Rule 3 Amendment: No links or email addresses in signatures

[Erwin]

This is just notice to all members - Forum Rule 3 has been amended to disallow any links or email addresses in sigs. This rule is retrospective.

[nospam]

Staff will be editing signatures of members that contain links or email addresses to remove these. Please amend your signature as soon as you can, or staff will do it for you.

Links and email addresses may be placed in your Profile or CF homepage, just not in your signature.

Thanks.

 

[Terri]

Erwin does this no links include pictures too? I was trying to put an animated gif from an outside location and it wouldn't let me.

 

[Pseud]

=( What about links to threads, is that allowed?

 

[DJ B.K.]

So that's why my signature disappeared. I was wondering about that.

 

[Erwin]

Erwin does this no links include pictures too? I was trying to put an animated gif from an outside location and it wouldn't let me.

Ahhh... that is a bug... I will need to fix that... images are still allowed...

 

[Erwin]

=( What about links to threads, is that allowed?

Yes, that should be fine... again, I will need to recode it so that this is allowed...

I'm at work at the moment... when I get home I will do this...

 

[Pseud]

Yes, that should be fine... again, I will need to recode it so that this is allowed...

I'm at work at the moment... when I get home I will do this...

W00t! Thanks Erwin I'd give ya some blessings if it would let me

 

[WitchBaby]

Why ever not? What harm were they doing?

 

[Erwin]

Fixed the bug.

Signature rules are now:

You cannot:
Post external links or email addresses.

You can:
Post links to pages on CF including posts and threads.
Post externally hosted images.

 

[WitchBaby]

*repeats previous question*

 

[Hewitt]

*repeats previous question*

It prevents people from joining the site and posting for the shear purpose of promoting their website. People spam like this all the time and it's a pain. The Christian Forums are here for Christians to fellowship and come together, not advertise. Granted, not everyone that posted a link was not doing so for the sole reason of gaining more traffic to their site, but a rule has to be made. If Erwin makes exceptions, he loses control. This is the best solution for everyone.

 

[WitchBaby]

I'd understand that reasoning of not letting links beening posted if the person was indeed spamming the site with "EvErYonEE gOO to My SITE!!!!111one" but I've yet to see that. It's just a link in a profile. *shrugs* Not a big deal. Blahblahblah this board almost has as many pointless rules as school. Hah. *walks off*

 

[Pseud]

I think it's a fair enough rule. It's far too difficult to check all the links in everyone's signature for something inappropiate. But it's something that needs to be regulated. This is the best way.

 

[Erwin]

I'd understand that reasoning of not letting links beening posted if the person was indeed spamming the site with "EvErYonEE gOO to My SITE!!!!111one" but I've yet to see that. It's just a link in a profile. *shrugs* Not a big deal. Blahblahblah this board almost has as many pointless rules as school. Hah. *walks off*

Notice that you can still put links in your profile or CF homepage. Just not in your sig.

 

[Shekinahs]

I think it's a fair enough rule. It's far too difficult to check all the links in everyone's signature for something inappropiate. But it's something that needs to be regulated. This is the best way.

Blessings,

I totally agree.

Everybody can have a website link button that shows up with every post, we can put url addresses in the interest and biography section and when one gets 1000 blessings we can have a free CF page and place links if we like with arrows that blink in neon "click HERE" . I mean if one really wants to get creative, record an auto file telling everrrrrrrrybody about your cool website

~ShekinahMoon~

 

[loveHIM_liveHIM]

yeah i guess this is the easiest way to handle it... i just miss seeing my page posted on my sig but i'll live

 

[BigToe]

why didnt someone just pm me and ask me to remove that portion of my sig instead of the entire thing? or why didnt that mod just remove the link part?

i dont understand why my entire sig had to be deleted?

 

[Erwin]

why didnt someone just pm me and ask me to remove that portion of my sig instead of the entire thing? or why didnt that mod just remove the link part?

i dont understand why my entire sig had to be deleted?

You're right - that is inappropriate. I will make sure mods don't do this next time. All they need to do is remove the link. My apologies on behalf of whoever did it.

I've blessed you as compensation...

 

[Pseud]

Blanton, how did you get HALF a reputation point?

 

[DJ B.K.]

They took my whole signature too. I can't find the banner that I had in my signature now.