Webring Update Sept 29, 2000

Hello! I have now successfully set up the RingLink system on my new host! Man oh man, was this fun!

What fun I've had since the yahoo's at Yahoo destroyed webring. Who would have guessed the results of their thoughtless, malicious?, destructive change. Okay, here's what happened:

• Got really annoyed (mild G-rated word which does not come close to describing how I felt) with Yahoo! changes 
• Read James Huggins' articles and postings on webring and alternatives and felt better - there was hope. 
• Decided to move my rings to RingSurf 
• Found RingSurf was fine, but too slow for my tastes 
• Discovered RingLink, but frustrated because Bizland did not support CGI (been promising it for over a year but ...) 
• Looked for free CGI host, found a few but not what I wanted 
• Discovered addr.com, fell in love immediately. 
• Bought addr.com space 
• Moved domain over (very painless) 
• Set up Ringlink system in just a few hours (would have been shorted except #(*@&$#*#& Frontpage 2000 upload kept messing up my CGI) 
• Tested my new Ringlink system and loved it 
• Moved over some of my rings, and adopted a few others. 
• Wife now wants me to set up Ringlink on her sites also (sigh) so she can host her own webrings 
• Posted ringlink address in RingLink resources list so others can create their own rings.

What's cool about all this? Well, now I've gone on to a better provider, learned some CGI (my experience is Windows NT and ASP), learned how to transfer a domain to a new host (easy), learned about htaccess (very cool), began hosting my own Ringlink system for my rings and others (very, very cool) and moved all of mine and my wife's site to a new, better provider (we have 8 sites total).

On top of that, I have now gotten in communication with hundreds of ringmasters (lots of fun), helped a few move their rings elsewhere (mostly to RingSurf), talked over a dozen into leaving Yahoo! (not hard), adopted a few rings, and have learned what a great group of people ringmasters really are. As a rule, I've found Ringmasters to be caring, community minded, creative people with whom I've totally enjoyed communicating with.

I've written some articles about this:

http://www.ring-master.net/rings_ringlink.htm
http://www.ring-master.net/Webrings.htm
http://www.ring-master.net/rings_bomis.htm
http://www.ring-master.net/ringsurf.htm
http://www.ring-master.net/therail.htm 

Anyone interested in creating a new ring hosted on our site can visit:

http://www.ring-master.net/ringlink.htm 

Thanks, Richard Lowe, Webmaster Internet Tips And Secrets, http://www.internet-tips.net 

From: James S. Huggins (RingMaster) <RingMaster@Z...> 
Date: Fri Sep 29, 2000 12:28pm 
Subject: Re: Set up RingLink system (yeah!)

--- In ringmgr@egroups.com, "Richard Lowe" wrote:

> -Read John Huggins articles and postings on webring and alternatives

Thanks Richard, but did you perhaps mean James Huggins'

as in James S. Huggins?

James S. Huggins Asking Impertinent Questions for More Than 45 Years 
My Personal/Unofficial Yahoo! WebRing Problem List . . . http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/rng1/wnp_problem_list.htm
Tucows Article . . . http://news.tucows.com/html/27884.html 

From: Richard Lowe  
Date: Fri Sep 29, 2000 12:32pm 
Subject: Re: Set up RingLink system (yeah!)

Oops, humble apologies, groveling for forgiveness for sad mistake ... yes, I meant James Huggin's. Sorry, Richard Lowe

From: James S. Huggins (RingMaster) <RingMaster@Z...> 
Date: Fri Sep 29, 2000 12:56pm 
Subject: Re: Set up RingLink system (yeah!)

--- In ringmgr@egroups.com, "Richard Lowe" egroups@i... wrote: > yes, I meant James Huggin's. Sorry, Richard Lowe

Thought you'd been talking to my mother, who sometimes calls me Jon and my brother James.

Thanks, Richard. Couldn't resist the tug. Glad Ringlink is going so well.

And thanks for all the quotes and links on your site.

James S. Huggins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
WebRing Lite My Personal/Unofficial Yahoo! WebRing Problem List . . .
http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/rng1/wnp_problem_list.htm
WebRing Lite Essay . . . http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/rng1/wnp_yahoo_webring_lite.htm