RE: Release of Ringlink 1.1

["Pamster" <pam@pamster.com>]

Tried the site checker - 216 sites in the ring - 100 sites failed...  :-(
I only checked for "Next" link, cause I thought it might not take so long to
check if that's all it was checking.  I had changed the URLS for the sites
so that the html & entrance URLs were the same...
Some sites that failed that should have passed:
Site ID: bubblybabs | Site title: BubblyBabs
http://www.bubblybabs.com/sgm/index.html
- Invalid URL
Site ID: sgmpage | Site title: Sister Java's Dedication Page
 http://www.pamster.addr.com/sogmdedication.htm
- Invalid URL
Site ID: fawnna | Site title: Fawnna's World of Beauty
 http://www.futurecomputers.net/fawnna/sgm.html
- Invalid URL
Site ID: Sevie | Site title: Everything and a Kite
 http://sevie.homepage.com/
- Next-link missing or incorrect
Site ID: 17 | Site title: New Art
http://members.fortunecity.com/princess_elki1/newart.html
- Next-link missing or incorrect
Site ID: asthma | Site title: Surviivng Asthma
http://www.survivingasthma.com/webrings.htm
- Invalid URL
Site ID: 1212 | Site title: Autumn's Leaves
Site entry URL | HTML code URL
- Next-link missing or incorrect
http://geocities.com/autumnsleavez/webrings.html
Site ID: 777 | Site title: Peaches' Place
http://members.aol.com/Oklady43/webrings.html
- HTML code URL is invalid
Does it mess the checker up if the same URL is in both URL fields?
I got lots more if you want them..  but this is a selection.
Pam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ringlinklist@1-host.com
> [mailto:owner-ringlinklist@1-host.com]On Behalf Of Gunnar Hjalmarsson
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 6:56 AM
> To: ringlinklist@gunnar.cc
> Subject: [ringlinklist] Release of Ringlink 1.1
>
>
>
> Ringlink 1.1 is available for download. This version of Ringlink
> includes a site validation checker. The checker is still a BETA feature,
> and there is a need for more extensive testing than has been
> accomplished so far. Nevertheless, the checker will be an important tool
> to make it more easy to run large rings with Ringlink.
>
> Other news are:
>
> - an option not to use sendmail when sending email messages
>
> - a tool in "Ring admin" for reordering the sites on a random basis
>   or sort them by site title.
>
> Site validation checker
> -----------------------
>
> The checker is started in "Ring admin" by the ringmaster. It goes
> through the active sites, and the sites which fail are listed on the
> screen.
>
> Accordingly
>
> - there is no option to schedule the checker to run automatically
>
> - the checker does not deactivate sites, it only makes a
>   "diagnosis".
>
> The checker looks for Ringlink links on the page that loads via the HTML
> code URL. There is no need to let it be confused by frames; the HTML
> code URL should simply refer to the actual page where the code is
> located. The fact, that the site entry URL and the HTML code URL are
> registered separately, also means that the checker can be a useful tool
> even to those ringmasters who permit the site owners to put the code
> somewhere but on the entry page.
>
> Like I said, this is a BETA version of the checker, and I look forward
> to your reports on how it works for you. Please post your observations
> about sites that fail but should have passed, and vice versa. Don't
> forget to post the URLs.
>
> New option for sending email messages
> -------------------------------------
>
> Ringlink 1.1 does not need sendmail to send email messages. This is
> possible through a Perl module called Mail::Sender, which is included in
> the Ringlink distribution. I got a tip about it from Joe Casadonte, the
> ringmaster for PerlRing and a new Ringlink user. Thanks, Joe, for
> letting me know!
>
> There are two important advantages with this method to send email
> messages:
>
> - sendmail is not installed on all servers. This is particularly
>   often true for NT servers.
>
> - When a message is sent to an invalid address, the return message
>   goes to the sender, i.e. the ringmaster if it's a site owner's
>   address that fails. It's more difficult to control the recipient
>   of the deliverables when using sendmail.
>
> There is one limitation, though. Mail::Sender doesn't work if the SMTP
> server is qmail. If this is the case for you, you have the option to
> continue to send the messages via sendmail.
>
> You choose the email sending method in the rlconfig.pm file. Please
> note that rlconfig.pm includes a new variable: $smtpserver
>
> Note also that there are three new files in the distribution due to
> Mail::Sender, and they shall be located in two subdirectories to the
> 'lib' directory. The subdirectory names shall be the exact names as are
> stated in the README.TXT file.
>
> Reordering tool
> ---------------
>
> You can opt between a random reordering or a sort by site title. It's
> done by the ringmaster in "Ring admin". However, if you prefer to
> schedule a ring to be automatically reordered on a random basis, there
> is a separate script available at
> http://rachelle.net/ringlink/additions/ which can be called from cron.
>
> / Gunnar