[RD] Move signature to bottom of post

[BioEye]

Currently, if a post is really short, it's very noticeable that the signature is inserted just after the last line of text. This leaves a small space between the text in the post and the signature, and a large space below the signature.

Is there any way to move the signature to the very bottom of a post?

Thanks.

[Jordan]

Unless I'm missing something, the signature is already as far down in the post as it can go.

[Michael]

Nov 23, 2009 11:21:45 GMT -8 BioEye said:

Currently, if a post is really short, it's very noticeable that the signature is inserted just after the last line of text. This leaves a small space between the text in the post and the signature, and a large space below the signature.

Is there any way to move the signature to the very bottom of a post?

Thanks.

What is causing that is that The mini-profile is wider than the actual post.

I guess you could code up a system to make it so that the post is split into 2 cells, with signature in the bottom one - valigned to bottom. And then that MIGHT fix it.

But the coding time isn't worth it in my opinion

[BioEye]

I've made an image example of what I mean.

Here's what a short post looks like: img200.imageshack.us/img200/2678/ex1x.png

and here's how I'd like it to look: img341.imageshack.us/img341/1763/ex2.png

[Chris]

You'll probably need to supply the URL to a thread where this is occurring so the reason why valign="bottom" is not being honored can be investigated.

If you're noticing it in a specific browser then that information would be needed as well. I just viewed a couple threads on your forum in both IE and FF and didn't see this problem on single line posts.

[BioEye]

Ah right. Yes. It looks like this is happening on the Safari browser.
I already have one compatibility issue with Safari regarding table widths when viewing posts. I didn't realise this was another browser-compatibility issue.

rwrobert.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=766&page=1#27416

That's one post that looks fine in IE and FF, but has this problem in Safari.

[Chris]

Nov 30, 2009 16:08:43 GMT -8 BioEye said:

Ah right. Yes. It looks like this is happening on the Safari browser.
I already have one compatibility issue with Safari regarding table widths when viewing posts. I didn't realise this was another browser-compatibility issue.

rwrobert.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=766&page=1#27416

That's one post that looks fine in IE and FF, but has this problem in Safari.

Unfortunately I don't currently have Safari installed but I viewed the thread using Google Chrome which uses the same rendering engine as Safari and saw the problem. I admit I've seen this before in Safari but it never bothered me enough to investigate.
It seems WebKit (the engine) isn't honoring height="100%" if the parent element also has a height specified in percent. This is nothing code related it has to do with the basic layout of Proboards' posts.

I whipped up a code to the address the problem which seems to work in Chrome but as I said I have no way to test Safari.
Edit: see post #14 in this thread for an updated code
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
(function(){
/* Fix Safari/Chrome signature alignment */
var e,t,o,n
if(navigator.userAgent.match(/webkit/i)){
for(e=document.getElementsByTagName('hr'),t=0;t<e.length;t++){
if(e[t].className.match(/\bhr\b/) && e[t].parentNode.nodeName=='FONT' && (o=e[t].offsetParent) && o.colSpan && o.colSpan==3 && o.vAlign && o.vAlign.match(/bottom/i)){
n=o.offsetParent;
n.style.height=n.offsetParent.offsetHeight;
}
}
}})()
// -->
</script>

If it truly bothers you then try the code but I'm sure Safari/Chrome users are quite used to the problem and probably do't even notice it anymore since it's been around for quite some time.

[tunescool]

eton i have the same problem, ive addressed it, you have seen it, neglected it, which is unlike you, i tried the code it didnt solve the problem, maybe it mite work if it is moved around. its a problem and safari/chrome users im sure are still annoyed by it

[Chris]

I don't recall you ever bringing this up Tunescool
Can you link me to a thread where this is happening in Safari/Chrome and the code is installed?

[tunescool]

support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=coderequests&action=display&thread=338086
was the thread or topic,
nothing ever came of the subject at matter, the code i just installed was the one you just posted in todays thread i dont know the posters name

[Chris]

Nov 30, 2009 19:41:13 GMT -8 tunescool said:

support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=coderequests&action=display&thread=338086
was the thread or topic,
nothing ever came of the subject at matter, the code i just installed was the one you just posted in todays thread i dont know the posters name

recheck that link since it's pointing to this very thread...

Edit:

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I did a search of your recent posts and found this

Sept 2, 2009 1:41:13 GMT -8 tunescool said:

i have this problem with signatures only in safari, and if there isnt a singature the reply and quote buttons move up there too

www.imagebam.com/image/0204c547511264/

Even with the picture the problem you were describing wasn't very clear. When I see ambiguous descriptions like that I usually ask the person to clarify but in that case since Todge was handling the request I merely added info I thought would be helpful. Todge is more than capable of addressing the support issues.

If you've already addressed the issue then I'm confused as to why you would use the code in this thread since the signatures containers on your forum would be undoubtedly modified and therefore not work with this code.

^{[rant]I'm really starting to hate these New Orleans Saints[/rant]}

[tunescool]

whatever, if you can fix the problem fix it

[BioEye]

Massive thanks to Eton Bones for that code. I found it worked after I put it at the very bottom of my Global Footer.
Thank you so much! It makes forums look a lot neater.

[tunescool]

it wont work for me, ive tried it 3 different plaes at the bottom of my footers, ill try again later

[Chris]

Dec 1, 2009 2:15:35 GMT -8 tunescool said:

whatever, if you can fix the problem fix it

good luck with that...

Dec 1, 2009 5:29:41 GMT -8 BioEye said:

Massive thanks to Eton Bones for that code. I found it worked after I put it at the very bottom of my Global Footer.
Thank you so much! It makes forums look a lot neater.

You're welcome

Edit:

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Even though the request specifically asks for signatures to be vertically aligned bottom, it occured to me that it might not look right if posts not containing signatures were left with their last edit/ip cells still aligned top, so I rewrote the code to apply the patch to posts without signatures as well:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
(function(){
/* Fix Safari/Chrome signature alignment */
var e,t,o,n
if(navigator.userAgent.match(/webkit/i) && document.body.innerHTML.match(/alt="IP:/)){
for(e=document.getElementsByTagName('table'),t=0;t<e.length;t++){
if(e[t].width=="100%" && e[t].parentNode.vAlign=="bottom" && e[t].parentNode.colSpan && e[t].parentNode.colSpan==3 && e[t].innerHTML.match(/alt="IP:/)){
o=e[t].parentNode.offsetParent;n=o.parentNode.offsetHeight;
o.style.height=n+"px";
}
}
}
})()
// -->
</script>