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== Your suggestions aren't working ==

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I just found out from another user that my signatures no longer have links. The same person introduced me to this page, and this was the first thing I read

== Help ==

<blockquote>

I'm also getting invalid, no matter what I do: the markup I've been using all this time is:

If your signature is not working now (but was working previously), you will need to make some changes to your "my preferences" page.

</blockquote>

The trouble is, I can't do anything in the my preferences page anymore. Also I started using the "Signature and timestamp" button in the toolbar, and it stopped working tonight. ----DanTD 01:31, 7 September 2012 (UTC) <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:DanTD|DanTD]] ([[User talk:DanTD#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/DanTD|contribs]]) 01:31, 7 September 2012 (UTC)</small>

<nowiki>[[User:Francs2000|Francs]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Francs2000&action=edit&section=new 2000] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|<nowiki>&lt;/nowiki>]]</nowiki>

== Help Please ==

Any ideas anyone? -- [[User:Francs2000|Francs2000]] 23:36, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I've been trying to get my signature ( [[User:Brakkis|<span style="font-family:Abaddon; color:#480000; font-size:14px; text-shadow: black 0 4px 4px;">Brakkis</span>]] ) to appear with the Abaddon font, but I can't get it to work for some reason. Can anyone help me out? --[[User:Brakkis|Brakkis]] ([[User talk:Brakkis|talk]]) 22:59, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

== My signature breaks some templates ==

:It's the last item on the page, "Unclosed entities". You need to change the two places where you have a &amp; to &amp;amp;, as explained on the page. --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 23:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

My signature, which I mainly use on websites in the Wikia system, is as follows:<br><br>

::Ah, sorted! Helps if I actually read what I'm writing doesn't it? Many thanks for that. -- [[User:Francs2000|Francs]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Francs2000&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new 2000] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|<nowiki></nowiki>]] 23:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

<code><nowiki>[[User:Schiffy|<font color="000999">Schiffy</font>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<font color="FF6600">Speak to me</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<font color="FF0000">What I've done</font>]])</nowiki></code>

Apparently, the vertical line (<nowiki> | </nowiki>) between the links to my talk page and my contributions page breaks some templates, because it's used not as part of a link, but rather just as an individual character. It was suggested I go into my preferences and change that vertical line to <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>, which I did, but when saving my preferences, it is automatically changed to <nowiki>{{SUBST:!}}</nowiki>, which still breaks the templates. Unless I go in and manually copy and paste my signature with the <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki> in it, the signature messes up something. Is there a way to fix this in my preferences page so I can still use the <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> without breaking any kinds of templates? [[User:Schiffy|<span style="color:#000999;">Schiffy</span>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</span>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</span>]]) 17:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:::That's kinda cool... [[User:69.165.170.115|69.165.170.115]] 08:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

:You can try the HTML replacement for the pipe "&amp;#124;"

:I hope you can get it working with that

:[[User:My1|'''<span style="color:#00A0FF;">M</span>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<span style="color:#FFa000;">y</span>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<span style="color:#80dd00;">1</span>''']] 17:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

::I unfortunately have not used that before. I just need some help with the syntax in that regard. [[User:Schiffy|<span style="color:#000999;">Schiffy</span>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</span>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</span>]]) 17:44, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:::you simply have to delete the pipe and add in the HTML replancement "&amp;#124;" (without the "").

:::Regards, [[User:My1|'''<span style="color:#00A0FF;">M</span>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<span style="color:#FFa000;">y</span>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<span style="color:#80dd00;">1</span>''']] 17:46, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

::::Well, when I try that, "&amp;#124;" is showing up in my signature, and is not replaced by anything. This is the current status of said sig. [[User:Schiffy|<span style="color:#000999;">Schiffy</span>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</span>]]&amp;#124;[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</span>]]) 19:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:::::are you really using the &amp; sign and NOT its HTML replacement "&amp;amp"???

::::: Regards, [[User:My1|'''<span style="color:#00A0FF;">M</span>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<span style="color:#FFa000;">y</span>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<span style="color:#80dd00;">1</span>''']] 19:10, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

::::::I'm using it with the "amp;" added after the actual ampersand, followed by a "#124;" If I try ''just'' the ampersand followed by a "#124;", I get a warning saying my signature has an error. [[User:Schiffy|<span style="color:#000999;">Schiffy</span>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</span>]]&amp;#124;[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</span>]]) 20:14, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:::::::Your signature here has: ampersand, a, m, p, semicolon, hash sign, one, two, four, semicolon. What's wanted is: ampersand, hash sign, one, two, four, semicolon. This should display as &#124; -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 20:45, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

{{od|7}}

but he already said that with the &amp; only that there ia an error

[[User:My1|'''<span style="color:#00A0FF;">M</span>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<span style="color:#FFa000;">y</span>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<span style="color:#80dd00;">1</span>''']] 20:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

== A signature suggestion ==

:Now it's working, for some reason, actually. I don't know if the trouble was on my end or Wikia's end, but no matter, it works. [[User:Schiffy|<span style="color:#000999;">Schiffy</span>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</span>]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<span style="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</span>]]) 21:05, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

== Only 256 characters?!!! ==

On the off-chance that people will find this useful, I thought I'd post this here. If you've got significant amounts of HTML or CSS formatting in your signature that you use mainly to allow yourself to spot your signature easily, check out my [[User:HorsePunchKid#A signature suggestion|signature suggestion]]. For example, when I see this page, my signature will show up with a bright green background and border, but you do not have to suffer from my color choices. <tt>:)</tt> <span class="user-sig user-horsepunchkid">&mdash;[[User:HorsePunchKid|<span style="font-family:monospace;font-variant:small-caps;cursor:crosshair;white-space:nowrap;">HorsePunchKid</span>]]→[[User talk:HorsePunchKid|<span style="color:#070;cursor:help;" title="Kame-san says: Talk to me!">&#x9F9C;</span>]]</span> 02:48, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Goddamn please make it longer. I can't even place links to talk page. It is quickly runs out of available space.

