Signature: How to streamline to fit links?

[CF]

I want to add a new doll to my signature (viewtopic.php?p=2221375#p2221375) but am coming up against the 500-character limit.

Is there a way I can streamline the links in my sig to fit another link? The first link for Cherry seen below, as an example, is shorter than the link which then appears for Moira. Is there a way to change them all to short links like Cherry has to make room for another one?

Thank you!

[Nescio50]

I did some clean-up on your signature, removing www. from the links.

But better is to do it totally different, simply link to one post where you introduce all your dolls.

[CF]

I did some clean-up on your signature, removing www. from the links.

But better is to do it totally different, simply link to one post where you introduce all your dolls.

That's awesome, thank you!

I considered the idea of a master thread but I find this way to be personally convenient and I like giving others the instant gratification!

Thanks again, Nes!

[CF]

I did some clean-up on your signature, removing www. from the links.

But better is to do it totally different, simply link to one post where you introduce all your dolls.

Ack! I tried to add Penelope and got this message:

Your message contains too many URLs. The maximum number of URLs allowed is 7.

Any way to adjust that?

[Nescio50]

Please know that we don't like big or long signatures. Big ones detract from the posts in a thread.
We could change the max number of links from 7 to 8, but next someone will ask to set it to 9.
We'd prefer that you (and others) use different ways to promote your dolls.
As suggested before, link to a single post introducing all your dolls.

[Tsall]

I might have an alternative idea to help you. I told a few members already and some are using it.

The advanced search of this forum is very powerful. You can search for an author (you), limit it to the first post and show the result as topics, not posts. Right now it will list all topics created by you, so a lot more than just the topics about your dolls.
But you can decide on a self defined search word and ask a mod to add it into the first post of your topics that you have linked in your signature right now. Then add this word into the advanced search too, et voila, only 7 results. It doesn't matter if other people use that search word as the search is limited to you. Just make sure that you don't use that word in the first post of a topic that should not be in the search results.

Example link to the advanced search:

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https://dollforum.com/forum/search.php?keywords=YourOwnSearchTerm&terms=all&author=CF&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=topics&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

Just replace "YourOwnSearchTerm" with something you decide on your own. Everyone else than CF must replace "CF" with their own name.

If that is an option for you feel free to decide on a search term, let any mod add it into the first post of the topics you want to have in the search results and on any new topic you can decide on your own if you add that search word or not.

I hope this helps.