Introduction

Personal Support Form

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RingSurf NetRing Guide

Lost Passwords:

QUESTION: I have lost my password and can't edit my site information within the ring. What do I do?

Answer: Click the Lost password Link next to the RingSurf Login. Also, you can contact me to have it sent to you via the Ringsurf system email. I do not have direct access to that information. 

Note: The password will be sent to the current email address registered with the ring. If the email address has not been updated, I will have to verify the new address by the posted contact information on your site.

Ring IDs and Site IDs:

QUESTION: How do I find the Ring ID and Site ID for my site?

Answer: The Ring IDs are posted below for the RingSurf version of the Schoolhouse Webrings. For Site IDs, go to the ring's index pages (Ringsurf). On Ringsurf, the SITE IDs are plainly listed next to the site on the INDEX pages not to be confused with the LIST pages. See the Ring's HomePage for the link to the Index.

Ring of Academia = academia

Ring of Student Resources = edlinks

European History Web Collection = europeanhist

Ring Navigation URLs ( Ring Links)

QUESTION:  I would like to design my own HTML fragment/Navigation Panel for the ring? Can I do this and how?

ANSWER: Yes, as long as the ring's logo (graphic image) accompanies the links, members are free to design their own navigation panel to suit their individual tastes. A minimum of the "HOME" and "NEXT" links must be used. Just customize the Link URLs with the appropriate RING and SITE IDs listed above for your ring membership.

* NOTE: These Link codes are for Ringsurf-based Ring Members Only. 

Remember to customize the Link URLs with the Ring and SITE IDs
The Asterisks *** must be removed, or links will not work

NAVIGATION Codes:

Random: Takes the user to a random site in the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;id=***SITE ID***;action=rand

Next: Takes the user to the next site in the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;id=***SITE ID***;action=next

Previous: Takes the user to the previous site in the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;id=***SITE ID***;action=prev

Skip ###: Skip the user ### sites ahead in the ring, where ### is the number of sites to be skipped.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;id=***SITE ID***;action=skip###

Skip Previous ###: Skip the user ### sites backward in the ring, where ### is the number of sites to be skipped.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;id=***SITE ID***;action=sprev###

List Next 5: Generates a list of the next 5 sites in the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;id=***SITE ID***;action=next5

List Previous 5: Generates a list of the previous 5 sites in the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;id=***SITE ID***;action=prev5

List: Generates a list of all of the sites in the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;action=list

Index: Generates a index (more detailed than List) of all of the sites in the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;action=index

Statistics: Generates a report of the latest usage statistics for the ring.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;action=stats

Home: Takes the user to the ring's home page.

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;action=home

Join: Takes the user the ring's membership request form to encourage prospective new ring members to sign up!

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=***RING ID***;action=addform

HTML Codes:

QUESTION:  I just joined the version of the webring at Ringsurf, Are all the HTML codes posted on the ring's homepage just for the RingSurf version?

ANSWER: YES, The available HTML codes are strictly for RingSurf hosted rings. The styles may look similar to some of the WebRing versions, but they contain the Ringsurf navigation links. Webring Codes are not available on the schoolmarm.org site. You must log into WebRing to obtain ring codes for the WebRing Hosted version of any of the Schoolhouse Webrings.

QUESTION: My website uses frames, how can I prevent these frames from continuing on to the next site when a link is clicked?

Answer: As of 2/4/00, all ring codes for the four webrings listed above have been reconfigured for framed pages. The HTML tag,  TARGET="_top"  , has been added to the ring codes. This will not affect regular webpages, but will stop frames from carrying over to the next site. This practice has been carried over to the new webrings as well.

Ring Graphics:

QUESTION: I do not want to download the ring graphics and then upload them to my server. I belong to many web rings and the graphics take up too much of my allotted space on my server. Can I link to the graphics on the Ring Homepage instead?

Answer: NO, linking to graphics placed on a server not hosting your web pages is considered stealing bandwidth. Permission has to given by the Ring Master before any linking to graphics is acceptable. If a site is found to be incorrectly linked to the ring's graphics, the offending site will be removed to the queue until the problem is resolved. If a site repeatedly steals bandwidth, that site will be permanently removed and banned from the ring.

QUESTION: I do not like the size or color of the Ring Graphic I chose for my site, can I alter the graphic to suit my needs?

Answer: NO. Ring graphics cannot be altered in any way. Every effort has been made to offer a variety of graphics and navigation panel styles to suit individual tastes. Members even have a choice to design their own navigational panel, but at least one official Ring Logo must accompany the navigational links. There just has to be continuity in the presentation of the ring for visitors to easily identify it while they are navigating.

QUESTION: I have my web ring navigation panel installed on my page, but I can't get the graphic to show up! What is wrong?

Answer:

1. Check and make sure that you uploaded the graphic file with the correct file name.

2. Is the graphic file in the same directory as your web page?

3. If your server demands or if you prefer to have your images located in a separate directory from your page, the HTML <img src> tag must be edited with the exact location of the file. This location can be absolute or relative. Example: http://www.yourdomain.com/directory/file.name  <or> ../directory/file.name

4. Most importantly, graphic files must be uploaded to servers in BINARY mode. Web pages are always uploaded as ASCII text files. Most uploading programs make the distinction for you. But, if you are not lucky to have such a convenience, make sure you choose the correct uploading protocol. Otherwise, the graphic will be corrupted and will not show up.