==Mac Safari==

<br>It is really frustrating. <span style="font: 900 0.8em &quot;Lato&quot;">[[User:Alexander_Davronov|<span style='color:#a8a8a8'>DAVRONOV</span><span style="color:#000">A.A.</span>]] [[User talk:Alexander_Davronov|✉]] [[Special:Contributions/Alexander_Davronov|⚑]]</span> 21:42, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

I fixed my sig! Great! But it was a trial because my normal browser, Safari on the Mac, refused to let me alter the checkbox for 'Raw signature'. Internet Explorer on the Mac allowed it. Is there some reason for this? [[User:Dbiv|David]] | [[User talk:Dbiv|Talk]] 20:45, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

: David, using Safari to hit the checkbox works fine for me. Was something changed on wikipedia's end? I'm using the latest version of Safari on 10.4.3. [[User:Psantora|Paul]] [[User talk:Psantora|(talk]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +][[User talk:Psantora|)]] 18:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

== automatic talk page link ==

Is there a technical/other reason that we don't have a default link to the talk page in the base signature? It seems like it's adding an extra click when, in my case at least, I usually am more inclined to hit a person's talk page than their user page, at least at first. But I've only been here a couple of months, so I may be missing something basic... -- [[User:Nae'blis|nae'blis]] <i>_{[[User_talk:Nae'blis|(talk)]]}</i> 18:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

== I dont get it ==

I'm sorry...I don't get it. Can someone tell me why my sig doesnt work?

<nowiki>&mdash; [[User:Goethean|goethean]] [[User_talk:Goethean|&#2384;]]</nowiki>

(in the "signature blank", I've got: ampersand numbersign 2384 semicolon for the Om symbol)

&mdash; [[User:Goethean|goethean]] [[User_talk:Goethean|&#2384;]] 18:04, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

:Would that be <code>&#2384;</code> or <code>&amp#2384;</code>? Try the latter... [[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small> 18:51, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

::errr... nevermind... it seems after further review I don't really know what I'm talking about... heh sorry. [[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small> 18:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

:Could you try the workarounds I just added to the page (since you are already using a numeric entity, could you try using raw unicode)? --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 16:43, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

==What happened?==

OK, can someone explain why my sig sometimes comes out correct and sometimes comes out as just a simple link to my user page? Here is what I have on my preferences page,

:<nowiki>[[User:Bkonrad|older]]&ne;[[User talk:Bkonrad|wiser]]</nowiki>

This is marked as "Invalid raw signature; check HTML tags." but I don't see what the problem is. [[User:Bkonrad|Bkonrad]] 16:04, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

:If it's happening ''sometimes'' only, it could be related to the developers recently playing with the version of PHP. Looks like only some of the servers were upgraded. As a workaround, could you please try using the corresponding numeric entity instead of &amp;ne;? If it works all the time, it should be added to the page. --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 16:16, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

::Thanks. It looks like a problem with how the HTML entity for <nowiki>&ne;</nowiki> is getting processed (even here, when I'm putting it inside nowiki tags, it is still getting rendered. It seems to work OK when I replace it with unicode. [[User:Bkonrad|older]] ≠ [[User talk:Bkonrad|wiser]] 16:22, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

:::OK, I've added it to the list on the page. Now we need to get more people with similar problems to test and verify the workaround. --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 16:41, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

According to Brion, this was fixed last night (when I finally figured out that my problem was not the span tags but my mdash). It works for me now. &mdash; [[User:Ilyanep|<span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:black;">Ilyan</span>]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:green;">e</span>]][[User:Ilyanep|<span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:black;">p</span>]][[User talk:Ilyanep| <span style="font-variant:Small-caps;color:#808080;">(Talk)</span>]] 06:05, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

:Removed the workaround from the page, as it's not needed anymore. --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 18:13, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

== hmm...What did I do?? ==

I coded my new signature, and I tried fixing it according to this article, but it is still not working...I probably missed something, but I can't find it..hmmm...Any Help Would Be Greatly Appreciated. <i><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#007700"><b>Ø</b></font></i> [[User:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>tVaughn05</b></i>]]</font> ^{[[User talk:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>talk</b></i>]]</font>}_{[[Special:Contributions/Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>contribs</b><i>]]}</font><<That is what I want it to look like =) <br><code><nowiki><i><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#007700"><b>Ø</b></font></i> [[User:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>tVaughn05</b></i>]]</font> ^{[[User talk:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>talk</b></i>]]</font>}_{[[Special:Contributions/Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>contribs</b><i>]]}</font></code></nowiki>

You have overlapping tags. Use:

<code><nowiki><i><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#007700"><b>Ø</b></font></i> [[User:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>tVaughn05</i></b></font>]] ^{[[User talk:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>talk</i></b></font>]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>contribs</i></b></font>]]}</nowiki></code>

I think that works. Thank you! I am going to try the span style thingy that mark_sweep suggested later tonight. I am still new to this code =). Thanks again! <i><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#007700"><b>Ø</b></font></i> [[User:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>tVaughn05</i></b></font>]] ^{[[User talk:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>talk</i></b></font>]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>contribs</i></b></font>]]} 00:29, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

