ok... i'm still working on the formatting, but I thought it might be a good idea to use buttons instead of text links for the fears forum. They are extremely tiny in size (about 2.5 kb each ... all 4 buttons combined are smaller than most people's avatars :) ) so should have no impact on dial up users and nothing says 'click on me' like a bright, shiny button. Don't feel obligated to use them, because I'm just testing it out (more for my knowledge than anything) but wanted a practical example.
Please be sure to read the
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(http://forums.poz.com/index.php?topic=220.0)
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i'm seriously trying to shorten up the links so it all fits in the signature and trying to figure out how to code it so in the signature, they go horizontally instead of vertically... and i'll probably make the buttons 'thinner' so there isn't as much blank space before and after the text.
So this is just an example but i think it might make a nice signature ...(horizontally that is, if i ever can figure it out)
this is the code for the signature as currently set up
code deleted and replaced by newt's much much much better code
which currently leaves 12 characters left... shortening up the image links will help open up room for coding... perhaps somebody smarter than me can figure out how it should be coded to make it horizontal
and then we have the possibly fun uses like
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and
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which i expect to receive heavy usage ::)
anyways, this again is just a sample and an idea, since reading isn't big on alot of the fears forum people... a big button might have more impact than a text link.
these are free images made with xaraonline.com (mostly a pay service but some of it is free)
ann, if you do want to use any of the images or code, you absolutely have my permission to do so. If you want any changes to the colors or text, that's easy to do as well. Just let me know. hell, you can even do it yourself :) at xara becuase this image is free... just copy and save and then upload to a image hosting service (or your blog)
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5884/skype4gw.gif) (http://www.skype.com/helloagain.html)
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anyone can make buttons like these by going to xaraonline.com and registering.
MOST of them cost money, but they do have a few free options (like samples i guess) of buttons and other features (you must copy and save and then upload to a hosting service as their 'save' feature will only give you a script that you can't use here.) This is one of the free options available.