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Old 07-05-2006   #2 (permalink)
Tamlin
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Originally Posted by In Tenebris
Can you let me know some tricks, suggestions and hints for good wallpapers and signatures?
Are these for yourself, or for other people? If they are for you, the design is really down to whatever you like. A few very general tips would be:

Wallpapers: I don't use wallpapers myself, but if I did I'd want a very subtle design that makes a good unobtrusive background - if you're spending hours looking at a computer screen, you need something restful for your eyes.

Signatures: I hate those huge multicoloured sigs that take up half the screen. If you're making a sig in Photoshop I'd suggest making it a reasonable size, with a classy understated design, and use the Save for web... option to optimize the file before you upload it - some people are still on slow dial-up connections and there's nothing worse when you're trying to browse a forum than waiting for someone's big fat 300k sig to load.

Well, not sure if that's what you wanted, but just a few thoughts. Feel free to disagree entirely

PS: If you've got some designs done already, why not post them in the gallery? People are generally very keen to supply helpful comments and advice.
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