If you want to bring more visitor traffic to your Catholic web or
blog site, you can register as a member of one of the webrings we
manage through WebRing.com Just visit our
Catholic and Ecumenical
WebRing Network page and choose the webring which fits the Catholic
theme of your web or blog site.
Catholic Webring Development - Catholic Webring Mastering
Introduction to webrings
Webring.com's system links sites in a "ring" through a navigation
bar. Their system started with web 1.0 technology, but they also have
upgraded and have become part of the
web 2.0 technology environment.
To obtain additional visitor traffic to your Catholic site and blog, you can
join one of the Catholic webrings we manage through Webring.com.
Joining our Catholic webring network
Joining a webring is a challenging learning process,
especially if one is beginning to learn to develop a Catholic
web site and blog. There is a need to know the language of the WebRing:
HTML and Javascript. To join a webring, the
first step is to give the title of your Catholic web site, the URL,
and a short description of the site. The second step involves placing
the navigation code (given in javascript by Webring.com) in the webpage you
registered for a specific webring. This navigation code you place in
your Catholic web page, will link your site with all the member sites
of the webring. Within this webring, you can navigate to other member
web sites who also have the same navbar (navigation bar) as you have.
You can start joining one of the Catholic webrings we manage
by scrolling down this page to the navigation bar presented below.
Click on the link that says "join this ring" and register your Catholic site.
If you need assistance, do not hesitate to ask Webring.com's support or e-mail
us for any information you need to know.
Learning about navigation codes and navigation bars
After joining a Catholic webrings, you will find webring
giving positive results to your web development. You may then want to start
a webring of your own. As you decide to do so, you can learn many
ways of customizing the navigation bar of the webring. The navigation
code of a webring can be customized according to one's aesthetical
preference. Many ringmasters are able to come up with really excellent and
wonderful designs for their navigation bars. This is also one way of
attracting members to the webring - when the navigation bar is aesthetically
pleasing and attractive. Being part of a Catholic webring, and creating a Catholic
webring of your own, is a very rewarding learning experience. We learn
more about HTML, javascript and the other major elements of web site design.
Requirement to create a Catholic webring
Since one of the minimum requirements in starting a Catholic webring is the
presence of three Catholic web sites, one technique that can be done
to meet the requirement is to place three of your own web sites and blogs
(on free hosting accounts) in the Catholic webring you create. This way,
the Catholic webring is founded immediately, the theme is expressed well
through the presence of your three Catholic web sites, and the webring is
stable enough to be joined by other Catholic web site owners and bloggers.
To get into this venture with www.webring.com,
you can start basic and simple. There are many
hosting companies that give free web site accounts with advertisements
placed in their webpages. If you do not mind the pop-ads and the banner
advertisements that come with the free web site hosting, then this would
be good for a start. You need not search for free web host services if
you do not know of any, because webring.com also started their own free
web hosting service.
Importance of remaining faithful to Catholic teachings when venturing
into Catholic webring development
The official web site of the Catholic Church is the Vatican
website at www.vatican.va.
There are other websites by Catholic organizations, parishes, schools,
institutes, and congregations. They are also official in their links
with the diocese they belong to. There are many Catholic web sites that
use the term Catholic in their web sites. A Vatican document sees this
in a discriminating light since it cannot guarantee and assure all
visitors and the internet public that these Catholic web sites are
faithful to the teachings of the Church. For the common lay faithful who
feel the call to make the Gospel known through witnessing on the Net,
fidelity to the Church's teachings can be safegaurded, if Catholics meet
the ethical standards for the use of the Net in evangelization.
Catholic site owners can be guided through the documents given in the
Vatican web site, through current information given by Catholic news sites
such as Zenit.org, and EWTN.
Three important documents on Church and Internet
For those who feel called to respond to the call to witness Christ
on the Web, the Church issued two documents on the internet:
"The Church and Internet" and "Ethics in Internet". This was released
by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Moreover, there
are the the World Communications Day Message of John Paul II and Benedict
XVI to guide us in the use of the internet. These are short documents, but
very appealing, encouraging and motivating.
Accepting members in one's Catholic webring
When you have joined a Catholic webring and also decide
to begin one of your own, a good rule and principle to follow when it
comes to accepting members in the webring, is to be open (except for
applicants who really are not in line with the theme of the webring).
On the Net, everything is interconnected. Each web site is as much
connected to other web sites. If we accept members who
generally follow a conservative spirit in both design and content,
then this would help build Catholic webrings that are in line
with the thinking of the Church.
Join our Catholic webring network as a start
To get more visitor traffic to your Catholic web site or blog, you can join
one of our Catholic webrings for starters. We have a list of Catholic-themed,
ecumenically-themed, or secularly-themed webrings for you to choose
from. You can check out these webrings and their descriptions at
Catholic and Ecumenical WebRing Network. Choose the webring which
fits the theme of your Catholic web site and blog. Some of these Catholic
webrings are listed below:
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