Stopping animated signature graphics

[Spartan]

I am not sure animated is the right term, but I think you know what I mean.

More and more users are including these motion graphics in their signatures, and it has become annoying.

Is there a way to block these animated graphics? Blocking signature graphics altogether would be fine as well.

 

[Spartan]

I just found this, and changing the max-height and width to 0 gets rid of the signature graphics:

.message .signature .bbCodeImage {
max-height: 150px;
max-width: 250px;
overflow-x: auto !important;
overflow-y: auto !important;
}


Is there anything I can add to this code to block animated graphics or youtube video's?

 

[MagnusB]

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/signature-restriction-advanced-permissions.717/


That addon allows you to disallow the use of bbcodes in signature.

Also, manual enforcement can also prove useful.

 

[Mouth]

Add to Extra.CSS ...

.signature .bbCodeBlock,
.signature .bbCodeImage
{
    display: none !important;
}

 

[RobParker]

Add to Extra.CSS ...

.signature .bbCodeBlock,
.signature .bbCodeImage
{
    display: none !important;
}

Does that stop the animated gifs being downloaded or does it still download them but just hide them?

 

[EQnoble]

all that does it not display them, but it will also not display all images

 

[MagnusB]

all that does it not display them, but it will also not display all images

It will ignore any images that does not have a parent with class="signature", which will exclude normal bbcode images. It will not hide videos, though, they seem to be loaded via iframes, and no class to hide it with.

 

[Teapot]

You can try blocking all signature .gif images from displaying using this:

.signature .bbCodeImage[src$=".gif"] {
display: none !important;
}

(note: I haven't tested this exact code; let me know if it works! Also, caveat: This is a CSS3 selector, which in English means that it works in IE7+ and all other modern browsers)

That'll make sure .gif images don't display - although it varies by the browser whether they'll load or not. For full protection, you'd need an add-on to strip .gifs and videos out of signatures, although I'm not sure if that add-on exists. Someone (or me) could probably make it for you.

Edit: Fixed code. Oops.

 

[EQnoble]

It will ignore any images that does not have a parent with class="signature", which will exclude normal bbcode images. It will not hide videos, though, they seem to be loaded via iframes, and no class to hide it with.

right , this blocks all images...including ones that are not gifs

 

[DRE]

You can try blocking all signature .gif images from displaying using this:

.signature .bbCodeImage[src$=".gif"] {
display: none !important;
}

(note: I haven't tested this exact code; let me know if it works! Also, caveat: This is a CSS3 selector, which in English means that it works in IE7+ and all other modern browsers)

That'll make sure .gif images don't display - although it varies by the browser whether they'll load or not. For full protection, you'd need an add-on to strip .gifs and videos out of signatures, although I'm not sure if that add-on exists. Someone (or me) could probably make it for you.

Edit: Fixed code. Oops.

That works but unfortunately they still trip the warning sign when viewing a site in SSL if the signature image is an external image.

 

[AndyB]

Blocking signature graphics altogether would be fine as well.

You might consider not showing signatures under the post at all. I've done that on my forum and I have not received a single complaint.