Adoption Score Information

Apr. 2003 to
Apr. 2009

The WebRing.com System

Adoption Score Information

This page provides information about required scores to adopt within the WebRing.com system.

Note that this information refers only to webrings in the WebRing.com system.

This information is based on information available from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/officialwebringhelp/files/adoptionpoints.html. It is presented here because that URL is available only to "members".

This page is part of WebRing.com Help, my extensive reference section about the WebRing.com system. WebRing.com was born 12.Oct.2001 when Yahoo! left the webring business. It was reborn in Oct.2006 when it had a major redesign and began charging for what had been a free service.

Adoption Score Requirements
Ring Size	Required Score	Point Penalty
Under 5	3	1
6 - 15	4	1
15 -25	5	2
26-50	6	3
51 +	7	4

explanation

Ring Size: the number of active memberships in the webring you wish to adopt

Required Score: the minimum score required in order to adopt the webring in the WebRing.com system

Point Penalty: the reduction to your score upon adoption; these "replenish" at a rate of one point every seven days.

A Personal Note:
If You Want to Delete Your Webring

If you are considering deleting your WebRing.com webring, please do not delete it. Instead, please contact me . I would be pleased to adopt it from you. I will personally work with you to make that transition smooth and painless.

I'm sorry. While I have long adopted webrings in the WebRing.com system, because of the Oct.2006 changes, I am no longer doing that.

However, please note that "deleting" your webring is a fruitless exercise. The system will just restore it and place it up for adoption.

Webring News and Announcements

WebRing.com Changes Big Time --- It was October 2001 that WebRing.com came into existence following the end of Yahoo! Webring. Now, 5 years later, WebRing.com is changing again. Moving from primarily a free service to primarily a paid service, the system is undergoing massive change. Stay tuned.

Ringlink Activity --- While Ringlink has not released a new version since Version 3.2 on 21.Feb.2005, the system seems to be getting a lot of activity. Many people are discovering this great webring system and moving their webrings here. If you don't know about Ringlink, definitely check out this great webring system. I personally recommend it.

WoW --- The World of Webrings features the World of Webrings discussion list. It offers a forum for both webring owners (ringmasters) and webring members to discuss the latest hot topics about all webrings, including WebRing.com, Ringlink , Alt-Webring, RingSurf, Bravenet and others. If you belong to any webring in any webring service, you should join this list.

RingSurf Passes 3 Year Anniversary --- It was 3 years ago, on 16.Aug.2003 when the WoW list list noted that RingSurf's domain name registration had changed. Then the new owner came forward. A RingSurf Feature List was developed and debated. Then, on Thanksgiving day, 27.Nov.2003 the new owner posted on the WoW list that the new RingSurf is up! If you haven't checked it out lately, see what has happened in the last three years.

Article About Webrings --- Check out this excellent Salon.com article about the history of Yahoo! and WebRing.com: The Strange Saga of Yahoo and Webring . For some, it will bring back memories. For others, it will explain the history. Now, I wonder if they will update it to talk about the latest WebRing.com changes.

Articles About the WebRing.com System

WebRing.com System see all my pages about the WebRing.com system, including information about all the pages shown below.
WebRing.com System Overview		How to Use Your Own Graphics
How to Get Your JavaScript		Invalid Code: ID/U# Mismatch
How to Test Your Code		How to Activate Your Forum
How to Unsuspend Your Site		How to Change Thumbs Up/Down
How to Change Your Email Address		How to Change the Category
How to Change Your Registered Page		Testing Email Addresses
How to ensure a Navbar Shows		Adoption Score Requirements
How to Mix JavaScript and HTML		Problems, Questions & Suggestions
How to Show the entire Stack		One-Click Login
How to Customize HTML		Glossary
How to Force a Stack Rebuild		Is "Webring" a Trademark
How to Change Your Stack Order		Webring System Hosts
How to Find the "Ring ID"		Forums and email Lists
Why Is My Site Still Pending		Terms of Service
How the JavaScript Works		The end of Yahoo! WebRing
Mixing JavaScript and HTML		end of Yahoo! WebRing email
Why I Require SSNB JavaScript		The end of Yahoo! FAQ
Non-JavaScript Browsers		Pedro Huggins
How AMS Validation Works		MSN and YahooGroups Pages
Suspended/Pending		WebRing.com Logos
Why No Navbars		Remove Duplicate Navbars
How to Create a Separate Stack		Unauthorized Access error Message
Single Navbar Option		Ring Does Not exist error Message
Why Not Featured Sites

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Webring Sections and Subsections

The Webring Section is a large section of my website. I have divided it into four major "subsections".

General Information
The WebRing.com System
Webrings I Own and Belong To
The Wazillion Navbars Project

each "subsection" has it's own special "logo".

As you travel in the various subsections you will find, near the bottom of each page, links to pages within that subsection and also links to the other subsections. To go to any subsection, just click on the "logo" or on the text link for that subsection.

Webrings: General Information

This subsection includes general information about webrings. Webrings can be hosted by a variety of different services. This section deals with the overall concepts and issues, not with any one particular "brand" of webring.

It includes my Webring FAQ, links to articles about webrings, and general help information. Click here or on the graphic.

The Wazillion Navbars Project

This subsection is a historical section about the Yahoo! WebRing system. It was begun during the early days of problems with the Yahoo! WebRing system in September 2000.

It ended when the Yahoo! WebRing system spun off into the independent WebRing.com system in October 2001. I maintain it for the historical record. Click here or on the graphic.

Webrings I Own and Belong To

This subsection shows all the webrings I own and links to all the webrings to which I belong. This includes webrings in Ringlink, RingSurf, Bravenet and the WebRing.com system as well.

If you are looking to join one of my webrings, this is a good place to start. If you wonder about the webrings I belong to, this is the place to go. Click here or on the graphic.

The extra text menu links (previously here) are being removed in the site redesign.
Browser and search engine improvements have eliminated the motivation/necessity for them.

This page created:
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Last updated:
13:39, Sat, 12.May.2012

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