When you create a signature, you can download it on your computer, since it will not be stored
on the server.
You can find a link for this, which is just below the signature :
Choose to save the file :
Then select a place on your computer :
To use your signature on a website, a forum, into your Orkut scrapbook or into an instant messenger, you have
to store it on a free images hosting site first.
For this, a tool is available on the site, just below your signature, to host it
automatically and for free on a Photobucket® album.
First choose which album you want to use to store your signature, Gif-mania's album or your own one. You can create your
album for free by clicking the Photobucket® button.
Then click the "Store it !" button to store your signature :
If you choose to store your signature into your own album, then you may need to enter
your login information to access your Photobucket® account :
And in this case, the first time you want to store a signature into your album, you
must give permission to Gif-mania by clicking on the "Allow" button :
Your image is now stored into the Photobucket® album of your choice.
To retrieve the address of your signature, just click on one of the fields on the right of the page.
To use your signature, the field "Email & IM" will be useful for an instant messenger, "HTML Code" for your website, "IMG code"
for a forum :
To use your signature into your emails, choose the appropriate function in your email software.
After you have written your mail, click on the "Insert Picture" button, or select in the menu "Insert", then "Picture" :
Then click on the "Browse" button :
Then select the image that you saved on your computer :
Finally, click on the "OK" button to confirm your choice :
Your signature will appear in your mail :
You have to store your signature on a web server first, as described in the previous chapter.
Then, highlight the picture of your signature, this way : click on the right bottom and outside the picture and move your mouse cursor to the
top left. Right click the picture and choose "Copy" in the menu :
Now go to your MSN / Gmail / Yahoo! Mail / webmail interface, and when you have written your mail, right click and choose
"Paste" :
Your signature will appear in your mail :
After you have written your mail, click on the "Insert" tab on top, and then on the "Picture" button :
Then select the image that you saved on your computer :
Your signature will appear in your mail :
Note that your signature will appear as a non-animated picture at this time.
When you receive a mail with this kind of signature, you have to open the mail in a new window, then to click on the "Other Actions" button,
and choose "View in Browser" :
Then the signature will appear as animated in your browser :
After you have written your mail, click on the "Insert" button, then "Image", or select in the menu "Insert", then "Image" :
Click then on the "Choose File" button :
Then select the image that you saved on your computer :
Finally, click on the "OK" button to confirm your choice :
Your signature will appear in your mail :
Note that your signature will appear as a non animated picture at this time.
It will appear as animated if you save the message and visualize it in your "Drafts" folder, or later when you've sent the
message, in your "Sent" folder.