The WebRing.com System

How to Show All the Navbars

One of the most common requests I receive from fellow webringers is for information on how to show the entire navbar stack.

As you may be aware, WebRing.com made a change in July 2002 to show only one navbar in a stack as a default. If you want to show the entire stack you must take extra steps.

This article explains how to do it.

The Single Navbar Option

On 23.Jul.2002 the WebRing.com system changed the way navbars display. They introduced the Single Navbar Option that caused only one navbar to display at a time. I created a page on my website that explains that option. You can see that page here:

Single Navbar Option

Later, the WebRing.com system wrote instructions on how a site owner could force the entire stack to display.

On this page, I point to those instructions and explain them more fully to help all site owners to understand and use them.

Why Would a Site Owner Want the Entire Stack to Display

	This is the new logo for the WebRing.com system, implemented in their changes of Oct.2006. It distinguishes this webring system from the other systems like Ringlink, RingSurf and Bravenet. See also my articles: WebRing.com Logos and Is Webring a Trademark?

In many cases, the site owner may want only a single navbar to display.

In several circumstances, however, the site owner may wish to display the entire stack.

The site owner may be proud of the stack, or may wish to promote the entire collection to all of his site visitors.

Or several ringmasters may insist on their navbar showing as a condition of membership.

For whatever the reason, the WebRing.com system provides a simple technique that will cause the entire navbar stack to display.

Where Do I Find the Instructions?

To see the WebRing.com system instructions for this,

1. Go to WebRing.com
    
2. Log in using your WebRing.com System User ID.
    
3. Click on My Rings  (in the upper right portion of the page).
    
4. Click on "View Web Sites".
    
5. Click on the U# Edit link for any registered URL
    
6. Look at the paragraph that begins "Links page message and link . . ."
    
7. See where it says:
       If you wish to create a custom links page,
       with a full navbar stack, alter the SSNB code snippet
       . . . to include '&full=y' in the javascript call
       after the [u=xxx] parameter.

What Do These Instructions Mean?

Take a look at the JavaScript for your navbar stack. It probably looks (in part) something like this:

<script language="JavaScript"
type="text/javascript" src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j;y=xxxxx;u=12345">
</script>

Note: the "xxxxx" and "12345" will be some other string of characters and some other number. I just used the "xxxxx" and "12345" as illustrations. 

See that part that says "y=xxxxx". That "xxxxx" will be your WebRing User ID.

See that part that says "u=12345". That is the "U Number Parameter". The "U Number" is a number assigned to the stack that will appear for this URL of your website. The U Number uniquely identifies the stack.

(See also my page, The Javascript.)

The instructions say to

include '&full=y' in the javascript call
after the [u=xxx] parameter.

That means that the modified JavaScript would be:

<script language="JavaScript"
type="text/javascript" src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j;y=xxxxx;u=12345&full=y">
</script>

Note that the "&full=y" goes immediately after the number and before the closing quotation mark.

Note also that you keep the "f=y" part and the "y=xxxxx" part and the "u=12345" part.

It is also possible to put "full=y&" right after the question mark ("?"). If you do, it would look like this:

<script language="JavaScript"
type="text/javascript" src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?full=y&f=j;y=xxxxx;u=12345">
</script>

Finally, if you like to code HTML, note that you can substitute semicolons (";") for the ampersand ("&").

A Common Error

Look closely at your code. Look for this string:

http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j&y= . . .
 

The string appears twice. The first time is in the JavaScript. The second time is in a link.

A common error is to change the second one. You want to change the first one.

If you are in doubt, change both.

What If You Need More Help?

If you want to do this and if you do not understand how to add "&full=y" in the JavaScript call after the u=xxx parameter, email me . I'd be glad to help.

A Personal Note:
If You Want to Delete Your Webring

If you are considering deleting your WebRing.com webring, please do not delete it. Instead, please contact me . I would be pleased to adopt it from you. I will personally work with you to make that transition smooth and painless.

I'm sorry. While I have long adopted webrings in the WebRing.com system, because of the Oct.2006 changes, I am no longer doing that.

However, please note that "deleting" your webring is a fruitless exercise. The system will just restore it and place it up for adoption.

Webring News and Announcements

WebRing.com Changes Big Time ---  It was October 2001 that WebRing.com came into existence following the end of Yahoo! Webring. Now, 5 years later, WebRing.com is changing again. Moving from primarily a free service to primarily a paid service, the system is undergoing massive change. Stay tuned.

Ringlink Activity  ---  While Ringlink has not released a new version since Version 3.2 on 21.Feb.2005, the system seems to be getting a lot of activity. Many people are discovering this great webring system and moving their webrings here. If you don't know about Ringlink, definitely check out this great webring system. I personally recommend it.

WoW  ---  The World of Webrings features the World of Webrings discussion list. It offers a forum for both webring owners (ringmasters) and webring members to discuss the latest hot topics about all webrings, including WebRing.com, Ringlink , Alt-Webring, RingSurf, Bravenet and others. If you belong to any webring in any webring service, you should join this list.

RingSurf Passes 3 Year Anniversary  ---  It was 3 years ago, on 16.Aug.2003 when the WoW list list noted that RingSurf's domain name registration had changed. Then the new owner came forward. A RingSurf Feature List was developed and debated. Then, on Thanksgiving day, 27.Nov.2003 the new owner posted on the WoW list that the new RingSurf is up! If you haven't checked it out lately, see what has happened in the last three years.

Article About Webrings  ---  Check out this excellent Salon.com article about the history of Yahoo! and WebRing.com: The Strange Saga of Yahoo and Webring . For some, it will bring back memories. For others, it will explain the history. Now, I wonder if they will update it to talk about the latest WebRing.com changes.

Articles About the WebRing.com System

Webring Sections and Subsections

The Webring Section is a large section of my website. I have divided it into four major "subsections".

• General Information
• The WebRing.com System
• Webrings I Own and Belong To
• The Wazillion Navbars Project

Each "subsection" has it's own special "logo".

As you travel in the various subsections you will find, near the bottom of each page, links to pages within that subsection and also links to the other subsections. To go to any subsection, just click on the "logo" or on the text link for that subsection.

Webrings: General Information

This subsection includes general information about webrings. Webrings can be hosted by a variety of different services. This section deals with the overall concepts and issues, not with any one particular "brand" of webring.

It includes my Webring FAQ, links to articles about webrings, and general help information. Click here or on the graphic.

The Wazillion Navbars Project

This subsection is a historical section about the Yahoo! WebRing system. It was begun during the early days of problems with the Yahoo! WebRing system in September 2000.

It ended when the Yahoo! WebRing system spun off into the independent WebRing.com system in October 2001. I maintain it for the historical record. Click here or on the graphic.

Webrings I Own and Belong To

This subsection shows all the webrings I own and links to all the webrings to which I belong. This includes webrings in Ringlink, RingSurf, Bravenet and the WebRing.com system as well.

If you are looking to join one of my webrings, this is a good place to start. If you wonder about the webrings I belong to, this is the place to go. Click here or on the graphic.

Last updated:
16:46, Fri, 27.Jun.2008