive signature promoting their wares, and not post them elsewhere, as an individual thread, on this foum and others. That's why it comes across as some kind of trophy, and self "big-upness" and I think that stinks. Promoting the notion that showing all that you do, all the time, is unhealthy, and will eventually lead to bad blood and competetiveness from fellow board members when there is no need for it.

Not to mention the previous reasons I mentioned- perhaps a size regualtion would be a good start.

ok, no disrepect here mate but you have only been a member here for a short time, while i can understand most of the points your making idont agree with this trophy/big-upness comment at all, everyone on here i know is pretty passionate about what there doing and i do think have a right to stick a banner on a forum advertising ther work, i dont see it as being a trophy at all and you can never have to much publicity for something as im aware of how hard it is to keep thigs going these days.

I think that a size reduction/limit to a banner is a good idea to speed things up and banners that arent doing anything other than looking nice possibly removed (random images etc/mine included) but i think we should see the majority of the boards views first.

I understand how it mustslow things down on a 56k modem also

EmotionComplex
09-03-2004, 03:07 PM
No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.


Hmmm ok , ive worked ****ing hard to get where we are now , and im proud of what myself and my fellow board members have achieved and im dam well going to show it of !


:lol:

That ludicrous picture represents what you have achieved??? How on earth do you figure that?? Remind to not come to any event you're involved with!!!!!! :lol:

(See what I mean??? I wouldn't attend an event on the strength of that image alone!! I wonder how many other people feel the same?? In fact, I wonder how many people decide to not even visit this community because they can't deal with all those Gatecrasher-esque cyber pictures???)

ok your starting to be far too negative here man :nono:

WEZ
09-03-2004, 03:08 PM
No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.


Hmmm ok , ive worked ****ing hard to get where we are now , and im proud of what myself and my fellow board members have achieved and im dam well going to show it of !


:lol:

That ludicrous picture represents what you have achieved??? How on earth do you figure that?? Remind to not come to any event you're involved with!!!!!! :lol:

(See what I mean??? I wouldn't attend an event on the strength of that image alone!! I wonder how many other people feel the same?? In fact, I wonder how many people decide to not even visit this community because they can't deal with all those Gatecrasher-esque cyber pictures???)

hahahah , waste of breathe , avatar & signature file size may be a good idea , attitudes isnt !

Ryan
09-03-2004, 03:10 PM
hahahah , waste of breathe , avatar & signature file size may be a good idea , attitudes isnt !

Ditto That "Wez" ;)

subsonic
09-03-2004, 03:12 PM
so thats that sorted then :shock: ;)

WEZ
09-03-2004, 03:13 PM
hahahah , waste of breathe , avatar & signature file size may be a good idea , attitudes isnt !

Ditto That "Wez" ;)

good man , discuss it , dont point fingers and shove comments dude !

no hate on this or any boards !

right so whats the conclusion here !

death on a stick
09-03-2004, 03:13 PM
Actually, going back and noticing which avatars/sigs I find annoying, they seem to belong to equally annoying individuals, so there seems to be a correlation there.

WEZ
09-03-2004, 03:16 PM
group hug

WEZ
09-03-2004, 03:16 PM
Actually, going back and noticing which avatars/sigs I find annoying, they seem to belong to equally annoying individuals, so there seems to be a correlation there.

okkkk this is getting personal again :rambo:

DJ NUNYA
09-03-2004, 03:27 PM
No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.


Hmmm ok , ive worked ****ing hard to get where we are now , and im proud of what myself and my fellow board members have achieved and im dam well going to show it of !


:lol:

That ludicrous picture represents what you have achieved??? How on earth do you figure that?? Remind to not come to any event you're involved with!!!!!! :lol:

(See what I mean??? I wouldn't attend an event on the strength of that image alone!! I wonder how many other people feel the same?? In fact, I wonder how many people decide to not even visit this community because they can't deal with all those Gatecrasher-esque cyber pictures???)
EXCUSE ME BACK IT UP HUSSY
who are you why you getting so wound up on wat is nothing get a life mate

Ashley
09-03-2004, 03:40 PM
:lol: :lol: :clap:

Very mature response there from one of the B/O moderators. Don't you care what YOUR members think??


I care what ppl think in MY SECTION of the board, im not one to
tell ppl what they should have as signatures/avatars, therefor u
obviously have a problem with this so i suggest u contact the admin.

Mawby
09-03-2004, 04:49 PM
Do you like my new sig Ryan lmao i did just for you mate go on have a click on it you might even laugh :lol:

Ryan
09-03-2004, 04:51 PM
No, that didn't make me laugh, but this did:

Funny (http://www.wezentiger.com/)


:lol:

WEZ
09-03-2004, 04:54 PM
Whoo Hoo Ryans Achieved summat , how to be a total PRICK

wenna
09-03-2004, 04:54 PM
wow!! this is gettin well out of hand now!! chill pill whistle crew!!!

Ryan
09-03-2004, 04:56 PM
No no no, that was an error - I tried to post a direct link to a pic in the gallery, but it's just posted your website - and that wasn't intentional at all.

WEZ
09-03-2004, 04:59 PM
No no no, that was an error - I tried to post a direct link to a pic in the gallery, but it's just posted your website - and that wasn't intentional at all.

oh right , then i apologise for my outburst !

which picture did you want to post ?

Patrick
09-03-2004, 05:00 PM
My tuppence worth : regardless of any artistic merit, or lack of, they definitely do slow the board down and make it much more difficult for people to use the board discreetly at work. Therefore they are definitely a deterrent to users.
As people (and coincidentally it seems to be the same people who are wittering on about "mutual respect" who are the main offenders) can't, or don't, voluntarily seem to want to respect the fact that it is annoying at best for work users - and some of the images, particularly the dodgy porn ones, could be sackable offences for some people in their jobs. For example, that one Wez has just used is blocked by our firewall, so my IP address will be appearing on our admins report for attempting to access a banned site every time I read a thread with that signature in it.

I agree that there should be a size restriction at the very least, if not an outright ban on them. Text only signatures would be preferrable.

Ryan
09-03-2004, 05:00 PM
No no no, that was an error - I tried to post a direct link to a pic in the gallery, but it's just posted your website - and that wasn't intentional at all.

oh right , then i apologise for my outburst !

which picture did you want to post ?

The entire of the newest gallery actually - hence why it just linked straight to your homepage.

Don't worry about the outburst - I can take it. :)

WEZ
09-03-2004, 05:04 PM
No no no, that was an error - I tried to post a direct link to a pic in the gallery, but it's just posted your website - and that wasn't intentional at all.

oh right , then i apologise for my outburst !

which picture did you want to post ?

