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Replacing a shared UF signature image
Jul
27

posted by: Daniel Westermann-Clark

Filed under CSS

You might not have noticed it, but Web Administration hosts some common images for our templates in a shared location. For example, the recommended URL for the UF signature is:

http://images.webadmin.ufl.edu/signatures/UF-Signature-Themeline.gif

Using this URL means that users don’t have to download the same image for every site they visit at UF. While it’s only a few kilobytes, chances are pretty good that your site loads a little bit faster because the image is cached.

Now, if you’ve downloaded a template from our site in the past couple of years, you might have received a copy pointing at a different signature:

http://style.webadmin.ufl.edu/images/wordmark.gif

We are now redirecting this URL to:

http://images.webadmin.ufl.edu/signatures/UF-Signature-Themeline-BAD.gif

This signature is slightly smaller than the official version, and its use is strongly discouraged. Because we don’t want to break your sites, we aren’t going to remove it permanently. However, If you have been using the old URL, please take this opportunity to update your sites. To do so, you’ll have to modify your CSS slightly. The old CSS is:

/*\*/#footerHome span {
background:url(http://style.webadmin.ufl.edu/images/wordmark.gif) no-repeat;
height:62px;
position:absolute;
right:0;
top:10px;
width:188px;
}/**/

To use the new image, we have to update the background, width and height attributes:

/*\*/#footerHome span {
background:url(http://images.webadmin.ufl.edu/signatures/UF-Signature-Themeline.gif) no-repeat;
height:54px;
position:absolute;
right:0;
top:10px;
width:195px;
}/**/

All of our template downloads contain this change as of today. If you have any questions, feel free to comment!