How do I create my own signature? I see people in the discussion pages that put like User:Name etc etc.like that, and I want to make one myself somehow. I want to know how to add the mini-image before it, too. Vraul Jawrip (talk · contr) 02:01, 16 May 2009 (UTC))
- See Maelstrong's talk page. Big, furry, and insane (Have a conversation with the homocidal furry!) (Come and stalk me! ...No, wait, please don't.) 02:03, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
- Also, see WoWWiki:Signature. There really is not a guide on WoWWiki for making a custom signature. The (Sadly) best advice I have it to bug people about it.--SWM2448 17:13, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Woot. Somehow got it so that using 4 tildes auto-creates it. User:Bigstackstwo/Sig Err... somehow I re-broke it. Vraul Jawrip (talk · contr) 03:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
Example custom signature instructions
Borrowed steps from Coobra's instructions to Bigstackstwo.
- Make a new subpage under your user page with a name like:
User:username/Sig
- Put some wikicode for a signature like the following (has image, link to user page, link to talk page, and a link to contributions list):
This is a signature: <onlyinclude>[[Image:IconSmall_Cenarian_Female.gif]] [[User:username|username]] ([[User talk:username|talk]] [[Special:Contributions/username|contribs]])</onlyinclude>
- Click "Save page" to save the new page.
- At the top right of the screen, click on to my preferences (you may have to click "MORE ▾" button first), go down to signature and place
{{subst:User:username/Sig}}
into the textbox, make sure the checkbox labeled custom signature is checked - You should be able to just use the 4 tildes (~) for your signature, which will include the timestamp.
Some other tips:
- You can get cool little icon images from the following places:
- WoWWiki:List of race icons
- WoWWiki:List of unique character icons
- WoWWiki:List of mini icons (please don't use other people's sig images under Miscellaneous section)
- If you upload your own image, it's best not to make it more than about 20 to 22 pixels tall.
- You can use a custom date/time stamp with wikicode like
{{SUBST:#time:g":"i A "PST" j M Y|+0700}}
using the #time parser function (if you want to figure out how that works). Put it after your sig code ({{subst:User:username/Sig}}
) in preferences.- If you use a custom date/time stamp, you should use three tildes (
~~~
) instead of the standard four (~~~~
). - The example above outputs a date/time stamp like: 11:07 AM PST 22 May 2009
- If you use a custom date/time stamp, you should use three tildes (
-- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 11:07 AM PST 22 May 2009
- I feel I should add that you do not have to use the above instructions. There are other ways of doing it. If I were a new user reading that, I would think 'oh cool, that is the way to do it', and in time it may become the new Kirkburn's sig. WoWWiki:Signature says how to use and sign with a sig, but there is no guide about signature code on WoWWiki... and there really does not need to be. This is not a 'how to wiki' wiki. Perhaps an external link to one? There is also no solid place to ask how to fix the code in one's sig, but I guess the forums work for that.--SWM2448 19:52, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
- Should also be noted that if a sig contains like 4 or more lines of code that after making that unique signature
{{User:username/Sig}}
should be placed on a similar place likeUser:username/SigX
and then follow step 4 from above using{{subst:User:username/SigX}}
instead. This way instead of 4+ lines of code you would have{{User:username/Sig}}
. (Sssss/Slithered) 03:38, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
- Should also be noted that if a sig contains like 4 or more lines of code that after making that unique signature
"it may become the new Kirkburn's sig"?!? Ahem, my signatures are timeless and unbeatable ;) Kirkburn talk contr 13:14, 26 May 2009 (UTC)