The entire of the newest gallery actually - hence why it just linked straight to your homepage.

Don't worry about the outburst - I can take it. :)

ahh the pictures of the last north !

http://www.wezentiger.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/multimedia/pictures/last%20ever%20north/north%20last%202004.htm

:cool:

WEZ
09-03-2004, 05:05 PM
[quote="Patrick"] that one Wez has just used is blocked by our firewall, so my IP address will be appearing on our admins report for attempting to access a banned site every time I read a thread with that signature in it.

[quote]


what did i just post mate ???

about bopnsai cats ? thats mawby mate !

Ryan
09-03-2004, 05:08 PM
No no no, that was an error - I tried to post a direct link to a pic in the gallery, but it's just posted your website - and that wasn't intentional at all.

oh right , then i apologise for my outburst !

which picture did you want to post ?

The entire of the newest gallery actually - hence why it just linked straight to your homepage.

Don't worry about the outburst - I can take it. :)

ahh the pictures of the last north !

http://www.wezentiger.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/multimedia/pictures/last%20ever%20north/north%20last%202004.htm

:cool:

Yeah, and you gotta admit some of those pictures are absolutely hilarious!!! :lol:

ncw
09-03-2004, 05:09 PM
There are some severly munted people in those photos.

WEZ
09-03-2004, 05:11 PM
dont know what your talking about :lol:

http://www.wezentiger.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/multimedia/pictures/north%2006-12-03/12020032.JPG

Patrick
09-03-2004, 05:13 PM
that one Wez has just used is blocked by our firewall, so my IP address will be appearing on our admins report for attempting to access a banned site every time I read a thread with that signature in it.




what did i just post mate ???

about bopnsai cats ? thats mawby mate !

Sorry - you're right - it was Mawby's Bonsai kittens that are causing the firewall issues.

death on a stick
09-03-2004, 05:15 PM
this thread is an eyesore.

WEZ
09-03-2004, 05:19 PM
this thread is an eyesore.


lighten up man ,

all is sorted now , people are getting rid of signatures and avatar sizes , :shock:

wenna
09-03-2004, 05:19 PM
at the end of the day some ppl like large signitures and some ppl don't

Ryan
09-03-2004, 05:25 PM
at the end of the day some ppl like large signitures and some ppl don't


Genius. :cool:

death on a stick
09-03-2004, 05:26 PM
at the end of the day some ppl like large signitures and some ppl don't
such insight into the human condition. thanks for sharing.

wenna
09-03-2004, 05:27 PM
yeah thanx m8

wenna
09-03-2004, 05:30 PM
sorry guys but it does annoy me a little to see selfish ppl who want everything thier way.

this whole "i dont like ppl with large signitures so i'll wind them up" attitude is a little childish i reckon.

Ryan
09-03-2004, 05:35 PM
No-ones being selfish, just re-read the thread and see the pro's and cons of having them.

Not wanting to get rid of them, when people could get sacked from their jobs is selfish, not vice versa. (See Patricks point above).

:)

death on a stick
09-03-2004, 05:36 PM
more childish than "LOOK AT MY BIG GARISH PICTURES FU.CKING UP YOUR SCREEN, LOOK AT IT, IT'S ABOUT ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME"?

No, that's not selfish or childish at all, is it?

wenna
09-03-2004, 05:40 PM
its about getting your message out to ppl. which is what this entire forum is all about. some ppl dont have time to read every word on the forums, so when they see a picture it sticks in their mind more.

death on a stick
09-03-2004, 05:49 PM
There are sections of the forum for "getting the message out" aren't there?

If the message isn't interesting enough to draw people in using a thread or user profile designed for that purpose then perhaps the product should be reconsidered. Certainly pushing ghastly images onto the screen with every post is not the way to do it. It's disrespectful, unsightly, and only serves to further cement BOA's image as a forum full of unworldly pre-teens.

The only thing that sticks in my mind seeing some of the images all over this thread is how people seem to have no sense of aesthetics or subtlety. The last thing it does is interest me in their product...quite the opposite. Are your bedrooms painted lime green with pink stripes?

Mawby
09-03-2004, 05:59 PM
To those people who are at work moaning about signatures STOP PISSIN ABOUT ON THE NET & GET SOME WORK DONE

Esox Lucius
09-03-2004, 09:27 PM
to be honest I couldn't care less what people have as their signature & the size of it, I don't let things so petty annoy me.

~cheeky~
09-03-2004, 09:34 PM
i go on another site which on my personal settings page i have a choice to be able to hide Signatures in Forums,however i duno if that would be to much trouble to sort out on boa..........just an idea.

i dont mind making mine smaller or even get rid of them if there causing so much upset to ppl :roll:
i think the sigs on boa are ok compared to some ive seen .
mine maybe pointless but i like them http://www.harderfaster.net/images/smiles/nerner.gif

death on a stick
09-03-2004, 10:33 PM
I agree, I don't know what the fuss is about.

Patrick
09-03-2004, 11:14 PM
:lol:


i go on another site which on my personal settings page i have a choice to be able to hide Signatures in Forums,however i duno if that would be to much trouble to sort out on boa..........just an idea.


Aye, that's the thing ! If we had the option in our profiles to turn them off, then fair enough, I wouldn't give a toss about what size or what images people used. But having them on screen all the time, after every post in a thread, does mean that I for one can't use this forum so much in work time - and I know a lot of other people in the same boat. I don't think anybody 'moaning' wants to restrict anyones freedom of expression - it would just be nice to have a choice whether we had them rammed down our throats all the time or not.

Yo, admin, can that be sorted ?

Esox Lucius
10-03-2004, 12:41 AM
I have to say that is mildy amusing death on a stick :lol:

Esox Lucius
10-03-2004, 12:42 AM
the huge avatar & signature that is ;)

WEZ
10-03-2004, 09:17 AM
to be honest I couldn't care less what people have as their signature & the size of it, I don't let things so petty annoy me.

i love you :lol:

WEZ
10-03-2004, 09:18 AM
i do recall n-one having avatars or signatures that big , dont be so silly ! :lol:

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 10:11 AM
havnt you lot stopped bitching yet :rambo:

~cheeky~
10-03-2004, 10:23 AM
doesnt look like it ah.
i think guys are more bitchy than us girls ;)

death on a stick
10-03-2004, 10:31 AM
Just making a point, although as usual it's lost on the pondlife. :roll:

WEZ
10-03-2004, 10:31 AM
Just making a point, although as usual it's lost on the pondlife. :roll: :lol: :lol:

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 10:41 AM
doesnt look like it ah.
i think guys are more bitchy than us girls ;)
i know tell me about it its sad i put in my two pence and thats it

Patrick
10-03-2004, 11:06 AM
havnt you lot stopped bitching yet :rambo:

:roll:
A very constructive and helpful response, cheers.
Why do some people have so much difficulty grasping a very simple point ? Alls I'm saying is it would be nice to have a choice in our profiles, like on a lot of other forums, to choose whether we want signatures displayed or not.