*Is there any way that I can change the way that the time and date appear? - <i><font face="arial, helvetica" color="#007700"><b>Ø</b></font></i> [[User:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>tVaughn05</i></b></font>]] ^{[[User talk:Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>talk</i></b></font>]]}_{[[Special:Contributions/Tvaughn05|<font face="Tahoma, helvetica" color="#007700"><b><i>contribs</i></b></font>]]} 02:09, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== Problem with link colours ==

I placed the following in my signature:

<pre><span style="font-family:monospace"> <span style="color:#008800">[[User:Nick R|Nick R]]</span>^{[[User talk:Nick R|Talk]]}</span></pre>

Which should make the link to my user page green. However (for me at least), it just comes out the colour of a link (or visited link):

<span style="font-family:monospace"> <span style="color:#008800">[[User:Nick R|Nick R]]</span>^{[[User talk:Nick R|Talk]]}</span>

It works if I do it like this:

<pre><span style="font-family:monospace">[[User:Nick R|<span style="color:#008800">Nick R</span>]]^{[[User talk:Nick R|Talk]]}</span></pre>

But I'd rather not do it that way if possible, since [[Wikipedia:How to fix your signature]] says, '''It's also a good idea to put the tags outside the link if possible (for instance: <code><nowiki><font color="white">[[User:Example|Example]]</font></nowiki></code>).'''

So, does anyone know why isn't it working for me? --<span style="font-family:monospace"> <span style="color:#008800">[[User:Nick R|Nick R]]</span>^{[[User talk:Nick R|Talk]]}</span> 19:42, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

:This is exactly one of the situations where the "if possible" clause acts (sorry for the bogus example). The link is converted to an <tt>a</tt> element, which has a fixed colour. So, you have to change the colour ''inside'' the link. --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 20:54, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

::Thanks! --<span style="font-family:monospace">[[User:Nick R|<span style="color:#008800">Nick R</span>]]^{[[User talk:Nick R|Talk]]}</span> 22:35, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

== problem with long username maybe? ==

<pre>[[User:Phoebus Panagopoulos|Phoebus]] ^{[[User talk:Phoebus Panagopoulos|@]]}</pre>

Just a smile sig, but only the talk part works. The user part appears as bold text. Help or insight greatly appreciated! [[User:Phoebus Panagopoulos|Phoebus]]^{[[User talk:Phoebus Panagopoulos|@]]} 14:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Hm. Nevermind! It works now. I don't know why, but when I previewed the username appeared as bold text. [[User:Phoebus Panagopoulos|Phoebus]]^{[[User talk:Phoebus Panagopoulos|@]]} 14:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

:Were you doing the test preview on your own user page? If you're on a particular page and you add a [[Help:Self link|self link]], it will appear in bold and not as a link. E.g. [[Wikipedia talk:How to fix your signature]] --<span style="font-family:monospace">[[User:Nick R|Nick R]]^{[[User talk:Nick R|<span style="color:#008800">Talk</span>]]}</span> 16:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

::This is really good information. I had the same problem--could we add this to the main article?--[[User:Baldghoti|Rob]] ^{[[User talk:Baldghoti|T]]} 20:43, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

:::I second that: I was just battling with my signature for a long time before I came to this talk page and discovered that little feature. [[User:Digfarenough|dig<i>far</i>enough]] ([[User talk:Digfarenough|talk]]) 15:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

:::I put something in this effect in the main page. See what you think (is it clear, etc). -- ''[[User:Nae'blis|nae]]'[[User_talk:Nae'blis|blis]]'' 18:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

== I'm a noob ==

Good idea to create this page. Thanks. I still have to find out though if it works with my signature (meaning if I'm able to make head or tail of what it says here).

Lots of people will have to modify their signatures. Many of them will know a lot about computing, many (myself included) won't. Since they are all Wikipedia contributors, they are all likely to be curious people.

So let me ask a question: What does "raw" mean as in "raw signature"? What is the opposite of "raw"?

Looking forward to keeping on learning, [[User:KF|&lt;KF&gt;]] 17:35, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

:The whole point of this page is to help the ones who do not know much about computing. If it's too technical, feel free to edit to make it more clear &mdash; even if it needs to get to the level of "click here" complete with screenshots {{unicode|[[☺]]}}.

:"raw signatures" is the name of the preference option. "raw" here means the code is not interpreted, escaped or formatted by the software (you have to do all the escaping and formatting yourself).

:I hope I made myself clear.

:--[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 17:59, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

:::Raw means that MediaWiki won't wrap the whole thing in a link to your user page. [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 00:29, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

::It says that mine is invalid NO matter what I put. Even just <nowiki> <font color="darkblue">VoA</font></nowiki>.[[User:Voice of All(MTG)|Voice of All(MTG)]] 22:55, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

== Information Missing! ==

This article doesn't tell me if it's okay to use templates in a non-raw signature. --[[User:Username132|&#91;&#91;User:Username132&#124;Username132]] (&#91;&#91;User talk:Username132&#124;talk]]) &#123;&#123;GBR}}&#123;&#123;NED}}]] 00:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

: Non-raw signatures don't parse wikicode, templates wouldn't work in them. —[[User:Jeremy_Banks|<span style="color: #579; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jeremy</span><span style="color: #A86; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Banks</span>]] [[User_talk:Jeremy_Banks|<span style="color: #888; vertical-align: 25%; font-size: 75%; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Talk</span>]] 03:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

== !!! Nothing is working here !!! ==

Uh, guys, I'm having some problems fixing my signature here, every time I do this, it didn't work. Anyone have ideas here? Thanks!

