I Want to Make a Cool Signature

Symbiotic · 08-03-2006, 02:56 PM

can someone point towards programs that will make a graphic sig with hyperlinks in it...i want to incorperate various pictures and stuff....perhaps something similar to what ImOnFire(has anyone seen him around) has...similar idea...not the same of course(plus, mine will be much crappier)

**guitarjockey111** · 08-03-2006, 04:13 PM

photoshop.

Symbiotic · 08-03-2006, 04:16 PM

i have limited experience with photoshop...so, in order to make a graphic hyperlink, what would i have to do?...would i have to make a seperate graphic and them insert it as a link?

**guitarjockey111** · 08-03-2006, 04:43 PM

what i do to hyperlink mine for like sigs you just upload the image somewere and then put the image on as a html code that is clickable so when they click it , it goes to the desinated link you have assigned. Thats what i did with my sig.

J_freek · 08-03-2006, 05:59 PM

you sound just as lost as i am with this stuff!!
lol

PatrickStar4491 · 08-03-2006, 06:18 PM

All you really need to do is come up with a graphic to use. You can make it with anything. Paint (not recommended), Photoshop, whatever. Some other free programs like Paint.NET or GIMP would also work perfectly for the job.

Once you have an image ready, you'll need to slice it. I'm pretty sure GIMP can do it. If you can't get it figured out, one of us in the Graphics forum would be glad to slice it up.

Now that it's sliced into several different images, you can make the individual images into hyperlinks.

Symbiotic · 08-03-2006, 10:11 PM

this "slicing", is that basically dividing it into sections while leaving the physical apperance the same?

PatrickStar4491 · 08-03-2006, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Symbiotic

this "slicing", is that basically dividing it into sections while leaving the physical apperance the same?

Exactly! That's the graphics term for it.

Symbiotic · 08-04-2006, 09:54 AM

cool....i might be able to figure this all out....i'm sure i'll ask questions if i run into problems

EleventhHour · 08-04-2006, 02:01 PM

To post an image you an click on, you just upload the image to an image host like tinypic.com or imageshack.us and then put the url into this code:

[ url=http://www.siteurlhere ][ img ]http://www.blahblahblah.jpg[ /img ][ /url ]

only just close the spaces.

You might mean an image map, which I have never done, but do a search for 'image map html code' or 'image map how to' or something like that, & it's probably pretty easy to find. I've seen how to do it here & there, so it's out there. An image map is when you can click on one part of a pic and it's a link to say, your blog, but you can also click on another part of the same image to get to a photo album.

**mtlmouth** · 08-04-2006, 02:04 PM

I've tried to use an image map in my sig before, and the code didn't work. You're better off slicing the image.

Symbiotic · 08-04-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by EleventhHour

To post an image you an click on, you just upload the image to an image host like tinypic.com or imageshack.us and then put the url into this code:

[ url=http://www.siteurlhere ][ img ]http://www.blahblahblah.jpg[ /img ][ /url ]

only just close the spaces.

You might mean an image map, which I have never done, but do a search for 'image map html code' or 'image map how to' or something like that, & it's probably pretty easy to find. I've seen how to do it here & there, so it's out there. An image map is when you can click on one part of a pic and it's a link to say, your blog, but you can also click on another part of the same image to get to a photo album.

ya, i meant your image map idea.....i know how to turn a regular picture into a link....i know pretty much all the code used on this site or most forum websites because on my PC when i was with my folks, the buttons at the top of any reply box didn't work, so i needed to learn the code out of nessesity...i geuss it's slicing that i need to do once i've got a really cool idea of what it's gonna look like

PatrickStar4491 · 08-04-2006, 03:41 PM

Slicing is much simpler, and it's easier to work with. The only real advantage to image maps is that you can make any shape a link with them. You're stuck with rectangles when slicing.