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Introducing Activity Feed Improvements, Including Member Status Updates

Today we're pleased to release a set of improvements to the Activity Feed feature on Ning 3.0 networks. The updated Activity Feed allows members to view older items in the feed, and to view new items that have appeared since they loaded the page. We've expanded the capabilities of Social Feeds so that you can have items automatically added to the Activity Feed via RSS and Twitter. We've added a status feature, so that your members can leave status updates in the feed, and we've added link…

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Hello :) Just a quick question, I've recently re-designed my website, Now I've changed the size of the body text to 16 px, that's the perfect size for the comments, But the actual status update is too big for my liking,, when I change the body text…

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Tool: Static Google Map Generator with Embed Code

Posted by JFarrow on May 8, 2014 at 9:00am in Content Creators, Custom Code, and Design

If you want to give your members a tool to use for showing where their posts and content are geolocated, here is a tool for you.  Use this static map generator tool to create an embed code for adding maps to your posts, pages and groups or virtually any post on Ning 3.0 networks using this tool. Code is below for adding your own to a site.  

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Migration to Ning 3.0 - Demo and Q&A Recording

Posted by Crystal on May 7, 2014 at 12:36pm in Ning Staff Blogs
Last week, we hosted our first Migration Demo and Q&A Webinar. Thanks to Juliet for her awesome Demo and to everyone who attended. There were a few technical glitches, but we worked some of those out for the recording and we'll definitely be taking your feedback on things we can improve on for the next webinar. Read on for the video and additional resources.
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How To Help Members Overcome Their Fear of Participation

Posted by Crystal on April 30, 2014 at 10:54am in Engaging Your Community
Members need both the motivation to initiate and to overcome their fear of starting a discussion. Their motivation to initiate will be to either learn something (e.g. "Does anyone know how to....?"), to impress others (e.g. "does anyone else think business class travel isn't as great as it used to be?" or to bond with others (e.g. "I'm upset Kelly got fired from the Apprentice").
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Getting Started

Welcome to Creators! 

This is the space where Ning Network Creators come to discuss anything to do with managing their Ning communities. From how to get members more engaged and active to best ways for implementing a feature on your network, it's all here. 

What's Up with Ning 3.0

PROJECTS THAT THE NING 3.0 TEAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: 

Activity Feed Updates - options for more content in the activity feed.

APIs - The ability to create new members and content programatically.

For more information on what's next, visit the Product Roadmap. 

The Feature Prioritization Survey is now closed. Thanks for your feedback and we'll be reviewing the responses and releasing a report in early May.

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Antoine Leclercq replied to Antoine Leclercq's discussion New online community survey
"It has to be done ;). Thanks Strumelia."
2 hours ago
steve replied to Antoine Leclercq's discussion New online community survey
"is it possible to get any less features than Ning 3.  Oh yeah.. a static web page then
Phhfftttt... "
2 hours ago
Luke Jones replied to Antoine Leclercq's discussion New online community survey
"That made me laugh :P "
3 hours ago
Luke Jones replied to Luke Jones's discussion Cometchat are going to be the ones to save Ning
"Hmm ye I agree with you,But I did buy it as a one off like your talking about, but I purchased the wrong one lol , there's a different version of comet chat for ning see aha, Obviously I didn't know that :P But ye you are right, about them being awe…"
3 hours ago
Thiago Santos de Moraes replied to JFarrow's discussion Terrific New Custom Search Engine Option: Swiftype
"Fire-Tech,where  can I see this tip in action?"
3 hours ago
Thiago Santos de Moraes replied to JFarrow's discussion Terrific New Custom Search Engine Option: Swiftype
"I loved this new search."
3 hours ago
Алексей and Marianna Minchillo joined Ning Creators Network
4 hours ago
Strumelia replied to Antoine Leclercq's discussion New online community survey
"If I wanted something with less features than Ning then i'd choose Ning 3.0.
Sorry, couldnt resist.   lolol
Best of luck Antoine. "
4 hours ago
Strumelia replied to Strumelia's discussion How can I get RID of all blogs on my 2.0 ?
"Wow. Crazy is right.  I never had the need to delete content en masse from my ning network until now, but I had no idea it was not possible at all.
In contrast, ---and I just have to mention this as it's totally relevant to this subject---  on Jamro…"
4 hours ago
Strumelia replied to Luke Jones's discussion Cometchat are going to be the ones to save Ning
"Unless you are on a really tiny budget, you are better off buying Cometchat straight out, at the feature level of your choice, and then just paying half that purchase price for a complete update every year or two (or you can choose to not update it…"
4 hours ago
Antoine Leclercq replied to Antoine Leclercq's discussion New online community survey
"Hi SweetPotato,
Thanks for your answer.
I browsed the forum and went through a lot (maybe not all) the posts. I did this survey because I couldn't find all the answers to the questions I asked.
There won't be as many features as Ning, so we need to…"
4 hours ago
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SweetPotato replied to Antoine Leclercq's discussion New online community survey
"Cheeky indeed.
Might I suggest that simply browsing this forum would give you an idea about what community owners (current and potential) need from software.
I can't see much incentive to answer the survey myself, I'm sorry to say.
That said, good l…"
5 hours ago
Sukadev Bretz replied to Ning's discussion Update to Product Roadmap and Communication Changes
"Very important: Please include Videos as part of NING 3.0 . We have 6 NING Communities running. By far the Videos are the most popular. We use the NING Communities mainly as Video Platform. It is so important that this feature will be transported to…"
13 hours ago
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SweetPotato replied to Strumelia's discussion How can I get RID of all blogs on my 2.0 ?
"You can't delete content en masse. Crazy for a CMS to not have this feature.
SP"
14 hours ago
Strumelia replied to Jorge Vila's discussion Events
"People have been asking about this for two years.  Nobody knows the answer, and Ning will not say.  Maybe next month, maybe never."
18 hours ago
Strumelia replied to Jorge Vila's discussion Adm Roles
"People have been asking about this for two years.  Nobody knows the answer, and Ning will not say.  Maybe next month, maybe never."
18 hours ago
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