Please Change Your Signatures
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: 7thElement
As mentioned here http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=97014 we will not longer allow off-site signautre and avatar linking.
Your controlpanel includes a new signature upload function where you can upload your signature. We will remove all signautures from our database now.
Reason for this step is that many members use dynamic signatures which fetch a user information such as browser version, OS version, IP address and more.
Hopefully this step will help to offer our members a better privacy environment.
Please also upload your avatars or select one from our galleries while you are on it :)
7th
Posted by: TheFilePirater
at first, i didnt notice that lol :P
Posted by: 4th gen
Done :)
Posted by: I.am
Great! :D
Posted by: Rip The Jacker
Done. B)
Posted by: [B][O][T]
Thanks 7th :)
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Posted by: Java Boy
I was wondering when this queer stuff was gonna happen...
Its pretty much the normal thing on most websites these days though so it had to happen...I recall privacy being one of the reasons?Bit late for that though, kazaa has been well and truly infiltrated by now...No use locking the gate now...the horse has bolted... :lol: :P :D :lol: :P :D :lol: :P :D
Is this one of those signature things where we have to allow popups or we dont get to see the user posted image things?just want to know cause Im not gonna bother if its that much trouble(changing my firewalls settings just to visit this site etc),Ill just go signature free :)
Posted by: 7thElement
Is this one of those signature things where we have to allow popups or we dont get to see the user posted image things?
Huh ?
The only reason that I mentioned the popup: The upload window is a new window (opened by a javascript).
Some firewalls block javascript popups and show a javascript error instead.
That's the story ;)
Posted by: Java Boy
yeah I noticed the popup bit in "my control panel" and thats why I asked..
Cheers
Posted by: Desert Eagle
Hey, is my sig ok? The only information it is displaying is coming from my computer.
Posted by: [B][O][T]
Did You read 7th first post?
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Posted by: Java Boy
I suppose this new forum procedure covers linking pictures in our posts as well?....
like normal jpegs,gifs etc?..if it does im disappointed :(
Posted by: Java Boy
Originally posted by 7thElement@2 February 2004 - 06:16
Reason for this step is that many members use dynamic signatures which fetch a user information such as browser version, OS version, IP address and more.
Hopefully this step will help to offer our members a better privacy environment.
Wouldnt it be easier to just ban those sort of signatures?..I know 2 other forums, one just as big if not bigger than k-lite forum that employs the banning of those ISP signatures etc
Posted by: 7thElement
You cannot ban it by extension. The best example would be this image http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg which is generated on-fly.
The only way to stop people to collect user information is by allowing our members to upload their sigs / avatars here.
Posted by: I.am
Originally posted by Java Boy@2 February 2004 - 00:19
I suppose this new forum procedure covers linking pictures in our posts as well?....
like normal jpegs,gifs etc?..if it does im disappointed :(
No I dont think so. Its only related to having it in sigs.
Posted by: muchspl2
I didn't have a sig just links to kvcd
this sucks :confused:
Posted by: REALITY
Well why didn't you just do it for us...
:huh: :huh: :P :P
Posted by: Evil Gemini
Hey this is a really good idea :)
Wont the extra storage and BW be a problem though ? :unsure:
Posted by: [B][O][T]
Originally posted by Evil Gemini@2 February 2004 - 13:27
Wont the extra storage and BW be a problem though ? :unsure:
We got 7th :)
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Posted by: {I}{K}{E}
would be great if the picture was checked on the filesizes (max 495x150 Pixels)
Posted by: NotoriousBIC
Why aren't .png's allowed? They are much more compacter...
Posted by: Nimdock
Originally posted by NotoriousBIC@2 February 2004 - 08:39
Why aren't .png's allowed? They are much more compacter...
I was about to ask the same... my sig is .png and I don't want to convert it it if possible...
Do you think it would be possible to add support for .png?
Posted by: BawA
can we use more then 1 image in sig? :ghostface:
Posted by: Nimdock
7th, would you please answer if it is possible to add support for .png?
Posted by: 7thElement
not today, but i'll add it.
