Usertitle limit

[Channy]

I brought this up back in 2009 (even found my old thread about it ) there's a 25 character limit? I couldn't find if you had a separate thread for asking mods to adjust usertitles with length/colour/bb code... or if you just PM'd someone or used the Username thread as well. Can this be lifted? Or do you want to keep us in line?

 

[Ⓐaron]

I don't honestly remember why the limit is in place. If no one cares I'll increase it to like 100 characters or something.

 

[Channy]

Which should be more or less adequate to allow for bb code to a colour or bold or something.

 

[Ⓐaron]

I don't think bbcode works in user titles, unfortunately. For that you'll have to ask an admin.

 

[Channy]

There used to be some sort of system that worked before. My user title was white now it's poopy and purple. D:<

 

[Tennyo]

Can't you change the color of your usertitle in your settings somewhere under the UserCP?

 

[Ⓐaron]

I don't think so, though I could always create another option for it I guess. I'm pretty sure the only way user titles were ever made a special colour in the past is if an admin set them manually.

 

[Tennyo]

I'm not talking about Staff Emeritus or Great Old One or Newbie. I mean the one you type yourself. I could have sworn I once changed the color of mine.

 

[Lex]

You can set the colour of custom user titles, it changes based on the text colour you've chosen for your descriptive text in the postbit (sex, location, aka - the answers to these questions, not the questions themselves). The option is under "about me" and it's called "colour on left of postbit".

EDIT: And hopefully that solves your issue without having to up the limit, because upping it to 100 characters is excessive Aaron. I'd go to 50 at a push.

 

[Channy]

Well, either way... if someone could change it to this, with the white, I'd appreciate it.

Mine is special.
It's good for absolutely nothing!

 

[Flintlock]

EDIT: And hopefully that solves your issue without having to up the limit, because upping it to 100 characters is excessive Aaron. I'd go to 50 at a push.

Well, either way... if someone could change it to this, with the white, I'd appreciate it.

Mine is special.
It's good for absolutely nothing!

Just pointing out, that's 51 characters.

I don't think we should care too much about how many characters a user title is, but that's going to span three lines, stretching both the postbit (vertically) and the definition of "title" somewhat.

 

[Channy]

God damn it, I'm trying to get into character and you're stiffling my creativity!

 

[Tennyo]

You should keep it as, "Mine is special." We all know what it means yet at the same time it's vaguely suggestive. (&#9685;&#8255;-)

 

[Channy]

saucy

Okay. Can someone make it white please?

 

[Ⓐaron]

Done, I think.

 

[Channy]

And take off the period. I'd go do it that then is lose the colour.

And then I'll stop being so demanding

 

[Tetsujin]

And then I'll stop being so demanding

 

[Ⓐaron]

I'll see if I can do that on my phone. If not, it'll have to wait until I get home or someone else gets to it.

edit: looks like you're in luck

 

[Channy]

Well, I'll try anyway.

Thanks Tets/Aaron... Whoever got to it

 

[Tetsujin]

Aaron did, I'm no mod.

 

[Channy]

You have a fancy coloured name, soooo..

 

[Cthulhu]

Hence the confusion,

 

[Tetsujin]

Everyone here has fancy colored titles.

 

[Channy]

True but the carrying colours of blue make you look like you belong

 

[Flintlock]

Unless I'm mistaken, TLS staff members' usernames appear (by default, some have changed theirs) according to the lowest-numbered group they belong to from the following:

1. Administrator
2. Site Director
3. Super Moderator
4. Site Editor
5. Moderator
6. Site Author
7. Staff Emeritus

That might be worthing sticking in a FAQ somewhere.