Relaxation of 1 link in signature rule

[GeorgeK]

I notice more and more folks are putting more than one link in their signature, and they all look really good, and are kept to 4 lines or less.

Thus, can the rule of only 1 link be relaxed/eliminated:

"Your forum signature may not exceed 4 lines in length, and may contain no more than one link. "

 

[system0]

oops - i didnt even realise that was the rule

 

[Duke]

Appears to be a rule that has never been enforced as I see a lot of multiple signatures. I wouldn't see anything wrong with multiple sigs within the 4-line rule if it doesn't cause the forum any problems. I like to see what enterprises the various posters have developed. Up to the owner of course.

 

[Anthony Ng]

I guess it's even WORSE for rules NOT being enforced than simply having bad rules.

Would like to hear from gregr or other Mods.

 

[GeorgeK]

Right, it'd be nice to be able to see the various websites that members have, at a glance.

 

[CoolHost.com]

George - YOU have one of the BEST "signatures" here in the Forum!! Highly visible, uniformly colored ... and with two (2) 'links ("Home Page" and "E-mail").
Will you now be banned ... or, more likely, will I (for pointing it out)?? LOL.
Good Luck.

 

[DomainPairs]

Probably a good idea to keep it, but interpret it sensibly. If you relax it, people will start putting 3 or 4 links there. The next stage would be banner ads, which will up the bandwidth cost presumably (unless they were hosted remotely).

 

[NamePopper.com]

We have always enforced the 4 lines of text rule - however the link rule has indeed been relaxed in the past.
As of now - that will no longer be the case.

Everybody is allowed only one link. If you have more - get rid of them. This applies to everybody - including the mods and Greg himself. There will be no exceptions.

You can of course list your other sites in your signature - but no more than one actual link. We don't want to see any spam affiliate links either. Those will not be tolerated.

This is the rule. The immediate & strict enforcement of this rule begins now. This comes straight from the top. This is not open to discussion. Please make any necessary changes. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

[GeorgeK]

Just to be sure, an e-mail address (mailto) won't count as a link, right? (I had asked that months ago, that's why my signature is the way it is now, with only the homepage website link).

 

[GeorgeK]

Nevermind --- Greg said 'email' doesn't count as a link, so I'm safe. No shoving in extra links, though (and I had the colours all picked out!).

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by GeorgeK
Greg said 'email' doesn't count as a link, so I'm safe.

You're lucky you got that last second reprieve George. Popper was organizing a posse to hunt you down and string you up on the nearest tree!

 

[CoolHost.com]

Originally posted by GeorgeK
Nevermind --- Greg said 'email' doesn't count as a link, so I'm safe. No shoving in extra links, though (and I had the colours all picked out!).

Sorry if I ALMOST got you in trouble, George! But, as you mention ... an "e-mail" link is NOT a link insofar as this Rule! Excellent. Again, you have a GREAT sig!

PS. Duke - Nice job on yours recently, as well. This thread proved helpful, indeed.

 

[NamePopper.com]

Correct - one email link is also allowed.

So your sig can have one url - and one email link.

 

[NamePopper.com]

For all the link hogs out there - you need to change your signatures now. I dropped mine down to only one - and I was still the moderator at the time - so there are no exceptions. This is not aimed at just people in this thread - but this is the most appropriate place to post it because of the title. Everybody in the forum needs to comply with this rule.

1 url link - and 1 email link.

 

[GiantDomains]

Originally posted by NamePopper.com
For all the link hogs out there - you need to change your signatures now. I dropped mine down to only one - and I was still the moderator at the time - so there are no exceptions. This is not aimed at just people in this thread - but this is the most appropriate place to post it because of the title. Everybody in the forum needs to comply with this rule.

1 url link - and 1 email link.

Poppers right. I'll take a look around.

Fonzerelli_79, i know for a fact you have 8 links in you sig!

 

[system0]

changed

if im honest im totally puzzled by this rule - although i had 6 links (not 8), the size of the text was small and only spanned 2 lines

why is this not allowed but a sig in big writing which spans 4 lines with only 1 link but text to several sites is allowed

neither increases or reduces bandwidth - its only text afterall - and if anything - 2 lines, regardless of the number of links is better than 4

from an admin point of view - i think its a contridiction of terms
the signature can be a powerful way to market sites and i always visit other members site listed on their sigs - i dont want other members to limit their number of links as much as me limiting mine - for example - if i want to visit namepoppers sites i have to copy and paste the domain onto the browser address bar instead of just clicking a link

just my 2 dnf$

 

[GiantDomains]

Thanks for complying...

 

[system0]

no problem - i wasnt not complying by the ways - just hadnt returned to the thread

 

[Fearless]

Links in your signature will be a perk of the premier membership in the near future. :weird:

 

[system0]

Originally posted by gregr
Links in your signature will be a perk of the premier membership in the near future. :weird:

oh right - all part of the masterplan - lol

im curious now....come on - tell us more