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How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:18:47 GMT

How do I change my signature? I've clicked on Preferences, and it takes me to the threads I've participated in. Then I've clicked on Settings and everything else that I can find, and the signature isn't there either. I can't figure out what else to do. Thank you for your help.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

jaxs mom — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:20:34 GMT

My settings/personal information

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

dooBdoo — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:55:19 GMT

@NickNack, Under "My Settings," then under "Personal" click/tap the sub-category "Personal Information."

Be sure to click/tap "SAVE" after making your changes.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

dooBdoo — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:25:04 GMT

To italicize, precede the signature with and end it with .

If you want the signature in bold, precede it with and add at the end.

If you want to be creative with the siggy and add color, this is a copy of the instructions I've been posting since we moved to the new platform:

Precede the signature with

but don't use "nameofcolor" literally... fill in the color's actual name between those quotation marks. You can end with but actually the system will fill that in for you.

Link to all the color names:
http://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp

As an example, here's how I typed mine in with the HTML code (I chose to make the siggy a dark black and italicized).:

"Do not mistake kindness for weakness, silence for ignorance, or calmness for acceptance." (source unknown)

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

Lindsays Grandma — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:41:51 GMT

Haven't I seen this recently, it sure looks familiar. I am still thrilled you taught me how to do my siggy and emoticons.

@dooBdoo wrote:

@NickNack, Under "My Settings," then under "Personal" click/tap "Personal Information."

Be sure to click/tap "SAVE" after making your changes.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:05:13 GMT

Thank you @jaxs mom and @dooBdoo! I hope this works now. It doesn't look like it skipped the spaces, so I may have to work on it some more. I don't know why I didn't see the "Personal Information" line.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:07:44 GMT

I must have not hit "Save." Will try again.

Edited to say: Hmm, I don't understand this. I did all the steps. I just wanted to add a cat quote under my dog quote.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:09:51 GMT

Trying again. Sorry for all the tests.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:12:31 GMT

I did all the codes that you told me to do @dooBdoo for the extra lines. I went back and checked to make sure they were correct, and they are. I give up. I don't want to delete the signature that I already have and start all over in case I can't get it back.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

dooBdoo — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:17:57 GMT

NickNack wrote:
I did all the codes that you told me to do @dooBdoo for the extra lines. I went back and checked to make sure they were correct, and they are. I give up. I don't want to delete the signature that I already have and start all over in case I can't get it back.

@NickNack, What's happening is that you've probably omitted a character, or perhaps added in a character that's incorrect, etc. The signature is programming code so it has to be done exactly correctly or we'll see problems. All it takes is one mistake to foul up the system translation of the code.

If you tell us specifically what you want the siggy to look like, or if you'll copy and paste exactly what you entered, one of us can help. I'm sorry you're having problems... I know it can be aggravating. I've been dealing with frequent power outages here, and I'm ready to pull my hair out. It's always something, isn't it?

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

Lindsays Grandma — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:21:28 GMT

Nick Nack, don't give up and don't be afraid to lose your current sig. You entered your sig before and if you lose it you can put it back. Look at dooBdoo's instructions again carefully until you are sure you understand it and give it that old college try. In Churchill's words, You have nothing to fear but fear itself.

@Nicknack wrote:
I did all the codes that you told me to do @dooBdoo for the extra lines. I went back and checked to make sure they were correct, and they are. I give up. I don't want to delete the signature that I already have and start all over in case I can't get it back.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

dooBdoo — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:34:44 GMT

Lindsays Grandma wrote:
Nick Nack, don't give up and don't be afraid to lose your current sig. You entered your sig before and if you lose it you can put it back. Look at dooBdoo's instructions again carefully until you are sure you understand it and give it that old college try. In Churchill's words, You have nothing to fear but fear itself.
NickNack wrote:
I did all the codes that you told me to do @dooBdoo for the extra lines. I went back and checked to make sure they were correct, and they are. I give up. I don't want to delete the signature that I already have and start all over in case I can't get it back.

I forgot to add... @NickNack, To be sure you know how your existing siggy is entered, just select and highlight and copy it the way you normally select and copy text. Then, paste it somewhere, like an email draft or in a text or notepad area on your device. That way you have it safe to reuse if you want to. Then, you can try some edits and saves. And if those aren't working, copy what you've entered and paste it here so one of us can try to help you locate and resolve the problem.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

ROMARY — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 01:48:48 GMT

I'd like to place a small, one line quotation under all of my replies. I recently (a couple of weeks ago or so) followed someone's wonderful directions, but there wasn't any place to write in/install a personal quotation of mine. Any other suggestions? p.s. I don't know what 'cut and paste' means, so is there another way?

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

dooBdoo — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 01:58:48 GMT

ROMARY 1 wrote:
I'd like to place a small, one line quotation under all of my replies. I recently (a couple of weeks ago or so) followed someone's wonderful directions, but there wasn't any place to write in/install a personal quotation of mine. Any other suggestions? p.s. I don't know what 'cut and paste' means, so is there another way?

@ROMARY, I posted pix of the instructions to find the signature settings. You don't have to cut and paste anything. And you don't need to use the HTML code unless you want to add some fancy footwork.

Just navigate there, type in your siggy, and be sure to save it.

Here's a repeat:

Under "My Settings," then under "Personal" click/tap the sub-category "Personal Information."

Be sure to click/tap "SAVE" after making your changes.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

ROMARY — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 02:40:44 GMT

Oh, DooBDoo! I hadn't realized that 'Signature' meant our own personal quote! Well, thank you!! I appreciate your kindness!

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

ROMARY — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 02:39:06 GMT

So easy! Thank you, DooBDoo! Enjoy the Fourth of July!

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:47:35 GMT

@dooBdoo Thank you so much @dooBdoo. I've copied and pasted it here. This is what I was doing, and the second quote isn't showing up. I assumed that the meant two returns as that's what I did when I was typing it.

My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet. Edith Wharton I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little they become its visible soul. —Jean Cocteau (director, Orpheus)

I want it to be in blue in italics and read:

My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet.

Edith Wharton

I love cats because I enjoy my home, and little by little they become its visible soul.

Jean Cocteau (director, Orpheus)

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

dooBdoo — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:09:30 GMT

@Nicknack wrote:
@dooBdoo Thank you so much @dooBdoo. I've copied and pasted it here. This is what I was doing, and the second quote isn't showing up. I assumed that the meant two returns as that's what I did when I was typing it.

My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet. Edith Wharton I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little they become its visible soul. —Jean Cocteau (director, Orpheus)

I want it to be in blue in italics and read:

My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet.
Edith Wharton

I love cats because I enjoy my home, and little by little they become its visible soul.
Jean Cocteau (director, Orpheus)

Hi, @NickNack! Your code is perfect! I think I see the problem. If our signature is long, the display will cut off the last part of it. Even adding several returns at the end doesn't seem to help much... also, I've noticed some devices don't display long signatures well.

If you don't mind compressing the siggy a wee bit, you could try this (you only need to add the color and italic format info at the beginning, one time, and it will apply to the entire signature):

My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet. —Edith Wharton I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little they become its visible soul.—Jean Cocteau (director, Orpheus)

If you do that, it should appear this way and the entire signature probably will show up for most readers:

My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet. —Edith Wharton
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little they become its visible soul.—Jean Cocteau (director, Orpheus)

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:13:19 GMT

Thank you @dooBdoo! Hopefully it will work now.

Re: How Do I Change My Signature?

NickNack — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:13:57 GMT

It works! Thank you very much!