I'll try and spell this out again, nice and slow.
Forums are places for people to discuss and share info about music they like.
They are also a useful place for people to advertise and discuss events.
As such, people can and will advertise new releases etc, and also up and coming events. All good for small labels, small promoters etc. who can't afford big budget advertising.
O.k. still with me ? All simple so far.

Many people use these forums at work and in college. For many of them it's the only reasonable option - surprisingly, and I know it's difficult to believe, but many people's mums haven't shelled out for them to have broadband in their bedrooms. So work/college time is their only chance to share in this information. Most college and work places allow some surfing time, but not all day, and most, except a very few, will have some sort of restriction on the type of content that can be viewed. If a site very obviously looks like a forum or chat room, a lot of bosses are going to have problems with that. They are of the opinion that they pay people to do their jobs, not to spend all day chatting on the internet. I know ! Bastards !
So having options to tailor a site to make it look as discreet as possible makes a huge amount of sense, especially as Mark EG has been asking how we can make sections of this forum more popular and encourage more users to post. This doesn't stop people from having signatures if they want them, nor does it stop people from viewing them when they are at home, or in offices with understanding bosses etc. It just gives them another choice.
This section of the forum (Bugs/Features) is for those types of suggestions. This is just one such suggestion - it is not, as you wrongly accuse, bitching. It's a simple suggestion to the admin that may lead to more people being able to use the site more often if he can implement it.

Also, at a time when the entire underground music industry is in recession, with distributors and labels having to shut down, it makes even more sense to make it easier for wage earners (i.e the people with the most disposable income to buy tunes and to support events) to have access to that information and to make it less of a ball-ache for them to be able to interact with like-minded individuals. Every single person who chooses not to use this site because it isn't work safe is a potential punter lost to someone advertising an event in their area, or a potential sale lost to a record label, if they don't get that info.

Barely Human
10-03-2004, 11:11 AM
I really dont see some of the argument here. Pictures do not slow the board down. Not for the text that you are reading anyway! When you click on a link, it downloads the html, and displays the text, then it downloads the pictures from where the html tells it to. If your really that bothered, then dont post! This board has been going for years, and you come on here and want to change it for yourself???? Whats that all about. This board is about being part of a comunity, and if you cant settle in and be part of that, then there is really no point in you being here.

No offence intended mate, but i think you need to think before you post.

ps. On the fact of setting the board up so you can turn off signitures if you want - If you have ever set up your own board, then you will no how hard, and how long it can take to implement these sorts of things. Not to mention the effects it can have on the board in the long run. I know mark os a very busy man, and with the lack of sinner being around, i dowt there is anyone to do this anyway. So basically you either like it, or lump it.

Patrick
10-03-2004, 11:14 AM
Iq, who is that response direced at ?

Patrick
10-03-2004, 11:16 AM
direced = directed

*no edit button*

Barely Human
10-03-2004, 11:19 AM
Anyone who argued the points i brought up. Im not trying to offend anyone either, just putting my veiw accross. I can see the points of both sides of this argument, and im not gonna sit here arguing the point of, oh -that looks shit, its self promotion, blah, blah, blah, becuase thats pointless. They are opinions and arguing them in stupid. But, i will make my veiws known on the facts of the speed isuse, and implementing the avatar on or off button. ;)

Barely Human
10-03-2004, 11:25 AM
Oh, and this is the coding that would need to be implimented to get a signature and avatar on or off button for any user to select -

#-----[ SQL ]------------------------------------------
#
ALTER TABLE phpbb_users ADD COLUMN user_showavatars tinyint(1) default '1';
ALTER TABLE phpbb_users ADD COLUMN user_showsignatures tinyint(1) default '1';
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
includes/usercp_register.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $board_config['allow_smilies'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : TRUE;
$showsignatures = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : TRUE;
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $userdata['user_allowsmile'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $userdata['user_showavatars'];
$showsignatures = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $userdata['user_showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$sql = "UPDATE " . USERS_TABLE . "
SET
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
user_allowsmile = $allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
user_showavatars = $showavatars, user_showsignatures = $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
// Get current date
//
$sql = "INSERT INTO "
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
user_allowsmile,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
user_showavatars, user_showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
VALUES ($user_id,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars, $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = $userdata['user_allowsmile'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = $userdata['user_showavatars'];
$showsignatures = $userdata['user_showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
display_avatar_gallery($mode,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars, $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO' => ( !$allowsmilies ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'SHOW_AVATARS_YES' => ( $showavatars ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_AVATARS_NO' => ( !$showavatars ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_YES' => ( $showsignatures ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_NO' => ( !$showsignatures ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_ALWAYS_ADD_SIGNATURE' => $lang['Always_add_sig'],
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_SHOW_AVATARS' => $lang['Show_avatars'],
'L_SHOW_SIGNATURES' => $lang['Show_signatures'],
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
language/lang_english/lang_main.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
//
// That's all, Folks!
#
#-----[ BEFORE, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$lang['Show_avatars'] = 'Show Avatars in Topic';
$lang['Show_signatures'] = 'Show Signatures in Topic';

