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I have noticed some people's sigs do random things. I am assuming this is caused by a PHP script in their sig. So can I:

• Have a script that would tell people what I am listening to/doing?
• Make pictures display randomly in my sig?
• In the same way as the last one, make words display randomly?

I know Chu can do this because I have seen him do it, but he is a mod. I would test this, but at the moment I am not able to.

No, what you do is make a php script and host it on another website AS an image file.

So it would be something like example.jpg and that would be an actual php script. Then when it's loaded it goes through the script, generates the image you specify (you can create text/objects load images from elsewhere, do a whole bunch of stuff). It requires that you have a website with php hosting that is.

I can setup hosting for people to do this if they want. Just a page where you can upload files, max filesize of 100kb since thats SEN's limit.

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He, of course, knows you can. That's probably what inspired him to ask about it.

Allowing people to post HTML or PHP scripts and making them work would just be the same as us telling us how to screw up SEN.

It'll just screw up because them people could have their entire website in their signature by just laoding up a new frame.
Imagine what else could eb done if we allowed PHP.

The answer is and will be no.

Which html tags are allowed can be controlled.

Thats why we have BBCodes, to control HTML.

I thought only admin and mods can use HTML in some forums.

I used to have an iframe in my sig among other things just to show yoshi why its dangerous

No, you can enable CERTAIN html tags. Like Yoshi can go and put in <img> in a certain administration page and then enable html and only <img> tags would be enabled.

If you do this your host needs GD, which is very hard to use (Well I think so).
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php

I always knew HTML could be destructive on a layout and site. We used to have it enabled, but that was back when SEN was a heck of a lot smaller. We now have people flowing in from everywhere.

I finally decided to kill off HTML when I had to trace down and remove the signatures for 3 different people in one week, all because they did not know how to properly use HTML, and they leave tags that screws up forum viewing for everyone else as it is.

Anyways, there are other scripts off other sites that will allow you to do things such as randomize images, see what you're listening to, and make random things happen. You just have to go out and find them.

One other thing... is this why the picture in Cheeze's sig is also a link to firefox? Or can I do that with BB codes?

Yes, you can do it with bb codes...