I Have a Very Very Very
BIG Website!

Do You?

I am enthusiastic about a lot of things, I write about all of them, and I put most of what I write up on webpages. I have been doing this for seven years, since I discovered the Internet. (No, I didn't invent the Internet, I just discovered it.) Anitra's Web now has almost 2000 pages.

I've seen some other Very Big Websites out there, too.

You know, if we all got together in one webring, we could have ALL the webring traffic! Nobody would have any time to go anywhere else!

How Do I Join the Ring?

When you press the "Join" link you will be taken to a form to fill out :

• Your site URL
  This must be either the page you are going to put the navigation code on, or a page that clearly links to the location of your navigation code and has "webrings" in the text (or in the 'alt' text of a graphic link.) Otherwise, the ring cannot be navigated.
  This must also be either the page you have webring content on, or a page that clearly links to that content, and back again.
• Your site name
  This cannot be ALL CAPS.
  Please, don't say "My Home Page."
  Your title should be descriptive, unique, and relevant to the theme of the ring, containing keywords you use in your content, all the good "Yes I want to be found in search engines" rules.
• Your site description
  This is what visitors to the ring will see in the list of member sites. Along with your site title, it is the only material used if a visitor does a Search of the content of the ring. Write a description that will attract traffic, without hype. Use keywords, yes, but write in sentences.

JOIN

If you are not currently a member of Webring, you must join before filling out the form. Membership is free. Webring does not spam you. And as a member, you can create or join any number of rings and manage them all from one center.

You will be sent an email containing the code you need to install on your page to be an active part of the ring. This will initially display a link to the ring hub page with the message "Pending." If, after reviewing your site, I add it to the ring, this will change to display the full set of ring navigation code. If for any reason I deny your application, the link to Very Big Websites will simply disappear.

If you have not installed the ring navigation code on your webpage before I add you to the ring, your page will remain in "suspended" status until you do. You will not be getting traffic from the ring until visitors can navigate through your page to the rest of the ring. Fair 'nuff?

Some members, especially those who use AOL, may find it easier to get the webring navigation code off the web. If you need the Javascript code for the navbar:

• Sign in at Webring
  • Click the link at the top for "My Rings"
  • Click the link in the left column for "View Ring Sites"
  OR
  • Use this link to go directly to "View Ring Sites": http://S.webring.com/mbr?p=ms
• Locate "I Have a Very Big Website" in your list of memberships
• Click the title of your site
• Click "Get Navigation Code"
• Your code will appear in a text box just below a sample of what your SSNB code should look like when installed.
• Copy the code and place it on your site.

Lynx (text-only) and some older graphic browsers, however, cannot use Javascript. For this reason, I used to ask members to use HTML code in addition to, or instead of, the Javascript code. However, Webring.com has remembered the NOSCRIPT tag. Browsers that cannot use Javacript will, instead, use everything between the NOSCRIPT and the /NOSCRIPT tags.

The current coding between those two tags provides a link to a page that will display all your navbars. If you want to display the navbars directly on the current page, you can use the HTML version of the navbar.

To get the HTML navbar, follow the above steps, but when you get to the page displaying the SSNB code, scroll to the bottom and click the word "here" at the end of the sentence "Members who wish to use the HTML version of this nav bar should go here."

If you use the Javascript code, the navbar for each new webring you join will automagically appear in the "stack" and if Webring or I make any changes to the ring code, they will be also appear automagically. If you use the HTML form, you will have to manually insert the HTML navbar for each new ring, and change it yourself if there are any changes to the code.

You can find additional help at my Webring Management page.

New to webrings and want more information? See My First Ring.

Maintaining Your Site in the Ring

The Webring magic cannot work without you. You are the only one who can keep your site information current. If you move your page, change your email address, or make other updates that affect navigation and communication in the ring, you are responsible for logging in to Webring and updating your information.

If you are using the Javascript code, any changes I make to the webring navigation bar will be automagically reflected on your page. If you choose use the HTML option, you are responsible for updating your page if the ring navbar changes.

Webmaking at AnitraWeb

Anitra's Web