CrickRock.com - Ringmaster Task List

Starting Your Webring:

Go to the "add new ring" page and fill out the form completely. Once installed, go to the 'Ring Admin' page, login, and then customize your Webring's Admin pages as follows by clicking the 'Customize' button!

Edit the HTML default code Navpanel to your requirements, set up the join and edit forms on your home page, and then be the first to join your webring, so as to test everything out.

Edit if necessary, the e-mail messages that are to be sent out to new applicants.

Using your e-mail software, create the message templates that you will be sending out to these various applicants once they have joined (Examples of which can be found on the message templates page).

Post your webring's website to at least 2 search engines. (http://www.google.com/addurl.html, http://dmoz.org/, and ....)

Announce your webring in the various announcement Lists. You may have to join the List to post to it. (Want to get your new webring announced in the alt.webrings.announce newsgroup? Just send an e-mail to Debby T at confused@cableone.net with *webrings announce* in the subject line (Please be sure to include your ring home page address and your contact information in the message body so that replies or inquirers can be sent to you.)

Post your webring to the Ringlink webring directory (http://ringdir.ringlink.org/rings/). You can easily do this in Ring admin by clicking the "Directory" button.

Do a search on the topic or theme of your web ring. Visit the listed websites. If they are a good fit, send them an invitation.

Search for other webrings on your topic at the other less reliable webring systems such as WebRing and RingSurf. Visit some of the websites in those webrings. Send invitations to those websites that you would like to have join your more reliable CrickRock webring.

Maintain Your Webring at least once a week. Visit the Queue, and check all inactive websites regularly. Add those with the HTML code for the Navpanel on the correct page, and delete the duds. Send an appropriate e-mail to the ones that can't be added yet (Examples of which can be found on the message templates page). Check applicants that have been in the Queue for your allotted time. Delete those that have exceeded your limit, and send them an appropriate e-mail.

Managing Your Webring:

Check the entire webring for correct HTML code Navpanels. You can use the "Check Sites" function. Sites move. Sites close. Member websites are not always careful to change their website's information when moving to a new website. Do not let them "break" your webring. Set those websites to "inactive" and e-mail them gentle reminders that they need to update their information.

Keep your home page updated and error free, and consider setting up a forum for your members. and having a domain name for your webring (This allows you to move your webring to a new web host if your present web host crashes and burns without having to ask members to update any of the URL addresses.

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