User:Iceheart22/Signature Tutorial

Remember to be familiar with the Signature Policy before you start!

This is my tutorial on Span custom signatures. Span is the form of coding, as opposed to font, but I find span coding much easier. So let’s get started. Your signature must be used whenever you edit a talk page, so it might as well look good.

And just a heads up, every time it says USERNAME, replace it with YOUR username.

Getting Started
First and foremost, you must set up a signature page. Here are the steps-


 * 1) Type in User:USERNAME/sig to the search box in the top right corner.
 * 2) Click edit, paste   and then paste your custom signature on that page and save it.
 * 3) Go to your preferences and paste  into your signatue box, and check the little box that says Custom Signature.
 * 4) Always remember to hit the [[File:Signa.jpg]] button or type ~ after all the messages you paste on any talk page.

Signature Parts
Here is a full signature with all the parts together, just to show how they all look together. I’ll break it down after.

Iceheart = Iceheart

Linking
Everyone’s signature must link to their User page and User talk, but after that you can link it to as many things as possible, or nothing else, it’s your call. You make it link to stuff by putting

Example- WHAT YOU WANT =WHAT YOU WANT

Colours
Everyone loves to have a colourful signature. You can get specific shades from one of these websites, |here, |here or |here. Just copy the hex code (Something that will look like #00BFFF) and paste it after the colon. You can also just write the colour (like just write blue, red, etc.) instead of the hex code.

Example-

WHATEVER YOU WANT

WHATEVER YOU WANT

Or-

WHATEVER YOU WANT

WHATEVER YOU WANT

Font
The fonts are weird. Some work with certain computers, others don't. Some that usually work are Mistral, Freestyle Script , Comic Sans MS , Curlz MT , Goudy Old Style , Times New Roman , Papyrus , BatangChe , Georgia , Impact. If you aren’t happy with any of these, I suggest going through the fonts on Microsoft Word and seeing if any of your favourites from there will work.

Example- WHATEVER YOU WANT

= WHATEVER YOU WANT

Backgrounds
Backgrounds are basically the same as colouring the words, the only difference is you write ‘background’ instead of ‘color’. Just use the same technique and links that you did for the colouring of the letters.

Examples- WHATEVER YOU WANT

= WHATEVER YOU WANT

Or-

WHATEVER YOU WANT

= WHATEVER YOU WANT

Borders
Borders, once again, are a lot like the backgrounds and font colours; just get the colours like above. There are a few types of borders; solid, dotted, and dashed, and you just have to pick and write in which one you like better. And you can also adjust how thick it is by changing the number in front of the “px”. Since you usually don't want a big line going through your words, the coding usually goes on the out sides of the links so that the entire signature is included.

Examples-

WHATEVER YOUWANT

WHATEVER YOUWANT

WHATEVER YOU WANT

= WHATEVER YOU WANT

WHATEVER YOU WANT

= WHATEVER YOU WANT

Sizes
Sizes are easy peasy. If you want the writing to be bigger, put, and if you want it to be smaller. You can put as many as those as you want until it’s the size you want, but be careful of how many you use, because if you make it too big or small then you might mess up the line spacing and bug the other users.

Examples-

WHATEVER YOU WANT

= WHATEVER YOU WANT

WHATEVER YOU WANT

=   WHATEVER YOU WANT

WHATEVER YOU WANT

= WHATEVER YOU WANT

Subscripts & Superscripts
These are a lot like the big and small tags. They make things small and either go up or down, depending if it’s sub or sup. Superscripts make the words go up, and the subscripts go down. They’re used pretty much the exact same way as the big and small tags. But never use them for your whole signature, usually just a link to your talk page. You colour and decorate them the same way as normal script.

Examples-

User My Talk

= User My Talk

User My Talk

= User My Talk

User My Talk

= User My Talk

Special Characters
Special characters are just like normal letters, just more fun. Just paste them in the same place you would type your name, as well as what you want it to say. Here are some handy dandy ones, but you can find more at this link-

Dingbats- ♥ ♠ ♣ ♦☺☻☼ ♀ ♂ ♪ ♫ † ‡

Zodiac Signs- ♈ Aries ♉ Taurus ♊ Gemini ♋ Cancer ♌ Leo ♍ Virgo ♎ Libra ♏ Scorpio ♐ Sagittarius ♑ Capricorn ♒ Aquarius ♓ Pisces

Chess Pieces- ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟

Flowers and Stars- ✢ ✣ ✤ ✥ ✦ ✧ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ✱ ✲ ✳ ✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸ ✹ ✺ ✻ ✼ ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ❂ ❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ ❊ ❋ ❖

Example-

❄Ice heart♥

= ❄Ice  heart♥

More Examples!
Ic eh ea rt  Will the thaw ever come?

Ic eh ea rt  Will the thaw ever come?

-I c e   h e a r t   ΦBri ght eyesΦ shin ning in |undefined the dark

-I c e   h e a r t   ΦBri ght eyesΦ shin ning in |undefined  the dark

--  Wildheart  L i v i n g w i t h o n l y m y t h o u g h t s.

--  Wildheart  L i v i n g w i t h o n l y m y t h o u g h t s.

- ♥♠ I c e h e a r t ♦♣

- ♥♠ I c e h e a r t ♦♣

-W i l d  h e a r t ♪

-W i l d  h e a r t ♪

There is a more detailed explanation here if you find it necessary. If you have any questions or need any help, just ask me on my talk page and I’ll be more than willing to help. 00:12, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Special thanks to Wildheart for letting me use some of her signatures and editing my poor grammar/spelling.

Sandbox
Go play in the sandbox! Feel free to try out your signature’s coding.