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Yahoo! WebRing Management Links and Pages This page describes the various links and pages within the Yahoo! WebRing website. These links and pages, and the functions they support, enable a member to maintain their own membership and enable a ringmaster to maintain their own webrings.
How This Page Is Organized
The Yahoo! WebRing website contains the pages for both members and ringmasters to use to manage their participation in the Yahoo! WebRing system. This page shows the most important links and pages of the Yahoo! WebRing management website. Links and pages are listed alphabetically. The name of the link is the exact text that appears as hyperlinked text on the page. Names of links are italicized on this page. Although they have an entry on this page, they are not hyperlinked to their entry. The name of the page is the text that appears to indicate page functionality on the page. Page names are hyperlinked to their entry on this page. While this page shows many of the links and pages, it does not show all. If you encounter one that is not shown which you believe should be shown, or if you discover any other error or omission, please email me.
Menu to Links and Pages
Change Picture – Link to a Picture (page) Summary: This page enables you to link to a picture on the web. This page is used by two distinct functions: (1) to specify a picture for the navbar and (2) to specify a picture for the Yahoo! WebRing pages for your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is "on the Web" on the Change Picture – Upload a Picture page. Detail: This page enables you to link to a image on the web. The linked image can be used either (1) as the picture displayed in the navbar or (2) as the picture displayed on the Yahoo! WebRing pages for your own Yahoo! WebRing. The purpose of the image is determined by the link that invokes this page. There is no visual clue on this page to identify which function initiated this page. You must remember what you clicked. To link to a picture, specify the exact URL to that picture on the web, then click the Add Link button. If you would rather upload a picture from your PC, click on the link that says "upload from your computer" to go to a similar page (Change Picture – Upload a Picture). If you want to delete the picture (actually, if you want to remove the link), click on the link that says "delete current picture". Navigation (1): To get to this page to change the picture on the navbar:
Navigation (2): To get to this page to change the picture on the Yahoo! WebRing pages:
Change Picture – Upload a Picture (page) Summary: This page enables you to upload an image. This page is used by two distinct functions: (1) to specify a picture for the navbar and (2) to specify a picture for the Yahoo! WebRing pages for your own Yahoo! WebRing. The links to this page are Ring Logo on the Customize Navigation Bar page and Edit Ring Image on the Customize Ring page. Detail: This page enables you to upload an image from your PC to the Yahoo! WebRing system. The uploaded image can be used either (1) as the picture displayed in the navbar or (2) as the picture displayed on the Yahoo! WebRing pages for your own Yahoo! WebRing. The purpose of the image is determined by the link that invokes this page. There is no visual clue on this page to identify which function initiated this page. You must remember what you clicked. To upload a picture specify the exact local path to the file by typing or by using the browse function. Once the local file is selected, click the Upload button. If you would rather link to a picture already on the web, click on the link that says "on the Web" to go to a similar page (Change Picture – Link to a Picture). If you want to delete the picture currently used, click on the link that says "delete current picture". Navigation (1): To get to this page to change the picture on the navbar:
Navigation (2): To get to this page to change the picture on the Yahoo! WebRing pages:
Customize Navigation Bar (page) Summary: This page enables you to change the image, background color and border colors of the navbar for your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Ring Navigation Bar on the Customize Ring page. Detail: This page enables you to change the image, background color and border colors of the navbar for your own Yahoo! WebRing. For image, click on the Ring Logo link. For background color, select one of the 9 predefined background colors For outline color, either select one of the 12 predefined outline colors or specify a hex color code value. To see how the navbar will appear, click the Preview button. When you have the settings as you want them, click the Finished button to save the settings. Or click the Cancel button to ignore the changes you made. Navigation: To get to this page:
