05-27-2006, 09:38 AM | #1 |
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Signature character limit
I was just wondering what counts towards the character limit. I tried to add a new signature without any formatting that Word said was only 393 characters but the forums still rejected it as being over the 400 limit. What might I still be missing as characters is this sense?
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05-27-2006, 09:42 AM | #2 |
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I remember having that problem for some long posts I wrote. I think spaces, carriage returns and formatting are taken into account in the character count. But that's just a guess.
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05-27-2006, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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How come images dont work in signatures?
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05-27-2006, 12:30 PM | #4 |
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Carriage returns probably count as well.
I think images essentially aren't allowed in sigs because they're annoying. |
05-27-2006, 12:49 PM | #5 |
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Not if tastefully done!
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05-27-2006, 01:29 PM | #7 | |
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As for the length issue, I would guess that it just does a strlen() on the string and sees what that returns, so it includes all whitespace characters as well (including \r, \n, \t). You can squeeze a few extras by using a text editor that supports unix style newlines, saving you one byte per line. |
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05-28-2006, 12:00 AM | #8 |
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So a tastefulness checker is a must for the next generation of web software then.
Did a bit of an edit and it's happy with the length I've got now. See current sig. (only image is a smiley, all of which are automatically tasteful)
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05-31-2006, 03:31 PM | #10 |
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LOL, Hammsie!
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