How to add a signature to my profile?

Sorry yes its a question but the introductory guidance says keep it to one line; and I cant see how to add a signature at all - yet others have them.
I've googledd and found an answer - from 2013 but its no longer relevant.
So an entry in this section about using your profile would be great.

Couldnt see any other appropriate section to ask this in.

johnerrington:
Couldnt see any other appropriate section to ask this in.

Website and forum.
It sure as Hell isn't a tutorial.

Click on your name by the side of your post to take you to your forum settings.

@johnerrington

Your topic was Moved to it's current location / section as it is more suitable.

Could you also take a few moments to Learn How To Use The Forum.
Other general help and troubleshooting advice can be found here.
It will help you get the best out of the forum in the future.

@Herrington - An incorrect URL is not a great advert for an IT support company.

@AWOL

It is a forum bug honestly !
It inserts Arduino in front of everything.

ballscrewbob:
@AWOL

It is a forum bug honestly !
It inserts Arduino in front of everything.

From what I recall, you have to put a complete URL, not just "www.yadda.yadda" and then it works ok.

I would tell you if ever I could get one to stick for more than a couple of minutes regardless of fully qualified url or not. :cry:

I just gave it a try and my link works fine. The forum profile dialog actually rejected the update when I tried to add a URL without the scheme, but it's possible @johnerrington made the "Website title" www.skillbank.co.uk, but used a complete URL in the "Website URL" field.

BSB - thanks for your help in moving to the right section.

TheMemberFormerlyKnownAsAWOL: if your reply re my url was meant to be helpful you could have got my name right. If it was meant to be hurtful that says more about you than about me.

Pert - I still dont know how to go about trying to add a signature?

johnerrington:
I still dont know how to go about trying to add a signature?

Do this:

  • Hover the mouse pointer over your avatar in the top right corner of any arduino.cc page.
  • Click "Profile".
  • Click "Forum Settings > Edit".
  • Click the "Settings" tab..
  • From the dropdown menu, click "Forum Profile".
  • Add your desired signature to the "Signarture" field.
  • Click the "Change profile" button.

johnerrington:
TheMemberFormerlyKnownAsAWOL: if your reply re my url was meant to be helpful you could have got my name right. If it was meant to be hurtful that says more about you than about me.

Meh. Auto-correct. What can you do?

I actually wrote "PLEASE DON'T POST YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS TUTORIAL SECTION" and "--- I'M SERIOUS - DON'T PUT YOUR QUESTIONS HERE ---" some time ago, and I'm still amazed people ignore them.

If it was meant to be hurtful that says more about you than about me.

Perhaps it says more about your attitude to checking what ought to be important to you.

Thanks Pert, found it as you see.

TFMK...
perhaps you could add "consider posting them in the "community - website and forum section "

maybe like me others post there because they see no other option.

A diversion sign is often better then "no entry"

well maybe not always, but thats a long story.

TheMemberFormerlyKnownAsAWOL:
I actually wrote...

And I recently bumped them to the top. They are difficult to miss.

I did once consider having a topic called

"Before posting in this section, please ask yourself if your post is actually a tutorial, or a request for help, and consider spending a little longer finding a more appropriate forum section for your query",

but obviously that was too long, and

"If it is a question, it shouldn't be here, moron"

too rude, even for me.

I changed the icon for the first one to the exclamation mark. This could turn into an interesting sociology experiment.

johnerrington:
So an entry in this section about using your profile would be great.

I do not agree. Having spent a few weeks of my ever disappearing life battling an oik with a poison signature I very strongly wish we did not support signatures of any sort.

!AWOL:
you are like a stereotypical englishman who thinks shouting at a foreigner will help them understand.
I do understand your frustration.
However its because your approach is wrong. That is evident because clearly others are also ignoring your "road closed" sign because they see no alternative.

Why not try giving good positive helpful advice instead of writing a law you will never enforce?

May I suggest again adding "consider posting them in the "community - website and forum section "

Just trying to help.

johnerrington:
!AWOL:
you are like a stereotypical englishman who thinks shouting at a foreigner will help them understand.
I do understand your frustration.
However its because your approach is wrong. That is evident because clearly others are also ignoring your "road closed" sign because they see no alternative.

Just trying to help.

I call BS...

Alternatives everywhere even for a decent selection of foreign languages.

Sections are laid out and even have descriptors.
Most of the posts we move from that section are in ENGLISH !
Ergo not johnny foreigner or at the least people fully conversant in English.

johnerrington:
Just trying to help.

In that case, apologize for your mistake and move on.

johnerrington:
May I suggest again adding "consider posting them in the "community - website and forum section "

@johnerrington we get people creating non-tutorial topics in the "Introductory Tutorials" forum board about all sorts of subjects.

Your topic happened to be suitable for the "Website and Forum" board, but others are not. So directing everyone to post in the "Website and Forum" forum board would just lead to posts in "Website and Forum" that are off topic for that board.

There's no way for us to write a topic title that can provide specific directions that will work for everyone. They just need to look through the forum boards and determine which is most appropriate. Each forum board has a description that explains its purpose.