Posted by: Askjeevesbot
why were the links deleted too
Posted by: james_bond_rulez
can we post off-site images in our regular posts and pms too? :huh:
Posted by: 7thElement
cause it's a 1 second step to delete 76,395 signatures at once, but impossible to check 76,395 profiles and delete them one by one.
Posted by: Askjeevesbot
Originally posted by 7thElement@2 February 2004 - 09:36
cause it's a 1 second step to delete 76,395 signatures at once, but impossible to check 76,395 profiles and delete them one by one.
:P u shoulda asked me i woulda done it
Posted by: 7thElement
Originally posted by james_bond_rulez@2 February 2004 - 15:36
can we post off-site images in our regular posts and pms too? :huh:
You can post anything you want in PM's ;)
Off site images are allowed if they come from public domains (aol/yahoo/other known free hosts).
Posting dynamic images into topics is not longer allowed.
Posted by: Nimdock
Originally posted by 7thElement@2 February 2004 - 10:32
not today, but i'll add it.
Thanks.
Posted by: Sparkle1984
Quote from My Control PanelPlease use our signature uploader if you decide to use images in your signature. The uploader opens a new popup window. Make sure that you allow a popup on this site. The max. file size is limited to 100.000 bytes. Only .gif and .jpg images are allowed.
Do you mean 100 bytes or 100,000 bytes ? Because that comma looks suspiciously like a decimal point ! <_<
So it's 100Kb, yes?
Posted by: Livy
done. :D
is it not possibel to make the sigs the same format as avatars and personal pics.
like my avatar is uploads/av-18986.gif
or would it cause problems with multi image sigs
Posted by: uNz[i]
meh.. it was time for a change anyways...
Posted by: DWk
My avatar is still working.
I might be slow today, but are you removing the current avatars?
Posted by: Xero Grid
Interesting, I had just made a new sig and not too long after I got a PM from a Moderator saying that my sig was just noticed and was too big.
So, I just resized and optimized it. Seems to be clear of the 100k mark. :D
Everything's cool. I thought getting a notice was nice instead of just getting it wiped. :P
-- Xero Grid --
Posted by: kAb
god dammit you could've given us some warning before.
i don't remember where I had saved it. now i have to go search the internet for it.
Way to go, another f**k up 7th :angry:
Posted by: tracydani
I'm not understanding something here. I thought this was just in regards to pics and such in the sig.
My sig is gone and all it was, was links to other sections of the forum. Was is too much text or something?
TD
Posted by: Livy
the only way 7th could delete all the sigs, was to do them all at once, everyone with a sig has lost it.
this was done so there are no longer any hotlinked images, which can pose a security threat.
u just need to put the stuff back in.
Posted by: tracydani
OK thanks, just wanted to be sure I was in the clear before replacing it. I just remembered I aslo had a link to anonx in it. Is that acceptable as well?
Not sure if that would give out info as well.
TD
Posted by: Livy
i think its only the images that pose a threat, as is someone knows whatthey are doing, they can retrive the ip addresses of people on the forum, just by using an image in the signture. as you have to fetch the image from another server, which the board doesnt have control over, where as if they are on the server, they are onlt getting fetched from the server, so no probs.
Posted by: tracydani
Thanks again Livy :)
Now I just gotta work up the energy to replace it. I'm already tired just thinking about it.
TD
Posted by: internet.news
Originally posted by 7thElement@2 February 2004 - 07:16
As mentioned here http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=97014 we will not longer allow off-site signautre and avatar linking.
Your controlpanel includes a new signature upload function where you can upload your signature. We will remove all signautures from our database now.
Reason for this step is that many members use dynamic signatures which fetch a user information such as browser version, OS version, IP address and more.
Hopefully this step will help to offer our members a better privacy environment.
Please also upload your avatars or select one from our galleries while you are on it :)
7th
Reason for this step is that many members use dynamic signatures which fetch a user information such as browser version, OS version, IP address and more. (7th Element)
I have to mention, that it is good from you to mention this cause some ppl don't
know that their IP easily could be discovered. But if ppl who know that want to
have a dynamic Signature - like me - they should be allowed on their own risk.
So it is good to mention that ;)
Posted by: backlash
weeeee
Finally!! I'm so excited.
Posted by: gemby!
was wondering about that :P
took me a while to notice though :lol: