Equipment information in Signature

[rb0135]

Hi,

Cant seem to find an answer to this...

I keyed in all my Media Centre hardware info into my Profile and I thought that this information would be automatically added to my posts.

I have seen lots of people with this "standard" looking information.

Is it meant to be automatically added to the post, and if so, is there a "tick box" to turn it on.

If not, does this mean I have to type it all out again???

Thanks,
Robert

[mattylees__]

Ahh i see what you've done mate.

Just go to Quick Links (Top Right) and go to Edit Signature.

All you did was fillout the specs for your profile. They are two different things

[rb0135]

Originally Posted by mattylees__

Ahh i see what you've done mate.

Just go to Quick Links (Top Right) and go to Edit Signature.

All you did was fillout the specs for your profile. They are two different things

Thanks, but I take it you have to type all the info out again or is there something when editing the signature that will bring that Info in from the profile?

Robert

[Mike]

No it's not automatic. They are 2 quite different areas, I coded the member profile page to allow a permanent record of your system, the signature area is really for any purpose (within the rules of course), with many using it for hardware specs and others linking to their blog, XBox gamer profile etc.

I used to have it all in my sig but it can start to look cluttered, so instead I added a link to my profile using some bb code like this:

PHP Code:

[url="http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/members/Mike"][b][color="SlateGray"][size="1"]my media centre[/size][/color][/b][/url] 


and you can see how it shows up at the bottom. Then if anybody needs to see what gear I'm using, it's only a click away.

If on the other hand you'd prefer to use your signature, use the same principles so that something like this:

PHP Code:

[size="1"][color="Gray"]OS: Vista Ultimate; Case: SilverStone SST-LC03; Motherboard: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R; CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300;RAM: Corsair (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM ); HDD(s): 2 X Samsung (400 GB); Tuner(s): 2 X Avermedia A16A; GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600GT; Remote: Microsoft MCE Remote; Display Type & connection used: Samsung PS42S5H HD Plasma via VGA[/color][/size] 


will put this in your signature.

OS: Vista Ultimate; Case: SilverStone SST-LC03; Motherboard: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R; CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300;RAM: Corsair (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM ); HDD(s): 2 X Samsung (400 GB); Tuner(s): 2 X Avermedia A16A; GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600GT; Remote: Microsoft MCE Remote; Display Type & connection used: Samsung PS42S5H HD Plasma via VGA

Hope that helps,
Mike

[rb0135]

Originally Posted by Mike

No it's not automatic. They are 2 quite different areas, I coded the member profile page to allow a permanent record of your system, the signature area is really for any purpose (within the rules of course), with many using it for hardware specs and others linking to their blog, XBox gamer profile etc.

I used to have it all in my sig but it can start to look cluttered, so instead I added a link to my profile using some bb code like this:

PHP Code:

[url="http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/members/Mike"][b][color="SlateGray"][size="1"]my media centre[/size][/color][/b][/url] 


and you can see how it shows up at the bottom. Then if anybody needs to see what gear I'm using, it's only a click away.

If on the other hand you'd prefer to use your signature, use the same principles so that something like this:

PHP Code:

[size="1"][color="Gray"]OS: Vista Ultimate; Case: SilverStone SST-LC03; Motherboard: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R; CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300;RAM: Corsair (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM ); HDD(s): 2 X Samsung (400 GB); Tuner(s): 2 X Avermedia A16A; GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600GT; Remote: Microsoft MCE Remote; Display Type & connection used: Samsung PS42S5H HD Plasma via VGA[/color][/size] 


will put this in your signature.

OS: Vista Ultimate; Case: SilverStone SST-LC03; Motherboard: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R; CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300;RAM: Corsair (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM ); HDD(s): 2 X Samsung (400 GB); Tuner(s): 2 X Avermedia A16A; GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600GT; Remote: Microsoft MCE Remote; Display Type & connection used: Samsung PS42S5H HD Plasma via VGA

Hope that helps,
Mike

Thanks Mike... Just what the doctor ordered... I'll get busy straight away and get mine done....