Commentary: Text on this page says "To copy the navigation HTML code for your ring, find it in Manage Site Settings." This is not correct. First, Yahoo! WebRing does not provide navigation HTML. Instead, it provides JavaScript which loads the navigation HTML dynamically at browse time. Second, there is no link or page called "Manage Site Settings". Instead, the necessary page is Ring Navigation Bar, linked by Get Navigation Bar, within the Member Tools links. This link appears in the Ring Options menu. (However, this menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Customize Ring page. (Note that the Customize Ring page is not clearly labeled as such. Instead it contains three identified "Page Sections": (1) Navigation Bar, (2) Ring Image and (3) Color Scheme.) The Customize Ring page enables you to customize the look of (1) the navigation bar, (2) the webring image and (3) the color scheme of the web pages. Summary: This page enables you to customize the look of (1) the navigation bar, (2) the webring image and (3) the color scheme of the web pages for your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Customize Ring in the Ring Options menu. Detail: This page enables you to customize the look of (1) the navigation bar, (2) the webring image and (3) the color scheme of the web pages for your own Yahoo! WebRing. Note that the Customize Ring page is not clearly labeled as such. Instead it contains three identified "Page Sections": (1) Navigation Bar, (2) Ring Image and (3) Color Scheme. The functions of each of these individual Page Sections is described separately. Navigation: To get to this page:
This link appears in two different locations with two very different effects. (1) This link appears in the Ring Options menu on most pages in the Yahoo! WebRing Management WebSite. (However, this menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Delete This Ring page. That page enables you to either invite a new ringmaster or to delete your own Yahoo! WebRing. (2) This link appears on the Delete This Ring page. On this page, the link immediately deletes the ring. It provides no further confirmation. Summary: This page enables you to either invite a new ringmaster or to delete your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Delete Ring in the Ring Options menu. Detail: This page enables you to either invite a new ringmaster or to delete your own Yahoo! WebRing. To invite a new ringmaster, click on the Invite RingMaster link. To delete the webring, click on the Delete Ring link on this page. NB: If you click the Delete Ring link on this page you will not receive a further confirmation. The webring will be immediately deleted. Navigation: To get to this page:
This link appears on the Customize Ring page. It links to the Edit Color Scheme page. That page enables you to change the color scheme for the list and management pages of your own Yahoo! WebRing pages. Summary: This page enables you to change the color scheme for the pages of your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Edit Color Scheme on the Customize Ring page. Detail: This page enables you to change the color scheme for pages of your own Yahoo! WebRing. Select one of the predefined color schemes to specify the colors of the left hand column, the heading, subhead and background. Then click the Apply Changes button. Navigation: To get to this page:
This link appears on the Customize Ring page. It links to the Change Picture – Upload a Picture page. That page enables you to upload a picture. It also links to the Change Picture – Link to a Picture page to link to a picture. It also includes a Delete Current Picture link to delete the current picture. Summary: This page enables you to change the Ring Description and the Applicant Instructions for the webring. In addition, you can specify the webring as open or closed. The link to this page is Ring Settings in the Ring Options menu. Detail: This page enables you to change the Ring Description and the Applicant Instructions for the ring. In addition, you can specify the ring as open or closed. Both the Ring Description and the Applicant Instructions are limitfed to 500 characters. (See my page Yahoo! Webring Descriptions for a discussion of how characters are stored and counted.) In addition, the webring can be specified as Closed or Open. A Closed webring can only be joined in response to a specific invitation (see the Invite Others to Join link and the Ring Invitation page). An Open webring can be joined by anyone. Navigation: To get to this page:
Edit Rings and WebPages (page) Summary: This page shows rings you own and rings to which you belong. The links to this page are My Rings and List All My Rings on most of these pages. Detail: This page shows two things: (1) at the top of the page, a list of all the rings you own and (2) at the bottom of the page, a list of all the rings to which you belong. If you click on the name of a ring you own in the first list in the top of the page, you go to the Manage Member Pages page for that ring. If you click on the name of a ring to which you belong in the second list in the bottom of the page, you go to the Ring List (Hub) page for that ring. If you click on the name of your own page in the second list in the bottom of the page, you go to Edit Web Site Information page for membership in that ring. Navigation: To get to this page:
