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To sign your name at the end of your posts, you type four tildes. | To sign your name at the end of your posts, you type four tildes. | ||
*Example: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> for me, produces[[User:Prezintenden|<b><span style="color:Orange">Prez</span></b>]]<b>[[User talk:Prezintenden|<span style="color:Gray">intenden</span>]]</b> 20:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC) | *Example: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> for me, produces [[User:Prezintenden|<b><span style="color:Orange">Prez</span></b>]]<b>[[User talk:Prezintenden|<span style="color:Gray">intenden</span>]]</b> 20:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC) | ||
Three tildes will only display your signature without the time, and five will only show the time without your sig. | Three tildes will only display your signature without the time, and five will only show the time without your sig. | ||
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After you fixed up your custom sig to your liking, you now (quite obviously) want to display it. To do so, save your creation, then go to your preferences screen in the upper right hand corner. In the "Nickname" field (right under your email address), add '''<nowiki>{{SUBST:User:(yourname)/sig}}</nowiki>''', make sure that "Raw signature" is checked, and save. Now when you sign your name, your sig should be replaced by your custom sig. | After you fixed up your custom sig to your liking, you now (quite obviously) want to display it. To do so, save your creation, then go to your preferences screen in the upper right hand corner. In the "Nickname" field (right under your email address), add '''<nowiki>{{SUBST:User:(yourname)/sig}}</nowiki>''', make sure that "Raw signature" is checked, and save. Now when you sign your name, your sig should be replaced by your custom sig. | ||
*Example: Take a look at [[User:Goolix/sig.]] [[User:Prezintenden/sig]], or [[User: | *Example: Take a look at [[User:Goolix/sig.]] [[User:Prezintenden/sig]], or [[User:Greenpickle/sig]] as examples of how to turn the coding into something nifty. If you find some other user's sig you like, you can take a look at the source by adding "/sig" at the end of the user in question's userpage. | ||
Note that this now makes it possible to write <nowiki>{{User:(Your Username)/sig}}</nowiki> on a talk page. This will "update" your signature on pages if you perform changes to your sig. This will not display time, though, but adding <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> will make up for that if you wish. | Note that this now makes it possible to write <nowiki>{{User:(Your Username)/sig}}</nowiki> on a talk page. This will "update" your signature on pages if you perform changes to your sig. This will not display time, though, but adding <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> will make up for that if you wish. | ||