How to Make a Forum Signature
From your Dogs Guide

All those neat graphics in the forum posts, and you want one too? Here's how to create your own.

Difficulty Level: Average    Time Required: 10 minutes or more

1. Set up a personal webspace account. Imgstudio.com, and Boomspeed.com are the best, unless you have Delphi webspace. Very few others allow file or remote linking.
2. Create your own, or have a friend make you a unique picture for your signature.
3. Upload the graphic file onto your new webspace.
4. Back at About.com, find the link at the top of the forum page, where it says "My Forums".
5. Along the left side is another link to "My Preferences".
6. Near the bottom of the "My Preferences" page, is the signature space box.
7. Go back to webpage your picture is stored on.
8. On the picture ITSELF, right click your mouse to pull up the menu.
9. Select "Copy".
10. Back to the Signature box in "My Preferences", right click again.
11. Select paste.
12. Once your picture is loaded, click it once again to get the tabbed box outlining it.
13. Pull on the box to adjust the size.
14. Scroll down to the bottom of the "My Preferences" page, and click the "Submit" box.
15. Go and make a post on a forum to test your new signature.
    

Tips:

1. Geocities, Xoom and Angelfire do NOT allow remote linking for pictures. Use a webhost that does.
2. Keep your graphics small and managable.

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