Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Signature can mess up layout https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:15:58 +0000 Wed, 03 May 2006 02:33:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=19558 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Signature can mess up layout : Borg, this was the same issue...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/signature-can-mess-up-layout_topic19558_post106067.html#106067 Author: wistex
Subject: 19558
Posted: 03 May 2006 at 2:33am

Borg, this was the same issue that I posted about before.

Maybe there should be some checking to see if the html tags are actually closed?  For every < there should also be a >.  Its the missing > at the end that is screwing everything up.

Hey, I just throught of an easy and elegant solution.  Immediately after it displays the signature, put an empty html comment <!-- --> in the outputted code.  The closing --> will close the cut off tag in the signature, which will prevent the signature from messing up the layout of the forum.


Edited by wistex - 03 May 2006 at 2:34am]]> Wed, 03 May 2006 02:33:54 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/signature-can-mess-up-layout_topic19558_post106067.html#106067 <![CDATA[Signature can mess up layout : boRg, Thanks for the quick reply. I...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/signature-can-mess-up-layout_topic19558_post105625.html#105625 Author: JakePehrson
Subject: 19558
Posted: 26 April 2006 at 4:27pm

boRg,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I did shorten the signature (which of course fixed the problem). The potential problem is that a user could screw up the layout of the message board with their signature alone.

Thanks]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:27:47 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/signature-can-mess-up-layout_topic19558_post105625.html#105625 <![CDATA[Signature can mess up layout : Because of restrictions within...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/signature-can-mess-up-layout_topic19558_post105586.html#105586 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 19558
Posted: 26 April 2006 at 10:52am

Because of restrictions within the database only 255 characters can be used for a signature.

Signatures are limited to 200 characters, but if you use BBCodes to format things like links, these can add allot of characters to a signature taking it over the 255 characters allowed by the database.

The only solution is to shorten your signature.
]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:52:00 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/signature-can-mess-up-layout_topic19558_post105586.html#105586 <![CDATA[Signature can mess up layout : I put my signature line in like...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/signature-can-mess-up-layout_topic19558_post105544.html#105544 Author: JakePehrson
Subject: 19558
Posted: 26 April 2006 at 2:47am

I put my signature line in like this:
 
Jake Pehrson
www.coralplanet.com
Murray
http://aquaticdatabase.com
http://coralplanet.com
http://sugarglidercentral.com
 
When I save it is reformatted to this:
 
Jake Pehrson
www.coralplanet.com
Murray
http://aquaticdatabase.com
http://coralplanet.com
<a href="http://sugarglid
 
and then in messes up the forum layout for any thread that I have posted in.  See screen shot
 
 Users should not be able to mess up the forum layout via their signature lines.
 
http://www.utahreefs.com/screenshot.jpg
 
 


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