I've set up one ring on WebRings and one ring on Ringsurf.
I thought I liked Ringsurf better, but it has been a few days now, and both seem to offer pluses and minuses.
WebRings has lots of annoying pop-ups. Yes, I realize it is a free service and the poor person (folks?) who run it need some way to help pay the bills. Nonetheless, it is annoying. I also thought their selection of site generated nav code was too limited, and I found the snippet it created too sloppy for my taste. On the plus side, they do allow you to use a page that they host for your ring home. WebRings also has some nice extras including polls, and easy e-mailing to ring members, and the ability to use HTML in the membership guidelines display.
While RingSurf does not offer a hosted ring home, it does provide a diverse library of pre-customized HTML to help you get your ring home set up quickly. It also gives you lots of easy options for creating your nav code. It too has mailing list management options. The site is lightning quick, but HTML is not allowed in the membership guidelines display.
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Posted by David at September 26, 2002 10:30 PM