"Your limit of 2 moderators on the gateway plan is overly restrictive. The one place in my work that I see left for using Ning networks is for professional association organizations. I won't be doing those anymore unless I know I can have a…"

"Confirms my decision earlier this month, for my business networks, to go to a software solution that is open source, white-label, secure, and where I could host my networks myself. I'll probably still use Ning for the occasional professional…"

"Yep, it's pretty slick. I don't plan on doing any mods myself. Mainly because it wasn't a great use of my time to do that here on Ning, figuring out what CSS/HTML needed to be squeezed into the two boxes we have available to make…"

"You mean its proprietary, but you are able to modify the source of your own purchased copy, correct? "

"BTW, I'm moving my networks to another social network platform, SocialEngine. It's proprietary, but open source, and has a robust developers community it supports. SSL/HTTPS is drop-dead easy because I have it hosted myself."

"Very."

"You can't use SSL for your own domain that is hosted on Ning. If you are using a yournetwork.ning.com domain you can use their SSL because their cert is for *.ning.com. That being said, SSL won't prevent spammers from spoofing your email…"

"If Ning took member privacy seriously, they would implement SSL for sure. Having said that, you could always try redirecting a domain within a domain and see if that works out. Or simply add a sub domain within your domain and have your network be…"

"PS: Does anyone find it interesting that Ning's Forum sign up is SSL certified, yet their customer's pages, built on Ning platforms, are not?"

"Eric & Jeff, Mind if I join in? I'm a real newbie to Ning. Just recently two of my members said they got an email from a scammer posing as my network. I'm still waiting to get that email forwarded to me, in order to see how it was…"

"James & Terry, the advantages are there - that's why I've been using it for several years. But for my new projects I learned too late both that HTTPS security was mission-critical and that Ning can't do it. So Mr. Bean is going…"

"I sent you a PM"

" A year and a half later, the latest word from Eric if you're wondering whether to expect HTTPS security from Ning? The short answer is "Don't." Here's Eric's comment for the longer version."

"Soaringeagle, thought you might be interested in the latest word from Eric on whether to expect HTTPS security from Ning? The short answer is "Don't." Here's Eric's comment for the longer version."

"Ron, here's the word: in short, HTTPS ain't never gonna happen. Here's Eric's comment for the longer version."

"Well, here's about just the most final-kind-of word you can get from Ning: seeEric's comment to my discussion in the main forum. No plans to implement security. Doesn't sound like it's even close to their business model. Miles,…"