By Jason Dean on

Hi

Just wondered if there are any signature options, especially with regard to maximum length.

One of my users complained that she edited her account settings and filled the box with text. When it's displayed on comments, it's truncated. Any way to restrict the amount of text that can be entered in the first place?

I'm using core comment module with Drupal v5

Thanks!

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lhtown’s picture

lhtown commented

I have heard that signatures are vastly improved in Drupal 6 for what its worth. I think that implies that they stink in Drupal 5.

jscoble’s picture

jscoble commented

Wow, I'm left temporarily speechless by that kind of FUD from a n00b.

silverwing’s picture

silverwing commented

I'm not a n00b, and I think the drupal signature is rather lackluster.

But it's meant to be that way. It's not a phpbb or VB signature. But still...

Here are a couple modules I found that work for 5 that extend the usual signature.
http://drupal.org/project/signature_forum
http://drupal.org/project/signature

~silverwing
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jscoble’s picture

jscoble commented

Lackluster != stink.

I would agree that they are basic by design, perhaps too basic. But, as you point out, there are modules that extend the functionality of signature.

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silverwing commented

It's all about expectations. We live in phpbb/vb internet world filled with smilies and chat boxes and so on and so on. Then along comes drupal with its lackluster (my word of the day ;) ) forums and signatures. You expect one thing, but get another.

But as long as there are module makers out there, these things can be overcome.

And for one, I'm glad I don't have to sort through images in signatures here. Text is fine!

(I don't want to start a flame war. But whenever someone mentions anything about the forums, someone get's their delicate undergarments in a bunch. But come on, why can't we get a "mark all read" button here!)

I'm done. Sorry about hijacking this thread. I'm putting my soapbox away.

~silverwing

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jscoble’s picture

jscoble commented

I agree.

Forums are a whole nother thing. It would probably take more than a soapbox.

lhtown’s picture

lhtown commented

Note to jscoble, Before you call someone a noob, please check their user number. ;-)

jscoble’s picture

jscoble commented

Oh, I didn't check that, didn't know this was slashdot ;) I do have an older id that I had forgotten about before I created this one so I do have a lower user number too, but that doesn't matter to me.

I shouldn't have called you a n00b, even if you do have a higher user number. It's not nice and I apologize.

lhtown’s picture

lhtown commented

OK, ok, while we are all apologizing, I shouldn't have said that signatures stink. It was a harsher term than the situation merits. I don't even use signatures, but my understanding is that they work quite well in Drupal 5 (unless you want long signatures), they just have a limited and frustrating feature set for some people and that was a lot of the impetus for the major update in Drupal 6.

On the other hand, there are those who much prefer using a limited feature set and really could care less about new features.

Summary: the word stinks stinks and should be avoided when referring to open source software.

jscoble’s picture

jscoble commented

But I've recovered ;)

The users.signature column is defined as a varchar(255), so 255 bytes of characters would be your maximum signature length.

Have you tried any of the signature modules to see if one suits your needs?

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Jason Dean commented

Thanks for all the input - the Signatures for Forums module looks ideal! :)

jscoble’s picture

jscoble commented

glad to hear you found something that suits your needs.