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What is a webring?
Qualifications to Join Join Using This Form Richland Alumni Webring Graphics Richland Alumni Webring Members Members Edit Function Search the Webring Richland Alumni Webring Home Page E-mail the Ring Master |
When you see something similar to this
By clicking on the links [Next], [Prev], etc. you can travel from Web site to Web site, visiting each member of the ring. If you continue to click on the [Next] button, at each Web site showing this ring logo, you will travel around the ring in a circular fashion, until you again reach the Web site from which you started your journey.
A graphic example of how this works looks like this
For example, if you go to a Web page #2, you will see the ring code. If you click on [Next] you will go to #3's Web page. If you click on [Prev], you will go to #1's Web page. You can also click on [Next 5] which will give you a list of the next five Web sites in the ring (4 in this case, as there aren't 5 to show). You may also click on [List] and it will give you a clickable list of every Web site in the ring. If you start at #2, and continue to click [Next] at each Web site you come to, you will eventually return to where you started: #2. For small rings, this "circle" is completed fairly quickly; in the Poetry Ring, with over 2000 members, you might be surfing into next week. In general, Webrings are about one particular subject, just as the Richland Alumni Webring is for Richland High School alumni, you will find Webrings about Graphics, Music, Genealogy, and thousands of other themes. Webrings are administered by Webring.org, a host which conceived of, wrote the code for, and now oversees over 75,000 Webrings on a multitude of subjects. All Webrings work alike, with just their identifying logo, navigation options, and central themes being different. Each Webring is conceived of and controlled by a "Ringmaster". This person (or group in large rings) decides to start a Webring about a certain subject, creates the ring at the site of Webring.org, and then invites other similar Web sites (to his/her own) to join his/her ring. The more popular the subject matter, the larger the ring can become. Rings are governed by the rules set forth by the Ringmaster, who controls the ring, decides on who can join, and makes sure the ring operates properly. 
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