<br>--[[User:RCT Locomotion Wikipedia|RCT Locomotion Wikipedia]] 02:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

== I got it right now. ==

I fixed the colour of my signature here, so you can see it. And added “monospace” to it here.<br>

--[[User:RCT Locomotion Wikipedia|<font face="monospace" color="#0047AB"><big>RCT</big> <small>Loco</small> Wiki</font>]] | [[User talk:RCT Locomotion Wikipedia|Talk]] 20:42, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

== i just cant get it to work. ==

ive been trying for 2 hours now to get my sig to work. i want it to look like this <span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: larger">[[User:(chubbstar)|<font style="border: solid 2px orange; background-color: #991199" color=white>(chubbstar)]]</span></font> ^{<small> — <font color="#FF4F00">[[user_talk:(chubbstar)|talk]]</font> | <font color="#FF4F00">[[Special:contributions/(chubbstar)|contrib]]</font> | <font color="#CD00CD"> 09:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC) </font>}</small> .... which it does, but only when i copy and paste it. i want the simplicity of just being able to hit the "Sign your name" thing below. ive rearranged it millions of different ways according to the [[Wikipedia:How to fix your signature]] but to no avail.

i've come up with this:<br>

:<code><nowiki><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: larger">[[User:(chubbstar)|<font style="border: solid 2px orange; background-color: #991199" color=white>(chubbstar)]]</span></font> ^{<small> — <font color="#FF4F00">[[user_talk:(chubbstar)|talk]]</font> | <font color="#FF4F00">[[Special:contributions/(chubbstar)|contrib]]</font> | <font color="#CD00CD"> ~~~~~ </font>}</small></nowiki></code></br>

any help that anyone could offer would save me a lot of frustration.... thanks.

:Have you noticed how long your signature is in code mode? Could you consider dropping the colors in it? What about something like:<br>

::<code><nowiki><tt>'''[[User:(chubbstar)|(chubbstar)]]</tt> ^{— [[user_talk:(chubbstar)|talk]] | [[Special:contributions/(chubbstar)|contrib]] | ~~~~~}</nowiki></code></br>

:which should give something like: <tt>'''[[User:(chubbstar)|(chubbstar)]]</tt> ^{— [[user_talk:(chubbstar)|talk]] | [[Special:contributions/(chubbstar)|contrib]] | 16:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)}

:-- [[User:Nae'blis|nae'blis]] <i>_{[[User_talk:Nae'blis|(talk)]]}</i> 16:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

::Fixed after a discussion on [[User talk:ais523]] and [[User talk:(chubbstar)]]. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:09, 2 October 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== idu ==

i dont understand that fix ur sig--Adam J. Book 01:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

:What sort of sig are you trying for? I suggest that it should at least have a link to your userpage on. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 12:50, 6 October 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== my new sig ==

if you have any suggestions for modifications, please tell me on my talk page. [[User:Megalodon99|<font face = "tahoma"><font style = "background:magenta"><font color="gainsboro"><b>Mega</b></font><font color="ghostwhite"><b>lodon</b></font><font color="lavender"><b>99</b></font></font></font>]] [[User Talk:Megalodon99|_{<font color="tomato"><font face = "tahoma"><span style="border:1px solid #000;padding:1px;">(<u>Talk</u>)</span></font></font>}]] 02:11, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

== Signature {[[user : hopiakuta]]} ==

Part of your signature seems to be broken, leaving wiki code and odd characters strewn about the talk pages. You might want to fix it. [[User:Eaolson|eaolson]] 03:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Please do try inputting it; possibly, you would see my goal.

Is there a page where I could learn what characters I might try?

Thank You.

[[User:Hopiakuta|hopiakuta ; &#91;&#91; ]] &lt;nowiki&gt; &lt;/nowiki&gt; { &#91;&#91;%c2%a1]] &#91;&#91;%c2%bf]] &#91;&#91; %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 03:35, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

* I can't make suggestions, because I don't know what you're trying to do. You might take a look at [[Wikipedia:How_to_fix_your_signature]]. Perhaps you need to specify "raw signature" in your preferences. [[User:Eaolson|eaolson]] 03:56, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

If that page has character substitution suggestions, then I could not locate them on the various occasions when I'd tried it. Wherever it would be, that's what I would need.

Although [[raw signature]] does make a change, it's too far in the opposite direction. When I'm on an un[[sign]]ed page, I often need something that I can quickly [[copy]]|[[paste]], in order to [[distinguish]] what I've scribed.

This has been far faster than anything else that I've tried.

So, halfway between raw, & not raw, would be my preference.

Thank You.

hopiakuta ; [[ ]] <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ; 04:15, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[[User:Hopiakuta|hopiakuta ; &#91;&#91; ]] &lt;nowiki&gt; &lt;/nowiki&gt; { &#91;&#91;%c2%a1]] &#91;&#91;%c2%bf]] &#91;&#91; %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 04:20, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

*I'm not sure what you mean by "cut and paste". You should be able to insert your signature by using 4 tildes <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, so no cut and pasting should be necessary. [[User:Eaolson|eaolson]] 13:46, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

No, [[cut]]. Yes, [[copy]]. The [[paste]] is not f/ the [[sign]]ature, only the [[distinct]]ion {[[distinguish]], [[separation]]}. I do not like the appearance of a [[run-on]] [[hodge podge]] comment, unless it is sincerely mine, where I'm attempting to comment on several issues.

