Brendon Branigin Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Just currious about the rules concerning avatars / signaturesI see in the rules for posting that you cant advertise directly or indirectly, does this also apply to signatures and avatars?If i were to put my logo as my avatar or a link to my portfolio in my sig would that be considered a violation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I think links in signatures are "ok".I don't even remember what I put as my avatar <~ I'll look when I post thisThe avatars are tiny though so I don't know how much advertising you can do on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Personally, I'm not a big fan of images and advertising in signatures. But as of now, the forum admin and moderating team have not explicitly defined the rules you cited in the "lets see what happens" mentality.The more subtle, the less attention it draws. Advertising is mean to draw attention - so if it does draw attention, then its advertising and will likely be discussed by the admin/moderating team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Personally, I'm not a big fan of images and advertising in signatures. But as of now, the forum admin and moderating team have not explicitly defined the rules you cited in the "lets see what happens" mentality.The more subtle, the less attention it draws. Advertising is mean to draw attention - so if it does draw attention, then its advertising and will likely be discussed by the admin/moderating team.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> So if I'm understanding this correctly, this is allowed:But this isn't:Is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Use your good judgement, we do cut you a lot of slack before we do anything. In those instances you posted, I wouldn't condone using either of them because they are images, and huge images at that. Text can be okay, but that can also be annoying if it's a lot. As a rule of thumb, signatures shouldn't make scrolling take much more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I wouldn't consider either one of those images as an advertisement. Neither explain to me WHY I should go to the site - I'm given no motivation to go there. We are more concerned with the "click here to earn $1000" or "click here if need a web developer", or anything else that obviously communicates intent.Jonas points out the size of the images which is one of the reasons why I mention that I personally do not care for images in signatures. Add any animation to those and all they do is distract the read from the content of the threads - IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I wouldn't consider either one of those images as an advertisement. Neither explain to me WHY I should go to the site - I'm given no motivation to go there. We are more concerned with the "click here to earn $1000" or "click here if need a web developer", or anything else that obviously communicates intent.Jonas points out the size of the images which is one of the reasons why I mention that I personally do not care for images in signatures. Add any animation to those and all they do is distract the read from the content of the threads - IMHO.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> So if I put something like this as TEXT signature, it would be "advertising"?***If you need a free host that offers250MB Disk Space5GB BandwidthFree sub-domainFree email accountsThen go to this address example.com***That would be advertising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 In my opinion, yes. Whether its text or an image - its advertising.advertising in general, any openly offering of goods, services, or ideas through any medium of public communication. The act or profession of promoting something. The activity of attracting public attention to a product or business, as by announcements in the print, broadcast, or electronic media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 What if I just have something like "free hosting" linked to example.com?I didn't say what you're getting, or even that I want you to check it out.If all I had was the words "free hosting" linked to example.com would that still be advertising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTTO Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 i think if u did something like. say my sig and it says like hosting.com and its a link i think that would be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Branigin Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 Alright so just putting www.mysiteurl.net in my sig would be alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTTO Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 look - no one is going to give you any more explicit definition than has already been given.if you think or feel that something might be wrong, then it probably is, so ask the specific question as it relates to your intent.ORput the link in your signature and wait and see.If you link to www.mysiteurl.net and it is a site about you and you are not necessarily trying to SELL anything, then fine. If you link to example.com and the text reads free hosting - then that is advertising as the text is a statement of offering. advertising in general, any openly offering of goods, services, or ideas through any medium of public communication. The act or profession of promoting something. The activity of attracting public attention to a product or business, as by announcements in the print, broadcast, or electronic media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Branigin Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Thanks for the information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Shinta Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 What was wrong with my signature then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I thought Chocolate had told you already. Anyway, we feel that anime isn't really appropriate on this forum, at least not the type of anime you keep in your avatar/signature (while not exactly pornographic of nature, they're not far from it either). There are kids here as young as 13, and we don't feel images like that belong on this type of forum. This is a webprogramming forum, not an anime forum. So if you'd be so kind as to remove your avatar and signature. Hope you understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Anyway, I'm gonna lock this thread, as all questions on rules can very well go in this thread right here:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=767 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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