These are some useful strings for a ringmaster to put up in links at the ring homepage:
Add new site
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/newsite.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
Get HTML code / Edit site
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/siteadmin.pl
Next site in ring
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/next.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID;siteid=YOURSITEID
Previous site in ring
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/prev.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID;siteid=YOURSITEID
Random site in ring
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/rand.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
List sites in ring
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/list.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID
List Next sites in ring
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/list.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID;siteid=YOURSITEID
Skip Next site in ring
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/skip.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID;siteid=YOURSITEID;skip=1
Skip Next 5 sites in ring
http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/skip.pl?ringid=YOURRINGID;siteid=YOURSITEID;skip=5
Typical Ring Image Map
<center>
<MAP NAME="RPGHOST">
<AREA COORDS="5,5,292,80" HREF="http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/home.pl?ringid=rpghost;siteid=$::siteid" target="_top" TITLE="$::ringtitle">
<AREA COORDS="5,95,40,129" HREF="http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/next.pl?ringid=rpghost;siteid=$::siteid" TITLE="Previous" target="_top">
<AREA COORDS="65,95,105,129" HREF="http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/next.pl?ringid=rpghost;siteid=$::siteid" TITLE="Next" target="_top">
<AREA COORDS="125,95,170,129" HREF="http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/skip.pl?ringid=rpghost;siteid=$::siteid;skip=5" TITLE="Next 5" target="_top">
<AREA COORDS="185,95,230,129" HREF="http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/rand.pl?ringid=rpghost;siteid=$::siteid" TITLE="Random" target="_top">
<AREA COORDS="250,95,295,129" HREF="http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/list.pl?ringid=rpghost;siteid=$::siteid" TITLE="List Sites" target="_top">
</MAP>
<IMG src="http://www.rpghost.com/gfx/rpgring.jpg" width="300" height="131" border="0" usemap="#RPGHOST">
</center>
Sample Join Form for Your Ring
<form method="post" action="http://www.rpggateway.com/cgi-bin/rpgring/newsite.pl">
<input type="hidden" name="routine" value="New site">
<input type="hidden" name="ringid" value="YOUR-RING-ID-HERE">
SITE TITLE:<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="45" maxlength="45" name="sitetitle" value=""><br>
DESCRIPTION: (max 150 characters)<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="65" maxlength="150" name="sitedesc" value=""><br>
KEYWORDS: (optional; max 150 characters)<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="45" maxlength="150" name="keywords" value=""><br>
SITE ENTRY URL:<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="45" name="entryURL" value="http://"><br>
HTML CODE URL: (where ring code is; leave blank if same as entry URL)<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="45" name="codeURL" value="http://"><br>
SITE ID: (letters and/or digits)<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="15" maxlength="15" name="siteid" value=""><br>
PASSWORD: (letters and/or digits)<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="15" maxlength="15" name="sitepw" value=""><br>
WEBMASTER NAME:<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="45" maxlength="45" name="wmname" value=""><br>
WEBMASTER EMAIL:<br>
<input class="text" type="text" size="45" name="wmemail" value=""><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"><br>
</form>
Variables:
These are variables that can be used in the customized code:
| $::ringtitle | Ring's title |
| $::ringURL | Ring's home page URL |
| $::logoURL | Ring's logo URL |
| $::siteid | Member Site's ID |
| $::sitetitle | Member Site's title |
| $::wmname | Webmaster name |
| $::wmemail | Webmaster email |
| $::sitedesc | Member Site's Description |
| $::keywords | Member Site's Keywords |
| $::entryURL | URL of the member site |
| $::codeURL | URL where webring code is located (blank if same as entryURL) |
| $::ringdesc | Ring's description |
| $::ringname | Ring owner's name |
| $::ringemail | Ring owner's email |
| $::logowidth | Ring's logo's width |
| $::logoheight | Ring's logo's height |