Adding a UBB Signature

Some message boards let you add a signature to your post.
Some use regular URL but many use a code called UBB (Ultimate Bulletin Board).

To add a basic UBB code to a signature, you need to sign in to your message board account, go to your control panel, then to your signature.
Some signature boxes do have character (including spaces and punctuation) limitations.
Check what the limitation is and create your signature with that limitation in mind (Some people like to add quotes with links or other information.)

If your URL is too long, go to Tinyurl and get a shorter one to put in place of your long one.
If you wish to list more than one link, using Tinyurl for each additional link is a good idea.
Tinyurl links are good forever where as some other services limit the link's live life.

Add this code with your URL and name into your signature box. (For more links add more codes.)
Remove the stars and make sure there are no spaces between the brackets and code.

[*url=http://www.whatever your URL is.com]*Name of your link*[*/url] add any description here

A pretend example signature since UBB does not work on this blog editor:

Scribbles -- Visit my blog

Preview your link. Most message boards allow this. Some let you test the link.
Go to a post you made and you should see your signature. You can test the link.
Every time you post, you can allow your signature to show by leaving the signature box checked. If you don't want your signature to show in any reply to the message board, you just un-check the box for that post.

Your signature if you leave the box checked will show up in any post you make on that message board. This is free publicity for you and your blog/website.

If you un-check the box for no signature, that post will always remain with no signature on it.
If you go back to edit the post, you can enable the signature to show if you change your mind.

You can change/edit your signature anytime you wish by going back to your signature box in the control panel.
Whatever you have previously posted, your signature will be updated promptly on every past post.

Additional note: The code given above can be used to link a picture's URL -- this is especially useful for all my sb.com friends who post their gallery URLs to the MBs since we are not allowed to post images to the MB.

However, if you are allowed to post images on a message board with the image linked to a URL -- Here is the code (remove the *stars*):

[*url=http://www.your url.com*][*image= url of the image*][*/image*][*/url*]

Just make sure you have your picture posted on a reliable photo sharing site if not on a site's album where bandwidth is unrestricted.

UBB codes are relatively simple and there are not that many of them.
You can search Google or Ask for UBB codes or emoticons to learn more about them.