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• Click on 'Profile', located in the upper right hand area of the boards ( I.1).

• Scroll down to Signature ( I.2) and put what you want in the text box. Information about actually putting stuff in is covered in later sections.

• After entering what you want, scroll down and click 'Apply' ( I.3). It will save the information and return you to the Profile page.

• When the page finishes loading, click 'View My Profile' ( I.4). You can use this to preview what your signature will look like. See section VII for some restrictions.

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III Inserting Image(s) into the Sig
• Code: [img]link to the picture complete with http://[/image]

• For now, assume that you already have the link for the image that you want to use in your sig. TinySig ( III.1) will be used as the example image. Typing

[img]http://media.artix.com/encyc/AQ/paebgcgdy/Guides/Sigs/TinySig.png[/img]

and clicking 'Apply' will display TinySig as your sig ( III.2).

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• Now assume that you found an image that you want to use in your signature but don't have the link. Right click on the image and select 'Properties' ( III.3). In the window that pops up, highlight the link and hit Ctrl+C or right-click and select copy ( III.4). (A faster way in Firefox is to select 'Copy Link Location'.) Return to the sig editing area and paste (by either hitting Ctrl+V or right-clicking and selecting Paste) the link into the field ( III.5). After pasting the link, place [img] [/img] around the link ( III.6). Click 'Apply' and preview the sig ( III.7).

• Do NOT use this method to steal someone else's work. If you want to use it, ask for permission first. If that person declines, it means not to use it no matter how badly you want to. Try requesting a sig, if possible.

• Have your own image that you want to use? You need an image hoster like www.photobucket.com or www.imageshack.us .

• Make sure that you use a link that ends in a valid format like .gif, .jpg, .png, etc. The link also shouldn't have = or ? in them.