When other persons' comments appear that way, it is very difficult to figure what I'm responding to, & whom, [[historylog]]s, [[et al]].

Thank You.

[[User:Hopiakuta|hopiakuta ; &#91;&#91; ]] &lt;nowiki&gt; &lt;/nowiki&gt; { &#91;&#91;%c2%a1]] &#91;&#91;%c2%bf]] &#91;&#91; %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 14:17, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

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I do hope that the reason to paste this here is [[self evident]].

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Thank You.

[[User:Hopiakuta|hopiakuta ; &#91;&#91; ]] &lt;nowiki&gt; &lt;/nowiki&gt; { &#91;&#91;%c2%a1]] &#91;&#91;%c2%bf]] &#91;&#91; %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 14:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

== Two weeks ago, ==

I'd requested assistance.

Now, it's nearly gotten my account deleted.

Please?

[[User:Hopiakuta|hopiakuta ; &#91;&#91; ]] &lt;nowiki&gt; &lt;/nowiki&gt; { &#91;&#91;%c2%a1]] &#91;&#91;%c2%bf]] &#91;&#91; %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 23:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

:It's not at all obvious what you're trying to do with your signature. Can you write a description of what you want so we can help you sort it out? --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 08:41, 10 November 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

:The first thing to do would be to enable the "raw signature" option (it looks like it's disabled, judging by the specific damage it seems to have). After that, explain what's wrong with the signature so we can try to help you (if you get the "check HTML tags" error, check the code for errors, as explained in the project page). --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 01:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

==Fonts in Sigs==

I would like my sig be Fleagle, in Harlow Solid Italic font. Either 12-point or 14-point font is fine. So, how do I do this? [[User:Fleagle11|Fleagle11]] 21:38, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

:Your request translates as something like <span style="font-family:Harlow Solid Italic; font-size:12px;">[[User:Fleagle11|Fleagle]]</span>, coded as

<nowiki><span style="font-family:Harlow Solid Italic; font-size:12px;">[[User:Fleagle11|Fleagle]]</span></nowiki>

:--[[User:ais523|ais523]] 10:56, 21 November 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

*Thanks a bunch. <span style="font-family:Harlow Solid Italic; font-size:12px;">[[User:Fleagle11|Fleagle]]</span> 17:44, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

==Sig With Rainbow Text and Papyrus Font==

<nowiki><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#dc1400">F</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#dc6400">l</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#dcb400">o</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#b4dc00">a</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#64dc00">t</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#14dc00">e</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#00dc3c">r</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#0050dc">F</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#0000dc">l</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#5000dc">u</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#a000dc">s</span><span style="font-family: papyrus" color:"#dc00c8">s</span></nowiki>

It should look like this: [[User:Floaterfluss|<font face=papyrus color="#dc1400">F</font><font face=papyrus color="#dc6400">l</font><font face=papyrus color="#dcb400">o</font><font face=papyrus color="#b4dc00">a</font><font face=papyrus color="#64dc00">t</font><font face=papyrus color="#14dc00">e</font><font face=papyrus color="#00dc3c">r</font><font face=papyrus color="#0050dc">F</font><font face=papyrus color="#0000dc">l</font><font face=papyrus color="#5000dc">u</font><font face=papyrus color="#a000dc">s</font><font face=papyrus color="#dc00c8">s</font>]]

Can you help me out? --Floaterfluss

Wait, nevermind. I got it. [[User:FloaterFluss|<span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dc1400">F</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dc6400">l</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dcb400">o</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#b4dc00">a</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#64dc00">t</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#14dc00">e</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#00dc3c">r</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#0050dc">F</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#0000dc">l</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#5000dc">u</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#a000dc">s</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dc00c8">s</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Floaterfluss|<span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dc1400">(</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dc5000">t</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dc8c00">a</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#dcc800">l</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#b4dc00">k</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Floaterfluss|<span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#78dc00">)</span> <span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#3cdc00">(</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#00dc00">c</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#00dc3c">o</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#00dc78">n</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#00dcb4">t</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#00c8dc">r</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#008cdc">i</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#0050dc">b</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#0014dc">s</span><span style="font-family: papyrus; color:#2800dc">)</span>]]}

:Dear gods, please don't do that. Your signature is '''20''' lines long on my edit screen. If you must have a complex signature, please consider something like:

::<span style="font-family: papyrus">[[User:Floaterfluss|FloaterFluss]] <sup>[[User talk:Floaterfluss|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Floaterfluss|(contribs)]]</span>

:Multicolored text is extremely hard to read, code-heavy, and lends undue weight to your signature compared to your comment or other people's comments. At the very least, your current signature contains a redlink to [[User:FloaterFluss]] (your name is not [[CamelCase]]). -- ''[[User:Nae'blis|nae]]'[[User_talk:Nae'blis|blis]]'' 15:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Alright. How's this then? Only one and a half lines of text. [[Image:Wikisig.PNG]] ^{[[User:Floaterfluss|(user)]] [[User talk:Floaterfluss|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Floaterfluss|(contribs)]]} 22:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

:...except that images are discouraged in signatures, too. It's a server drain and (still) an undue weight issue. What you can do, though, is post your colorized signature in large text/image on your user page and talk page, and then anyone visiting will see your artistic skill. Seem like a workable compromise? -- ''[[User:Nae'blis|nae]]'[[User_talk:Nae'blis|blis]]''

*throws up hands in defeat* DAMMIT!!! YOU BLEW IT UP!!! DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU ALL THE WAY TO HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*returns to sanity* Alright, you win. I'll settle for a navy blue papyrus signature. [[Image:Wikisig.PNG]] ^{[[User:Floaterfluss|(user)]] [[User talk:Floaterfluss|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Floaterfluss|(contribs)]]}

Here it is. *sigh* <span style= "font-family: papyrus; color:blue"> [[User:Floaterfluss|FloaterFluss]] ^{[[User:Floaterfluss|(user)]] [[User talk:Floaterfluss|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Floaterfluss|(contribs)]]} </span>

:Thank you for being so understanding. :) -- ''[[User:Nae'blis|nae]]'[[User_talk:Nae'blis|blis]]'' 08:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

== urg ==

why won't this sig work? i tryed everything!!!

