quick question on how to put a banner into my email sig

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi....i am a member of a ptr site......

and i want to put a referral banner onto my email sig....

i have copied and paste the info from the site.... but its not coming up as a banner style logo..

i am not into html stuff.... so what am i doing wrong

thanks....

GoofyGAT

Sorry, scrap this - it's for a forum signature! (NOT suitable for the MSE forum may I hasten to add!)

Try (url=http://yourreferrallink.com)(img)http://locationofthebanner(/img)(/url)

Replace the () brackets with [] brackets.

So (url=http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/)(img)http:// img76.imageshack.us/img76/2948/msebannerexamplepl9.jpg (/img)(/url), would look like this when the [] brackets are used - hover your mouse cursor over the 'banner' to see the link in the status bar:



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ABH_3

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote:

hi....i am a member of a ptr site......

and i want to put a referral banner onto my email sig....

i have copied and paste the info from the site.... but its not coming up as a banner style logo..

i am not into html stuff.... so what am i doing wrong

thanks....

The site owners might have removed the functionality from the forums that would allow you to do this. You might want to read 'the rules' http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=305655 before you go any further. PTR = Paid to Refer doesn't it?

HTH

GoofyGAT

Oops, I just realised COOLTRIKERCHICK wants to put a referral banner onto his email signature. That would be HTML indeed, but then I think the entire email would have to be in HTML(?)

Sorry, like ABH, I thought it's for a forum signature too - i.e. the PTR site's forum signature (not MSE).

ABH, of course you're right about the MSE rules not permitting this. G

ABH_3

GoofyGAT wrote:

Oops, I just realised COOLTRIKERCHICK wants to put a referral banner onto his email signature. That would be HTML indeed, but then I think the entire email would have to be in HTML(?)

Sorry, like ABH, I thought it's for a forum signature too - i.e. the PTR's site's forum signature (not MSE).

ABH, of course you're right about the MSE rules not permitting this. G

Looks like I owe COOLTRIKERCHICK an appology too. Sorry COOLTRIKERCHICK.

As for putting such a signature in your email. I would advise against it, people get targetted by such email on a daily basis and if they are a member of a block list like spamhause et al. You may find yourself on such a list, then those of your friends whose ISP's employs such a tool to prevent spam won't get your emails.

As a result, you're next question here will be: Why don't my friends receive my email. I know this from experience, after a 'friend' used to target me with paid to click stuff years ago, I submitted his address to a few block lists after a warnings. Oh the fun he had getting off them.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks guys.... had no intention of putting it into mse sig.....as i totally agree with their rules etc.....

i just thought i might put into my email sigs......but now that you have mentioned the above advising me not to.... i can now see what it might cause...... thanks peeps....

and apologies excepted........as you were only looking after the interest of other mse'rs........