Profile length?????

[Bill Boroskey]

Has anyone else here gotten an Email stating that your profilr is too long or that they are limited to 3 lines??

I doesnt say that any where I have seen. Even on the Profile page....

Can some one Verify this please?
Its not really a big deal but I like to boast about my truck as much as any other STROKER owner.

Bill

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97 F350 4x4 XLT Bright Red, 8ft Fisher Minute Mount, Alpine CD player, Bass tube, 600 watt amp, K&N, Western Diesel Turbo Brake, Western Diesel Turbo Guages(Pyro,Boost,Trans) 3 POD Pillar Mount. Extra Leaf Springs in the front, Lund Sun Visor, Vent Shade Bug guard, Lund Grill Inserts

88 F350 Custom 4x4 Gasser, Mason Body Dump, 8ft Fisher Plow, Heated mirrors, Lots of Strobes!!

Member Local IAFF 834 Bridgeport, CT.

[BenTowe]

I haven't I don't think (ain't noticed it anyhow) but that's a stupid rule if such a rule exists,if you don't want to read profiles then skip them,nobody can have that much on their truck.I personally like reading profiles (or signatures or whatever) myself.

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Ben Towe
1997 Ford F-250HD
Power Stroke Turbo Diesel
5 speed,2 wheel drive

K&N filter,chip,headers,4 inch exhaust,new downpipe,propane injection,and more to come soon hopefully.

[Ntix]

YA!! I got one too I was under the same impression I don't recall ever seeing it I was a good little sheep and just shortened mine up. BAAAAA!! Questionable rule yes I agree. After all what better place to brag then with a good bunch of people who take it the right way. I don't expect to see this posted for very long so everybody better read fast. Not to worry we will all find our way
BAAAAAAAAAck.


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94 F350 DRW DI PSD Reg Cab ZF 4L10 Intercooled Ported Snorkel, Shimmed, BD Down Pipe, BD 70 HP Power X Chip HEEERE Kitty Kitty, Full Pillar Pod, Westach Pyro, Boost, 4" Straight Exhaust,Bedliner, 4 Corner Able 4 Strobes, K&N Filter,ExhaustBrake, ( Propane??)

[Bill Boroskey]

Ya I am with the sheep thing. BAAAAAAA

[DaveBey]

There is no formal stating of this rule but if you browse through some of the old posts in the News, Comments, and Suggestions forum, you can find where this is discussed (at some length).
Since there is no real way to tell if someone's signature is three lines (computer screen resolutions, ie, 800x600 or 1280x1024, display differently) there was a 'suggestion' that the limit be 75 characters for a signature.
Bill and Ben, if you are trying to shorten your signatures somewhat, you might try getting rid of the blank lines in your signature or putting stuff all on one line.
Of course now that I've said this, I'm sure that my signature is more than three lines on someone else's computer as it's fine on mine.

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Dave david-bey@utulsa.edu
1996 White F-350 XLT CC SRW LWB 4x4 E4OD 4L10, LT285/75R16s on Alcoas, K&N Air Filter, BD Tow & Performance chip, A.R.E. MX topper, PacBrake, Rhino Liner on the front & in the bed See my baby! 56,600 happy miles

[dondiesel8]

I think 3 lines is way too short for profile lengths, I agree that the profiles shouldn't be a paragraph long, but I think 5,6,7 lines is fine, as long as the person is describing thier truck, not rambling about personal or political beliefs or mottos or anything else. hey, if you don't wanna read someones profile, skip it, but if no ones else objects, profiles should be long enough to tell all about the persons truck. Then if there is a problem with someones particular profile, the administrators, or even other member should ask him to modify it.

this is just my opinion, I think it is a fair one.

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1997 F-350 PSD XLT RC, Red, E4OD w/BD TC, shift kit, B&M 24K# cooler, 285/75R16 Dunlop's, 2" lift, shimmed and gutted, WD open filter, Lund Visor, Auto meter tranny temp and boost gauges in A pillar pod, NOS fuel pressure, 3.5" straight pipe, Pioneer sound, $20 EBV brake, manual TC control, 103K miles

[Stephen Johnson]

Nope, never got an Email like that, but I have read it is the law. So, I just shortened mine. . .don't think anybody cared what kind of hub caps I have anyway.

Cheers, Steve J.

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1996 F350 PSD CC Dually 5 Spd 4x2, 4.10s, HyperMax Downpipe, HyperMax 300 chip, Intercooled, cat-ectomy, 4" pipe & muffler, 96 Wilderness 25.5L w/Slide, 98 Voyager Toonboat

[Dale I]

The reason for the requested short profiles is a couple
-- they take up space on the server
-- the current format of the search engine will not differentiate between a post and the profile (ie: search on "shim" will give you every one who puts "shim" in their profile, not just the posts on "shim")
-- they increase the amount of space used to save posts

As a request from the originators of the site, I say we quietly comply and appreciate all the work they go through to make this forum available to us.

I will not usually put my sig up there if there is no reason for it.

