About the new spoiler tags.

76 · Post by 76 » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:20 am

I was wondering about the new spoiler tags, because on allot of other forums, members use those tags to bypass restrictions on size[in signatures].
My question is: is this now possible on the org? Can larger sums of text or images be hidden beneath the cleverly collapsible spoiler-boxes?

The spoiler tag makes any amount of text appear as a single line until a person clicks the small 'show' button, now I know that the server itself still has to read and load all of that hidden information into the page, but that shouldn't be a problem with the new servers(/software/storage)(?)

Example?

Spoiler :

76 · Post by 76 » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:26 pm

Alrighty, then just ignore this thread then. Lock?

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:25 pm

I'm learning towards no. The new server isn't going to have any effect on the amount of resources needed to load an absurdly long sig, hidden or not. In the end, it's the user who's time and bandwidth are going to get sucked up into loading huge sigs. Besides, unless you're posting an actual spoiler or a joke in there, what's the point in having a sig that's only viewable to those who decided to click the quote button?

How about this: a spoiler tag in your sig will count as two lines of text. You can post only text and emoticons (no images) in the tag. In any case, you still have to observe the 512 character limit for sigs.

To clarify another point: the new server we've been talking about is solely for video file storage. The site itself (catalog, forums, etc) is stored on separate servers and as such will remain there indefinitely.

76 · Post by 76 » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:14 pm

Though looking back my siding is questionable in my first post, I'm actually against the idea. (I just try to sound unbiased when opening a debate)

I've been scarred by the gigantic signatures under each of the posts in a creative writing forum I frequent. How can we read with those flashing bill-boards!?

Thank you for clearing up that about the handling of the actual data. I was honestly mistaken.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:49 pm

If that forum you go to uses this forum software, you can disable the display of signatures in the user control panel.

UCP -> Board preferences -> Edit Display Options

Change Display Signatures to No.

76 · Post by 76 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:01 pm

Thank you very much. Godix' post in the announcement forum had this itching in the back of my brain but I wasn't sure it was possible.

I suppose this thread has served it's purpose, if noone else can contribute anything.

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