rootring

rooted in blogs, linked in a ring

Platform guides

Substack

Best placement: A dedicated public ring page is the clearest and most reliable setup.

This replaces YOUR-SITE in the examples on this page.

Substack usually does not support arbitrary site-wide HTML injection like Ghost or Squarespace. The clearest and most reliable setup is a dedicated public page for your webring links.

Option A: Dedicated webring page (recommended)

  1. Create a public page called Webring.
  2. Add the links below to that page.
  3. Link that page from your homepage or navigation if possible.
  4. Replace YOUR-SITE with that page URL if that is the page rootring should use.
  5. If verification should use that page, set your Ring page URL to it in rootring.

Option B: Homepage links

  1. Go to Settings → Website.
  2. Find Homepage links and click Edit.
  3. Add four links: Prev, Random, Next, and Directory, using the URLs below.
  4. Replace YOUR-SITE with your Substack homepage URL.
  5. Save, then check your homepage.

Need a different look?

Once you know where the links should live, you can use a more styled version from the snippet gallery.

Copyable links

Replace YOUR-SITE with the URL rootring should use for your blog. Usually this is your homepage. If your ring links live on a separate public page, use that page URL instead. 

Prev:      https://rootr.ing/prev?site=YOUR-SITE
Random:    https://rootr.ing/random
Next:      https://rootr.ing/next?site=YOUR-SITE
Directory: https://rootr.ing/directory

Notes

Homepage links may only appear on the homepage depending on your layout. A dedicated public page is often the most reliable option.