Add Profile Picture via iPhone?

[Anna Ewing]

Hi there

I've had several members complain about not being able to add profile pictures via their iPhone. I can do it via Blackberry but generally the compatibility of Ning with iPhone seems to be lacking.

Does anyone know if it's possible to add a profile picture directly via the iPhone or iPad?

Thanks

Anna 

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi Anna,

Web sites don't have access to the image library on devices like the iPhone or iPad or most Android devices. This is not a limitation of the site, but of the device, and it's there as a security precaution. It's not something that we can make available. We have a mechanism for adding photos to networks using email, but we don't provide an option for making the image a profile photo currently.

Thanks,
Phil 

[Anna Ewing]

Thanks for the reply Phil, I really appreciate it. It's strange that it works via my Blackberry.

Would this be a possible consideration for a future roadmap? To be able to mark a photo uploaded to email to be set as a profile pic? Perhaps if it were titled with a particular name or something (I'm not sure on the logistics)?

Whilst I have your ear....in the same vein re. iPhone compatibility - is it possible to make it so the mobile version of Ning does not show when visited via iPhone - i.e. to make it so by default it shows the full version only? It's just the limited Ning version as it stands isn't a good representation of the full site and is confusing members.

Thanks

Anna

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi Anna,

This might be possible in a future update, but there are some more fundamental aspects of the emailing-in service we would need to address first.

A new mobile web version of networks is on the way; that should address most of the issues with the current mobile version. There isn't a way to turn it off at this time.

Thanks,
Phil