This link appears in Member Tools menu on most Member Tools pages and on the Ring List (Hub) page. It links to the Edit Web Site Information page. On that page you can change the Address (URL), Name and Description of your web site. Note that changing the Address (URL) requires you to get and install new JavaScript Code. Edit Web Site Information (page) Summary: On this page you can change the Address (URL), Name and Description of your website. The link to this page is Edit Site Settings in the Member Tools menu. Detail: On this page you can change the Address (URL), Name and Description of your web site. Note that changing the Address (URL) requires you to get and install new JavaScript Code. Navigation: To get to this page:
Commentary: The description on this page says it is limited to 400 characters. It is actually limited to 445. (You can confirm this: It will accept 445 characters but not 446.) Also, note that special characters can count as more than one. See my page Yahoo! Webring Descriptions for more information on how descriptions are stored. This link appears in the Management Tools menu. (However, the menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Email Ring Members page. That page enables a ringmaster to email the members of the webring. Summary: This page enables you to email members of your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Email Members in the in the Management Tools menu. Detail: This page enables you to email members of your own Yahoo! WebRing. From this page you can email: (1) ring applicants, (2) active members, (3) suspended members, (4) all members, or (5) individual members. (Choosing "Individual Members" presents a list of all members of all sites for selection and is difficult to use for large webrings.) Navigation: To get to this page:
This link appears in the Member Tools menu on must Member Tools pages and on the Ring List (Hub) page. It links to the Ring Navigation Bar page. That page displays the JavaScript Code for that webring. Summary: This page enables you invite a new ringmaster to assume ownership of your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Invite RingMaster on the Delete This Ring page. Detail: This page enables you invite a new ringmaster to assume ownership of your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Invite RingMaster. This page presents a display of the eligible current members of your ring who have a Yahoo! ID. Current approved members with a Yahoo! ID are eligible to assume control of your webring. If you select only one, that member will be invited to assume ownership. If you select more than one, the Yahoo! WebRing system will determine who to invite. NB: As soon as you finish selecting members to invite and click to actually invite them, you will immediately lose control of the webring. Navigation: To get to this page:
This link appears in the Management Tools menu. (However this menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Ring Invitation page. That page enables a ringmaster to email an invitation to someone to join the webring. This link appears on the Delete This Ring page. It is an option to consider instead of deleting a webring. It links to the Invite New RingMaster page. That page enables you to invite a new ringmaster to take over your own Yahoo! WebRing. This link appears in the Member Tools menu on most Member Tools pages and on the Ring List (Hub) page. It links to a confirmation page to confirm departure from the webring. Confirming departure removes membership in the webring. This link appears above the Top of Page Banner Bar on the initial Yahoo! WebRing page and on many other pages throughout the Yahoo! WebRing Management WebSite. It links to the Edit Rings and WebPages page. That page shows rings you own as a ringmaster and rings to which you belong as a member. (The My Rings link also performs the same function.) Summary: This page manages the members you have accepted into your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Manage Members in the Management Tools menu. Detail: This page manages the members you have accepted into your own Yahoo! WebRing. (It does not manage members who have applied but who have not yet been accepted. To managed these, see the Process New Sites link and the Process New Submissions page.) From this page you can: (1) Activate a suspended site, (2) Suspend an active site, (3) Delete a site, and (4) Test a site. (For information on each function, see its description on this page.) You can also change the listing to show (1) all sites, (2) only active sites, (3) only suspended sites, (4) only broken sites, (5) only unknown sites. (For information on each status, see the Glossary.)
