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should signatures stay with the post or be updated across all threads

tomtoc

tomtoc

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just something i think about. it might not be a vbulletin option, but if it were, how would you prefer it.

when i ask a question, i don't post the details about my truck b/c it's in my sig. i just got a new truck...and a new sig. so now all the old posts about my truck don't make a lot of sense.

is there a way to keep the signatures with the posts? from a development standpoint, it seems possible but like a storage and database nightmare to keep all that.

obviously image signatures (the big picture ones) wouldn't be stored, but the text ones would. just something to discuss....
 
RangerPilot

RangerPilot

Boom Shaka Laka
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I don't think there is a way to do that, having worked with vBulletin on other sites...the signature is just part of your profile that is updated constantly, similar to the post count or location, it changes as you go.

You can always just tack on a small mention of your former vehicle at the bottom of your current signature, kind of similar to what I have (at least at the time of this post!).
 
mrfixit

mrfixit

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Your Post, when you make it, is like a mini web-page. The Pictures in your signatures and the Avatars are part your "page template", if you will. As a result, when you change one, it changes for all. And you are right about it being a database nightmare to do otherwise...
 
tomtoc

tomtoc

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68
Springfield, MO
i know how it works, just a bigger question in general - how would you prefer it to work.

it'd be nice if you didn't have to list each truck you ever owned in your sig, but on the other hand if i update something that applies to every post i've made, i see the benefit in updating my sig everywhere
 
mrfixit

mrfixit

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It's still a good idea to state what kind of truck it is when posting a new post about a repair, as it just makes it easier to follow, rather than to try to look to the sig and then follow back to where you were reading, IMO.
Most are forum-savvy enough to know to look at the sig, some are not so much ;)
Besides, search engines ( including our own) do not pick up what's in your sig.
 
tomtoc

tomtoc

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68
Springfield, MO
hmm, its like we need a default footer for each post, separate from a signature. anyone have a wonderful idea?
 
Skandocious

Skandocious

Post Whores Make Me Sick
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I do believe on Pirate4x4.com --- the sig's stay with the post like you're talking about Tom, or at least I think it works that way. I posted for a while with no sig, then I made a sig and kept posting, and my sig only appeared on my newer posts.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=665211


Notice only the last 2 posts have a sig.
 
1970Custom

1970Custom

They call me Spuds
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You still have that Chris?
 
mrfixit

mrfixit

Chief Chaotic Engineer
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Malfunction Junction, Fidelity MO -or- Mound City,
I don't see the sigs at all. Do I need to be a registered member?
 
mrfixit

mrfixit

Chief Chaotic Engineer
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Interesting... it does look like VBulletin's format, too.
 
mrfixit

mrfixit

Chief Chaotic Engineer
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Credit?
You got your break when we let you in here.
In God I trust, all others must pay cash.
heheh...
 

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