How to set "showsignatures" default to "no" for all users and visitors

My users are VERY fond of big, elaborate signatures, and that tends to turn-off first-time visitors who are on dial-up. I want everyone's "showsignatures" option to be set to "no" by default, instead of yes. Then they can go turn on sigs in their cp if they want to see them.

Thanks!

How would I go about making sigs invisible to guests?

[Freddie Bingham]

You would edit admin/sessions.php and change this code:

$bbuserinfo['showsignatures']=1;

to:

$bbuserinfo['showsignatures']=0;

You will also see the other bandwidth options there if you wish to change them.

[Evoir]

tubedogg,

I clicked on your link in your profile on how to run a query in phpmyadmin, but it gives me a bad link. can you point out that thread for me again? I'd like to turn vb code off for everyone.

[Evoir]

Also, is there a way to turn off VB code, but leave to clickable smilies in tact?

Basically, I don't want folks making big fonts and all. but smilies are cool.

So, is it easier to simply turn something off rather than run a query?

[tubedogg]

Here ya go evoir:
http://161.58.84.213/forum/showthrea...threadid=18558

Not sure about the other question. Feasibly you could remove $vbcode_buttons and that should do it - except that the smilies use javascript that's in the .js files included by the vbcode_buttons template. Maybe edit the .js files down to just the smilie parts and then include them in the vbcode_smilies template instead.

[Evoir]

so, if I want vb code to be OFF for all my members (so they have to actually turn it on if they want it)

I would type in phpmyadmin
UPDATE user SET options=options+8 WHERE NOT(options&8)

Including the parenthesis?

I did that and nothing happened. still nhave vb code in my prefs and no xx yy response from phpmyadmin. Just wondering if I did it right.

and thanks for your response, tubedogg.

[tubedogg]

np

For whatever reason half the time phpMyAdmin returns a white screen instead of results. So assuming you got the white screen I'd say it went okay. Keep in mind this won't affect your templates - it will just set your prefs to no. You have to remove it from the templates manually.

[Evoir]

nope. I didn't get a white screen. the page simply reloaded.

and then I tried posting a message and the VB codes were there (which tells me it didn't change it in my or anyone else's profile.)

Are you sure this is the correct code and proceedure?

[tubedogg]

Try this one instead - I don't know but it looks like the latter half of freddie's post is backwards.

UPDATE user SET options=options-8 WHERE options&8

[Mike Sullivan]

Actually, I think some of freddie's queries got reversed. Although I'm not 100% sure though.

Set Everyone's showsignatures to off:
UPDATE user SET options=options-1 WHERE options&1

Set Everyone's showsignatures to on
UPDATE user SET options=options+1 WHERE NOT(options&1)

Set Everyone's showavatars to off:
UPDATE user SET options=options-2 WHERE options&2

Set Everyone's showavatars to on:
UPDATE user SET options=options+2 WHERE NOT(options&2)

Set Everyone's showimages to off:
UPDATE user SET options=options-4 WHERE options&4

Set Everyone's showimages to on:
UPDATE user SET options=options+4 WHERE NOT(options&4)

Set Everyone's showvbcode to off:
UPDATE user SET options=options-8 WHERE options&8

Set Everyone's showvbcode to on:
UPDATE user SET options=options+8 WHERE NOT(options&8)