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This link appears in the Management Tools menu. (However, this menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Manage Members Pages page. That page manages the members of your own Yahoo! WebRing. Summary: This page enables you to change the order of membership in your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Ring Order in the Management Tools menu. Detail: This page enables you to change the order of membership in your own Yahoo! WebRing. Options include (1) Alphabetical, (2) Chronological (oldest first), (3) Chronological (newest first), (4) Popularity, (5) Alternating Traffic Size, (6) Rotate, (7) Random and (8) Manual. If you choose Manual, you can rearrange the webring sequence in exactly the order you wish. You can also choose whether to use Automatic Rearrange or not. The on-page descriptions provide more information about each option. Navigation: To get to this page:
Management Tools (pages/links) Summary: These pages manage the members in your own Yahoo! WebRing. The Management Tools menu only appears if you are the ringmaster of the ring. If you are the ringmaster of the ring, the menu appears on the left side of most Member Tools pages, Management Tools pages and Ring Options pages. It also appears on the Ring List (Hub) page. Detail: These pages manage the members in your own Yahoo! WebRing. On these pages you can (1) manage members, (2) process new sites, (3) email members and (4) invite others to join. Navigation: To get to these pages, first click on either My Rings or List All My Rings to go to the Edit Rings and WebPages page. At the top of this page, it lists the Yahoo! WebRings which you own. Click on whichever of these webrings you wish to manage. You will go directly to the Manage Member Pages page. The Management Tools menu will appear on that page. The Management Tools links are: (1) Manage Members, (2) Process New Sites, (3) Email Members and (4) Invite Others to Join. If you are the ringmaster of a ring, the Management Tools menu also appears on most Member Tools, Management Tools and Ring Options pages as well as on the Ring List (Hub) page. Summary: These pages manage your membership in a ring. The menu appears on most Member Tools pages. It also appears on the Ring List (Hub) page. Finally, if you are the ringmaster of this ring, it appears on most Management Tools and Ring Options pages. Detail: These pages manage membership in a ring. On these pages you can (1) edit your site settings, (2) get the JavaScript Code, (3) change the order of your navbar stack and (4) leave a ring. Navigation: To get to these pages:
This link appears at the top of the page on the initial Yahoo! WebRing page and on some other pages throughout the Yahoo! WebRing Management WebSite. It links to the Edit Rings and WebPages page. That page shows rings you own as a ringmaster and rings to which you belong as a member. (The List All My Rings link also performs the same function.) This link appears on the Change Picture – Upload a Picture page. It links to the Change Picture – Link to a Picture page. That page enables you to link to a picture on the web. It also links back to the Change Picture – Upload a Picture page to upload a picture. It also includes a Delete Current Picture link to delete the current picture. This link appears in the left column of most Member Tools pages. It does not appear on the Ring List (Hub) page. It links to the Rearrange SSNB page. On that page you can change the order for display of individual navbars within a navbar stack. Hint: Whatever ring you are "working on" when you click this link will be automatically repositioned to the top of the navbar stack on the Rearrange SSNB page. That is a very quick way to move a particular navbar to the top. This link appears in the Management Tools menu. (However, this menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Process New Submissions page. That page manages the applicants to your own Yahoo! WebRing. Process New Submissions (page) Summary: This page manages the applicants to your own Yahoo! WebRing. The link to this page is Process New Sites in the Management Tools menu. Detail: This page manages the applicants to your own Yahoo! WebRing. (It does not manage members whom you have already accepted. To manage these, see the Manage Members link and the Manage Member Pages page.) From this page you can: (1) Approve an application, or (2) Deny an application. (For information on each function, see its description on this page.) You can also change the listing to sort by (1) title of the site, (2) age, with oldest first, (3) age, with newest first. This function moves a webring from the queue into the actual webring. It causes an email to be sent to the site owner advising of the approval. The ringmaster can add custom text to the email (but cannot change the general format and cannot suppress the email). Deny (function) Navigation: To get to this page:
