MotheringDotCommunity Personal and Business Board Signatures

Board Signature Allowances

The board signature feature allows members to place an informational signature that will appear at the bottom of each post. Your signature can include text and smilies to convey personal information, favorite quote, etc. We are no longer hosting links in signatures. Signatures should not contain links, web addresses or references to personal promotion, advertising, commercial sites, blogs or other discussion communities, sales, contests, giveaways, fundraising, etc. Only members with current Business Signature packages may link and refer others to their commercial sites, blogs and services in their signature.

Those wishing to share a blog or other personal site may do so via their Homepage link located in the User CP under "Edit Your Details." Homepage links are not moderated for promotion. Members who have been registered at MDC who have at least 50 posts and sixty days will have access to the Album feature to share 5 photos. Those who wish to share more photos are encouraged to purchase a Supporting Membership subscription which can be purchased via their User CP here. Members who own informational-only websites may submit these for inclusion in the appropriate forum's Resource Thread by contacting the forum's moderator.

Please respect the diversity of this community and do not use the signature feature to make statements that are offensive, post text related to abortion or anything sexually suggestive. Please do not place commentary in your signature that reflects disagreements or issues within the board community or take issue with the staff or other members. Inappropriate signatures will be removed at the discretion of the administration and the member in violation may lose the signature feature privilege. Please remember that any information disclosed in your signature becomes public information so please use care when revealing personal information about yourself and/or family.

Non-Profit Signatures

Exceptions to the linking and advertising guidelines may be made for a member's legally registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and non-profit charity auctions. Please contact administrator@mothering.com with verification of your 501(c)(3) status to request permission to place your personal non-profit link or charity auction in your signature. If you would like to advertise for a non-profit that is not yours, you may email for approval administrator@mothering.com to host a link to the non-profit in your signature for one month.

To help protect the community, we would only approve signature fundraising for legally recognized non-profits but not for individuals. Fundraising in signatures must be done with administrator approval and funds must be directed through the actual 501(c)(3) non-profit rather than a third party.

Formatting your Board Signature

You may format your signature with fonts and colors and place smilies within it but please do not enlarge the font size or exceed two post lines of single-spaced text. Moderators are permitted three lines for board announcements. New member smilie usage is restricted to one smilie for the first 50 posts and 60 days of membership. Members without a Supporting Membership package are limited to eight smilies in their signature. Supporting Members are allowed unlimited smilies within their two line signature. Smilie use does draw on bandwidth so please help us conserve.

You may place and edit your signature via your User CP which is located at the upper left-hand corner of the site. Click "Edit Signature" and type your signature in the text box. The language of the message board is in vBCode. If interested, you may click through the link here to familiarize yourself with how it differs from standard HTML code.

Business Signature Advertising

Business Signature Advertising entitles you to place your business name and information, hyperlinked to your website, blog or email address and brief information about your business or services as a part of your board signature. With the Business Signature Advertising package you are given access to The Daily Diaper or WAHM Connect where you may post a 'single-post-thread' for your business about your products and services, sales and other information to promote your business. You will also have access to place one thread in our WAHMarket forum where you may post to promote your site and/or services on a daily basis with specials, links, images, etc. during the duration of your Business Signature membership. Your Business Signature may also link to your dedicated thread in our WAHMarket. Users who have paid for signature advertising may place links to their own charity auctions in their signatures provided that they stay within the two line maximum limit.  Business avatars are to be non-animated, measuring 100x100 pixels, 8kb or less. Business Signature Advertising members are not allowed to promote themselves in the general discussion forums.

All avatars are subject to approval by the board administrators. MDC retains the right to refuse any avatar. Please consider MDC's Web Statement of Purpose before submitting an avatar to ensure your image is aligned with our community's purpose.

To Place a Signature Package  please a  make payment through your User CP Paid Subscriptions section here

Signature Requirements

Your signature text must keep within a two line limit, which means two lines including your personal information and business advertising information (if you have a Signature Advertising package). Be aware that a hard return (keying the 'enter' button) for spacing makes a new line. Lines are counted in single spacing.

You may format your signature with the use of colors, fonts and smilies but please keep the font size at no larger than the default board text, size 2.

Please direct any questions to administrator@mothering.com