User:NightFalcon9004/Signature Guide

Disclaimer: It should be noted that this will only help you make a signature like mine. That means your signature will have a link to your userpage, talkpage, contributions and two other pages of your choice using the images at either end. For something else I can probably help you but it may be more difficult.

Custom signature
'''IMPORTANT: When filling in all of the capitalized parenthetical parts below, do not use quotation marks or parantheses like in my examples. That includes when you are creating the signature page.'''

Firstly, create a page entitled: User:(YOUR USERNAME)/Signature

On that page click edit and start Source mode rather than Visual if that isn't your default setting. You can see the Source and Visual options as tabs at the top of the page. Once in source mode, type in the following:

(PART 1/3 TEXT) (PART 2/3 TEXT) (PART 3/3 TEXT) 


 * When I specify "A NUMBER" it means literally just type in something like "33" and that's it. You'll probably have to change it around a bit to get exactly the size you want.
 * When I say "REMEMBER THE EXTENSION" that means that you should fill it in like "picturename.jpg," or "picturename.png." The file needs to already be on the wiki to work, so you'll have to upload what you want to use if it isn't on the wiki already.
 * To fill in "COLOR" you should put all lowercase letters and be sure to spell the color correctly, such as "red" or "blue." This page should help you out with less common colors.
 * The parts 1/3 of your signature will be the displayed text of the signature. You can change the phrase/name that appears in the signature if you want.
 * Finally, both "PICTURE PAGE LINK"s will both become links to pages on the wiki. For instance, if you wanted the picture to link to Nice Peter's article, you would type in "Nice Peter." Remember that articles are case sensitive. You do not have to add links if you want.

Once you have created the User:(YOUR USERNAME)/Signature page such that it has a signature that is to your liking, open up the Special:Preferences page and type this into the "Custom signature" box:

Be sure to check the "I want to use wikitext in my signature" box. Once you save your preferences, your signature should appear above the custom signature box exactly how you want it to look. That means you're done and you did it right :)

If you have further questions, leave a message on my message wall.