sig changes

Nic Name · 05-23-2002, 10:18 AM

If you delete your signature in the User CP, your sigs in all previous posts by you will disappear.

I notice that the Cellar handles new signature changes a bit differently now.

Previously, new signature were applied to prior posts as well as new posts made after the change.

Now, if you introduce a new sig, it only applies to posts made after the change of signature.

It didn't used to be that way.

elSicomoro · 05-23-2002, 06:09 PM

Not for me...just tested it.

hotdude729 · 05-23-2002, 07:51 PM

Its better that The signature changes in both prior and new. Its cool! Or as they say down south, Mucho Bueno

Nic Name · 05-26-2002, 06:24 AM

(a) if you modify your sig, it replaces all previous signatures with the new information;

but

(b) if you empty the sig form and save the change to empty, subsequent entries in the sig form only appear in new posts;

or

(c) it's a bug;

or

(d) i'm losing my mind.

elSicomoro · 05-26-2002, 01:18 PM

OK, just tested it as you said.

I'm going with c or d.

Undertoad · 05-26-2002, 02:17 PM

I'll guess that the behavior changed as we've upgraded versions - although we haven't done that in a while.

Hint: there is a "showsignatures" column in the table of posts, and sigs are saved in the user table, not the posts table. So sigs should follow the user, not the posts.

Nic Name · 05-26-2002, 03:46 PM

I just erased sig and saved and then added a new sig as below.

The sig applies to new posts, and some of the very recent posts, like this:

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1549

but not to the older posts, like this:

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1511

which isn't that old, because it was new to the Quality Images thread. This meow image did have a sig originally, but iit has not had any sig since the time when I recently cleared, saved and set a new sig. I think that goes for all my older posts which are now without signatures. Who cares? Not me really ... I mean really, not me.

So, I'd say it's (c) unless you guys are seeing my sig in the linked meow thread above.

In which case, it's definitely (d).

I can live with it, either way.

I just thought the Toad lived on bugs, so I should let him know where to find them.

The bug appears to affect only a few of my posts ... not all the older posts. So it is (d) after all.

05-23-2002, 10:18 AM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	sig changes If you delete your signature in the User CP, your sigs in all previous posts by you will disappear. I notice that the Cellar handles new signature changes a bit differently now. Previously, new signature were applied to prior posts as well as new posts made after the change. Now, if you introduce a new sig, it only applies to posts made after the change of signature. It didn't used to be that way.

05-23-2002, 06:09 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Not for me...just tested it. Last edited by elSicomoro; 05-23-2002 at 06:13 PM.

05-23-2002, 07:51 PM	#3
hotdude729 Purple Monkey Dishwasher Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 31	Stupid Its better that The signature changes in both prior and new. Its cool! Or as they say down south, Mucho Bueno

05-26-2002, 06:24 AM	#4
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	I'm guessing that it works like this: (a) if you modify your sig, it replaces all previous signatures with the new information; but (b) if you empty the sig form and save the change to empty, subsequent entries in the sig form only appear in new posts; or (c) it's a bug; or (d) i'm losing my mind.

05-26-2002, 01:18 PM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Re: I'm guessing that it works like this: OK, just tested it as you said. I'm going with c or d.

05-26-2002, 02:17 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'll guess that the behavior changed as we've upgraded versions - although we haven't done that in a while. Hint: there is a "showsignatures" column in the table of posts, and sigs are saved in the user table, not the posts table. So sigs should follow the user, not the posts.

05-26-2002, 03:46 PM	#7
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	I just erased sig and saved and then added a new sig as below. The sig applies to new posts, and some of the very recent posts, like this: http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1549 but not to the older posts, like this: http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1511 which isn't that old, because it was new to the Quality Images thread. This meow image did have a sig originally, but iit has not had any sig since the time when I recently cleared, saved and set a new sig. I think that goes for all my older posts which are now without signatures. Who cares? Not me really ... I mean really, not me. So, I'd say it's (c) unless you guys are seeing my sig in the linked meow thread above. In which case, it's definitely (d). I can live with it, either way. I just thought the Toad lived on bugs, so I should let him know where to find them. The bug appears to affect only a few of my posts ... not all the older posts. So it is (d) after all. Last edited by Nic Name; 05-26-2002 at 03:50 PM.

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