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How to add a BOINC forum signature: BBCode, HTML, Markdown

An Aster signature is an animated GIF that shows your BOINC credit, rank and support title. On most forums it takes a few seconds to add to the signature field.

Steps

  1. Create your Aster profile; no account is needed.
  2. Type your CPID; your projects come in by themselves.
  3. In the signature manager pick a layout (banner, wide, small or detailed table), a theme and the projects to show. You can make a separate signature for every forum.
  4. Copy the code your forum supports from the boxes below.

Which code?

  • BBCode: phpBB, SMF, vBulletin and BOINC project forums. It looks like [url=…][img]…[/img][/url].
  • HTML: for your own site or blog.
  • Markdown: GitHub, Reddit and similar places.

Updating

The GIF refreshes every half hour and your credit is read from the projects every hour. You never need to change the image; the address stays the same.

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