New Ning Mobile Interface: Now in Ning Labs

[Eric Suesz]

We've been working hard on a brand-new version of your Ning Network's mobile interface. We're happy to say that we're now at a point where we are ready to put this in the Ning Labs section of your dashboard. You can turn it on and off if you want to try it out from there.

We still have some more work to do on this, and we'll keep posting in the Ning Beta Group as we make regular updates. 

Want to provide feedback? 

Join us in the Ning Beta Group, where we will do our best to answer any questions you may have about the new mobile interface. 

What's this all about? 

If this is the first you've heard of this mobile improvement project, check out this discussion for a bit of the back story. It also covers a few FAQs that people have asked us over time. 

[soaringeagle]

if u find my older sitemap discussions it will help alot and if u need help  let me know

and be sure to let me know how much the trafic increases  after u do

[Nicole Moulton]

Ok, I will look, try and let you know, thanks so much!

[soaringeagle]

eric..question about the new mobile site

what  if anything should be added to the robots.txt to control crawling

im assumming /m/signin /m/password/reset

what else if those arent blocked from crawling the bots aill get lost in thousands of duplicate pages

but it will really be helpful if u give us recomended additons to robots.txt

and im still trying to figure out the right settings for my sitemap crawler aswell

[Gary Bressem, Jr.]

Thank you NING! trying it :)

[Baller]

How do i add mobile ads? I just activated this but it's going to kill my ad numbers.

[Writer Chick {Diane}]

Is this still in beta?  I went to another Ning network and their mobile version looks totally different from mine.  So, I went to "Mobile" under My Network and ordered my landing pages, saved, and nothing happens.  My site still looks exactly as it did.  

Does it take a while for this to take effect or is it instantaneous?  Can someone check my site on their iPhone and see if it works for them and just not for me?  Do admins see the mobile version or do they see the site just like it is on a regular computer?  (cause that's what I see!)

http://freewritersandreaders.ning.com

[soaringeagle]

is your site private i try to look at the mobile page (omn pc by typing m after url) and it asks me to sign in

its in beta u gotta go to beta activate it then  set up the pages and save..then it will be active

[Writer Chick {Diane}]

Mine is Public/Main Page Only. 

I have Mobile Web enabled in My Ning labs, and have had since the beginning. I've also gone to the Mobile section and set up the pages and saved them. 

I still see my network on my iPhone exactly as it looks on my laptop.  When I type in the pc version (/m) on my laptop, I see it the way the mobile is supposed to look.  So, why isn't it working on my iPhone??

Even if my site is Public/Main Page Only, shouldn't signed in members (including me) get that mobile version on our phones, too???

Oh, and I just typed in my site URL on my iPhone and added the /m to it and I see the mobile version fine.  Does everyone have to type that /m or they don't see it??? 

I'm sooooooooooooooo confused.

[Verna D]

It doesn't automatically reroute to the m site on my iPad either

[soaringeagle]

ipads default to destop view not mobile they are more like as computer then a phone

[Scott Bishop]

On your iphone, clear your cookies, cache & history then try it again.

[Writer Chick {Diane}]

Well, do I feel like a dumbo.

That worked wonderfully, Scott.  Can you believe I never even thought of having to clear cache on my phone.  So....can they get viruses, too?  Just a scary thought, since I have no idea if iPhones have virus protection. (As you can tell, I'm a smart phone newbie. LOL)