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
admin/admin_users.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = ( isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ) ? intval( $HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies'] ) : $board_config['allow_smilies'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = ( isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ) ? intval( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars'] ) : $board_config['showavatars'];
$showsignatures = ( isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ) ? intval( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures'] ) : $board_config['showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$sql = "UPDATE " . USERS_TABLE . "
SET
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
user_allowsmile = $allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
user_showavatars = $showavatars, user_showsignatures = $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = $this_userdata['user_allowsmile'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = $this_userdata['user_showavatars'];
$showsigatures = $this_userdata['user_showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="allowsmilies" value="' . $allowsmilies . '" />';
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="showavatars" value="' . $showavatars . '" />';
$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="showsignatures" value="' . $showsignatures . '" />';
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO' => (!$allowsmilies) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'SHOW_AVATARS_YES' => ($showavatars) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_AVATARS_NO' => (!$showavatars) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_YES' => ($showsignatures) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_NO' => (!$showsignatures) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES' => $lang['Always_smile'],
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_SHOW_AVATARS' => $lang['Show_avatars'],
'L_SHOW_SIGNATURES' => $lang['Show_signatures'],
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
templates/subSilver/admin/user_edit_body.tpl
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
<input type="radio" name="allowsmilies" value="0" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_NO}&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
&lt;tr>
&lt;td class="row1">&lt;span class="gen">{L_SHOW_AVATARS}:&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;td class="row2">
<input type="radio" name="showavatars" value="1" {SHOW_AVATARS_YES} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_YES}&lt;/span>
<input type="radio" name="showavatars" value="0" {SHOW_AVATARS_NO} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_NO}&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
&lt;tr>
&lt;td class="row1">&lt;span class="gen">{L_SHOW_SIGNATURES}:&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;td class="row2">
<input type="radio" name="showsignatures" value="1" {SHOW_SIGNATURES_YES} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_YES}&lt;/span>
<input type="radio" name="showsignatures" value="0" {SHOW_SIGNATURES_NO} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_NO}&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
templates/subSilver/profile_add_body.tpl
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
<input type="radio" name="allowsmilies" value="0" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_NO}&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
&lt;tr>
&lt;td class="row1">&lt;span class="gen">{L_SHOW_AVATARS}:&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;td class="row2">
<input type="radio" name="showavatars" value="1" {SHOW_AVATARS_YES} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_YES}&lt;/span>
<input type="radio" name="showavatars" value="0" {SHOW_AVATARS_NO} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_NO}&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
&lt;tr>
&lt;td class="row1">&lt;span class="gen">{L_SHOW_SIGNATURES}:&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;td class="row2">
<input type="radio" name="showsignatures" value="1" {SHOW_SIGNATURES_YES} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_YES}&lt;/span>
<input type="radio" name="showsignatures" value="0" {SHOW_SIGNATURES_NO} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_NO}&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
templates/subSilver/viewtopic_body.tpl
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}
#
#-----[ REPLACE WITH ]------------------------------------------
#

&lt;!-- BEGIN switch_showavatars -->

{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}
&lt;!-- END switch_showavatars -->

#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
{postrow.SIGNATURE}
#
#-----[ REPLACE WITH ]------------------------------------------
#

&lt;!-- BEGIN switch_showsignatures -->
{postrow.SIGNATURE}
&lt;!-- END switch_showsignatures -->

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
viewtopic.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'U_POST_ID' => $postrow[$i]['post_id'])
);
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
if ($userdata['user_showavatars'])
{
$template->assign_block_vars('postrow.switch_showavatars', array());
}
if ($userdata['user_showsignatures'])
{
$template->assign_block_vars('postrow.switch_showsignatures', array());
}
#
#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]------------------------------------------
#
# EoM





So if mark has the time, and knows how to do this, then you can have it ;)

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 11:25 AM
havnt you lot stopped bitching yet :rambo:

:roll:
A very constructive and helpful response, cheers.
Why do some people have so much difficulty grasping a very simple point ? Alls I'm saying is it would be nice to have a choice in our profiles, like on a lot of other forums, to choose whether we want signatures displayed or not.

I'll try and spell this out again, nice and slow.
Forums are places for people to discuss and share info about music they like.
They are also a useful place for people to advertise and discuss events.
As such, people can and will advertise new releases etc, and also up and coming events. All good for small labels, small promoters etc. who can't afford big budget advertising.
O.k. still with me ? All simple so far.

Many people use these forums at work and in college. For many of them it's the only reasonable option - surprisingly, and I know it's difficult to believe, but many people's mums haven't shelled out for them to have broadband in their bedrooms. So work/college time is their only chance to share in this information. Most college and work places allow some surfing time, but not all day, and most, except a very few, will have some sort of restriction on the type of content that can be viewed. If a site very obviously looks like a forum or chat room, a lot of bosses are going to have problems with that. They are of the opinion that they pay people to do their jobs, not to spend all day chatting on the internet. I know ! Bastards !
So having options to tailor a site to make it look as discreet as possible makes a huge amount of sense, especially as Mark EG has been asking how we can make sections of this forum more popular and encourage more users to post. This doesn't stop people from having signatures if they want them, nor does it stop people from viewing them when they are at home, or in offices with understanding bosses etc. It just gives them another choice.
This section of the forum (Bugs/Features) is for those types of suggestions. This is just one such suggestion - it is not, as you wrongly accuse, bitching. It's a simple suggestion to the admin that may lead to more people being able to use the site more often if he can implement it.

Also, at a time when the entire underground music industry is in recession, with distributors and labels having to shut down, it makes even more sense to make it easier for wage earners (i.e the people with the most disposable income to buy tunes and to support events) to have access to that information and to make it less of a ball-ache for them to be able to interact with like-minded individuals. Every single person who chooses not to use this site because it isn't work safe is a potential punter lost to someone advertising an event in their area, or a potential sale lost to a record label, if they don't get that info.
ok thankyou that was a lovly essy i see wat your saying and i hvae done sinse you started bitching in the first place so thank you for repeating it in a lovly sarcastic and bitchy way it is most welcome.
i see wat your saying about the sigs but it gets you noticed and can push peeps on to your website just to see wat its all about so i think in the long run just cos some peeps dont have proadband and stuff its not our problem and should be able to post wat we like

Esox Lucius
10-03-2004, 11:30 AM
Alls I'm saying is it would be nice to have a choice in our profiles, like on a lot of other forums, to choose whether we want signatures displayed or not.

would be a good idea.

Barely Human
10-03-2004, 11:32 AM
I think it would be a good idea aswell, but if you look at the coding above, its not the easiest thing to do in the world. :shock:

Esox Lucius
10-03-2004, 11:34 AM
I wouldn't have a clue how to do it myself, it's all double dutch to me...maybe someone could help mark do it if he can't himself?

seems to be the ideal solution.

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 11:35 AM
yeah sounds like a good idea to me

Ryan
10-03-2004, 11:47 AM
yeah sounds like a good idea to me

Oh, don't be so selfish. :roll:

Barely Human
10-03-2004, 11:48 AM
yeah sounds like a good idea to me

Oh, don't be so selfish. :roll:

Eh?

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 11:48 AM
yeah sounds like a good idea to me

Oh, don't be so selfish. :roll:
wat are you on about now boy

Ryan
10-03-2004, 11:49 AM
yeah sounds like a good idea to me

Oh, don't be so selfish. :roll:
wat are you on about now boy


:lol:

Ryan
10-03-2004, 11:50 AM
Just trying to relieve some of Nunya's tension with a little joke. :lol:

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 11:50 AM
um ok then mate
are you ok today the sigs not annoying you to much and im not being sarcastic

Barely Human
10-03-2004, 11:52 AM
Iq, who is that response direced at ?

Oh, and i didnt mean you when when i was on about the boards been going for years :lol:

Ryan
10-03-2004, 11:52 AM
The sigs are absolutely horrifying today, but I'm busy in the office, so am not looking at them quite so much.

