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I need help with my signature limit.

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Should the sig character limit be increased?
Definitely, it is way too short.
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I don't really mind either way.
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Not at all, be fine with what we do have.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:52 am


Ok, the problem is, no matter how short my signature is, the site always tells me that it is '257 characters long'. Even if I simply change one character in my current signature, it will tell me that it is over the correct amount. Without modifying my signature in any way from what it is now I can press submit, and still be told it is 257 characters.

Can somebody please explain to me how in the hell this -

[ur=http://tektek.org/?price=499][im]http://quest.tektek.org/?q=499&gold=30000[/img]

You know, if everyone reading donated 100 gold, it would still take a very long time to get those damn Horns.

(Two characters have been removed to prevent it from becoming an image or a liink.)


- is possibly over 255 characters long? Word tells me it is 249 with spaces, and yet Gaia is saying 257 still.
PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:07 am


Take out the http:// where you can, replace it with www. It eliminates three characters.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:55 am


Thank you, that worked! I could only change the first url though, the second one became 'malformed' confused I'm a little concerned that the next time I go to change it though I will be 'over' the limit again. This has happened in the past to me.

And thank you very much for your donation, every bit helps heart heart
PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:59 pm


Well, Gaia has talked about banning TinyURL so I wouldn't suggest that, but if you are putting a picture or something in host it here. And if necessary, when putting a sentence or something in your signature, make it into an image.

Here is an example. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.


The second is a picture. It looks almost the same (it would be the same but I messed up the color/font size), except there are less characters.

Just some suggestions if it ever happens in the future.

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