# SIGNATURES

**URL:** <https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/signatures/129712>\
**Category:** Help Desk\
**Created:** [April 23, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/signatures/129712 "2008-04-23T20:32:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/signatures/129712/1 "2008-04-23T20:32:48Z")

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**One of the ways you can “personalize” all of your posts is by adding a “signature” to your defaults. In other words, your signature will appear at the end of all your posts, replies and PMs without having to write it in each time.**

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**REGULAR SIGNATURE:**  
\*\*\*\ ***You can add a “plain vanilla” signature, using standard font size, color and style, by following these steps:**

[ol]- **Click on “Forum Settings”, in the light blue menu bar. This will bring up your personal profile page.** - **Find the “Signature” box…the third one down from your username.** - **Put the pointer inside the box and click to locate the cursor.** - \*\*Begin typing your signature. \*\*- **There is no editing toolbar so you cannot change the size, style or color of the font in this mode. Look ahead to “Custom Signatures” if you want something different.** - **When finished, click on “Save Forum Settings” at the lower right corner of the page.** - \*\*Bring up one of your previous posts to check how your new signature looks. \*\*- **Start with #1 if you wish to delete or edit your signature.** [/ol] **CUSTOM SIGNATURE:**  
\*\*\*\ ***Setting up a signature with different fonts, colors, etc. requires some extra steps. For BFTers without Microsoft Notepad, or a lot of HTML experience, here is the simplest method.**

[ol]- **First, set up a PM to yourself. Click on “Private Messages” and when the PM screen come up, click on “Compose Message” and then enter your BFT username in the window for “Recipient”.** - **Using the Advanced Editor toolbar, choose the size, style and color of the letters you want to use for your signature. You might play around with this first in a Word document, until you get what you want. Note, the shorter and simpler the better.** - \*\*When you are finished, and before you click the send button, click on “Switch to Basic Editor”. \*\*- **This will bring up a bunch of computer language that is the code for the signature you have created.** - **Highlight all the letters and symbols, and right click to bring up a menu. Click “Copy”.** - **Now, complete steps 1 – 3 for “Regular Signatures”…to put your cursor in the signature box.** - **Right click for the menu and then click on “Paste”…to put the code for your signature into the box. It should be loaded and ready to post.** - **Click on “Save Forum Messages” and bring up a previous post to check results.** [/ol] **NOTE: There is no need to complete the sending of the message in order to capture the custom text.**