"Thanks SP,
Jobthread looks like a job-board to which advertisers send their adverts, so potentially good as an income earner for a ning network.... but in my case I want my members to post their own job offers and requests. I have been doing this…"
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Will I be able to merge my 2.0 site with a 3.0 site that I am building now?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Patrick Chappelle May 19. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
I ask this question because I don't remember seeing an answer to this anywhere.Sandbox sites are just sandboxes. I expect to throw mine away eventually. But what if a Ning 2.0 site owner seriously…Continue
Tags: 3.0, 2.0, Ning, merge, transition
Patent this? A swipe movement for search on touch-screen devices using Ning 3.0
Started Apr 23 0 Replies 0 Favorites
If Ning 3.0 is gearing up for mobile devices with touch screens, what are the possibilities for new ways of doing search?An easily remembered swipe movement for search would be a circle with a dot in…Continue
How can we make our play in the sandbox more purposeful?
Started Apr 11 0 Replies 0 Favorites
I have a sandbox. I have been playing in it. But how to play effectively?This could depend on the big unknown of how the transitions from Ning 2.0 to Ning 3.0 will be engineered.Please note, I am not…Continue
Tags: forums, groups, categories, pages, notes
Better search options can and do exist (the quest for search power continues)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Peter Matthews Apr 25. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
Previously I have claimed that there is no social networking platform that takes internal search seriously.I should eat my words, though not entirely.Linked In (L.I.) has search options that appear…Continue
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Peter Matthews replied to Phil McCluskey's discussion 'Site Manager Updates for Ning 3.0 Networks'"Hi Phil,
Re ".. it's now easy to, for example, show who your Network Administrators are in addition to showing a set of recently joined or featured members".
This is great but... I'd like to know if we will be able to assign…"
Peter Matthews replied to Peter Matthews's discussion 'Will I be able to merge my 2.0 site with a 3.0 site that I am building now?'"Dear Phil & Susie, thanks for the replies.
It might be good for us to think of different ways to bring existing members into a Ning 3.0 site. The obvious way is to bring everyone in, all at once.
Another way would be to bring everyone in by…"
Suzie Nielsen replied to Peter Matthews's discussion 'Will I be able to merge my 2.0 site with a 3.0 site that I am building now?'" I am looking at the positive side of this!
What's even better is that you can design a totally new focus if you wish and even rename it. I am taking this opportunity to do both! and I have a very large site (that has been riddled with…"
Phil McCluskey replied to Peter Matthews's discussion 'Will I be able to merge my 2.0 site with a 3.0 site that I am building now?'"Hi Peter,
In that scenario you'd be able to import your 2.0 content and members into your sandbox.
Thanks,Phil"
Peter Matthews replied to Enrrico Torres's discussion 'Need help to build the Navigation bar for Ning 3.0 v'"Dear Bernard,
My current 2.0 network is built around the wide-screen format of a PC. I have made full use of space to create a main menu with many header tabs, and many subtabs under the headers.
I can't imagine that this will work well when…"
Peter Matthews replied to Jordon McGee (Jords)'s discussion 'NING 3.0 Groups Feature'"I wish I could do a search on this specific discussion thread, to see what has already been said about the wish list, without having to scroll endlessly.
We also need effective search capacity inside groups, as has probably been said already,…"
Peter Matthews replied to Jordon McGee (Jords)'s discussion 'NING 3.0 Groups Feature'"My vote for this too! The facility to move discussions between forums has been very useful for me as a moderation tool.
It would be a nice touch if we could switch on an automatic alert to the original sender telling him or her that a moderator has…"
Peter Matthews replied to Cherry's discussion 'Will we lose content when the transition to 3.0 takes place?'"Ning currently provides a way for all our network content to be downloaded into our own computers, though not in the html format used in each site.
This is something we should all do, regardless of assurances provided by Ning, as a precaution before…"
Peter Matthews replied to Peter Matthews's discussion 'Better search options can and do exist (the quest for search power continues)'"Here is a library support company that offers for indexing for library networks, and a "Search Box Builder Tool". See EBSCO, http://support.ebscohost.com/eit/sbb.php
The Tool is explained as follows:
"Search Box Builder tool…"
Fire-Tech replied to Peter Matthews's discussion 'Better search options can and do exist (the quest for search power continues)'"+1. Been one of major gripes for years."
Peter Matthews replied to Peter Matthews's discussion 'Better search options can and do exist (the quest for search power continues)'"Notice how the whole width of the LinkedIn search page is used.
In Ning 2.0, with advanced search, the field layout simply mirrors the profile field layout, which is basically each box above the other in one column, so we have to scroll down to the…"
Peter Matthews replied to Nor Cal Social Media's discussion 'Simple Web Usability Testing'"That worked. I just made a short trial, but learned something useful. Readers are actually reading one of the blog posts that has attracted much attention. I could see which parts of the text they were interested in.
This could be really good…"
Peter Matthews replied to Safire's discussion 'Getting the code for "Join Now" button link for Groups'"Thanks for all those tips!
Yes - some creative freedom in how paid (and voluntary paid) access can be implemented would be great. I hope the changes are linked to better choices for identifying and communicating with member categories.
We need the…"
Peter Matthews replied to Safire's discussion 'Getting the code for "Join Now" button link for Groups'"Dear Kos,
Thanks for the tip, but...
I am already a member of every group I created in my network, so I cannot see the "Join Group" button in order to make a copy of it. How can I work around this?
Peter"
Peter Matthews replied to John Bizley's discussion 'Creating nice directories for users to add their own links or handy for classifieds or company directory listings etc.' in the group The Sandbox"I have been using permanent discussion threads in forum categories, with each category set up for a particular kind of offers or request (essentially a classifieds). At the category level, we can do message search and sort. Since there is only one…"
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Explain your network search system to members
Posted on February 20, 2010 at 6:26am 1 Comment 0 Favorites
Recently I have worried a lot about the network search system on my Ning network.
We have technical problems that may be inherent to all social networks, not just our Ning networks. The technology for searching inside networks that have new information added continuously is not very advanced, and this is general, not just at Ning.
So now I have written a blog post trying to explain -- in simple language -- how the search system works on a Ning network, for the benefit of my… Continue
We have technical problems that may be inherent to all social networks, not just our Ning networks. The technology for searching inside networks that have new information added continuously is not very advanced, and this is general, not just at Ning.
So now I have written a blog post trying to explain -- in simple language -- how the search system works on a Ning network, for the benefit of my… Continue
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"En ce qui me concerne, c'est à peine si je sais que Ning 3 existe ou va exister !…"
SM replied to SM's discussion 'How to Target the First Page of your Site with CSS'"Hi Suzie, here is the code you need to put into your bottom custom code box in the design center…"
Kos replied to SM's discussion 'How to Target the First Page of your Site with CSS'"ahhh now that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying :)"
"Thanks so much, and please DO let me know what their support team is like, when you first make use…"
SM replied to SM's discussion 'How to Target the First Page of your Site with CSS'"Hi Suzie, I'll try to post something more logical with screen shots. But, you'll see -…"
SM replied to SM's discussion 'How to Target the First Page of your Site with CSS'"Hi Kos, the reason for the code is to have elements only display on the home page. By default, Ning…"
soaringeagle replied to Phil McCluskey's discussion 'Introducing the Spam Folder'"it seems a few of us have the same concerns/questions
i can see a reason for secrecy as in you…"
soaringeagle replied to Phil McCluskey's discussion 'Introducing the Spam Folder'"this is wonderful news but can u define "content"
does it include
comments on…"
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