Signature "Line Limiter"
 

Hello all,



I have looked everywhere on all the big hack sites and I can NOT find a hack that allows one to limit signatures based on "Lines" rather than characters. I remember having a hack for it in vB2, but can't seem to find one for vB3. I have seen the other hack that is a "pixel" based limiter, and that's not really what I am looking for. Just a simple Sigs cannot exceed 7 Lines. or 10 lines, or 5 or whatever we would decide to choose. Does anyone know how to do this or where to find the hack?



FYI...running 3.0.1 Thanks.

I posted at vb.com and they sound there isn't currently a way to do it, and it has to be hacked. I have looked everywhere including here, and havn't found a hack yet, so I figured I could request one. Thanks!

Great idea! I would guess it should be a fairly easy hack. :)

This is what I did on our board several month ago (moreless copy&paste, hope it does work)

1. Create the following phrase in phrasegroup Front-End Error Messages
   varname = sigtoomanylines
   text = Your signature can not be longer than $vboptions[maxsiglines] lines.
2. In vBulletin Options/User Profile Options create the following setting:
   varname = maxsiglines
   title = Maximum signature lines
   description = The maximum number of lines anyone can use in their signature.
   default = 4
   vBulletin Standard = No
3. In profile.php FIND
   
   PHP Code:

   ---

   if ($vboptions['maximages'] != 0)
{
  require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
  $parsedsig = parse_bbcode($signature, 0, $vboptions['allowsmilies'], 1); 


   ---

   REPLACE that with
   
   PHP Code:

   ---

   if ($vboptions['maxsiglines'] != 0) {
  require_once('./includes/functions_misc.php');
  require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
  $parsedsig = parse_bbcode($signature, 0, $vboptions['allowsmilies']);
  $siglines = 0;
  $siglines += fetch_character_count($parsedsig, '<br');
  $siglines += fetch_character_count($parsedsig, '<blockquote');
  $siglines += fetch_character_count($parsedsig, '<pre');
  if ($siglines > $vboptions[maxsiglines]-1) {
    $preview = 'true';
    eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('sigtoomanylines', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
  }
}

if ($vboptions['maximages'] != 0)
{
  if (!$parsedsig) {
    require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
    $parsedsig = parse_bbcode($signature, 0, $vboptions['allowsmilies'], 1);
  } 


   ---

excuse me..

How to do the 2nd step?

You need to turn debug on.

I just get parse errors anyway.

Remove the 2nd closing bracket, was a typo. Sorry.

um.. I still getting error ..

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetch_character_count() in /home/nonoboar/public_html/bbs/profile.php on line 1333

Oops! Didn't notice that I required functions_misc earlier in profile.php, so this is missing here:

Put
after the first if-condition.

Will this work with any other sig limiting hacks like the image size limiter released a while back? Or will they end up fighting with one another? ;)

Well ... don't really know, but should work.
Just try it ^.^