# My sig isn't showing up!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 15, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496 "2000-08-15T21:50:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496/1 "2000-08-15T21:50:13Z")

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How do I get my sig to show up?  
It shows under my profile but not when I post.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496/2 "2000-08-15T21:55:48Z")

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Have you tried checking the option to show your signature when you post?

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**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496/3 "2000-08-16T02:07:50Z")

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Also note that if you check the box and preview, you have to check the box a second time for it to show up in the actual post.

Voila:

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**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496/4 "2000-08-16T07:49:34Z")

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blah blah blah

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**Author:** ![Nekochan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@Nekochan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekochan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496/5 "2000-08-16T22:02:07Z")

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Test - will mine show up?

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496/6 "2000-08-17T02:34:18Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by AerynSun \*  
> **Also note that if you check the box and preview, you have to check the box a second time for it to show up in the actual post.**

Funny, I ventured into ATMB for the specific purpose of posting about this phenomenon (aka, bug).

Can’t you just have an option in your profile to always include the sig? You can turn on E-mail Notification via the profile (I learned this the hard way!) so why not Automatic sigs?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sig-isnt-showing-up/29496/7 "2000-08-17T04:08:24Z")

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At this point it’s not an option in vB, but one that perhaps they’ll offer in a future upgrade. I hope so.

your humble TubaDiva  
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