Tech and Magic Webring: Workaround for Un-editable Sites

In order for a webring to work, everyone in the ring needs to display the same code that allows the sites to link together. If you publish your work on sites like Webtoon that don't allow customization, this is a problem. If you can't edit your site, the ring breaks when someone lands on your page. How can this be solved?

Ideally, you should have your own website that you can edit as you please, but I know this isn't always accessible or easy for everyone to do. (But if you are interested in trying, you should make a free Neocities account and experiment with simple HTML! It's pretty easy to pick up.)

Here's my workaround for joining Tech and Magic without a site you can edit:

Essentially, you'll need to make a placeholder page you can edit. This sounds like it might be difficult, but I've done the hard work for you. I recommend making an account with Neocities, which is free. Then follow these steps:

  1. Once you've made your account, from your Dashboard, edit the file called index.html
  2. You'll see a bunch of code. Don't panic! Find the line near the top that looks like this, near line 6:
    <title>The web site of [your user name]</title>

    You can change the stuff between the title tags to say whatever you want. This is what shows up at the top of your browser, or in the tab title, when you're viewing the real page. You should name it something to do with your webcomic or other content. Just don't change the title tags themselves, or your page will break.
  3. Next, further down the page, you'll see some sample code that can get you started. If you're comfortable, you can edit this yourself. Otherwise, go to the next step.
  4. If you want to use my sample code, select everything from lines 13 to 30 and delete it. That's everything between the body tags:
    <body></body>

    Again, don't edit the body tags themselves, or your page will break.
  5. In between the body tags, paste the
<strong>FOO</strong>

To learn more HTML/CSS, check out these tutorials!