Possible to Disable Signatures in a Forum?

[nabblenewbie]

Nabble looks absolutely amazing, and I'm very excited to try it out and create a forum of my own!

However, I have a major concern:

Is there a way to disable signatures altogether on my forum?

I'd like to discourage users from leaving my forum, and I want to keep traffic high on the forum and within my site itself. I also don't want users linking to questionable sites of any kind. While some signatures might contain content that's ban-worthy, others might simply be the sort of signature that I'd prefer not to have on my site.

I've looked at the Users - > Change Permissions option but don't see signature permissions as an option to remove, leading me to believe that it's not possible to change this. It'd be great if the administrator of a forum could disable signatures as an option altogether, or be able to edit the user signatures at the very least.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[GregChapman]

nabblenewbie wrote

Is there a way to disable signatures altogether on my forum?

There is no simple switch on the Nabble interface. However, one could disable the display of signatures using the CSS controls. Try:

div.signature {
  display: none;
}

This is untested by me but should work!

I also don't want users linking to questionable sites of any kind. While some signatures might contain content that's ban-worthy, others might simply be the sort of signature that I'd prefer not to have on my site.

Personally, I don't see the reason for being worried about signatures themselves. After all, people can post the URLs of undesirable sites anywhere in the text of any post.

The solution is putting in place adequate controls on users posting rights. While you cannot control those who register (the move from the "Anyone" group to "Registered" is automated) you can still demand that registered users put in a request for posting permission in any forum or sub-forum.

There is no way, under Nabble's system to approve individual posts before they are made. You can only approve a user. In spite of the fears that some have, experience teaches that it is EXTREMELY rare for people to abuse the use of a forum. In essence, the maxim is trust your users and they will respect your rules.