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

--
I Pink therefore I am B-)

[*merly*]

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[toweryflats]

mmieow

[catsplace09]

[blue*smartie]

To centre it you need this tag at the beginning of the code

you have to use the American spelling

[catsplace09]

Please

[blue*smartie]

It is centred 😄 Its just so big you cant really tell

[blue*smartie]

Oh that will teach me to do a hard refresh before posting - its small now 😄 and looks lovely

[catsplace09]

[blue*smartie]

😄

[catsplace09]

blue*smartie



SHOW OFF!!!

[catsplace09]

:_|:_|

[blue*smartie]

what are you trying to do?

[blue*smartie]

Are you using photobucket to resize?

If you are finding that its not worked I suggest that you use Paint to resize it, You will find it under Start -Programs - Accessories

Save it with a different filename and upload to your photobucket account as usual

[blue*smartie]

It does take a while to get the hang of it - but like I said up there ^^ if you use Paint to resize it should be a lot easier for you. Happy practicing :-D

[catsplace09]

I know this is not a "help" thread but.....

If you come back Blue*smartie, can you talk me through how I save "Paint" then send it to Photobucket?

Been trying all ways. Now must admit I don't have a clue.:8}

[catsplace09]

Apology for double post.

Don't know what happened:O

[blue*smartie]

ok - I am assuming that you have got a Windows computer

Go to start - all programs - accessories and then click on Paint

Let me know when you have found it

[catsplace09]

sorry to have kept you waiting:

I have found it

[blue*smartie]

File - Open

You now need to find the pic that you have got saved to your computer. Its probably in the Pictures folder if you have transferred it from your camera

Once you have found it press Open

[catsplace09]

I have selected the photo

Do I now scroll to "open with" then clikc on Paint?