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 11:55 AM
oh dear never mind
keep working then you wont have to see ever again will you :roll:

Ryan
10-03-2004, 12:02 PM
oh dear never mind
keep working then you wont have to see ever again will you :roll:

Do you mind explaining what you mean by that, exactly?

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 12:04 PM
you said you were busy
so im telling you to keep working and then you wont have to see the sigs ever again will you
i can stop mailing you if my sig annoys you :lol:

death on a stick
10-03-2004, 12:04 PM
I'm having trouble working out what language DJ Nunya is using, let alone what she means.

Ryan
10-03-2004, 12:05 PM
I wonder if she is any good??

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 12:07 PM
mate i come from somerset and i drink cider no one knows wat is talking about but theres no need to get nasty about it lol[/img]

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 12:07 PM
I wonder if she is any good??
any good at wat

death on a stick
10-03-2004, 12:12 PM
I'm the best at wat. Nobody can out-wat me.

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 12:16 PM
ha ha you wish
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat wat
see im the best at wat [/b]

Ryan
10-03-2004, 12:18 PM
t'wat t'wat?

death on a stick
10-03-2004, 12:20 PM
t'wat t'wat?
http://www.aperfectworld.org/clipart/animals/owl.gif

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 12:21 PM
t'wat t'wat?
aww look at that you can say your name how cute
lol :lol: :roll:

Ryan
10-03-2004, 12:23 PM
t'wat t'wat?
aww look at that you can say your name how cute
lol :lol: :roll:

I've been able to say it for about 25 years now. :cool:

Patrick
10-03-2004, 12:26 PM
Iq, who is that response direced at ?

Oh, and i didnt mean you when when i was on about the boards been going for years :lol:

:lol:
That's what confused me.

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 12:32 PM
t'wat t'wat?
aww look at that you can say your name how cute
lol :lol: :roll:

I've been able to say it for about 25 years now. :cool:
and you should be very proud
like you pic i thought they slowed down the thingy

Patrick
10-03-2004, 12:37 PM
ok thankyou that was a lovly essy i see wat your saying and i hvae done sinse you started bitching in the first place so thank you for repeating it in a lovly sarcastic and bitchy way it is most welcome.
i see wat your saying about the sigs but it gets you noticed and can push peeps on to your website just to see wat its all about so i think in the long run just cos some peeps dont have proadband and stuff its not our problem and should be able to post wat we like

Brizzle, izzat ? Youm bin at the zider, my luvver ? ;) :lol:
Seriously, I have no problem with people promoting and advertising. And it's not up to me to judge the artistic merits of the sigs (people will decide that for themselves), but I'm just making the point that really big obvious signatures make it a pain in the arse to use this forum when I'm in work. And I'm not the only one who feels that. So if it's possible, and not too much work, it would be great if Mark could give us the option to turn them off. That's reasonable innit ? Ain't bitching ? ;)

By the way, what is a Nunya ?

DJ NUNYA
10-03-2004, 12:40 PM
that is a good point and i agree is mine to big for you taste
and nunya buisness

WEZ
10-03-2004, 02:55 PM
OH DEAR OH DEAR , PLANCTUN AT ITS BEST !

death on a stick
10-03-2004, 03:20 PM
OH DEAR OH DEAR , PLANCTUN AT ITS BEST !

I think that's what we in the business call a f.u.ck up (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=planctun).

http://www.ocean-adventures.org/images/biologist/plankton.jpg

WEZ
10-03-2004, 03:22 PM
:lol:

Hakka.
10-03-2004, 05:05 PM
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/030403/my-dad.gif

Jay M
10-03-2004, 09:37 PM
hey folks lets not ruin this board with petty squabbling, if you dont like peoples sigs then fair enough but don start mouthing of at everyone.I dont mind sigs (as you can tell) as long as they aint huge.

Fair enough to voice your opinion in here but please dont start giving grief to board members.

dan the acid man
11-03-2004, 01:47 AM
well said jay, we all have to accept different people have different opinions

Ryan
11-03-2004, 09:18 AM
To be honest, I think the most grief has come from users who cannot grasp the very simple point - that being, can we have a choice, please?

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 09:35 AM
To be honest, I think the most grief has come from users who cannot grasp the very simple point - that being, can we have a choice, please?
some people need to learn to use an imaging program. unless they're deliberately taking up the entire screen with their oversized flashy banners. I guess it's some kind of "flash car" syndrome, posting a great big image to make up for what's lacking elsewhere.

some forum software prevents the sig showing in all but a posters first post in any one thread.
Actually, going back and noticing which avatars/sigs I find annoying, they seem to belong to equally annoying individuals, so there seems to be a correlation there.

I think you'll find that the ones wanting the signtures to be switched off started the negativity mate.

Ryan
11-03-2004, 10:05 AM
can we have a choice, please?

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:07 AM
To be honest, I think the most grief has come from users who cannot grasp the very simple point - that being, can we have a choice, please?

Hmmmmm........

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:08 AM
Oh, and this is the coding that would need to be implimented to get a signature and avatar on or off button for any user to select -

#-----[ SQL ]------------------------------------------
#
ALTER TABLE phpbb_users ADD COLUMN user_showavatars tinyint(1) default '1';
ALTER TABLE phpbb_users ADD COLUMN user_showsignatures tinyint(1) default '1';
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
includes/usercp_register.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $board_config['allow_smilies'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : TRUE;
$showsignatures = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : TRUE;
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $userdata['user_allowsmile'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $userdata['user_showavatars'];
$showsignatures = ( isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ) ? ( ($HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ? TRUE : 0 ) : $userdata['user_showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$sql = "UPDATE " . USERS_TABLE . "
SET
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
user_allowsmile = $allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
user_showavatars = $showavatars, user_showsignatures = $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
// Get current date
//
$sql = "INSERT INTO "
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
user_allowsmile,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
user_showavatars, user_showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
VALUES ($user_id,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars, $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = $userdata['user_allowsmile'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = $userdata['user_showavatars'];
$showsignatures = $userdata['user_showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
display_avatar_gallery($mode,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars, $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO' => ( !$allowsmilies ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'SHOW_AVATARS_YES' => ( $showavatars ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_AVATARS_NO' => ( !$showavatars ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_YES' => ( $showsignatures ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_NO' => ( !$showsignatures ) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_ALWAYS_ADD_SIGNATURE' => $lang['Always_add_sig'],
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_SHOW_AVATARS' => $lang['Show_avatars'],
'L_SHOW_SIGNATURES' => $lang['Show_signatures'],
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
language/lang_english/lang_main.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
//
// That's all, Folks!
#
#-----[ BEFORE, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$lang['Show_avatars'] = 'Show Avatars in Topic';
$lang['Show_signatures'] = 'Show Signatures in Topic';

