• Keeps Your Members On Your Site.
• Adds Valuable Content To Your Site
• Creates Repeat Visitors To Your Site
• Offers Your Site Free Publicity
• Offers your Site A Reciprocal Link
• Updates Automatically As We Add New Information
• Uses OUR Bandwidth To Display The Information and Images
• Helps Spread Quality Information

How It Works:

On the bottom of this page you will see 2 types of downloads. We offer 2 types of downloads as we are aware that some users prefer the .rar extension opposed to the .zip extension. These downloads contain the necessary files and instructions for adding the R.I.D directly to your website. All that is required from you is the ability to upload files to your server and the ability to add a link on your site to the file you have uploaded.
Within each type of download you will find that we have made it possible to add either an HTML version of the site or a PHP version of the site. This will allow users the ability to maintain the existing flow and coding of their site.
Within the instructions we offer various ways to add a link to the page you uploaded.

Reciprocal Link:

In order to gain the reciprocal link on the homepage of the R.I.D, you need to forward me an email with a link to the page where you have linked the file you uploaded on your site. THAT is the page we will link back to. If you try to hide the link on the site somewhere and expect us to link to your homepage, you are mistaken. We will only link to the page that contains the link to the uploaded file.
 Periodically we will check the validity of the links on the homepage to ensure that users have not removed the file in an attempt to gain a "free" reciprocal link. If we click your "Participating Sites Link", and find the link is no longer on that page, we will remove your sites link permanently from the R.I.D. If you move your link, you must contact us immediately so we can update the link you have on the homepage. Once a link has been removed, it will never be re-added. (We will ONLY add a reciprocal link to sites that deal with reptiles or invertebrates. If you own a computer forum/site and add the R.I.D, you will not receive a reciprocal link.)

Did you Add The R.I.D?

If you added the R.I.D and want to gain the reciprocal link on the homepage, please send an email using this form: Contact Us.  Please include the title, "R.I.D Reciprocal Link". The message should include a link to the page you have added the link to the uploaded file. After we have confirmed the link, and that it is working, we will add your site and send a return email informing you of its addition!

Limitations:

The only limitation that you have when adding the R.I.D to your site is that you can't claim the work as your own. The R.I.D is copyright protected by both the HC Network as well as the original author. Anyone who attempts to claim the information or site as their own will be prosecuted. This doesn't mean you need to inform your users that you have added this information from another source, it just means you can't claim it as your own.