# Sigs not showing up **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 28, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-not-showing-up/626556 "2012-06-28T07:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-not-showing-up/626556/1 "2012-06-28T07:11:57Z")
How come signatures aren’t showing up for me? I have the “show signatures” box checked in the User CP, but I can’t see anybody’s. Not even my own. I’ve seen profiles of others who have a signature on their profile page, but I don’t see one below their posts. I never paid much attention to this until I tried to make one. I’ve tried two different browsers and they’re still not showing up. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-not-showing-up/626556/2 "2012-06-28T07:23:34Z")
This is because sigs showing is not the default for the board when someone makes a post. They have to actually click the box to make it show, and there is a courtesy rule that asks posters only use their signature once per topic (but most don’t really seem to bother doing this at all). ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-not-showing-up/626556/3 "2012-06-28T07:27:42Z")
Ohh. Thank you!