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Before we start decorating your forum signature, you need to understand some basic PokePlushies mechanics. Each adoptable has an ID number that is the key to incorporating it into your signature, and making sure it can be clicked. When you adopt your PokePlushie, you will receive its ID number. Be sure to input an e-mail address when you adopt, so you'll get an e-mail too. I strongly recommend making a PokePlushies Forum account, because your adoptables will automatically be added to your account, and you'll have a nice interface for renaming them and finding their ID numbers. However, for the purpose of creating forum signatures, we will not be using the codes generated by the Your Adoptables interface, because we want to place our adoptables side by side.
All right, on to the codes!
PokePlushies Forum: It's very easy to display adoptables on the PokePlushies Forum. Simply use the code
[adoptable]##[/adoptable], where ## is your adoptable's id number. That code will display your adoptable and make it a link to its level-up page. You can use this code a maximum of six times, in your signature. To edit your signature, click User Control Panel at the top of the forum, then Profile, then Edit Signature.
Other Message Boards: Most current message boards use tags for coding. In order to create a version of your adoptable that can be clicked, you need to nest URL and IMG tags. (Please check on the specifics of each forum; some use LINK and IMAGE as tags, instead.) So you need to put the image link inside the feed link. Like this:
[URL=http://www.pokeplushies.com/feed/##][IMG]http://www.pokeplushies.com/images/adoptables/##.gif[/IMG][/URL]
Again, note that the ## should be replaced by your adoptable's ID number.
HTML Forums and Other Websites: Some forums use HTML in signatures, and of course you can also use HTML to display your adoptable on your own website. That code looks like this:
<a href="http://www.pokeplushies.com/feed/##"><img src="http://www.pokeplushies.com/images/adoptables/##.gif" border="0"></a>
Just like in the other examples, you would substitute ## with your own adoptable's ID number.
That's all there is to it! Open feed link code, insert image code, close feed link code. / top
Now comes the fun part—arranging your adoptables so they look fantastic. Rather than just lumping them all together, let's look at ways to place them aesthetically. I've shown you the code for placing them side by side, but that's just the beginning.
Color: Think about color, when you're putting adoptables together in a signature. Do they match? Do they clash? We all know that same-division adoptables make a great set, but even having some of the same color makes adoptables look right together. Take pink, for example:
Type: Adoptables that are all the same type look nice together. Got a killer Yoshi collection? Show it off! Or how about those fabulous Flyffables?
Pose: Adoptables that are different types and colors but in the same pose look great together, too.
Symmetry: Think about the angle and shape of each adoptable. Consider putting your taller adoptables in the middle, and the shorter ones on the outside. Try putting the left-facing adoptables on the right, and the right-facing ones on the left, so they dovetail. Like this:
Simplicity: More is not necessarily better. See how nice a group of three adoptables can look?
In short, consider how your adoptables will look as a group. If you don't think any of your adoptables look nice together, perhaps it's time to add some new ones. If you're not sure how to get the adoptables you need to build the perfect signature, use this guide for reference: Adoptables Guide. If the ones you want are no longer available, don't despair. There's always the Trade Station! / top
I'm Cynn, and I'm an avid PokePlushie collector. You can view my whole collection here: Cynn's PokeFamily and Blog, and you can contact me via private messages on the PokePlushies Forum. Now get out there, and awesomize that forum signature! / top