[[user:Xiaden|<font color="0f0fff">Xiade</font>]][[User_talk:Xiaden|<font color="ff0f0f">n</font>]] 16:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

:It looks like it's working to me; if you say what's wrong with it, I may be able to help. (Is it that you're using '0f' in colour codes? That looks virtually the same as '00', so it may not be what you intend.) --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:15, 5 December 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

nevermind, it's a bug... it doesn't work when i post it on my talk page.

:Pages can't link to themselves; your talkpage link therefore becomes bolded text when placed on your own talkpage. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 17:13, 8 December 2006 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

OooOhhhyhheeaa... srry, nd thanks.[[user:Xiaden|<font color="0f0fff">Xiade</font>]][[User_talk:Xiaden|<font color="ff0f0f">n</font>]] 18:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

==Too long?==

Is this an ok signature - I mean i know it's on the longer side, but I can't really think of any way to make it shorter (unrelated:that rainbow code up there should be put in some kinda wikipedia hall of fame) --<font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;">Daniel()Folsom</font> [[User talk:Danielfolsom|^T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Danielfolsom|_C]]|[[User:Danielfolsom|^U]] 06:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

:I can think of a way to make it 2 bytes shorter. You can remove the whitespace in your CSS just before the <code>font-size</code>, and you can omit the redundant semicolon at the end. It becomes: <code><nowiki><font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;font-size:15px">Daniel()Folsom</font> [[User talk:Danielfolsom|^T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Danielfolsom|_C]]|[[User:Danielfolsom|^U]]</nowiki></code>. You should also use <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki><font></nowiki></code>, since you are using CSS to change the font, instead of the legacy <code>font</code> element's attributes. --[[User:CesarB|cesarb]] 00:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

What about <span style="font:15px Monotype Corsiva">Daniel()Folsom</span> [[User talk:Danielfolsom|^T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Danielfolsom|_C]]|[[User:Danielfolsom|^U]] (<code><nowiki><span style="font:15px Monotype Corsiva">Daniel()Folsom</span> [[User talk:Danielfolsom|^T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Danielfolsom|_C]]|[[User:Danielfolsom|^U]]

</nowiki></code>)? I've used the shortcut notation for specifying multiple font attributes at once. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 12:15, 24 January 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== small tags ==

Ok, I like the idea of <code><nowiki><small></nowiki></code> tags on my sig, but is there a way to include the date/time stamp as small as well? Cuz the way it looks now is kinda goofy. FYI, yes, I am using Raw signature. Thx. Here is the code from my preferences, I had to remove the various leading &amp;s to prevent substitution. <small>&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]]</small> 15:53, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

<pre>

<small>nbsp;mdash;nbsp;[[User:MrDolomite|MrDolomite]]nbsp;bull;nbsp;[[User talk:MrDolomite|Talk]]

</pre>

== Mine continues to not work ==

Mine's supposed to look like this:<br />

<font color="Navy">_~~</font>[[User:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="SaddleBrown">Neo</font>]] [[User talk:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="Navy">2.3</font>]] [[User:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="SaddleBrown">Hylan</font>]]<br />

But never does.. could someone fix it for me please? <font color="Navy">_~~</font>[[User:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="SaddleBrown">Neo</font>]] [[User talk:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="Navy">2.3</font>]] [[User:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="SaddleBrown">Hylan</font>]] 11:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

:You've forgotten to turn "Use raw signature" on in your preferences. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 10:12, 15 May 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

:: Thanks, I think I got it working now. <font color="Navy">_~~</font>[[User:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="SaddleBrown">Neo</font>]] [[User talk:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="Navy">2.3</font>]] [[User:Neo 2.3 Hylan|<font color="SaddleBrown">Hylan</font>]] 11:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

== HTML Error? ==

I'm trying to make my sig look like this:

'''<span style="background:Black;color:White">&nbsp;[[User:Butseriouslyfolks|<font color="White">But</font>]]|[[User talk:Butseriouslyfolks|<font color="White">seriously</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Butseriouslyfolks|<font color="White">folks</font>]]&nbsp;</span>'''

but I can't get it to work. It's giving me a HTML error. I think I might be over by a few characters as well, and I don't know how to shorten it. (Damn my long user name!) Any advice would be appreciated. --[[User:Butseriouslyfolks|Butseriouslyfolks]] 06:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

:The HTML looks correct. The problem may be that its 271-character length is causing the end of the signature to be cut off and causing an error. Here's a not-quite-identical version (copy the code from the edit page):

'''<span style='background:#000'>&nbsp;[[User:Butseriouslyfolks|<font color='#FFF'>But|</font>]][[User talk:Butseriouslyfolks|<font color='#FFF'>seriously|</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Butseriouslyfolks|<font color='#FFF'>folks</font>]]&nbsp;</span>'''

