User:Vladius Magnum/signature tutorial

Here is my award-winning (Wookiee Cookiee) signature tutorial.

Step I: Make a Subpage
The first thing you should do is make a subpage of your userpage. You must put User: (Username)/ in front of it, otherwise it will be deleted for being a non-canon page that isn't a User page.

Example title:

User: Examplon 5/signature

Step II: Recipe
Click "Edit" above this part to see the coding

A good/typical signature will have these things:

1.Your Name, a link to your User page

Example:

Examplon 5, Planet of Demonstration (It shouldn't normally be as long as in the example; I was just having fun)

2.A link to your talk page, named however you want, but usually in either subtext (example brackets) or supertext (example brackets). Some people put this in parentheses to look better. i.e. (Example)

3.A tiny picture to accent it, set at about 25 pixels Example:

(This is usually the logo of whatever government you support, but doesn't have to be)

You may have extra things linking to your contributions and such, but this is the usual recipe.

Step III: Coloring
Click "Edit" above this part to see the coding

Coloring your signature is the fun part. Use the brackets, example to stick anything inbetween them as that color.

Example:

Examplon 5, Planet of Demonstration

There is a better way, if you don't like the basic colors red, yellow, etc. You can use the nifty, never-failing things called Hexidecimal Codes. Google that, find a site, find a color, put in the code, and voila.

Example:

Examplon 5, Planet of Demonstration

I like to embolden things so that the color shows more, but you can do whatever you want.

Example:

 Examplon 5, Planet of Demonstration 

Step IV: Usage
Here is the finished product:

Examplon 5, Planet of Demonstration (Example)

"Not much, but she's got it where it counts."

- Han Solo

Now you can get to using your signature. Now that your subpage is full of your signature content and coding, you use these awesome brackets:

–

These are very powerful. Put the name of an article inbetween them, and POOF! All the article's content and coding is instantly in whatever you were editing! For example, inserting "Darth Bane" inbetween them here would make Darth Bane's entire  article appear above "These are very powerful". How do you like them apples? I expect that you see where I'm going with this. If not, then just look at this:

Click "Edit" above this part to see the coding

It saves page.

Episode V: The Admins Strike Back
This format of signature might not be desirable for some. Technichally, you should put four tildes (Vladius Magnum 21:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)) when you sign your comment,

1. Because it automatically puts in a link to your page and your name, simpler for some

2. Because it also automatically puts the time at which you signed it, helpful for archiving what people said, when, possibly why, etc.

With the flashy kind of signature I showed you above, it is unnecessary to do this, but doesn't show the time. It ends up looking sort of loony, like this:

Vladius Magnum 21:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

It would be very cumbersome and defeating the purpose if you were to type the time in yourself, after your signature.

Do you see why it might generate problems? Do this at your own risk.

Part VI: Goodbye
That was my tutorial.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!