Signature files and Animated Gifs

[james_uk@ebay.com]

Good Morning,

I am afraid to say that we have arrived at a post I had hoped I would not have to make 😞 I will be posting this message across most of the main boards throughout the day.

The size of Signature Files in posts is starting to get a little too out of hand. Lately the size has been creeping up and in some cases there are two or three different things in sig files pushing out the size of posts. In addition the use of animated gifs has been creeping back in along with ad's for sales and attempts to hide links in text.

For the most part I've tried to be as flexible as possible, overlooking the ones that are a little bigger than the recommendations. When they have been too large I've contacted members directly to ask them to resize them, and members have been happy to comply. This is no longer an option as it is taking up too much time due to the number of people needing to be contacted.

Were these reported Liveworld will act on them, and I don't want to see anyone getting a warning over something easily avoided.

At this point I would like to remind everyone about the signature guidelines, which you can find here: http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=400055459&tstart=0

I hope we can work within these guidelines and bring the threads back to a point where posts are easy to read without too much scrolling.

I appreciate your help on this.

James

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I Pink therefore I am B-)

[felines*whiskers]

I mean TICKER:8}

[honeydippytabstinkertattybattyhelenalch]

did james ever come back? *is to lazy to read rest of thread*

[felines*whiskers]

No honey but I didnt expect him too tbh:-(

[kerry*baby]

Shall we put a ticker on to see how long it takes for a reply ?]:)
X K E R R Y X

[the-end-is-near]

testing

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[felines*whiskers]

:^O kerry, it will have to be a very long one:|

[kerry*baby]

:^O
X K E R R Y X

[crystal*ball*]

so,you can't even brighten up the boards with a bit of fun now?

sorry state of affairs me thinks....

[royal*happiness]

The rules have been in place for a very long time, just seems Ebay have finally got round to having a go at us about it. Has only took them just over 3 years :^O


**Use of Signature Files in posts**
alexiab@ebay.com View Listings | Report 09-03-05 12:51 GMT
eBay provides a Signature File feature for the boards, that enables a signature to appear with each of your posts. This file may contain up to 500 characters, and may contain HTML. The following guidelines are required for use. Violation of these guidelines will result in removal of all posts containing the inappropriate signature.

1. Material contained within or linked from signature files must not violate the Boards Usage Policy

2. All images found in a signature may not exceed a total area of 50 pixels by 220 pixels

3. Signatures may not contain any active code, scripts, CSS, JS, mouseovers, midi files, tracking mechanisms, cookies, or any type of code other than plain HTML used in standard ways. Code written to bypass board filters in any way will be a violation.

4. Signatures must be static. They may not blink, move, fade, or change in any way.

5. Signatures may contain no more than one (1) link. this link must be to a page located on the eBay website.

6. Members may link to any eBay page (meaning the link opens a page located on the eBay website, with an ebay.co.uk URL) within their signature, including to their Seller's list, their eBay Shop, or eBay search results for selling events. If linking to Sellers Lists or Shops, such links must conform to the applicable standards set by the eBay Links Policy for links within Item Listings:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/listing-links.html
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/listing-links-faq.html
with the following exceptions:
No third-party credits are allowed within signatures
Members may not link in their signature to any page that is not an eBay page, including simple pages containing only photos or static information. This type of information can be provided on your About Me page, to which a link would be allowed.

7. Signatures may not contain any representation of a website address, even if that is your user id or Shop Name. Some examples of prohibited components include: “.co.uk”; ".com", ".net", ".org", ".ac.uk" or any variation of such as "_com" or "-com"

8. Notwithstanding the ability to link to items, the "No Advertising" clause of the Board Usage Policy remains applicable to posts made using signatures. Posting for the sole purpose of allowing one's signature to display will not be tolerated. Examples of this include empty posts, repetitive posts, "bumping" without adding useful content, or other types of posts that do not contribute individually to healthy community interaction. In addition, blatant language or techniques, including frequent change of signatures, is prohibited and will be interpreted as Advertising.

For clarification, please note that the Signature File Guidelines apply only to the use of a signature, which is that portion of a post that would commonly be repeated in every post a member makes. The content of the body of the post continues to be covered by the other elements of the Board Usage Policy specifics and interpretation. Members may continue to post helping links, there is no prescribed limit to photo size or number of links within the body of a single post, members may not advertise by including links to their items in the body of posts, etc.

Thank you,

Alexia

[i*love*sugar]

Just testing

[kitten347]

Well my sig is small but my eyes blink ?:|

[toweryflats]

Steve they had a go 18 month ago and got rid of all the tagging threads and tags

the tags just sneaked up on size and using gifs again

no doubt in 2yr time we`ll go through it all again

[royal*happiness]

I must of been asleep when they did that Towery :^O

Will stick to my little sig, can't have the Button pushed on me then :^O

[toweryflats]

lol

ive shrunk a couple of my tags (naughtily one of them)
i made this one from a photo of my parrot ? tulips this year,
i have a legal-sized blank if anyone wants it

[kitten347]

:^O As long as she doesn't stand on my tail!

[boo1843]

Oi!!!

Ek i'm soooooooooo gonna spank you!!!

:-p

[kitten347]

[boo1843]

:^O:-x

[boo1843]

I know it wasn't directed at me, just like winding ell up!!!

[boo1843]

]:);-)