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
admin/admin_users.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = ( isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies']) ) ? intval( $HTTP_POST_VARS['allowsmilies'] ) : $board_config['allow_smilies'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = ( isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars']) ) ? intval( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showavatars'] ) : $board_config['showavatars'];
$showsignatures = ( isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures']) ) ? intval( $HTTP_POST_VARS['showsignatures'] ) : $board_config['showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$sql = "UPDATE " . USERS_TABLE . "
SET
#
#-----[ IN-LINE FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
user_allowsmile = $allowsmilies,
#
#-----[ IN-LINE AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
user_showavatars = $showavatars, user_showsignatures = $showsignatures,
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$allowsmilies = $this_userdata['user_allowsmile'];
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$showavatars = $this_userdata['user_showavatars'];
$showsigatures = $this_userdata['user_showsignatures'];
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="allowsmilies" value="' . $allowsmilies . '" />';
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="showavatars" value="' . $showavatars . '" />';
$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="showsignatures" value="' . $showsignatures . '" />';
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO' => (!$allowsmilies) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'SHOW_AVATARS_YES' => ($showavatars) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_AVATARS_NO' => (!$showavatars) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_YES' => ($showsignatures) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
'SHOW_SIGNATURES_NO' => (!$showsignatures) ? 'checked="checked"' : '',
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES' => $lang['Always_smile'],
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
'L_SHOW_AVATARS' => $lang['Show_avatars'],
'L_SHOW_SIGNATURES' => $lang['Show_signatures'],
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
templates/subSilver/admin/user_edit_body.tpl
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
<input type="radio" name="allowsmilies" value="0" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO} />
&lt;span class="gen">{L_NO}&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
&lt;/tr>
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
&lt;tr>
&lt;td class="row1">&lt;span class="gen">{L_SHOW_AVATARS}:&lt;/span>&lt;/td>
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So if mark has the time, and knows how to do this, then you can have it ;)

Hmmmmm......

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:08 AM
No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.

Hmmmm.....

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:09 AM
I mean, half of them are not even decent pictures, just mushed up computer generated rubbish!!!

:rambo:

Hmmmm.......

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:10 AM
That ludicrous picture represents what you have achieved??? How on earth do you figure that?? Remind to not come to any event you're involved with!!!!!! :lol:





Hmmmmm....

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:11 AM
Thier seams to be a pattern emerging here.....

Lets see if i can dig any deeper....

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:11 AM
No, that didn't make me laugh, but this did:

Funny (http://www.wezentiger.com/)


:lol:

Hmmmm.....

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:13 AM
My tuppence worth : regardless of any artistic merit, or lack of, they definitely do slow the board down and make it much more difficult for people to use the board discreetly at work. Therefore they are definitely a deterrent to users.
As people (and coincidentally it seems to be the same people who are wittering on about "mutual respect" who are the main offenders) can't, or don't, voluntarily seem to want to respect the fact that it is annoying at best for work users - and some of the images, particularly the dodgy porn ones, could be sackable offences for some people in their jobs. For example, that one Wez has just used is blocked by our firewall, so my IP address will be appearing on our admins report for attempting to access a banned site every time I read a thread with that signature in it.

I agree that there should be a size restriction at the very least, if not an outright ban on them. Text only signatures would be preferrable.

Now this guy was the first person on the no signature side of it to post something constructive, and non offesive to other board members.

Ryan
11-03-2004, 10:21 AM
No, that didn't make me laugh, but this did:

Funny (http://www.wezentiger.com/)


:lol:



Hmmmm.....


I don't see what you're getting at, this one here was in jest and certainly not a dig at anyone, and myself and Wez have already spoken about, so IQ, instead of wasting your energy on childish "one-upmanship" (and as an admin aswell, shame on you :lol: ) why don't you try and give us the choice to switch avatars and sigs on and off??

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:25 AM
No, that didn't make me laugh, but this did:

Funny (http://www.wezentiger.com/)


:lol:



Hmmmm.....


I don't see what you're getting at, this one here was in jest and certainly not a dig at anyone, and myself and Wez have already spoken about, so IQ, instead of wasting your energy on childish "one-upmanship" (and as an admin aswell, shame on you :lol: ) why don't you try and give us the choice to switch avatars and sigs on and off??

Im not trying to get one up on you, ive got much better things to do with my time. The fact is, i cant stand it when people say one thing, and then change thier minds about it later! You say that the negativity is by small minded people who want to keep thier signature, when, this post was made negative in the first place by your coments! I have allready put my view across that it would be a good idea to have the choice, and i have even posted the code for this to be implitmented, which, is a lot more than you have done, which is basically go - They looks shit!

So you tell me who is the childish one?

Ryan
11-03-2004, 10:26 AM
My tuppence worth : regardless of any artistic merit, or lack of, they definitely do slow the board down and make it much more difficult for people to use the board discreetly at work. Therefore they are definitely a deterrent to users.
As people (and coincidentally it seems to be the same people who are wittering on about "mutual respect" who are the main offenders) can't, or don't, voluntarily seem to want to respect the fact that it is annoying at best for work users - and some of the images, particularly the dodgy porn ones, could be sackable offences for some people in their jobs. For example, that one Wez has just used is blocked by our firewall, so my IP address will be appearing on our admins report for attempting to access a banned site every time I read a thread with that signature in it.

I agree that there should be a size restriction at the very least, if not an outright ban on them. Text only signatures would be preferrable.

Now this guy was the first person on the no signature side of it to post something constructive, and non offesive to other board members.


And anyway, why does something have to be oversimplified x 1000 for anyone to understand a point around here?? If people hadn't reacted badly initially then this ridiculous topic wouldn't have to be nearly 10 pages long, and people like Patrick wouldn't have to (repeatedly) process very simple messages into a discourse that can be understood by a child.
It was a simple request initially, to get rid of them - I maintain that I think that they look absolutely dire, but that's neither here nor there, but if a community (of 1000's of members, hundreds of thousands of posts, numerous forums, and loads of moderators) such as this can operate pretty smoothly then I don't see what the problem is in turns of simply giving us a choice to switch them on or off. is it unreasonable??
This topic would stop dead should this be enabled, then we could all stop wasting our time going round and round in circles and focus more on the music discussion.

Ryan
11-03-2004, 10:30 AM
No, that didn't make me laugh, but this did:

Funny (http://www.wezentiger.com/)


:lol:



Hmmmm.....


