A reminder: Earlier this year we changed the rules for signatures.

Read more: Rules for Commercial Mentions on the Message Board

We did this to get rid of long commercial sounding or confusing signatures.

Signatures may contain one or more of the following:

- Your name
- A favorite quote (not linked to anything)
- A link to your website
- A link to your blog
- A link to your classified
- A link to your Slow Travel members page
- Links to pages you have published on Slow Travel

Other notes:

- Only one link to your website in your signature. If you have a separate page with a special apartment listing or a bookstore, you cannot link to it separately.

- The link to your website must be either the domain name of the site or the name of the site - no extra taglines.

- If you run more than one website, you can only link to one of them.

- Do not put your email address or phone number in your signature. You can make your email address visible in your profile.

- If you run a blog, you can link to it as well as to your website. Make it clear in the link that this is a blog.

- If you have a Slow Travel classified, you can have an extra line in your signature - link using the caption of your classified or with "We support SlowTrav" or "Slow Travel Classified Listing".

This only applies to linking to websites other than SlowTrav - commercial or non-commercial. If you have trip reports or travel notes on Slow Travel, or a members page, you can link to them and are not restricted to one link.

>> I have been editing some signatures today that do not conform to our guidelines.

>> Member names cannot contain your domain name.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Pauline,

I updated our Terms of Service to have a section for signatures:

http://slowtalk.com/groupee/tos

And I made a new page in the help section about signatures:

http://slowtalk.com/help/signatures.htm

Let's make 2007 the year of the "slim signatures"!!

Pauline,

can I put the link to my Google map of Umbria under the one to my website?

Thank you.

Corinna

Yes, you can link to any slowtrav pages.

You can also link to your classifieds using the caption as a link or the company name or "We support Slow Travel".

Your signature can be fatter!

Ok thanks!

I will try to make my signature fatter!

Since I have 3 classified listings on ST, I think that I will keep the link to my website and add only the map's one.
I don't want to be so fat

Ciao
Corinna

Topping to remind everyone. I have been "slimming" some signatures today.

Pauline, since you're an expert at slimming things down can you work your wonders on me? I'd like a 30 inch waist again!

I'd like to make some amendments to my signature, but don't seem to be doing it right.

Can someone please take me step-by-step through the operation? (Imagine you are trying to teach Ipod use to a little old lady, and you won't be far from the truth!)

Start with this: How to Update Your Profile and then thisHow to add a URL to your Signature.

If you're still having problems, post a question in How Do I???Board & Website Questiosn forum and we'll get you hooked up.

Topping as a reminder. I have been updating a lot of signatures lately where people are linking to more than one business website or including long taglines.

> Link to one website only with a simple link - URL or name of website.

> If you have a ST Classified, you can also link to it with the caption.

Read more here: Slimming Signatures

Thanks!!