How To: Link your signature to your Mileage Log

All this information is found in other threads, but hopefully some find it helpful to have it all together. Go to your car's mileage log. Make a note of the three or four digit number at the end of the page's URL, and substitute it into the following code in the two places where XXX appears.

[NOPARSE][/NOPARSE]

If you use a measurement system besides US gallons you can make the following substitutions:
MPG(UK): "XXX.png" = "XXXUK.png"
L/100Km: "XXX.png" = "XXXL.png"

This should yield a picture that links to your mileage log and allows the viewer to see your log in his/her native measurement system. Paste the code into your signature. Here's mine.




But that's not all you can do. There are a few other options for mileage graphics specific to your car. Just insert the right prefix into the end of the code you just built. Instead of ending with XXX.png, use:

hisXXX.png


hogsXXX.png (For an explanation, search for "hogshead" at this link)


chaXXX.png (this last one is a bit big for a signature but may be useful at other times)


One last thing. You can do multiple vehicles and combinations of graphics, but you're limited to 400 characters. This limits you to three linked graphics in this form. One way to fit more in (within reason - some people still use dial-up) is to use www.tinyurl.com. This site creates short URLs from long ones. Since it uses fewer characters, you can fit more into your signature. Substitute newly created tinyURLs in for the longer ones in the code you built earlier. That's it. If you need help, just reply to this thread!

 

Re: HowTo: Link your signature to your Mileage Log

Thanks for the how-to fanamingo!

Phil

 

Thank you for the help!

 

I have an idea--how about we create a thread in the welcome forum, sticky it, and have in it all the important links (how to create a mileage log, beating the EPA, hypermiling specific cars, etc.)?

 

Thanks. It worked great!

 

Just a sig test.

 

another sig test

 

I seem to be having difficulty with the Chart for Vehicle 1162. All the others seem to be working though. Any ideas?

-Rob
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Regular:
History:
Hogs:
Chart:

 

Interesting. I can't pull it up either. I think RightLaneCruiser manages the Mileage Logs software. If he doesn't chime in on this thread, send him a PM.

 

It seems to be related to the use of an & in the name -- neither of your vehicles have charts.

I started looking into it yesterday but haven't made a lot of progress yet.

 

Can I just rename them?

 

Yes you can, though I still need to track down why this is happening. & is an allowed character and shouldn't cause the process to abort while constructing the image.

 

Well it did fix it. So, thank you!

 

You are welcome.

 

testing sig, thanx

 

testing once more

 

Testing, testing