Signature?

[Carter Johnson girl]

Hi everyone, sorry if this is the wrong place to post this...

I'm new here, and not particularly computer-savvy. How do I insert images into my signature? Do I have to reach a certain number of posts first? I notice lots of other folks have images in theirs.

Thanks!

[Kath2]

1. You may need a certain number of posts first.

Then "copy image" and paste. Usually works well. Like this wonderful pic.....

[oldcynic]

2. how many posts?

[Rhiannon12866]

6. No, you don't need any number of posts

You can add a signature to your profile anytime.

[Kath2]

3. Your signature line is lovely!

[Make7]

4. It is pretty easy (usually).

Follow the My Profile link (near the top right of the page) and scroll to the bottom to find the Signature line Edit link. Click that and enter the web address of an image in the text field and click the 'Update!' button.

The web address of the image should start with http or https and end with jpg, jpeg, png, or gif. For example:

  http://www.democraticunderground.com/imgs/logo.gif

If the image you want to use is on one of your devices, you'll need to upload it to an image host (e.g. imgur or photobucket) and use the web address provided to paste into your signature.

The stylesheet for DU limits the size of images in signatures to a maximum of 400 pixels wide and/or a maximum of 100 pixels high - if you use something larger, it will get scaled down to fit within those dimensions.

Typically questions like this about the forum features and software are posted in the Community Help forum. This forum is more geared toward discussions of programming unrelated to the workings of the DU website.

Welcome to DU.

[oldcynic]

7. hi Make7

We have to stop meeting like this. (Joke, joke)
Twice now I've encountered your well-written and understandable instructions. Would you consider starting a tag for 'frequently asked questions'. Can't tell you how much time I've wasted searching through posts of kindly intended gibberish to do things. It would be so helpful for newbies.

[Make7]

10. Thanks for the kind words.

[font style="font-variant:small-caps;"]Short Answer:[/font]
I'd like to do a FAQs thread, but have a lot of things on my priority list and I'm not sure I would be able to spend the time to do it justice.

[font style="font-variant:small-caps;"]Long Answer:[/font]
I have thought of doing a FAQs thread (and also believe I suggested to another DU'er that they do one when the switch to DU3 was made). That was back when we still had the Help & Meta-discussion forum. I created an unofficial HTML tag thread based on the Admin's DU2 table and people started asking and answering questions in that thread. When the Welcome & Help forum was created (now called Community Help) I reposted the HTML tags opening post (which is pinned to the top of the forum listings). There are some useful things in that thread but it doesn't cover a lot of basic "where to find stuff on the site" kind of questions - I think many of those discussions were found in the (now inaccessible) Help & Meta-discussion forum in its early days as everyone was finding their way around the software changes.

I used to spend a lot more time here than I typically do now. A good FAQs thread would be beneficial (we agree on that), but I don't know when I would have the time (and energy) to do it satisfactorily. I think searching the Community Help forum is probably the best bet to getting answers to commonly asked questions. If you limit a Google search to DU and use the full forum name in quotes in addition to the keyword(s) concerning the topic you're interested in, you should hopefully get some results that will help. Like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ademocraticunderground.com+%22Community+Help+%28Forum%29%22+signature

You could even add my username in quotes to the search to get threads where I have chimed in. I used to tell people to send me a "DU Mail" message and I'd answer it within a few days, but sometimes I don't check in for a while now. I'll still answer, but it may take a week or two (or more). Typically those conversations would be more suited to HTML/CSS type questions.

There are a lot of smart people here at DU - I'd say you should usually be able to get an answer in the Community Help forum if you post a thread and ask follow up questions if the answers seem unclear or incomplete. And I will add doing a FAQs thread on my to do list - but it probably won't happen any time soon.

[font style="font-variant:small-caps;"]-Make7[/font]

[oldcynic]

11. every good idea I come up with has already been tried...

It was your written clarity I was speaking to. Much appreciate your reply.

[Carter Johnson girl]

5. :)

Thanks everyone! Love my new signature.

[madamesilverspurs]

8. Welcome aboard!

You live in a gorgeous part of the country. I have family in Pt.Townsend and on Marrowstone Island, don't get to visit nearly as often as I'd like to. It's always a delight to see the preponderance of non-GOP bumper stickers...


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[Carter Johnson girl]

9. Thanks!

Thanks for the welcome!

I do love my state. Port Townsend is a beautiful place! I don't live very far from there. I visit it often. Never been to Marrowstone Island, though.

Yep! Mostly Coexist and Hillary stickers, thankfully.