ning3 - Announcements from Ning - Ning Creators Social Network2024-03-28T15:18:22Zhttps://creators.ning.com/announcements-from-ning/feed/tag/ning3The long-awaited Search Option is now at your fingertips!https://creators.ning.com/announcements-from-ning/the-long-awaited-search-option-is-now-at-your-fingertips2017-06-22T13:07:09.000Z2017-06-22T13:07:09.000ZKyryl_Ning_Supporthttps://creators.ning.com/members/GlushchenkoKyryl<div><p>At Ning, we pay precise attention to our users’ expectations and appreciate their patience. As meeting our customers’ needs remains our priority, we are happy to announce the release of the Search option on Ning 3.0. The functionality is similar to that on the 2.0 platform. This update is here to provide you with the opportunity to easily navigate your network.</p>
<p>With this release, you can search for any content – blogs, video, forum, members, and more - on your Ning Network quickly and easily. As always, you have the possibility to search for any content type. Items matching your search query will be returned in the network search results. The long-awaited Search option is aimed to ensure that Ning users receive the most relevant information.</p>
<p>As always, we are doing our best to offer the most relevant solutions, and we hope you enjoy these updates!</p>
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<p>If you have any questions, contact us via email support@ning.com or live chat.</p>
</div>Chat Feature Update on Ning 3.0 is ready!https://creators.ning.com/announcements-from-ning/chat-feature-update-on-ning-3-0-is-ready2017-06-21T10:15:13.000Z2017-06-21T10:15:13.000ZKyryl_Ning_Supporthttps://creators.ning.com/members/GlushchenkoKyryl<div><p>Chat Feature Update on Ning 3.0 is ready!</p>
<p class="textbody">Good news - it`s time to announce the release of the Chat Feature on Ning 3.0 platform.</p>
<p>Today we are happy to provide you with the opportunity to chat with other members of your Ning Network in the most convenient and efficient way. To facilitate your community management experience, we have added several new options:</p>
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<li>New design</li>
<li>Customizable notifications</li>
<li>Message counter</li>
<li>Ability to create and manage groups (rename, add photos, delete and add users, block users)</li>
<li>Ability to send files</li>
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<p>Chats 3.0 is an easy-to-use tool for building an effective network. With this release, you can customize notifications in accordance with your needs, rename your groups, add photos and users, use a message counter to monitor the number of messages, delete the messages you don’t need, send files, and suspend members from chat. The Chat Feature is available for both Ning 3.0 and 2.0 platforms.</p>
<p class="textbody">We have a lot of ideas and plans, so please stay tuned for our updates and share your opinion with us!</p>
<p class="textbody">Follow this link for more information: <a href="https://www.ning.com/ning3help/new-chat-features/" target="_blank">https://www.ning.com/ning3help/new-chat-features/</a></p>
</div>New Site & Pages options for Ning 3.0 Networkshttps://creators.ning.com/announcements-from-ning/new-site-pages-options-for-ning-3-0-networks2013-04-10T02:56:28.000Z2013-04-10T02:56:28.000ZAlexhttps://creators.ning.com/members/Alex<div><p> </p>
<p>Since <a href="http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/announcing-ning-3" target="_self">launching Ning 3.0</a>, we've been <a href="http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/ning-3-0-our-progress-so-far" target="_self">heads down</a> killing bugs and sneaking out minor yet important improvements. We now have a big update that will give you even more power and flexibility on your networks. The options we released today give you the ability to customize feature instances and run ads (or any HTML) on every page in your network's header and footer.</p>
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<p><strong>Adding content to Feature Instances</strong></p>
<p>Head to the Site & Pages page in your network's Dashboard. Click on a Feature Instance page (Photos, Blog, Members, Forum or Social Channel) and you'll notice the 'Add Content' button is now present.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554710?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554710?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" width="750"></a></p>
<p>You can now add existing content to a feature instance, just like you are able to do on Custom Pages.</p>
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<p><strong>New layout options for Feature Instance pages</strong></p>
<p>To increase flexibility with this new functionality, we've also added a couple of column layouts to the Feature Instance pages. In addition to a single column, you can now choose a 2-column or 3-column layout.</p>
<p>What's that? You want to change the width of the right hand column? Don't worry—we thought of that, too. If you choose one of the 2-column layouts, the sidebar size drop-down will appear:<span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554776?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554776?profile=original" class="align-full" width="581"></a></p>
