Introduction
Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church - ELCA - Beaver, PA - Webring provides the tools you need to run
a ring of web sites, i.e. a system of links between web sites of a similar topic, content,
or interest.
Rings hosted at Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church - ELCA - Beaver, PA - Webring
Welcome to visit our
Ring list. You may
find a webring worth exploring or, if you have an own web site, maybe there is a
ring you'd like to join. Please study the homepages of respective webring to find
out more about what they are, requirements for joining, etc.
Site administration - Individual websites
For webmasters to edit their site info and get their customized
HTML code.
Ring administration - All websites in a ring
For ringmasters to edit or customize their ring, activate/deactivate
sites etc. You can also access the "Site administration" menu
within "Ring administration".
Start your own webring
If you wish to set up a ring using Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church - ELCA - Beaver, PA - Webring,
there are various resources available to help you get started.
Add new ring
Ring homepage
Each webring is supposed to have a homepage with info for ring surfers, members
and prospective members. A ring homepage may include:
- Topic/purpose of the webring.
- Intro to the webring concept. You'd better not take for granted that your visitors know anything about webrings.
- Requirements for joining - and staying in - the ring.
- Instructions how to join. Those may include rules for the placement of the
navigation panel and how to download possible image(s) (if necessary).
- Terms of Service.
- Info how to contact the ringmaster.
It's advisable to check out the homepages of some existing webrings for tips
of what is typically included. Basically, the idea is that the ring shall be
presented in a way that makes sense to both your visitors and members.
These are some useful strings for a ringmaster to put up in links
at the ring homepage:
List sites in ring
http://hope-elca.com/webring/cgi-bin/list.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
Random site in ring
http://hope-elca.com/webring/cgi-bin/rand.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
Ring statistics
http://hope-elca.com/webring/cgi-bin/stats.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
Search ring
http://hope-elca.com/webring/cgi-bin/search.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
Add new site
http://hope-elca.com/webring/cgi-bin/newsite.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
Get HTML code / Edit site
http://hope-elca.com/webring/cgi-bin/siteadmin.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
This JavaScript code displays the current number of member sites:
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://hope-elca.com/webring/sitecount/YOURRINGID.js">
</script>
The ring code for the navigation panel, that the members shall put up on
their sites, can be fully customized in "Ring admin".
If you have questions, please go to our
contact form.