I don't see what you're getting at, this one here was in jest and certainly not a dig at anyone, and myself and Wez have already spoken about, so IQ, instead of wasting your energy on childish "one-upmanship" (and as an admin aswell, shame on you :lol: ) why don't you try and give us the choice to switch avatars and sigs on and off??

Im not trying to get one up on you, ive got much better things to do with my time. The fact is, i cant stand it when people say one thing, and then change thier minds about it later! You say that the negativity is by small minded people who want to keep thier signature, when, this post was made negative in the first place by your coments! I have allready put my view across that it would be a good idea to have the choice, and i have even posted the code for this to be implitmented, which, is a lot more than you have done, which is basically go - They looks shit!

So you tell me who is the childish one?]

I give up on you man, and I recomend that you add a "zero" to username.

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:36 AM
My tuppence worth : regardless of any artistic merit, or lack of, they definitely do slow the board down and make it much more difficult for people to use the board discreetly at work. Therefore they are definitely a deterrent to users.
As people (and coincidentally it seems to be the same people who are wittering on about "mutual respect" who are the main offenders) can't, or don't, voluntarily seem to want to respect the fact that it is annoying at best for work users - and some of the images, particularly the dodgy porn ones, could be sackable offences for some people in their jobs. For example, that one Wez has just used is blocked by our firewall, so my IP address will be appearing on our admins report for attempting to access a banned site every time I read a thread with that signature in it.

I agree that there should be a size restriction at the very least, if not an outright ban on them. Text only signatures would be preferrable.

Now this guy was the first person on the no signature side of it to post something constructive, and non offesive to other board members.


And anyway, why does something have to be oversimplified x 1000 for anyone to understand a point around here?? If people hadn't reacted badly initially then this ridiculous topic wouldn't have to be nearly 10 pages long, and people like Patrick wouldn't have to (repeatedly) process very simple messages into a discourse that can be understood by a child.
It was a simple request initially, to get rid of them - I maintain that I think that they look absolutely dire, but that's neither here nor there, but if a community (of 1000's of members, hundreds of thousands of posts, numerous forums, and loads of moderators) such as this can operate pretty smoothly then I don't see what the problem is in turns of simply giving us a choice to switch them on or off. is it unreasonable??
This topic would stop dead should this be enabled, then we could all stop wasting our time going round and round in circles and focus more on the music discussion.

No, the topic doesnt have to be simplyfied, but you dont get my point here....

You started this thread, and all you had to say was -

Just wondering if thier is any chance of a avatar/signature on off button, as its a bit dodgy with all these pictures at work.

Instead you posted -

Many on here look atrocious. They are filled with info that nobody reads, and generally make me look much more conspicuous at work.
I call for an outright ban on these self promotong monstrosities. I can just about tolerate some text. Anyone else?

The first reply was a sensible one -

lol, since about 70% of the board have them i dont think your going to get a good responce , i think there ok if there a sensible size but the gigantic ones can be a bit

Then your reply could be seen as a bit offensive -

What's up with your signature?? Did you design that?? Is it you??
It's OK to look at, like, once....but 50 times on a single thread? Do you get where I'm coming from??

Then, death on a stick decides to make the post completely negative by posting these stupid coments -


some people need to learn to use an imaging program. unless they're deliberately taking up the entire screen with their oversized flashy banners. I guess it's some kind of "flash car" syndrome, posting a great big image to make up for what's lacking elsewhere.

some forum software prevents the sig showing in all but a posters first post in any one thread.

Actually, going back and noticing which avatars/sigs I find annoying, they seem to belong to equally annoying individuals, so there seems to be a correlation there.

Wich you see, is where all this shit has come from! You didnt help the situation by making yourself look very arorgant by posting this -


No ones getting shirty, we're just saying that it looks absolutey sh1t.

I dont think that was a constructive coment, do you?

If you and death on a stick hadnt started the childishness in the first place, then we would be having the convesation now.

Ryan
11-03-2004, 10:37 AM
Many on here look atrocious. They are filled with info that nobody reads, and generally make me look much more conspicuous at work.
I call for an outright ban on these self promotong monstrosities. I can just about tolerate some text. Anyone else? :rambo:


Not to mention how badly they fish'n'chips up all the alignments on my screen.


For the record, here were my initial posts. Personally, I don't see any problem with them - they are merely stating my opinion and offering reasons to back these opinions up. These are certainly not offensive (or whatever they are being construed to be.)

Anyway, I can really say, or add no more to this discussion, so if we could have a choice to switch sigs and avatars on and off, then I will lick your bottom forever. :D

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 10:37 AM
give up on you man, and I recomend that you add a "zero" to username.

Seriusly mate, your getting rather tiresome with your remarks, and to be honest, i dont think you will last much longer on this board if you carry on this way.

death on a stick
11-03-2004, 10:58 AM
Then, death on a stick decides to make the post completely negative by posting these stupid coments -


some people need to learn to use an imaging program. unless they're deliberately taking up the entire screen with their oversized flashy banners. I guess it's some kind of "flash car" syndrome, posting a great big image to make up for what's lacking elsewhere.

some forum software prevents the sig showing in all but a posters first post in any one thread.

Actually, going back and noticing which avatars/sigs I find annoying, they seem to belong to equally annoying individuals, so there seems to be a correlation there.
Those aren't negative comments, they are observations on the reality of what I see on this board. If you see those observations as being negative, it's because of the content of them, not the fact that I've illustrated them. As you seem to agree that my observations reflect things that are undesirable it would appear we have no dispute, and I'll pre-accept your apology for making your own observations without bothering to pay attention.

Esox Lucius
11-03-2004, 11:03 AM
give up on you man, and I recomend that you add a "zero" to username.

Seriusly mate, your getting rather tiresome with your remarks, and to be honest, i dont think you will last much longer on this board if you carry on this way.

quite funny that, he has already been banned the once before :lol:

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 11:12 AM
give up on you man, and I recomend that you add a "zero" to username.

Seriusly mate, your getting rather tiresome with your remarks, and to be honest, i dont think you will last much longer on this board if you carry on this way.

quite funny that, he has already been banned the once before :lol:

Really? Who is he?

Patrick
11-03-2004, 11:14 AM
give up on you man, and I recomend that you add a "zero" to username.

Seriusly mate, your getting rather tiresome with your remarks, and to be honest, i dont think you will last much longer on this board if you carry on this way.

quite funny that, he has already been banned the once before :lol:

Really? Who is he?

He's Ryan.

