# My sig file is acting up

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 15, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422 "2001-11-15T00:21:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422/1 "2001-11-15T00:21:05Z")

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I changed my sig so it would have a link to here. But when I typed in [http://www.bored.com](http://www.bored.com) and looked at my new sig, the link was to a site: [boards.straightdope.com/bored.com](http://boards.straightdope.com/bored.com), which doesn’t exist. Why did it do that and how can I fix it so it will link to the site I want it to?

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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422/2 "2001-11-15T00:22:22Z")

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Oops. Forgot to add my sig to my message. Here it is.

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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422/3 "2001-11-15T00:25:54Z")

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Argh! The first link in my first post is to the site that is in my sig. The second link is to the site that I wanted. Why does it do that? I’m typing the vB code in right.

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422/4 "2001-11-15T01:32:19Z")

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You have to say url=“[http://www.bored.com](http://www.bored.com)” in your sig. You need to have the http:// in there or it doesn’t work right.

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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422/5 "2001-11-15T19:37:30Z")

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Good. Now whoever’s bored will go to [bored.com](http://www.bored.com) instead of some nonexistint site.

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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422/6 "2001-11-15T19:38:42Z")

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Good. Now whoever’s bored will go to [bored.com](http://www.bored.com) instead of some nonexistant site.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-file-is-acting-up/93422/7 "2001-11-15T21:15:43Z")

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People who are exceptionally bored can go there twice. 🙂