in reply to Re: Signature size vs node size
in thread Signature size vs node size

My signature is a lot of bytes, but on screen, it is only one line.

Not according to the CSS in your node to which I'm replying. That node has a "signature" of, well, the whole node.

Just to be clear, the start of your signature should be signified by <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-132236">, which is the very first thing in your node above.

You need to update your signature so that you don't start typing inside of those tags.

There probably needs to be some site changes to the whole pmsig tag situation.

Update: Here is a summary of nodes containing "nothing but .sig" according to the CSS tags (66 authors). See also Re^3: Add CSS class for signatures? (repatch).

countauthorfirstlast
64princepawn295043311006
53Juerd295196311121
38QM301034310900
37nimdokk295716310349
37talexb296968310228
37TomDLux300141310437
34freddo411296347310006
31shockme303587310085
18AcidHawk306748309806
15tbone1298041308874
14SavannahLion296799309778
12thens295292304433
12allolex296390310750
12japhy300993306816
10bobn301407306725
9blackadder296404306969
9powerhouse300199308483
8TheHobbit300637306199
6thor298153311037
5clscott295493306876
5derby297273306528
5eoin299270301053
5robinbowes299511306754
5mce302961308622
5ellem305107306843
4Massyn295558310996
4cfreak297100306923
4Elgon300858305301
4Anarion301816310998
4jey302878307862
3danb297039309476
3iguanodon297336307138
3arc_of_descent299376307312
2particle296456298969
2helgi297859305296
2jsegal299831301336
2lnl300550300652
2fokat301016301020
2devslashneil301629301866
2markjugg306713306714
2eric256307985308102
2roho309508309512
2bronto310187310780
1demerphq295139295139
1gwadej296844296844
1rasta298189298189
1jeroenes298676298676
1data64299920299920
1fightliteracy299962299962
1salvadors300282300282
1JPaul300916300916
1MadraghRua301312301312
1simonflk301896301896
1KPeter0314301940301940
1c0s302648302648
1tune303242303242
1Popcorn Dave306984306984
1Boots111307496307496
1Hero Zzyzzx308963308963
1rkg309216309216
1Ananda309506309506
1thatguy310402310402
1dthacker310551310551
1jeffpflueger310568310568
1barbie310732310732
1logan311100311100

                - tye

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Re: Re^2: Signature size vs node size (tags)
by bronto (Priest) on Dec 01, 2003 at 15:56 UTC

    Hello

    I have been out of the monastery for a while (I changed jobs and had some other "minor" problems...). When I came back I noticed there were two div tags, but I didn't understand what a classname of pmsig meant, nor I read those many thousands of nodes that were publuished while I was out

    Now gmax told me that I am on the "black list" :-)

    IMHO, a comment like

    &lt;-- please write your node text above --&gt;

    just before the div tags could have helped non-english speakers to better understand the role of those tags. Could it be added now?

    --bronto

    The very nature of Perl to be like natural language--inconsistant and full of dwim and special cases--makes it impossible to know it all without simply memorizing the documentation (which is not complete or totally correct anyway).
    --John M. Dlugosz
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Re: Re^3: Signature size vs node size (tags)
by xenchu (Friar) on Dec 01, 2003 at 05:19 UTC
    I use the sig file because I was offered a sig file. I don't usually use one but since I wanted to 'fit in' I put one together. Two thoughts: 1. Perhaps a change to the sig file instructions is in order. 2. It is easy to write inside the sig file especially if you are not familiar with HTML.

    xenchu

    Perl has one Great Advantage and one Great Disadvantage:

    It is very easy to write a complex and powerful program in three lines of code.

    ********************************************

    The Needs of the World and my Talents run parallel to infinity.
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Re: Re^2: Signature size vs node size (tags)
by Juerd (Abbot) on Dec 01, 2003 at 08:54 UTC

    Just to be clear, the start of your signature should be signified by <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-132236">, which is the very first thing in your node above. You need to update your signature so that you don't start typing inside of those tags.

    I never put those tags there. Perl Monks does that for me, and I never said I wanted it. I do want other stuff in my nodes to be present, so that I can copy and paste quotes and not worry about their markup.

    If there is a way to get rid of these tags, please let me know. I can then add them in the proper location. I am not going to start my "sig" with </div></div>.

    Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }

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      Howdy!

      I dealt with it by moving the pmsig line to right before the "real" signature part, since I use my signature to provide me with a template for my notes. I'm lazy and thereby get to avoid gratuitously typing "Howdy!", etc.

      yours,
      Michael
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        I dealt with it by moving the pmsig line to right before the "real" signature part, since I use my signature to provide me with a template for my notes. I'm lazy and thereby get to avoid gratuitously typing "Howdy!", etc.

        They're not part of the signature itself, but inserted at write time. Moving one line for every post is not something I'd like to do. I use my signature as a template because I'm lazy, not because I like repeating tasks.

        Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }

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