Leeds Blogs

Changing your site design?

To maintain the ring feature of the group whereby visitors can easily navigate between sites in the group, regular checks are undertaken to ensure the correct HTML code appears on each site.  A number of sites failed this check recently, and emails were sent to the members concerned today.  If refreshing the design or content of your site, please remember to keep the group HTML code on the relevant page of your site.

For members prior to November 2009

A number of the members in the group are still publishing the old, pre-migration HTML code on their sites. The links in the old code refer to ‘ringsurf’, rather than our new ring management provider.  Emails have been sent to the members concerned, but if you’ve not received a message and your links refer to ringsurf, please get in touch to obtain your new code.

ActionAid is a unique partnership of people who are fighting for a world without poverty, in which every person can exercise their right to a life of dignity.  ActionAid works with poor and marginalised people to help eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it.

The city of Leeds has more ActionAid child sponsors per head than anywhere else in the UK. They are holding two special events this month to say thank you, and everyone is welcome to come along.

ActionAid Festival, Briggate on 17th & 18th October
A thrilling mixture of food, culture, music and dance from around the globe.

Yorkshire Walks the World, Roundhay Park on 25th October
Stretch your legs and step into the shoes of children who need our help most with this fun and educational family walk.

The following message was sent to all members of Leeds Blogs

I emailed members in February regarding major changes made to the ring management provided by RingSurf.  Much of the useful functionality provided by RingSurf was lost, including the ability to navigate between different sites in the ring.  Furthermore, RingSurf pages now seem to contain so much prominent advertising that it’s become a very difficult site to use.

In order to ensure our group continues to grow and thrive, we’re moving to an alternative ring management provider.  I’ve chosen alt-webring.com, a free service without advertising that has all the functionality we’re looking for.

I intend to migrate member blogs to the new ring over the course of the next ten days.  When your blog is migrated, you’ll receive an email confirming your details. Following the link in the email will allow you to update any of your details.  The email will also contain your new ring HTML code, which should replace the existing ring HTML code on your blog.  I’m hoping we’ll all be done and dusted by 11th October, when I’ll activate all member blogs that have been migrated and have updated the ring HTML code.

If you don’t wish to be migrated, please contact me now.  If you’re migrated and no longer wish to be part of the ring, you can remove yourself from the ring by following the link in the email.

This migration coincides with a new look for the Leeds Blogs website at http://leedsblogs.co.uk.  We’re going to make better use of our website and our twitter feed, and we’re launching a Facebook page too.  If you’ve any suggestions on how we can do this, I’d be delighted to hear from you.

Regards,

Paul

Leeds Blogs

Before joining the group, please read these guidelines.  They’re in place to ensure that the group works for everyone.  If you’ve any questions on these guidelines, please email us.

To qualify for the the group, a blog needs to be written by someone over 14 years of age, living or working in Leeds, Bradford, West Yorkshire or the surrounding area (such as Harrogate or York, for example).  We use this definition of a blog, which is extended to allow photo journals.   We exclude blogs:

• with sexual content,
• with offensive (racist etc) content, or content likely to cause offence,
• that offer, describe or solicit illegal products or services,
• that are primarily commercial in nature.

These guidelines are in addition to the terms of service and privacy policy of the group operator, alt-webring.  We use these guidelines to assess each application to join, but we reserves the right to grant or deny each application as we deem appropriate.

Once in the group, blog owners commit to:

• keep the information supplied to us about their blog accurate and up-to-date, including a valid working email address,
• place the group HTML code on the page they specified to us within 48 hours of joining the group,
• ensure that the group HTML code is always present on the page specified to us,
• update their blog on a reasonably frequent basis.

We contact members who don’t keep these commitments.  We reluctantly remove blogs from the group where we’re unable to get owners to comply with them.

We reserve the right to, at any time:

• refuse applications to join the group,
• remove blogs from the group,
• edit the information supplied to us about a blog by the blog owner,
• contact blog owners by email, although this will typically only occur where contact is required to maintain the group,
• temporarily or permanently suspend the group,
• move the group to a different group operator,
• change these guidelines.

We promise not use any information supplied to us for any purpose other than maintaining the group.

Now you’ve read the guidelines, apply to join the group.  By doing so, you’re accepting the guidelines and agree to keep the commitments as described above.