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The Linux Webring - Become a Member Site

Last Updated: Sat, Dec 4, 1999

Requirements for Membership

Each web page belonging to this Webring must contain at least one of the following:

Linux-related links: web sites, ftp sites, newsgroups
Information about software that runs under Linux (preferably a whole page about the Linux version)
Information about Linux user groups
Information about conventions where Linux will be represented
Information about Linus Torvalds (Linux's daddy), such as an interview

The URL you submit must point directly to your Linux-related content. This page must have the 'webring controls' somewhere on it. If it doesn't, you'll stay in the queue and will be be auto-removed after three weeks.

If your Linux information is only part of the page and the rest of the page has nothing to do with Linux, add a line like this to your page just above your Linux content: <a name="whatever"></a> then submit your URL with #whatever at the end of it. If your entire site is devoted to Linux, you may simply enter the "main" URL.

If your page is frames-based, add target="_top" to your webring code so sites on the ring don't load in one of your frames. Please also add the webring code between <NOFRAMES> tags so Lynx and Internet Explorer 2.0 users can see the 'controls'. An example of both of these changes is available on the code examples page.

If you do meet these requirements, read the next section about how to sign up. You must add the 'webring controls' to your page before you will be added as a member.

How To Join

I use Linbot to verify that all member sites exist. If you have a robots.txt file in with your web files, add these two lines to it so your site won't be marked as a broken link. If you don't have a robots.txt, no change is necessary.

User-agent: Linbot
Allow: /

Fill out the following form to add your site to the queue. When you submit your application you will receive an e-mail with your site's id number. A working sample of the HTML code to add to your page will be included in the e-mail. Either add that code to the page you signed up for, or see the code examples page for some ideas of code to use.

As time allows, I will then visit your site, check to make sure it meets the qualifications listed above, then your site will be added to the ring. Please allow at least a week for me to do this. I have a life and a job that keeps me busy. I usually only check for new sites on weekends. After I add your site you will receive another e-mail, this time letting you know that you have been added to the ring.

If your browser is not forms capable, (get a new browser from here or here), or if your URL/title/e-mail address is longer than the space provided (40 characters each), send me an e-mail with your site's URL, title, description, a few keywords, and the password you would like to use. Please be patient if you do this, I get A LOT of mail and it may take me up to two weeks to add your page to the ring.

If you ever need to update your site information in the future, like if your site is expected to be down, you change URLs, you have a new e-mail address, you forget your password, you want to remove yourself from the ring, or if you entered something incorrectly when you signed up, go to the Member Utilities page.

Submit site to The Linux Webring
Site Title:
Site URL:
Your Name:
E-mail Address:
Password:	Please choose a password. (Don't forget it!!)

Keywords:	Enter up to 20 keywords to describe your site.
Description:	Enter a short description of your site.