MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
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| Signatures are used to help identify a user and the content that they enter in the system. **Lee's Fishing Page** has two types of signatures, a **Tag Line** and a **Forum Signature**. The **Tag Line** is used everywhere on the system unless you have a **Forum Signature**, which then is used only in the forum. | Signatures are used to help identify a user and the content that they enter in the system. **Lee's Fishing Page** has two types of signatures, a **Tag Line** and a **Forum Signature**. The **Tag Line** is used everywhere on the system unless you have a **Forum Signature**, which then is used only in the forum. | ||
| - | Here is how you enter signatures for your profile. You can go to your Account Settings in two different ways. The first way is using the **Account Settings** link in the upper right of the page. | + | Here is how you enter signatures for your profile. Go to **My Account** and then select **Account Settings**. |
| - | {{ :forum_help:account_settings1.jpg |Upper right Account Settings Link}} | + | {{ :forum_help:account_settings2.jpg?nolink& |Information Menu}} |
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| - | The second way is to use the **INFORMATION** menu and go to **My Account** and then select **Account Settings**. | + | |
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| - | {{ :forum_help:account_settings2.jpg |Information Menu}} | + | |
| Now go to the **About You** tab in the **Account Settings** dialog. | Now go to the **About You** tab in the **Account Settings** dialog. | ||
| - | {{ :forum_help:about_you_tab.jpg |About You Tab}} | + | {{ :forum_help:about_you_tab.jpg?nolink& |About You Tab}} |
| Scroll down until you come to the **Tag Line** field. | Scroll down until you come to the **Tag Line** field. | ||
| - | {{ :forum_help:tag_line_sign.jpg |Tag Line Field}} | + | {{ :forum_help:tag_line_sign.jpg?nolink& |Tag Line Field}} |
| I have as an example my **Tag Line** signature, it is only a text based signature. A more robust signature is the **Forum Signature**. This can be a graphic signature and be quit nice if you take a little time to decide what you want. | I have as an example my **Tag Line** signature, it is only a text based signature. A more robust signature is the **Forum Signature**. This can be a graphic signature and be quit nice if you take a little time to decide what you want. | ||
| - | {{ :forum_help:forum_signature.jpg |Forum Signature}} | + | {{ :forum_help:forum_signature.jpg?nolink&700 |Forum Signature}} |
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| + | I have used my **Forum Signature** as an example in this screen shot. The top box is where you enter the code for your signature and the lower box shows you what it will look like. Please experiment with this and I have only one request, that you do not use anything too big and to outraggous for the forum. Remember this will show on every post you make. So a little bit of discretion will go a long ways. | ||
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| + | When done with either or both signatures press the **Save Information** button. | ||