Then again, it's just my 2¢

[OB-1]

YES, there is a RULE on this website asking ALL members to limit their "Signatures" to a maximum of three lines. This was done for two reasons. First, to preserve resources on the server. Second, to keep the "Signatures" from getting out of hand.

PLEASE shorten your "Signature" if it is over three lines.

We also have different "Forums" for different topics. This "Thread" has nothing to do with "94-97 PowerStrokes" so it is being moved to the "News, Comments and Suggestions" forum. This is Jason's, (Website Owner), personal forum.

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Second Amendment Task Force, Charter Founder
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[SmokeyWren]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DaveBey:
Since there is no real way to tell if someone's signature is three lines (computer screen resolutions, ie, 800x600 or 1280x1024, display differently) there was a 'suggestion' that the limit be 75 characters for a signature.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The rule is 3 lines at the internet standard resolution of 800x600. That's about 66 to 75 characters per line, not total. So figure about 200 characters or less total sig length, depending on which characters and how many spaces are included, and assuming no carriage returns. Then to double-check, set your resolution to 800x600 and look at a post that includes your current signature.

Using that rule and looking up in this thread, DaveBey's sig is 4 lines, but only because he included a carriage return on the first line after his e-mail address, which pushed the rest of the sig on to the 4th line which now reads: "& in the bed See my baby! 56,600 happy miles". Without that carriage return, Dave would have almost exactly 3 lines.

And dondiesel8's 4th line reads: "$20 EBV brake, manual TC control, 103K miles"

Ntix wound up with almost exactly 3 lines. Nothing flowed over to the 4th line, and that last parenthesis is just about in the last possible space on the third line on the screen when I look at it at 800x600. Good job, Ntix.

And Bill Boroskey, the guy that started this thread, has a sig that takes up 9 lines, including 2 blank lines. Yep, he should have received a friendly note from a moderator. And I guess he did.



[This message has been edited by SmokeyWren (edited 03-14-2001).]

[JLester]

The reason this came about was that we had people listing every option off their window sticker along with all their mods. Some were exceeding 10 lines which looks really strange on a post with just a few lines. Just put in the good stuff, we don't need to know everything about you, your truck, your political affiliations, etc.

Look at mine, even the webmaster follows the rule. A good option is to list the major information about your truck with a link to your own home page or a photopoint album with pictures. Mine links to the Project Truck articles.

Jason


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Ford-Diesel.Com Webmaster
2000 F-350 Crew Cab Dually Lariat 6-speed 4x4
Black/Tan 4.10LS Fully-Loaded

[Bill Boroskey]

Hi Guys

Don't get me wrong I dont want to step on any toes as I am a guest in someone elses house (Jason's). I have changed my profile alittle and this will be my first post that I leave the shortend version and I am going to shorten it even more when I am done here.

I do however have to say that I didnt see anywhere that it said anything about lenght. I have heard that lenght was discussed in a thread. Thats good but if you missed that thread you are out of the loop, espesially for new members.

To Jason. Where does it say anything. I looked In ABOUT, and on the profile page. Might I suggest a message on the profile/signature page to let people know about this. It is also hard to tell just how long it is because the box to type in is kinda cramped.

Again My MANY thanks to this web site and the people that make it possible. This is a great site I feel that I have made alot of friends here and I REALLY don't want to PI$$ anyone off.

Thanks respectively

Bill Boroskey


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97 F350 4x4 XLT Bright Red,8ft Fisher Minute Mount,K&N,Western Diesel Turbo Brake,Western Diesel Guages(Pyro,Boost,Trans)3 POD Pillar Mount.Extra Leaf Springs in the front,Lund Sun Visor,Vent Shade Bug guard,Lund Grill Inserts



[This message has been edited by Bill Boroskey (edited 03-14-2001).]

[HeyBob]

I like the three line rule, go to some of these other websites and I saw one sig line that was about 25 lines long.

I thought I was still reading his post.

You get tired of wading through all the rubbish.

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99 E-350 Clubwagon PSD factory aluminum wheels, Pullrite hitch
01 F-150 Supercrew, 98 E-350 Cargo Van

[Bill Boroskey]

Hi Rob I could'nt agree with you more. There comes a point when you have to draw a line. I realize my profile was too long and I believe I fixed it. After all I had the profile of a truck on there (besides my PSD) that wasnt even Diesel.

I dont have a problem with shortening my profile, But it would have been nice if it said somewere on the profle page about a 3 line limit.

Maybe we should come up with a standard abreviation code for some of them. Maybe check them off in a box kind of like the message icons. Just a thought.

What do the administrators think?

Bill

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97 F350 4x4 XLT Bright Red,8ft Fisher Minute Mount,,K&N,Western Diesel Turbo Brake,Western Diesel Turbo Guages(Pyro,Boost,Trans)3 POD Pillar Mount.Extra Leaf Springs in the front,Lund Sun Visor,Vent Shade Bug guard,Lund Grill Inserts

[H ED S]

checking

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