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Original Ring of Romance

romance n. 1. Medieval tale, usually in verse, of some hero of chivalry. 2. Prose, or rarely verse tale, with settings and incidents remote from everyday life; class of literature consisting of such tales; episode, love affair, etc., suggesting such tale by its strangeness or moving nature; romantic or imaginative character or quality.

Brief History about Ring of Romance
The ORIGINAL Ring of Romance, a largest group of sites related to the world of romance, was established at Webring.Org sometime prior to 31 DEC 1996. Jon Sternoff and Jenny Richard were the original Co-Managers of this Ring for a few years until Yahoo/Webring (Y!WR) merger was launched on 05 SEPT 2000. A few months prior to the Y!WR merger, the Ring had over 400 romantic-related sites. When Yahoo took over the Webring.Org, the Ring had 250+ sites under its previous ringmaster. This Ring was abandoned for about 6 months before I took over this ring as its new RingMaster and Owner on 10 MAR 2001. It was once hosted by RingSurf for little more than a year, but it didn't work out. So, on 21 JUL 2002, it was transferred to Webring to get more traffic on the Net. At the same time, this Ring's title has been renamed as Original Ring of Romance because this Ring seems to be the oldest romantic webring.

To be eligible to join this Ring, your site or page must be related to romance through poetry, stories, novels, fan fiction, thoughts, family, details of your own romance, graphics, postcards, Valentine's Day celebration, or any other suitable form.

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Requirements to qualify for this ring:
* Your homepage must be dedicated to/about romance through poetry, stories, novels, fan fiction, thoughts, family, details of your own romance, graphics, postcards, Valentine's Day celebration, or any other suitable form. Not just links to the other romantic sites.

* Both personal and commercial homepages, including types of profitable or charitable sites, are acceptable as long as they have romantic contents on their sites. NO e-groups or mailing lists (ex. YahooGroups, SmartGroups, MSN-EGroups, etc.) will be admitted to this Ring.

* Your romantic site MUST be YEAR ROUND accessible (open) only.

* Absolutely, NO XXX-rated pornographic photos (pictures) nor promotion of illegal activities (i.e. spams) on any site allowed in this Ring! Also, links of adult sites containing XXX-rated pornographic photos are prohibited from this Ring.

Exceptional Notice:
--} The fan fiction sites containing adult content in some stories are acceptable in this Ring, as long as they pertain to romance and DON'T include pornographic pictures on the sites. However, YOU as a site owner are fully responsible to provide the WARNING notice on your romantic fan fiction site that is not suitable for all readers.
--} The artwork exhibition sites containing non-explicit nude photos are also acceptable in this Ring, as long as they pertain to romance and DON'T include pornographic pictures on the sites. However, YOU as a site owner are fully responsible to provide the WARNING notice on your romantic artwork exhibition site that is not suitable for all viewers.

* NO "own/managed" webrings (i.e. ring homepages) will be admitted to this ring as a member.

* NO "advertising" dating service sites will be admitted to this ring as a member. (NEW - 15 OCT 2006)

Rules for this Ring's Navigation/HTML Code:
* Before adding your site to this Ring, you must place the navigation or HTML code on your registered page, where should be pointed through this Ring.

If you wish to use the HTML coding version instead of javascript navigation code or SSNB, please follow the steps:
1) Login to Webring with your required Webring ID at http://dir.webring.com/rw.
2) Click on My Rings at the left-side top bar of your screen.
3) Click on Your Ring Memberships on the left-side column of your screen.
4) Click on your site's title besides "Original Ring of Romance".
5) Click on Get Navigation Code on the left-side column of your screen.
6) Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage, past the box of the javascript navigation code.
7) Click on the word here, where it says Members who wish to use the HTML version of this nav bar should go here.
8) From there, you will find the HTML coding customized for your site that you can copy and paste on to your registered page.

* If you place the navigation or HTML code on your "WEBRING" page, please provide a required link(s) to your romance-related index/main site.

* NO auto-direct link (or automatic transportation) from your registered page (where this Ring's code is placed on) to another webpage allowed. This Ring's code MUST be visible on your registered page completely.

* For any romance-related site with frames, you must place the navigation or HTML code on the "main" or "webring-type" site, where should be pointed through this Ring.

* For V3 redirect links (ex. http://come.to/username) users, you MUST use the real URL where is pointed by ring AND has this ring's navigation or HTML code on. Also, please ensure to provide a required link to your "V3-redirect" romance-related site.

* You have only 7 days (from your submission's date) to place the navigation or HTML code on your registered page. Otherwise, your site will be automatically deleted from Queue, and you'll have to reapply for this ring's membership.

* As of 05 APR 2004, Pass_L is NOT accepted in this Ring. Yes, it is considered as Fail.

MOST IMPORTANT to Remember: If you have any questions or problems on the webring issues or are new to the Webring community, you are strongly urged to visit the Webring Users Guide and Webring FAQs websites. Sorry, I, RingMaster, cannot help you on any of the webring problems, including navigation code, due to my time limitations. Thank you for understanding.

IMPORTANT NOTES: As a RingMistress, I retain my FULL AUTHORITY to determine whether any site is approved, denied, suspended, or deleted upon based this ring. If any site in Ring or Queue/Pending does not comply with any of the guidelines above, it will promptly be removed or suspended at the sole discretion of the RingMistress. I reserve to edit any member site's URL where the navigation/HTML code is placed on.

WARNING NOTICE on 01 FEB 2007: There is a new issue that has been brought to my attention concerning "One-Way Site" problems. You ask, what does “One-Way Site” mean? It means that one of the Webring.Com staff manually dares to review a member site and determines the member site as the “One Way” site. “One-Way Site” is obviously FAILed, although your navigation code script on your registered page is correct and should be passed. Unfortunately, as a result of the “One Way” installation, your site is ONCE taken traffic away from ALL rings you belong to AND will NEVER bring traffic back to the rings. “One-Way Site” issue is one of the Webring.Com’s override privileges that NO RingMaster (including myself) can assist any member with this problem. Since I (RingMaster) have no control of any "One-Way Site" issues, any "One-Way" site in this Ring is subject to be suspended from the Ring at anytime. Sorry, but I have no other choice about this horrible problem. Please click here for further information about the “One-Way Site” term.

Rule Guideline's last revision on 01 FEB 2007

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