:This comes to 255 characters exactly, if I've counted correctly. (The only difference to how it appears is that in your version the vertical bars are unliked, whereas in mine they're inside the links to their left.) Dropping the contribs link is probably the easiest way to get a dramatic reduction, though. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:03, 29 June 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

Thanks, but that version doesn't show the text. Is #FFF white or black? --[[User:Butseriouslyfolks|Butseriouslyfolks]] 06:38, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

:I found a solution myself -- check out my fix! --'''<span style="background:Black;color:White">&nbsp;[[User:Bsf|<font color="White">But</font>]]|[[User talk:Bsf|<font color="White">seriously</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Butseriouslyfolks|<font color="White">folks</font>]]&nbsp;</span>''' 05:04, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

:<nowiki>#</nowiki>FFF is white (#000 is black). --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 09:03, 2 July 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== I wouldnt mind the date in my sig? ==

I need a bit of help here. Heres my current sig: [[User:Philip1992|Philip1992]] 11:38, 29 September 2007 (UTC)Philip1992

Never mind its works now [[User:Philip1992|Philip1992]] 11:39, 29 September 2007 (UTC)Philip1992

==Help with Siggy==

Dunno if I'll find out how to do this by the time someone comments but anyway...I want to change the font colour of my signature to #ff66cc with maybe the word 'prod' in a #9966FF superscript as an alternative to 'talk'. I've tried everything to try and change my signature but it keeps coming up with the coding I use whenever I try it out in the sandbox. Any would help be appreciated! :) [[User:Londonsista|Londonsista]] ([[User talk:Londonsista|talk]]) 05:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

::No need for any help, perserverance managed in the end! Might change the colour of the pink though, might be a bit too 'bright'! <font color="#ff66cc">[[User:Londonsista|~ londonsista]]</font> | <font color="#9966ff">[[User talk:Londonsista|Prod]]</font> 05:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

== removing "external" link arrow ==

Currently my signature (&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small>) has a link to create a new section on my talk page. I'd like to remove the extra arrow that shows it is a hard link with the following div class: <code><nowiki><div class="plainlinks"></div></nowiki></code> to make <code><nowiki>&amp;nbsp;~&amp;nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<div class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]</div>}</small></nowiki></code> I assume this would work (&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<div class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]</div>}</small>), but it makes my signature too long. Is there another way to achieve this with less code?&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small> 18:29, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

:Actually, that doesn't work... the div tag creates line breaks... hmm let me try this: <code><nowiki><div class="plainlinks">&amp;nbsp;~&amp;nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small></div></nowiki></code> <div class="plainlinks">&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small></div>... At least that removes the break from inside the sig... but now there is a newline just before every use of the sig... Anyone have any ideas?&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small> 18:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

::Okay, span tags work: <code><nowiki><span class="plainlinks">&amp;nbsp;~&amp;nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small></span></nowiki></code> <span class="plainlinks">&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small></span>... <code><nowiki>&amp;nbsp;~&amp;nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]</span>}</small></nowiki></code> &nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]</span>}</small> (in both cases). That still doesn't solve my problem of a too-long signature... in fact it makes it worse because span is longer than div.&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]}</small> 19:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Success!: <code><nowiki>&amp;nbsp;~&amp;nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]</span>}</small></nowiki></code> &nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[{{SERVER}}/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]</span>}</small> with <s>seven</s>one character<s>s</s> to spare. I used the [[WP:MAGIC|magic word]] <nowiki>{{SERVER}}</nowiki> to shorten my url... AFAIK, this doesn't cause any problems as long as it is [[WP:SUB|subst:]]'ed <nowiki>{{SUBST:SERVER}}</nowiki>, which happens automatically.&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new +]</span>}</small> 19:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

:I think you might be able to shorten the URL further as <nowiki>{{fullurl:User talk:Psantora|action=edit|section=new}}</nowiki>, but I haven't tested this so I might be wrong. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 15:52, 4 February 2008 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

That seems to be a valid magic word too... let me see if it works... Test:<code><nowiki>&amp;nbsp;~&amp;nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:User talk:Psantora|action=edit|section=new}} +]</span>}</small></nowiki></code> &nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}/_{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:User talk:Psantora|action=edit|section=new}} +]</span>}</small>

Looks like it works great. Thanks for the help! How did you get the time in your signature?&nbsp;~&nbsp;[[User:Psantora|Paul]]<small>^{[[User talk:Psantora|T]]<span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Psantora&action=edit +]</span>}/_{[[Special:Contributions/Psantora|C]]}</small> 05:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

:By always typing it with three tildes and using substed magic words to produce the timestamp. Doing that really eats into character count, though. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:59, 8 February 2008 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

== Help with signature ==

I'm trying to make a sig for my first time and I'm having a little bit of trouble. If you go look at [[User:Icestorm815/sandbox]], I want my sig to look like the first line, but when I try and put it in as a raw signature, I keep getting an html error. Help would be greatly appreciated! [[User:Icestorm815|Icestorm815]] ([[User talk:Icestorm815|talk]]) 21:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

:Nevermind, it's all good! <span style="font-family: Palatino;"> [[User:Icestorm815|<font color="#151B54">'''Icestorm815'''</font>]] • [[User_talk:Icestorm815|<font color="#C16C16">'''Talk'''</font>]]</span> 02:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

== Need help with my signature ==

This should give me a signature that includes a link to my user page and talk page;

<nowiki><span style="color:green">[[User:TheProf07|TheProf07]]</span> / <span style="color:green">[[User_talk:TheProf07|Talk]]</span></nowiki>

However, it only links to my user page! Can someone please help me with this?

