JOIN MILBLOGS

[Mrs Greyhawk]

GUIDELINES
MilBlogs is open to any blog operated by a current Active Duty, Guard or Reserve member of the US military. Veterans, spouses, or other close relatives of eligible participants are also welcome IF a significant amount of their content is devoted to military issues. Sites devoted to military issues but not operated by people in the above described categories may also be considered for membership. Non-blog web sites are also eligible if they meet the same criteria. Non military sites are not left out. You're invited to join our "Friends of MilBlogs" Blogroll. This however is not part of the Ring but a way to show your support.

One purpose of the MilBlogs Ring is to promote awareness of the individuality and humanity of the members of the US Armed Forces. Members are aware of the liklihood of difference of opinions between fellow members, and although we may not agree with each other on everything we say we will fight for the rights of each other to say it.

We mean that literally.

To join MilBlogs Ring fill out form at bottom of this page. This will register you with Ringsurf. You should receive an email shortly therafter, with username and password info. You'll then need to login to Ringsurf as Ring Member to retrieve your ring code (It is case sensitive). Place this directly under your chosen Milblog Banner on front page of you blog, either in the sidebar or footer.

You can go here to our Banner Page to pick out a banner [do a save as]. Once banner w/ link to MilBlog's home : (http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs) and html code that formulate the ring are in place, we can accept your membership. If you need help with this contact Mrs G (MilBlog Ring Manager)

Note: if Blogspot hosts your blog and you cannot upload pictures to your site go here for link to hosted MilBlog banner (default banner only). Bloggerbot hosts pics for blogger customers for free

The "roster" will be in order of member ID #

The webmaster will initially determine qualification of a site requesting inclusion on this ring. Once a sufficient number of members has been obtained a quorum can be used for review of any disputed applications. Said quorum will reach a decision by majority vote.

Additional rules can be developed as needed. But hey, this ain't the military, okay?

Support the troops!

Here's how:

Saving to your computer any of our Friends of MilBlog banners on a sidebar area of your weblog or web page then link image to this URL:

http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs/

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PLEASE DO NOT FILL OUT THE MILBLOGS RINGSURF APPLICATION, THIS IS FOR MILITARY ONLY (See criteria above)

Note: if Blogspot hosts your blog and you cannot upload pictures to your site go here for link to hosted Friends of MilBlog banners. Bloggerbot hosts pics for blogger customers for free

Then email greyhawk at mudvillegazette dot com or leave a comment here advising us you've linked with banner. We'll include you on our "Friends of MilBlogs" blogroll. (Yes - you can make your own banner if you prefer, we only ask that you use the text "Friend of MilBlogs". Let us know if you do, maybe others will prefer it too.) PLEASE DO NOT FILL OUT THE MILBLOGS RINGSURF APPLICATION, THIS IS FOR MILITARY ONLY (See criteria above)

------------------A few sample banners----------------

Please do not hotlink these banners. We make special exceptions for deployed soldiers with e-mail permission.

The original/default MilBlog banner

See our full selection of banners here.

These are the original/default banners for "Friends of MilBlogs"

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IMPORTANT NOTE:
The section below here is the entry form to submit your site to MilBlogs. Once you fill out this form you must then use the password you created (case sensitive) to login to Ringsurf and retrieve your ring code. You should recieve an email shortly after filling this form out with the login information needed.
If you need help with this contact Mrs G (MilBlog Ring Manager) and she will gladly assist you.

MilBlog Ring's Criteria

MilBlogs is open to any blog operated by a current Active Duty, Guard or Reserve member of the US military. Veterans, spouses, or other close relatives of eligible participants are also welcome if a significant amount of their content is devoted to military issues. Sites devoted to military issues but not operated by people in the above described categories may also be considered for membership. Non-blog web sites are also eligible if they meet the same criteria.

An obvious additional requirement for inclusion is you must post the MilBlogs banner links somewhere on your site's front page along with ringsurf code. Make your own, or go here to our banner page and download one of ours. Save banner image to your computer. Upload to your page and replace the "Insert banner image here" portion of the code. You will have 48 hours from the time you request membership to complete the needed steps. If you have not your request will be deleted and you will have to re-submit for consideration.

Websites not eligible for inclusion herein who wish to support this effort are encouraged to download and post the Friend of MilBlogs image as a link to our home page :
(http://mudvillegazette.com/milblogs).

No endorsement or approval of this activity by the DoD or any component thereof is implied.

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