Esox Lucius
11-03-2004, 11:15 AM
ryan blackman

http://www.clubber.cz/F050203nextplanet_a/DSCF0141.JPG

give him his due though, he is a very good dj :cool:

it must be a southern thing when people get so anal :lol:

Barely Human
11-03-2004, 11:20 AM
ryan blackman

http://www.clubber.cz/F050203nextplanet_a/DSCF0141.JPG

give him his due though, he is a very good dj :cool:

it must be a southern thing when people get so anal :lol:

:lol:

~cheeky~
11-03-2004, 12:23 PM
it must be a southern thing when people get so anal :lol:

oi not all of us :lol:

Esox Lucius
11-03-2004, 12:24 PM
tis just a joke.

~cheeky~
11-03-2004, 12:48 PM
i know that why i put a laughing smilie.

The Divide
11-03-2004, 08:37 PM
Glad someone’s brought this up actually. I certainly dont have a problem with the sigs (as long as the pics are the correct size for the page in minimum resolution). I dont care if they look good/bad or self promotion either. What I dont like is ones with loads of flash animations simply because some pcs cant handle them (mine included). Its not the download rate thats causing problems here as I am on broadband. Its how they affect the graphics and makes my pc sluggish. If I had more RAM this probably wouldn’t be a problem.

Best way I could describe this to you is, if say its a really short post and someone has both a flash animation for both their avatar and sig then it slows everything down and can be a bit annoying sometimes. Well thats my moan on this one although this is only the case with one or two members on here I still think its a bit unnecessary

DJ NUNYA
12-03-2004, 10:18 AM
ah yes ryan blackman you asked for a demo and then decided to dis wez yes i remember now oh dear

DJRazza
12-03-2004, 11:25 AM
what an ass crying over sigs god sake i thought i could be bad

Ryan
12-03-2004, 11:27 AM
ah yes ryan blackman you asked for a demo and then decided to dis wez yes i remember now oh dear

Not quite, but same geezer anyway. No need to spark this tiopic off again, I believe it is more or less done.

DJ NUNYA
12-03-2004, 11:32 AM
i agree

Ashley
12-03-2004, 03:28 PM
Thank f.u.c.k. for that :lol: :roll:

dan the acid man
12-03-2004, 08:42 PM
did anyone know you can set it so you dont see pics on web pages somewhere in internet settings that i cant remember off the top of my head, so if anyones getting annoyed by them just turn the bloody things off, thats choice for you :rambo:

Patrick
12-03-2004, 09:19 PM
That does work, Dan, but it's a bit of an overkill as it turns off all avatars, emoticons and all the control buttons as well as images. It also still leaves boxes around where the images used to be. And it turns off all images in all browser sessions, which again won't be of any use to people using web based apps at work with images in them, cos they'll also disappear as well. Cheers for the suggestion anyway.

Antinoise
13-03-2004, 09:14 AM
Can't help but notice but its most of the Trance based people that have the crappy looking huge graphic sigs. Kind of fitting i guess.....

Everyone should look at Fernando's sig and study it. Its class! Tiny type just giving a litte info. Now look at DJ Nunya's (To pick out one close.. but there are many).... That’s disgraceful..

Esox Lucius
13-03-2004, 09:20 AM
dj nunya plays drum & bass you daft yank :lol: ;)

Antinoise
13-03-2004, 09:41 AM
They were 2 seperate comments. It's a fact that the trance heads have crazy large sigs (as a sterotype)... and..... it is also a fact that DJ Nunya's sig is large and not in charge............. No personal insult to Nunya's. ....but I do know he's not a graphic designer!!!

He was just my closest target.....

DJRazza
13-03-2004, 03:03 PM
i hope theres not gonna be any more arguing again

MARKEG
13-03-2004, 03:29 PM
God what a load of rubbish that read was. I mean fg's sake 11 pages? Why not just point out that the images are not suitable for work and ask me to add a signiture/avatar on/off button?!?!! Look at yourselves!!!

And Death you really are a major wind up. Saying the board is for a load of pre-teens gets up my ass, cause it's not. It's for alot of enthusiastic music ppl who don't stroke their chin like you. Well some of them do but most dont. Just cause you stoke your chin doesnt mean you are any worse or any better than anyone. Why not just get on?!?!!

Oh god don't even bother replying to that cause you'll only have another smart ass comment and we don't want another 100000 pages do we.

Ok listen up. I totally see the problem here. At work you need that option of hiding the pics. So let me find five minutes and I'll implement the code, it doesn't look too difficult - just time consuming and I'm on a studio mission at the mo. It'll be sorted I hope by next month ;)

Can we finish the topic now??

The Divide
13-03-2004, 03:32 PM
Case closed :lol:

Col
13-03-2004, 11:57 PM
damn! i missed this one.

Dave Elyzium
14-03-2004, 11:39 PM
ok I got to page 8 and really couldnt be arsed to read any more of that bollox....Can I suggest for christs sake those of you with problems take them up in your own time on MSN or e-mail cos it is posts like these that are starting to make this forum look like every other forum out there full of whiny little brats, suffering from major penile inferiority complex arguing on a level that would probably bore the most brattish of 8 year olds in less tiem than...well i think you get my point..

Dave Elyzium
14-03-2004, 11:43 PM
Oh and how abouta new feature?? can we have a choice whether or not to view assholes posts please?!

Barely Human
15-03-2004, 01:01 AM
Oh and how abouta new feature?? can we have a choice whether or not to view assholes posts please?!

Its already been implitmented mate :lol:

DJ NUNYA
15-03-2004, 11:30 AM
They were 2 seperate comments. It's a fact that the trance heads have crazy large sigs (as a sterotype)... and..... it is also a fact that DJ Nunya's sig is large and not in charge............. No personal insult to Nunya's. ....but I do know he's not a graphic designer!!!

He was just my closest target.....
wat do you mean hes not a graphic designer im a woman thankyou very much

Antinoise
15-03-2004, 12:51 PM
haha.. sorry my bad..

DJ NUNYA
15-03-2004, 01:04 PM
haha.. sorry my bad..
yes big bad but ill let you off this time

Dave Elyzium
15-03-2004, 02:32 PM
vote vex!

subsonic
04-05-2004, 04:52 PM
:lol:

death on a stick
07-07-2004, 12:28 PM
I accidentally just saw THIS (http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=228998#228998) post, which reminded me to ask again to have the "switch off tasteless idiots' signatures" function returned to the forum.

Pretty please with hard trance on top.

Ashley
07-07-2004, 12:50 PM
Look in your profile.

Ashley
07-07-2004, 12:50 PM
Emmm maybe not, im sure mark sorted it out so that u can switch them off :eh:

Barely Human
07-07-2004, 07:44 PM
A far as i know, when mark made the changes for the button, he managed to lose the link at the top of the page to the chat facility. So when people asked for the chat back, i asume he just uploaded his old files so that the button disapeared, and the chat link came back.

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