Thanks. [[User:TheProf07|TheProf07]] ([[User talk:TheProf07|talk]]) 17:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

== I give up ==

all im trying to do is make the heart and diamond red. ive copy red from a bunch of other users but still cant get it. help![[User:AnarcistPig|♠♦Д narchistPig♥♣]] ([[User talk:AnarcistPig|talk]]) 22:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

== Help please? ==

So the code I have is: <nowiki><font color="green" font face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Stepshep|§tepshep]]</font>{{•}}<font color="green">[[User talk:Stepshep|¡Talk to me!]]</font></nowiki>

Which makes: <font color="green" font face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Stepshep|§tepshep]]</font>{{•}}<font color="green">[[User talk:Stepshep|¡Talk to me!]]</font>

But when I put it in the four tildes I get: [[User:Stepshep|&lt;font color=&quot;green&quot; font face=&quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;&gt;&#91;&#91;User:Stepshep&#124;§tepshep&#93;&#93;&lt;/font&gt;&#123;&#123;•}}&lt;font color=&quot;green&quot;&gt;&#91;&#91;User talk:Stepshep&#124;¡Talk to me!&#93;&#93;&lt;/font&gt;]] ([[User talk:Stepshep|talk]]) 19:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC) <br>

When I try to set it to a raw sig, I get the red error.

Any help? Thanks. <font color="green" font face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Stepshep|§tepshep]]</font>{{•}}<font color="green">[[User talk:Stepshep|¡Talk to me!]]</font>

::Got it... <font color="green" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:Stepshep|§tepshep]]</font> • <font color="green">[[User talk:Stepshep|¡Talk to me!]]</font> 20:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

== HTML ==

<s>....

Man this is annoying. Im trying to make my signature look like this:

[[User:Royalmate1|'''<font color=blue>Royal</font>''']][[User talk:Royalmate1|'''<font color=orange>Mate1</font>''']]

But I keep getting HTML errors! Not even pasting it works... wtf? Help ASAP please!

By the way this is the code:

<nowiki>[[User:Royalmate1|'''<font color=blue>Royal</font>''']][[User talk:Royalmate1|'''<font color=orange>Mate1</font>''']]

</nowiki>

Without the nowiki thing if your looking under the edit. Thanks to anyone who helps out -

[[User:Royalmate1|Royalmate1]] <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment was added at 01:50, 27 July 2008</small><!--Template:Undated--> (UTC)</s>

{{pre2|nowiki|'''[[User:Royalmate1|<span style="color:blue">Royal</span>]][[User talk:Royalmate1|<span style="color:orange">Mate1</span>]]'''}}

Try that. [[User:Rocket000|Rocket000]] ([[User talk:Rocket000|talk]]) 00:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Done. 03:47, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

== This article ==

Isn't detailed enough. What about people who want to customize their sigs but aren't HTML savvy? Especially people who want to add background color, such as I. I want to customize a sig for a user like this:<span style="background:black">[[User:A20anna|<span style="color:#F39">Happy Editing!</span>]] [[User talk:A20anna|<span style="color:#FCC">Love, Anna</span>]]

and the code for it is this:<nowiki><span style="background:black">[[User:A20anna|<span style="color:#F39">Happy Editing!</span>]] [[User talk:A20anna|<span style="color:#FCC">Love, Anna</span>]]

</nowiki>

But I get an Invalid raw signature message when I test it. What am I doing wrong? --<font face="comic sans">[[User:Crackthewhip775|<span style="color:#C66">Wh</span><span style="color:#600">ip</span> <span style="color:#C33">it</span><span style="color:#900">!</span>]] [[User talk:Crackthewhip775|^{Now whip it good!}]]</font> 04:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

== Lostpedia username ==

Shouldn't that be: "Wikipedia username"? [[User:Kwiki|Kwiki]] ([[User talk:Kwiki|talk]]) 11:50, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

:I [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AHow_to_fix_your_signature&diff=284792481&oldid=284665014 corrected] it [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AHow_to_fix_your_signature&diff=284793263&oldid=284792481 two times]. [[User:Kwiki|Kwiki]] ([[User talk:Kwiki|talk]]) 12:03, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

== Please help... ==

i wanted to 1. make my signature green 2. add talk and contributions to my signature, maybe changin their names (like "t/c" or something like that)--[[User:Camilorojas|Camilorojas]] ([[User talk:Camilorojas|talk]]) 17:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

== Changes needed? ==

With v 1.15, the verbage on the preferences page has changed. Should the article be changed to reflect these changes? --<small> [[User:Wynthyst|Wynthyst]]</small> 18:07, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

:Since there was no response in 2 days, I went ahead and made the corrections I felt necessary to keep the page accurate. --[[File:User Wynthyst sig icon.png|19px]]<small> [[User:Wynthyst|Wynthyst]]</small> 00:28, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

== Does the 255 limit include the timestamp? ==

Does the Signature code lengnth of 255 include the timestamp? If so, can someone try and shorten [[User:WebCoder11/Sig]] for me. --<font style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;" color="Gold">'''[[User:Lcawte|Lcawte]]'''</font>/<font color="Blue">[[User:WebCoder11|WebCoder11]]</font> (^{[[User talk:Lcawte|Ta]]}_{[[User talk:WebCoder11|lk]]}) 21:13, 14 November 2009 (UTC)