RE: Release of Ringlink 1.1

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

Another Ring - more sites failing that don't seem like they should.
Other sites in this ring failed, but I realized that it was because they
were in frames, and the actual page with the HTML had to be in the HTML
field - I fixed that and they passed.
Site ID: 1 | Site title: The Ring of Cat Purrrfection Home Page
http://www.pamster.com/catpurrring.htm
- Invalid URL
Deactivate | Edit | Remove - Sushi & Java
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Site ID: sandj | Site title: Sushi & Java's Home Page
Site entry URL | HTML code URL
- Site entry URL is invalid
- HTML code URL is invalid
Deactivate | Edit | Remove - Sushi and Java
Site enry URL is http://www.pamster.com/catspage.htm
HTML code URL is http://www.pamster.com/WebRings.htm
Beta-tester extraordinare!!  ;-)
Pam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ringlinklist@1-host.com
> [mailto:owner-ringlinklist@1-host.com]On Behalf Of Pamster
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 9:11 PM
> To: ringlinklist@gunnar.cc
> Subject: RE: [ringlinklist] Release of Ringlink 1.1
>
>
>
> 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