blog: a short form of "web log"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs

 If you want to customize the size of the webring banner to fit on the side bar of a blog, do check out this page, a bit of HTML knowledge will be helpful.  These are ways to link to the web ring that doesn't use Java script, which some free sites won't let you use.

http://home.dejazzd.com/androb/wrug/html/codes.html

Some bloggers put webring links in one line text, on the side bar, down at the bottom.

http://shufflingchunks.blogspot.com/

Some bloggers put the full banner at the bottom of the home page.

http://callingcarolyns.blogspot.com/

Because I volunteer at CITY-Computers I've explored different blogs and there's one where you can change the "skin" or the "look" of your blog and that's the "Opera" community. It's free.

http://my.opera.com/AuntyAlias/blog/

There's my Opera Blog, it's San Francisco focused

 

When I click "Help" and then click "Customize" then click "How to make an Opera skin"

http://my.opera.com/community/dev/skin/

 

I'm just learning about doing just that but it stands to reason that if you can create a "skin" for a free blog, then you can add a web ring banner to that skin. It's still something that's a theory, but it does offer another option.

 

There's another free blog site "E-Blogger"

http://www.blogger.com/start

 

I know that one can put in a web ring banner on the side bar, it's usually in simple text, but there's a lot of Blog Webrings and here's a page of a bunch of them.

http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/Web_Rings/

 

Here's another page that discusses different types of blogs. What one needs to find is a blog where the template can be adjusted to add things like banners. Most times free blogs don't allow template alterations. But that can be worked around by placing the web ring banner as a "sticky post" and that's a post that is always at the top of the blog, no matter what else gets added.

 

http://weblogs.about.com/od/weblogsoftwareandhosts/a/topfreeblogs.htm

"Top Free Blog Software / Hosting for Bloggers
Blogs seem to be popping up everywhere on the Web. With so many free blog software and hosts available, it can be downright confusing. And, one of the most common questions is: "What are the best free blog software or systems out there?" So, if you're one of those looking for the best free blog platforms available, here are some of the most recommended free blog systems. "

 

Flickr photo storage is my current favorite because one can load a picture in Flickr and then send it to their blog.

http://www.flickr.com/

There's even a webring for blogs that Flickr

http://t.webring.com/hub?ring=blogsthatflickr

This page is just the start of the exploration of what can be done with blogs, webrings and other friendly photo storage sites like Flickr.