Summary: This page manages the order of the navbars in a particular navbar stack. The link to this page is Order Navigation Bars in the Member Tools menu. Detail: This page manages the order of the navbars in a particular navbar stack. This pages shows navbars within the navbar stack and lets you use arrows to move them up and down. Hint: Whatever ring you are "working on" when you click this link will be automatically repositioned to the top of the navbar stack on this page. That is a very quick way to move a particular navbar to the top. Navigation: To get to this page:
This link appears in Member Tools menu on most Member Tools pages. It also appears on most Manage Members pages and Ring Option pages. It links to the Ring List (Hub) page. That page lists the membership in a ring, 20 members at a time. Summary: This page enables you to email an invitation to join your ring. The link to this page is Invite Others to Join in the Management Tools menu. Detail: This page enables you to email an invitation to join your ring. It provides a place to specify the person to be emailed, either by standard email address or by Yahoo! ID. And it provides a place to specify other notes. The general format of the invitation is fixed and cannot be altered by the ringmaster. The format includes a direct link back to the join page for your ring. Navigation: To get to this page:
Summary: This page lists the membership in a ring, 20 members at a time. The link to this page is Ring Hub Page. The Ring Hub Page link appears on most pages of the Yahoo! WebRing Management WebSite.of the management pages. You can also link to this page by clicking on the Ring Name in the bottom part of the Edit Rings and WebPages page. Detail: This page lists the membership in a ring. It lists them 20 to a page with navigation to move forward and backward through the listing. Each member listing shows the name of the member site and links to that site. It also shows the Yahoo! ID assigned to that membership. (Yahoo! IDs only apply if the membership was created after the Yahoo! assimilation or if a Yahoo! ID has been associated with a membership created before the assimilation.) It also shows the description of the membership. In addition, if you are a member of the ring, the top of the left column includes the Member Tools menu. Below the ring description in the left column are links to the Yahoo! ID profile of the ringmaster, to the webring home page if designated and to a link to email the ringmaster. Navigation: To get to this page for a ring to which you belong:
This link appears on the Customize Ring page. It links to the Change Picture – Upload a Picture page. That page enables you to upload a picture. It also links to the Change Picture – Link to a Picture page to link to a picture. It also includes a Delete Current Picture link to delete the current picture. This link appears on the Customize Ring page. It links to the Customize Navigation Bar page. That page enables you to change the image, background color and border colors of the navbar for your own Yahoo! WebRing. Summary: One of the Member Tools pages. This page displays the JavaScript Code. The link to this page is Get Navigation Bar. Detail: This page displays the JavaScript Code for a particular ring. It also displays a sample of the navbar. All JavaScript Code is identical except for two variables within the code: (1) the Yahoo! ID of the member and (2) the "U" number. The "U" number refers to the specific URL registered for the navbar stack. See my page Yahoo! WebRing JavaScript for more information. Navigation: To get to this page"
Summary: These pages manage the characteristics of your own Yahoo! WebRing. The Ring Options menu only appears if you are the ringmaster of the ring. If you are the ringmaster of the ring, the menu appears on the left side of most Member Tools pages, Management Tools pages and Ring Options pages. It also appears on the Ring List (Hub) page. Detail: These pages manage the characteristics of your own Yahoo! WebRing. On these pages you can (1) change the description of and applicant instructions for your webring, (2) change background and border colors of the navbar, (3) change the images used for your webring, and (4) change the color scheme for the pages for your webring. Navigation: To get to these pages:
This link appears in the Ring Options menu on most pages in the Yahoo! WebRing Management WebSite. (However, this menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Manage Ring Order page. That page enables you to change the order of membership in your own Yahoo! WebRing. This link appears in the Ring Options menu. (However, the menu appears only if you are the ringmaster of this ring.) It links to the Edit Ring Settings page. That page enables a ringmaster to alter the Ring Description and the Applicant Instructions for the ring.
This link appears on most pages immediately above the Top of Page Banner Bar on most pages in the Yahoo! WebRing Management WebSite. This function signs you out of the Yahoo! system.
The Wazillion Navbars Project Webring Sections and Subsections The Webring Section is a large section of my website. I have divided it into four major "subsections".
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. |
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