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| Info
for ModRing Members |
| The ModRing
Rap |
| Mod files began
appearing on the Internet in the 1980s and the ModRing was established way
back in 1996 as one of the first rings to bring mod composers and fans
together to share music. The sites in ModRing are listed in the order they
joined (some have been here since 96) so surfing through them is like
traveling in time! If you crave free music to play with WinAmp, etc, then
check out these sites. Join the ModRing if you create mod music or have a
site that features mods of any kind (MOD, XM, IT, S3M, etc.), or links to
mods, trackers, players, or other mod sites. Our members also do formats
like MP3 and midi, but mods are required. Welcome to The ModRing - risen
from the Dead! |
| The ModRing
Ringmaster |
| That's me, FLAtRich. I
took over management of The ModRing in September, 2003. I joined the
ModRing in 1997 and "ownership" was up for grabs in 2003 so I
decided to go for it. I have a couple of smaller rings (All The News
WebRing and TV Fan Site WebRing), but ModRing has the most members.
BTW, mods aren't dead. fLAtDiSk mod
sites are averaging 700 downloads per month in 2003, mostly mods, not
counting the fLAtDiSk Mod Archives site, which is hosted by my Amiga
friends at back2roots.org.
People love free music! |
| ModRing is
part of WebRing |
| ModRing is made possible
by external servers maintained by WebRing. The original WebRing was
managed by Yahoo! for a while, and then it was reorganized by WebRing,
Inc. They did a great job of it and it was no easy task, as WebRing now
boasts some 60,000 rings linking to a million websites! The WebRing
currently runs on SimpleNet's servers. SimpleNet is one of the great
independent Internet Providers and very reliable. |
| WebRing
has a standard navigation system for you |
| If you joined ModRing
back in the old days like I did, you probably picked up an HTML fragment
from a ringmaster to add to your site. There were several versions of the
original HTML, depending on the ringmaster. The HTML fragment allowed ring
surfers to find you from other ModRing sites and visa versa. When WebRing
reorganized, they offered an alternative standard code system to simplify
navigation between member sites. You have to join WebRing to get this code
(called the SSNB code) but membership in WebRing is free. The navigation
bar, as they call it, also allows you to join loads of other related rings
and connect to them all on your site with a single HTML fragment.
(The ModRing nav bar appears on the MODSpeak home
page.) |
| You can go
to the ModRing hub page at WebRing to get the new navigation bar
code for your site. |
| Or you can
update the old HTML |
| If you still have that
original ModRing HTML fragment on your site, it will probably still bring
in surfers and take them to the next or previous site in the ModRing. It
probably wont have the correct ModRing homepage link or ModRing graphics.
You are not obligated to change anything, of course, but if you want to
update the old HTML fragment without going for the WebRing SSNB
code, here's how (be sure to save a copy of your page or the old
fragment first as a backup!): |
| Replace all
references to "ModRing Official Site" in your code with the
new correct URL - http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=modring |
Example - your
code reads:
<A
TARGET="_top" HREF="http://miso.wwa.com/~daf/modring.html">ModRing
Homepage!</A>
Change the address in
quotes to:
<A
TARGET="_top" HREF="http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=modring">ModRing
Homepage!</A> |
| Do the same
with any other references to "ModRing Official Site" in the HTML
fragment. Leave the
other links alone. They lead to webring.org and will bounce over to the
real WebRing server. |
| Switch to
the new, improved ModRing graphics! |
| If the HTML fragment on
your site features two .jpg files named mrsite.jpg and nextsite.jpg, here
are new versions of those files. Right-click to download them. |
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| The new .jpg files are
exactly the same dimensions and approximately the same size as the old
ones. |
| Some ModRing HTML
fragments on sites in the ring use graphics other than the mrsite.jpg and
nextsite.jpg, but the code on these sites is very old. If you want to
catch up, I really recommend the WebRing navigation bar
as the best solution. |
| Contact Your
Faithful Ringmaster |
| If you have questions,
I'll try to answer them. Email me at . You'll notice that the email address is EarthLink, and I must add
that I have maximum spam blocker installed there, so don't be offended if
you get a return message asking that you request addition to my EarthLink
address book. I'll cheerfully add/reply to any ModRing member, as long as
you aren't selling Viagra, etc. For best results, make sure ModRing is on
the subject line of your email.
:o)>FLAtRich |
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