Canadian Queer Webring Home : Gay & Black Glossary

The Canadian Queer Ring links together websites that are proud to be Canadian and proud to be Queer. If you’re Queer and Canadian you’ll want to join this Ring! If you’re not familiar with the concept of Rings, check out the WebRing.com or my essay on webrings.

• This ring is open to all groups, organizations, services, directories, businesses, and individuals who are queer and Canadian. The ring showplaces the incredible variety in Canadian gay Life. The most important thing is to be honest about who you are.
• Pages promoting hatred, homophobia, racism or any other form of intolerance are not welcome. Pages should show respect for yourself, for the gay community and for the community at large.
• Your site should at least be viewable without ActiveX. ActiveX is too big a security risk to turn on generally. You might still use this tool to enhance your site, but visitors without it enabled should at least see something.
• Place your nav bar on the page most closely related to the webring topic, or on a page reserved for all your webrings. The URL you register at WebRing.com must be the exact page where your navbar is. If you put navbar somewhere else, the automated link-checking software won’t be able to find it and WebRing.com will automatically suspend your membership in the ring.
• Please validate the HTML on your website to make sure it contains no errors. Otherwise people who use a browser different from yours may not be able to see the fruits of your work. I suggest using a validator called HTMLValidator. Click to
   download a free copy.

• Please check that your own website works with all of these up-to-date-browsers:
  Click the corresponding browser icon to download the latest free browser software, or click the browser name for more information.
  	Firefox	10.0.1	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE (Java Runtime Environment). Its support of Java is erratic. Most widely supported next to IE. Many add-ins. Very fast rendering. Weak on table rendering. Best for printing.
  	SeaMonkey	2.7.1	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. Similar to Firefox, with integrated Email.
  	Opera	11.61	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. Cannot handle JavaScript Google AdSense ads. Otherwise fast and light. Accurate CSS. Often hangs when you exit.
  	Google Chrome	16.0.912.75	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. Frequently updated. Has no edit source button. Fast starting. Flaky supports of Applets and Java Web Start. Poor downloading. Handles foreign language sites particularly well.
  	Safari	5.1.2	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. For both Macs and PCs. Some rendering problems. Simple and stripped down.
  	IE9	9.0.8112,16421	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. Not recommended. This browser is hopeless at Java, especially the 64-bit version. Some websites will work with no other browser.
  	IE8	8.0.7601.17514	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. Out of spite, blocks Java unless you OK. It has many bugs and crashes frequently. Renders column classes correctly.
  	IE7	7.0.6000	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. It is pain to get Java Web Start working.
  	IE6	6.0.2800	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. Not secure.
  	Avant	2012:21	with the Java 1.7.0_02 JRE. It is a fast browser, especially at starting up. Has problems with JavaScript. Excellent at rendering and printing tables. It uses the Firefox rendering engine. Handles Applets, but has trouble with Java Web Start.
  	Oracle’s Java	1.7.0_02	JRE

• It costs nothing to belong to the ring. No ads will appear on your webpages.
• As ringmaster, I make the final decision on who gets in. The main reasons sites don’t get on the ring are:
  1. problems installing the nav bar.
  2. lack of a Canadian angle.
  3. website still under construction.
  4. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) that works only on one browser.
  5. People don’t have a website already.

1. Click join on the violet Canadian Queer Ring nav bar below. If for some reason you can’t see it, click here instead. The nav bar is the violet-rose bar with links to the next and previous sites on the ring. Just follow your nose.
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2. If you want more explicit help on joining, installing the nav bar, etc, see these instructions.