Multiple Cover Images in Sig Field?

[sr71plt]

Some posters here managed to get multiple book covers to post in their Sig field, but I haven't been able to get more than one to hold. Can anyone give guidance on how to show a line of them? Thanks.

 

[SandraMustard]

*spitting my Gatorage* Pilot needs help?

(A pixie in red sitting on my shoulder made me say that)

 

[RejectReality]

You can't use the signature picture section at the bottom of the "edit signature" page. That uploads or links to a single image, and that's all it will display.

In order to display multiple images, you're going to need somewhere to host them, and then link to them with tags. If you need a place to host them, I can put them on my server for you.

 

[sr71plt]

You can't use the signature picture section at the bottom of the "edit signature" page. That uploads or links to a single image, and that's all it will display.

In order to display multiple images, you're going to need somewhere to host them, and then link to them with tags. If you need a place to host them, I can put them on my server for you.[/QUOTE] Thanks. I thought I tried that--but apparently not. They are marketplace book covers, so I can just link them from a distributor (other than Amazon, which apparently prevents that), can't I? That works in other applications at Literotica.

 

[RejectReality]

It depends. A lot of places still disable hotlinking, and you'll either get a red x when the image doesn't load, or possibly a "naughty boy!" image that replaces any attempt to hotlink.

You can check with the publisher about the hotlinking guidelines and go from there.

If you can hotlink the cover images, you could post them here and I could post the code to display them, link them all to your author page, etc. Lit's signature code is a bit tricky in the way it works.

 

[sr71plt]

It depends. A lot of places still disable hotlinking, and you'll either get a red x when the image doesn't load, or possibly a "naughty boy!" image that replaces any attempt to hotrlink.

You can check with the publisher about the hotlinking guidelines and go from there.

If you can hotlink the cover images, you could post them here and I could post the code to display them, link them all to your author page, etc. Lit's signature code is a bit tricky in the way it works.

Well, again, I presume if the linking has been working elsewhere on the Web site, it should work there. I'll go try it.

And anyone who wants to double back on me about hotlinking--these are cover images that I own the copyright on.

 

[RejectReality]

Looking through your posts in the ebook promotion sticky, I can tell you that allromancebooks allows hotlinking, because you're hotlinking the covers in that thread.

If all of them you want to display are on that site, it should be good to go.

Here's a simplified version of my sig displaying just the covers.

http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/sunny_daze_thum.png*http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/diamond_valentine_thum.png*http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/pink_slippery_slope_thum.png*http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/beholding_dawn_thum.png
​

And the code that does that:

[center][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/sunny_daze_thum.png[/img][color=white]*[/color][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/diamond_valentine_thum.png[/img][color=white]*[/color][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/pink_slippery_slope_thum.png[/img][color=white]*[/color][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/beholding_dawn_thum.png[/img]
[/center]

The white asterisks are for spacing. Otherwise, the covers display in an unbroken line.

There also isn't a single tap of the return key in any of that code. It's one continuous line. The signature block processes every single tap of the return key, so every time you do it, it will jump down to a new line.

To link all of the covers to a single page ( your seller's page, for example ) all you need to do is add a url tag in front of all that, and close it at the end.

[url=www.yoursellerspage.com][center][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/sunny_daze_thum.png[/img][color=white]*[/color][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/diamond_valentine_thum.png[/img][color=white]*[/color][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/pink_slippery_slope_thum.png[/img][color=white]*[/color][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/beholding_dawn_thum.png[/img]
[/center][/url]

That ends up like this, with all the images a clickable link to my website.

http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/sunny_daze_thum.png*http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/diamond_valentine_thum.png*http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/pink_slippery_slope_thum.png*http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/beholding_dawn_thum.png
​

http://www.darkniciad.com

 

[RejectReality]

I see you've got it

You can use the asterisk trick from my last post to add some spacing, and there's also the code to link them to your seller's page, if you want.

 

[sr71plt]

I see you've got it

You can use the asterisk trick from my last post to add some spacing, and there's also the code to link them to your seller's page, if you want.

Thanks for the help. Yes, I finally got it done. Didn't realize how many would fit across (of course my first try was with a humongous size).

 

[3113]

Well, again, I presume if the linking has been working elsewhere on the Web site, it should work there. I'll go try it.

Looks like I answered too late. You seem to have succeeded

 

[allamagione]

Is there some reason you all would use URLs in your signature:

http://images.moviepostershop.com/sin-on-wheels-movie-poster-9999-1020429417.jpg​

Instead of named links:

Sin on Wheels?​

 

[RejectReality]

No problem

The code for mine, allowing the text and links below the covers and such is a complicated nightmare.

[center]
[url=http://www.darkniciad.com/reject_reality/rr_warn_home][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/hotlink_pics/rr_dot_com.jpg[/img][/url]
[size=1]Alt for Darkniciad ^--Website[/size]
[table][tr][td][story=720851][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/sunny_daze_thum.png[/img]
[size="2"][b][color="DarkOrange"]Summer Lovin'[/color][/b][/size]
[size="1"][b]Sunny Daze[/b][/story]
08/29/13[/size][/td][td][color=white]*[/color][/td][td][story=814368][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/diamond_valentine_thum.png[/img]
[size="2"][b][color="Red"]Valentine's[/color][/b][/size]
[size="1"][b]Diamond Valentine[/b][/story]
02/06/14[/size][/td][td][color=white]*[/color][/td][td][story=821344][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/pink_slippery_slope_thum.png[/img]
[size="1"][b]Pink Slip-pery Slope[/b][/story]
02/18/14[/size][/td][td][color=white]*[/color][/td][td][img]http://www.darkniciad.com/covers/minis/beholding_dawn_thum.png[/img]
[size="2"][b][COLOR="Orange"]Nude Day[/color][/b][/size]
[size="1"][b]Beholding Dawn[/b]
Coming Soon![/size][/td][/tr][/table]
[/center]

It took me a long time to get used to updating that without royally screwing it up *laugh*

 

[allamagione]

Never mind. I just figured it out.

If you have your options set to not display images, all you get is a link.

Carry on.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

You could just attach them to some post somewhere obscure here at lit then use the link from right here at lit.

The only problem with the sig and large amounts of text, including the URL text, is it's limited to 2,000 characters.

 

[RejectReality]

You could just attach them to some post somewhere obscure here at lit then use the link from right here at lit.

The only problem with the sig and large amounts of text, including the URL text, is it's limited to 2,000 characters.

That's why I take advantage of the Lit-specific [story] tag. Hell of a lot fewer characters than the URL of a story.

You have to do a little work to find the Lit ID# since they've gone to FURLs, but the saved characters are worth it.

 

[scouries]

[Material prohibited per our forum guidelines.] - Last Warning

Good grief! An avatar for the pilot?

When Jacqui mentioned it I almost fell out of bed.

Then I visited AHland because Jacqui didn't want to make a theme suggestion (due to a conflict of interest according to her) and insisted I get out of my sick bed and post one. Now I find multiple images in your sig line!

What the heck is the world cumming to?

So now I guess I'm going to have to retire the "snob"! Why the heck didn't you pick that one anyway?

Strangely I came across another of your covers last night (I was in nostalgia land visiting old threads) by the lovely and charming sarahhhh. I'd forgotten all about it, its actually one of her better ones... perhaps you could add it to the others?

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t82/sarahhh_023/1ROCKHARD.jpg

 

[TxRad]

Since scouries is scouriesworld and sarahhh, everything above is his usual bullshit. Right down to the sick bullshit.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Looks like I answered too late. You seem to have succeeded

He's expert at sucking seed. Its his prehensile lips.