In the process of working on some additional functionality for the World of Warcraft players here at Tactical Gamer, I have enabled a Dynamic Signature system. This system allows you to create a dynamic signature that contains your name, race, class, EXP, and a wide variety of additional information about your character.

Dynamic Signature & Avatars

Using these dynamic signatures is VERY easy. You simply call up the graphic file like you would any other image in your signature and everything is processed in real time. Here is an example of the text you would add to your signature and how it would be displayed:

[img]http://www.tacticalsites.com/sig/TGApophis.png[/img]


[img]http://www.tacticalsites.com/sig/LunaTG.png[/img]


To display your character, simply replace the "Hethris.png" portion of the code with your *EXACT* WoW Character name and it will be displayed.

You can also display a custom avatar using the following URL format:

[img]http://www.tacticalsites.com/av/Yoddea.png[/img]


[img]http://www.tacticalsites.com/av/TGApophis.png[/img]

Automatic Upload System

In order to automatically parse and upload your character data. You will need to install two addons to your WoW Interface/Addons folder and install a small program that will automate the uploads for you.

To start, download the following two files:

TG Profiler Addons
UniUploader Application

Instructions:

• Unzip and place the Interface directory of the TG Profiler zip file into your main World of Warcraft directory. It will place the needed files into your Interface/Addons directory.
  
• Open the UniUploader zip file and run/install the included .exe file. You can install this wherever you like.
  
• Run the UniUploader application and change ONLY the URL field to: http://www.tacticalsites.com/wowroster/update.php
  
• You will want to select your WoW Account that you play with. It will auto-select the appropriate account if you only have one. This is not your character, but your actual WoW subscription account.
  
• Make sure the Upload Access box is NOT CHECKED.
  
• Launch World of Warcraft, log on with one of your characters, open your character profile and click the new "Save" button at the top of the screen. This will create all the initial files required for the auto-updater to work properly.
  
• Close World of Warcraft and open the UniUploader application.
  
• Click on "Show SV" and verify that the following items are checked: CharacterProfiler, GuildProfiler and SavedVariables.
  
• Click on "Upload Now".

You can now launch World of Warcraft and log on to the character of your choosing. The CharacterProfiler gets its information as you open windows. You will need to open your Character, Bank, Professions, and Bags in order to capture all the required data. During normal play, it is likely you'll open these windows, but if you want to test the system to make sure it's getting all your info, make sure you open these windows.

When you are all done, make sure you click SAVE in your Character Profile. This is very important, if you don't click save, you're not going to save all your character info!

Once you have set up the UniUploader, it will automatically upload your character data when you log out of the game as long as you have it running on your computer. It is therefore advisable you set it to run minimized on Windows startup.

This may sound complicated, but it's quite simply once it's set up. Log on and play WoW as you normally would, and before you log off for the night open your profile and click "Save".

This thread will be updated as more information becomes available. Enjoy!