Paul Vigay's Acorn Web Ring

If you're wondering what the "Acorn Web Ring" is, then you've come to the right page!

Basically, a web ring is simply a list of web pages linked one to each other. In this case, they are all Acorn RISC OS related pages. If you surf through all the sites in the ring, you will eventually come back to where you started again, thus the name of "ring".
The Acorn web ring was originally founded by David Horman and many thanks are due to him, not least in designing the Acorn web ring graphical logo.

So why use a Web Ring?

I suppose you could ask the web masters of all the participating sites to manually link to the next site, but I'm sure you'll agree that this would soon turn into a mammoth job. As the purpose is to promote and advertise RISC OS hardware and software, it's hoped that this ring will grow bigger and bigger - hence the need to an automated system of site management.

So what's in it for you?

If you've made an Acorn RISC OS related page, you are probably a RISC OS fan, like myself, and would like to advertise your site to as many different people as possible - all around the world. In an ideal world, you could email the maintainers of every Acorn orientated web site and ask them nicely to link back to your page. This would soon become a nightmare to manage and organise, so here's your chance to get more people to see your pages! All you need to do is fill out the application form below IF you satisfy all the rules first! Sorry, but there are rules...

So what's in it for me?

Nothing at all (unfortunately... ;-)
I'm doing this in my spare time and for free for the online Acorn community. For me, this is the true "Internet spirit" where everyone helps out freely where he can. You see, when I first bought my Acorn, I was impressed by the friendly and helpful "Acorn community"; now it's my turn to give something back. I sincerely hope that you too will do something for the Acorn community one day. Please remember: "don't just take, but give also." Thank you!

The rules

If you want to get into the Acorn users Web Ring, you must be sure that the following simple rules apply to you:

Your page is Acorn or RISC OS specific (do not enter your homepage's URL if it's not only about RISC OS! The link must go directly to an Acorn or RISC OS related page, so enter directly your Acorn page's URL).
You will maintain your Acorn page(s).
You must be able to add some HTML lines on your page to make the ring's logo and navigation bar appear on your page.
You must answer new Acorn ring admission requests (see below for details).
Your page must be readable with a simple Acorn browser. That means, please don't make it frame only, or use silly, gimmicky stuff like Javascript.
Your page is non commercial.

You're ready? So how does it work?

If you have read the rules and can comply to them, then you can fill out the following form. You will then be assigned a unique site ID and receive by email the HTML code fragment you need to put on your Acorn related page. Add this HTML code to your page as soon as possible (preferably at the bottom). It will create the Acorn Web Ring logo and the correct information for your site (see the bottom of this page to see how it will look).
Once you've added the HTML code to your page, you are almost part of the ring. You are not included just yet, but you need to be added by someone already in the ring. For this, the person already in the ring must fill out the "new admissions form". You can ask anyone already part of the web ring. If you don't know of any member, just use the random Acorn User's site facility and ask that person.

How to link your site to the Acorn Web Ring

There are two ways you can link your site to the Acorn web ring. The first way uses tables and the HTML you will add will look like this when viewed: (note, the links don't work below, they're all relevant to my own page)
However, don't feel that you have to use the designs/layouts here. As long as the relevant links are ok, then the end page design is down to you. These are for guidelines only! :-)

This Acorn Webring site is owned by Paul Vigay
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Or learn more about the Acorn Webring

The code required for this is as follows:- (feel free to cut and paste into your own page)

<!--                  BEGIN ACORN USERS WEB RING CODE                 -->
<!-- Modify ONLY your site id=XXX and your Email address and Name !!! -->
<!--      do NOT leave the "!" at the end of string your replace      -->
<center><table width="100%"><tr><td>
<a href="http://www.vigay.com/riscos/webring.html">
<img src="http://www.vigay.com/webring/acorn.gif" alt="Acorn Webring" width=128 height=128 hspace=0 border=0>
</a></td><td><center><strong>
This <a href="http://www.vigay.com/riscos/webring.html">Acorn Webring</a> site is owned by <a href="mailto:pvigay@cix.compulink.co.uk">Paul Vigay</a><br>
Click for <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!;next">next</a>
 | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!;prev">previous</a>
 | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;random">random</a>
 | <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;list">index</a><br>
Or learn more about the <a href="http://www.vigay.com/riscos/webring.html">Acorn Webring</a></strong></center></td>
<td><a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!;next"><img src="http://www.vigay.com/webring/next.gif" alt="Next" width=128 height=26 border=0 vspace=4 hspace=12></a><br>
<a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!;prev"><img src="http://www.vigay.com/webring/prev.gif" alt="Previous" width=128 height=26 border=0 vspace=4 hspace=12></a><br>
<a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;random"><img src="http://www.vigay.com/webring/random.gif" alt="Random" width=128 height=26 border=0 vspace=4 hspace=12></a><br>
<a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;list"><img src="http://www.vigay.com/webring/index.gif" alt="Index" width=128 height=26 border=0 vspace=4 hspace=12></a><br></td></tr></table></center>
<!-- END ACORN USERS WEB RING CODE -->

The following segment is an alternative version which doesn't use tables - which may be worth using if you want your page to be accessible by the most people.

The code required for this is as follows:- (feel free to cut and paste into your own page)

<!--                  BEGIN ACORN USERS WEB RING CODE                 -->
<!-- Modify ONLY your site id=XXX and your Email address and Name !!! -->
<!--      do NOT leave the "!" at the end of string your replace      -->
<hr><center>
<img src="http://www.vigay.com/webring/acorn.gif" width=128 height=128 alT="Acorn Web Ring"><br>
<strong>This <a href="http://www.vigay.com/riscos/webring.html">Acorn Web Ring</a>
site belongs to <a href="mailto:YourEmailAddressHere!">YourNameHere!</a><br>
[ <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!&sprev">Site -2</a>
| <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!&prev">Site -1</a>
| <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;random">Random Site</a>
| <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!&next">Site +1</a>
| <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!&skip">Site +2</a>
| <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=riscosring;id=YourSiteIdNumberHere!&next5">Site +5</a> ]
<br>Want to join the ring? <a href="http://www.vigay.com/riscos/webring.html">Find out how.</a>
</strong></center><hr>
<!-- END ACORN USERS WEB RING CODE -->

	Here are some alternative graphics which you may like to use. The web ring logo on the left is better if you have a dark background to your page, whereas the logos on the right work well on most backgrounds. The choice is up to you, or indeed feel free to design your own ones. As long as the actual links work, the graphics are up to you!

If you have any queries or problems, please feel free to email me.