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Copy/Paste Tips for Yahoo! WebRing JavaScript

This section of my website holds my reference information about the old Yahoo! WebRing system. The Yahoo! WebRing system no longer exists. On 12.Oct.2001, Yahoo! announced that it was leaving the webring business. The Yahoo! WebRing system was "spun off" and new operates as the WebRing.com system. See my section on the WebRing.com system for the latest information.

This page provides tips for using the Windows Copy/Paste functions to copy and paste JavaScript from the web, into your own page.

What Is Copy/Paste?

	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?

Copy/Paste is a Windows function.

It permits a user to select text and pictures that appear on the screen, to copy those to a clipboard, and then to paste those, from the clipboard, to another application.

Many people have written me in the Yahoo! Experts forum indicating that they are having problems using Copy/Paste to install their JavaScript. So I wrote this page.

Where Do I Get the JavaScript?

In order for the Yahoo! WebRing navbar to work on your webpage, you must add the JavaScript code to your page.

The only way to get the JavaScript code (the only way), is to get it from the special page that Yahoo! provides. It is impossible for your RingMaster to send it to you. And the Yahoo! system will not send it either. You must go and get it.

There are two ways to get to the page showing your JavaScript:

1. When you joined the Yahoo! WebRing, the system sent you an email with a link to the page that will show your JavaScript. Click that link.
    
2. Go to the webring you joined, and click on the "Get Navigation Bar" link

Either way, you will end up on a page that will show a sample of the navbar.

And it will have a block of text that will look something like:

<script language=javascript
src="http://ss.webring.yahoo.com/na
vbar?
f=j&y=abcdecfhigklmino&u=99170
4624103-82911"></script>

How Do I Select the Text to Copy?

In Windows, to copy for Copy/Paste, you must first select the text you want to copy.

This is easy.

Use your mouse to place your cursor in that text.

Then type Cntl-A. This is the standard Windows key sequence to select all. It will select all the text and highlight it.

How Do I Copy the Text?

Now type Cntl-C. This is the standard Windows key sequence to copy selected text.

This copies the text and puts it onto your clipboard.

What Is a Clipboard?

The clipboard is the place that Windows stores the text that you copied. The copied text will stay on the clipboard until you copy something else over it.

How Do I Paste From the Clipboard?

Go into your website code.

Please note that because you are pasting JavaScript, you must be in your page with the ability to paste raw HTML. If you are unsure how to do this, I have a page that explains how to do it for many different websystems. Just click here to go to my page.

On your page, and with the ability to enter raw HTML, position the cursor with the mouse, then type Cntl-V. This is the standard Windows key sequence to paste from the clipboard.

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.

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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 WebRing.com System

This subsection includes specific information about the WebRing.com system.

While not the only webring system on the net, it is the best known and the most used. I own many webrings in this system and belong to many webrings in this system. (I also own and belong to many webrings in other systems as well.) 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:
18:37, Sun, 17.May.2009