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<p class="p1"><b>Important note</b>: Adding content or applying a layout to a feature instance will also add the content or layout to detail pages of that feature, but not to the feature's content creation or edit pages. For example, content added to a blog instance will show on the Featured Blogs page and individual blog posts, but it won't show up when you're drafting a new blog post.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554853?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554853?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"></a> </p>
<p><strong>Below Header and Above Footer HTML Boxes</strong></p>
<p>On both Custom and feature instance page types, you will now see two new fields: Below Header HTML Box and Above Footer HTML Box. Here you can enter text, HTML or Javascript (perfect for leaderboard ads!).</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554911?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554911?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"></a></p>
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<p>For each of these boxes, you can click the "default below header/above footer HTML" link, which will present you with a lightbox where you can enter code that will run on every page that has the box checked. This option is designed for those of you who want to run leaderboard ads on all of the pages of your network without having to re-enter it on each page. It's also useful if you want to get the word out about a contest and have a sweet banner that needs to be seen on every page. Either way, you're covered.</p>
<p>If you don't want what you've entered in the default below header or above footer box to display on certain pages, simply uncheck the checkbox on those pages.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554938?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/554938?profile=original" class="align-full" width="472"></a></p>
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<p><strong>Bonus!</strong></p>
<p>Finally, we snuck in fixes for some of the bugs on our <a href="http://creators.ning.com/page/ning-3-0-known-issues" target="_self">Known Issues</a> page:</p>
<ul>
<li>Network Like doesn't "stick" for photos</li>
<li>Photos don't rotate in the correct direction</li>
<li>Birthdays display one day earlier than actual birthday</li>
<li>Unfeaturing photos doesn't remove "Featured Photos" category</li>
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<p>We'll continue to smash bugs and release updates to Ning 3.0, so stay tuned!</p></div>Let's Talk About Ning 3.0https://creators.ning.com/announcements-from-ning/discuss-ning-3-02013-03-11T15:39:14.000Z2013-03-11T15:39:14.000ZAllison Leahyhttps://creators.ning.com/members/AllisonLeahy<div><p class="p1"> <span style="font-size: 13px;">Good Day, Creators!</span></p>
<p class="p2">If you haven't already heard, Ning has been up to all sorts of good lately. You can read about the new Ning 3.0 in our <a href="http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/announcing-ning-3" target="_self">announcement</a> and on the <a href="http://creators.ning.com/page/ning-3-0-the-re-imagining-of-our-product" target="_self">Ning 3.0 hub</a> here on Creators. We hope we've done a decent job of addressing your questions on our <a href="http://creators.ning.com/page/ning-3-0-faqs" target="_self">Frequently Asked Questions</a> page, but we're pretty sure you're bubbling over with excitement and…more questions. </p>
<p class="p3"><span class="s2">We encourage you to bring the conversation over to the new <strong><a href="http://creators.ning.com/forum/categories/ning-3-0-feedback-and-issues/listForCategory" target="_self">Ning 3.0: Feedback and Issues</a></strong><b> </b>category where you can contribute to existing discussions like <a href="(http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/initial-reactions" target="_blank">Initial reactions</a>, <a href="http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/what-are-you-most-excited-about" target="_self">What are you most excited about?</a>, and <a href="http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/ugrading-and-change" target="_self">Upgrading and change</a>, or <a href="http://creators.ning.com/forum/topic/new?target=http%3A%2F%2Fcreators.ning.com%2Fforum%2Ftopics%2Fwhat-are-you-most-excited-about&categoryId=4244211%3ACategory%3A1223518" target="_self">start your own</a>.</span></p>
<p class="p2">In order to keep the forum tidy and collect feedback efficiently, the Ning 3.0 Feedback and Issues category will be heavily curated. Our Advocacy team will be quick to respond, and will also be re-ordering threads and re-titling discussions in an effort to make everything as clear and easy to understand as possible. You can expect us to take actions like closing duplicate discussions and re-titling bug reports (e.g., "Cursor won't appear in hex color code box in Design Studio" would become "Known Bug: Design Studio: Can't edit hex colors in Firefox" once they've been filed in our system.</p>
<p class="p2">We want you to feel welcome to air out any concerns, but please do this in a respectful and courteous way. Our team is anxious to address any issues you may have.<span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p>
<p class="p2">Thanks, everyone. Let's get the conversations started!</p>
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