The Woodworker's WebRing The Woodworker's Radio Webring was started in August 1997 and now has 448 sites. Unfortunately this ring may soon cease to exist. Webring was originally started by a young man named Sage. Awhile back GeoCities approached Sage about purchasing Webring. Of course over the time Sage owned Webring it had grown by leaps and bounds. This brought some growth problems as new server and equipment were constantly needed along with additional staff, buildings, etc. Sage felt it would be much better for Webring to be under the wing of GeoCities, so he sold Webring. A few weeks later, GeoCities was purchased by Yahoo! Everything has gone pretty smoothly until just recently. Yahoo! now feels that each and every ringmaster and ring member needs to have a Yahoo! id. I honestly can't see why this is necessary other than the fact it will benefit Yahoo! This ring and others have grown and functioned in the past without needing a Yahoo! id. I will not be prey to Yahoo!'s marketing tactics. If indeed we are forced to join Yahoo!'s mailing lists and receive the myriad of e-mail we will more than likely get, I will unfortunately feel it necessary to remove the ring from their service. At this point in time I am in a wait and see mode. I have sent a long letter to Yahoo! telling them why I don't like their new practices. Unfortunately I don't even expect a response. The fact that a company the size of Yahoo! feels that it must turn such a fine service as Webring into a money making scheme sickens me. Myself along with most other ringmasters spend countless hours a week managing our rings with no pay other than the satisfaction we receive from providing the service. Now Yahoo! comes along and turns all of our blood, sweat, and tears into more profits. I was going to suspend the join option for the ring temporarily, but for now I have decided just to warn anyone joining the ring, that according to Yahoo!, any new members joining MUST get a Yahoo! id. So joiner beware. I will not guarantee how much longer this ring will be in existance. As I mentioned earlier, I will do nothing at this time. We will wait and see how this all actually unwinds. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me at: dd@digdez.com Thank you for taking the time to read this. Click here to read the Yahoo! e-mail in its entirety. Hal Ringmaster How to Join Edit site information (members only) How to join You will need to save a copy of the two Woodworkers Webring graphics you see below and upload them to the same directory the Woodworkers Ring HTML code will be installed on. The one on the left is called woodinfos.jpg and the one on the right woodnexts.jpg. The source code that needs to be added to your page will be e-mailed to you after you complete the following information and submit the form. The html fragment must be added to your page before you can be added to the ring. If the source code and graphics are not added to your page within 7 days of adding your site to the queue your site will be removed from the queue. Complete the following form and submit to the queue. Your site will be added to the ring as soon as possible, and you will be notified by e-mail when your site is added. That's all there is to it. If you have any questions, or problems please e-mail me. Thank you. If you are an ICQ user please feel free to add me. My ICQ UIN is #300141. Site URL: Site Title: E-mail: Password: This Woodworkers Webring site is owned by Hal Genter. Want to join the Woodworkers Webring? [Skip Prev][Prev] [Next] [Skip Next] [Random] [Next 5] [List Sites] These Graphics were supplied by Digital Dezign RULES Please read these rules before submitting your site. If your site has foul language, adult content, violence e.t.c. do not submit your site, it will not be added to the ring. If however a site does slip through that does not fit these guidelines please E-Mail the Ringmaster and that site will be removed. You MUST have the HTML fragment on your page before you will be inserted into the ring. It must be easy to find so we don't have to search for it. It doesn't have to be on the front page, but the URL you submit must be on the page it is linked to or the ring won't work. After you have the code up E-mail the Ringmaster of Woodworkers Ring and ask him to add you to the ring. Be sure to include your Site ID Number in the e-mail message. He will probably want to look at your page to make sure it fits the rules and make sure the Woodworkers Ring HTML fragment on your page is okay. After checking out your page, the Ringmaster will take your Site ID Number and use it to add you to the ring. You should then receive an e-mail telling you you've been added. That's it! You should now be able to navigate the entire ring until you make it back to your own page (although it may take a while). An easy way to make sure it is working is to go to the homepage of the person who added you and see if the next button takes you to your own page. Click the Ringmaster's name below to E-mail, Don't forget your ID# and URL in the message! Click Here To Download Free Windows '95 and '98 Woodworking Themes For Your Desktop E-Mail The Ringmaster This page hosted by: