Your Web Ring Profile
Each time you join a web ring your information, including your contact
email and web site URL, is recorded. It is vital that you keep this
information current so visitors are sent to the correct page when
navigating the sites within a particular web ring, and the ringmaster is
able to contact you regarding important updates or questions about your web
site.
Changing Your Information
If your URL or email address changes, you may update this information by
logging into the main
web ring using the user id and password
that was assigned to you when you joined the ring.
Expired URLs
If you have changed the page where you display your web
ring code (moved the code from one page of your web site to a different page),
it is imperative that you update
your profile to help eliminate broken links and errors within the web ring.
You must include the full URL of the page you have added your ring code to.
The web ring periodically sends out a little program, called a 'bot',
that checks each site in the web ring to establish that the ring code is
present. It visits the page you have currently listed with the web ring as
the page where your ring code should be found. This is why it is important
to update any changes, if you've changed page names or moved your ring
code to another page within your web site.
If the 'bot' visits your page and does not detect the ring code within your web page,
it returns an error message to the ringmaster.
The ringmaster will then visit that particular page and
see if this was an error on the 'bot's' behalf, or if the web ring code
actually does exist on the page that generated the error message.
If the web ring code cannot be located, or is not functional because of html code
errors, the web site may be dropped from the ring without notice.
But I Joined A Long Time Ago...
If you joined any of these equine web rings "ages" ago and/or have not yet "migrated"
your old information into the "new" web ring system, you can update all of your
old information and receive a new, universal username and password that will allow you to manage
all of your ring sites from one location < whew! >
new.webring.com/h?manage.html
This will also give you access to the most current versions of any web ring navigation codes
for updating your existing web ring pages.
Eventually (very soon), all members of these web rings must have a current copy of the web ring
navigation code installed on their page(s) and current membership information on file to maintain
membership. Sites displaying outdated code and/or outdated membership information may be suspended
or deleted from the ring(s). If deleted they may reapply for membership, however, and re-join so long
as their site meets the membership criteria.
