Why isn the Meccano Web Ring part of the Webring.org system?
Like the majority of web rings on the Internet, the Meccano Web Ring was initially located on Webring.org. When Webring.org was taken over by Yahoo in September 2000, they introduced many unpopular changes to the system. For instance, every ring member had to obtain a Yahoo ID, and all sites were eventually expected to carry Yahoo’s own navigation bar. These and other disastrous ‘improvements’ resulted in many ringmasters moving their rings to other systems. At that time, Meccano Ring members voted unanimously to remove the Meccano Web Ring from Yahoo and transfer it to another system – any other system! As the other public web ring systems were slowly grinding to a halt due to the mass exodus from Yahoo, I decided to install the necessary script handlers on the Meccanoweb server, and set up a dedicated private web ring system. Although this was the most difficult option (by far!) it does have the advantage of providing long-term stability and immunity from banner advertising and futur
