Users do not have forum access?

[pyroarchy]

Hey I dont run a forum Im just a user, Im having a hard time finding a place where just the users can ask questions. Just trying to figure out how to add a animated gif signature when IMG BB Code & Upload Images is disabled BUT upload animated gif as signature is allowed. Its nice and all you try to fight pirating by having the support forums locked but for the actual users of the software (not the owners or people running it) its very fustrating. And yes I have searched the internet for this problem with no results for the certain filters and rules allowed in signatures.

Thanks for the help.

[Thunderbird]

If you are asking about another site that runs a vBulletin forum, you should ask the people in charge of the site.

[pyroarchy]

Yea I did, they do not have much knowledge of the problem and could care less. I looked through the help files and manual and cannot find out how to utilize this "Upload animated gif as signature - Yes" feature. Its a shame there is'nt a place where the actual users can talk with others about how to use the features...

[Zachery]

You can use that feature if the administrator enables you to, that is all.

[pyroarchy]

Well I can see I wont get any help from anyone here...btw phpbb > vbulletin ;-)

[Ace]

Well I can see I wont get any help from anyone here.

Well spotted.

Nobody here can tell you how to turn on an option that a site's admin has turned off.

[pyroarchy]

Well if "Allow Image BB Code - No" and "Can Upload Images for Signature - No" and "Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature - Yes" are set then how would one utilize a animated gif? Upload to profile gallery then somehow insert it into the signature? Im guessing the admin has disabled some options that were needed by the option I'm asking about to work (Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature - Yes). Users can see the signature permissions, I assure you I'm not running this software.

[Ace]

They might have enabled it temporarily to allow somebody to have one, or they were adding one directly from the AdminCP.

You need to ask them why, or to change it. There's no way for a non-admin to change those settings.

[BirdOPrey5]

Yea I did, they do not have much knowledge of the problem and could care less.

I assume you mean they couldn't care less...If they don't care about their forum or their users, go to another forum.

[AdrianH]

Well if "Allow Image BB Code - No" and "Can Upload Images for Signature - No"

Gives you your answer very clearly doesn't it, plain as day you ARE NOT ALLOWED images in your signature.

[pyroarchy]

I can put 2 and 2 together fine as any of you can, just wondering what the use of having animated gif allowed but images not? Seems like having someone say "you can have a gif signature but we wont let you use it via image bb code or image upload. I was just questioning the appropriate route to use a animated gif signature as its allowed. Does anyone comprehend what I mean? I will post a picture of the permissions I see if it helps, yes it seems illogical to have image bb code not allowed and image upload for signature not allowed but animated gif for signature allowed, indeed the owner of the forum probably does not know much about this. My conclusion is that if image bb code = no and image upload as signature = no then they both void out "Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature - Yes" permission.

[Zachery]

Thats how the permissions work. An administrator on whatever site you're on has configured them to their own liking. You really cant do anything to change it short of asking them. We can't provide you any support because you're not a customer, and not even the administrator who can change things.

[Gunshot]

I can put 2 and 2 together fine as any of you can, just wondering what the use of having animated gif allowed but images not? Seems like having someone say "you can have a gif signature but we wont let you use it via image bb code or image upload. I was just questioning the appropriate route to use a animated gif signature as its allowed. Does anyone comprehend what I mean? I will post a picture of the permissions I see if it helps, yes it seems illogical to have image bb code not allowed and image upload for signature not allowed but animated gif for signature allowed, indeed the owner of the forum probably does not know much about this. My conclusion is that if image bb code = no and image upload as signature = no then they both void out "Can Upload Animated GIF for Signature - Yes" permission.

not really

the image bbcode generally relates to links, while "upload" stores images in a folder or the database.
The bottomline is forum members are a precious asset (mostly) and you should be treated as such on that site
I would move on to someplace you are appreciated

[Final Kaoss]

This is "pre-sales" question forum. The only topics that should be posted here are those pretaining to pre-purchasing vbulletin. What you need to do is go to the site that you are having issues with and Private Message a Moderator or an Admin on that site.

Hey I dont run a forum Im just a user, Im having a hard time finding a place where just the users can ask questions. Just trying to figure out how to add a animated gif signature when IMG BB Code & Upload Images is disabled BUT upload animated gif as signature is allowed. Its nice and all you try to fight pirating by having the support forums locked but for the actual users of the software (not the owners or people running it) its very fustrating. And yes I have searched the internet for this problem with no results for the certain filters and rules allowed in signatures.

Thanks for the help.

[Wayne Luke]

Hey I dont run a forum Im just a user, Im having a hard time finding a place where just the users can ask questions. Just trying to figure out how to add a animated gif signature when IMG BB Code & Upload Images is disabled BUT upload animated gif as signature is allowed. Its nice and all you try to fight pirating by having the support forums locked but for the actual users of the software (not the owners or people running it) its very fustrating. And yes I have searched the internet for this problem with no results for the certain filters and rules allowed in signatures.

Thanks for the help.

I am sorry but we simply cannot provide support to the end-users of various forums. It would be nice if we could but we do not have access to or control individual customer forums. There are hundreds of settings and dozens of permissions that intermingle in every setup that we couldn't even begin to solve end-user issues without this access and control. Even when Site Owners come to us for help, we frequently need to ask for this access to resolve issues.

Your best course of action is to talk to the site owner. If they can't help they can come ask us questions. If they don't provide support, then you'll need to forget these changes or find another community to visit.