It's time to say goodbye to Flash player

[Kyryl_Ning_Support]

Hello, everyone!

There was small update a few days ago that has been unnoticed so lets correct this terrible situation.

Step by step we're replacing the parts of the code that were using Flash player, probably you have already noticed the changes in File manager on both platforms (Ning 2.0 and Ning 3.0). Recently the slideshows have been updated and they aren't using flash any longer. What is it all about? Right now, the slideshow would be working even if your site would be opened on phone (I mean the web version of it) also as Adobe stopped updating the Flash player sooner or later it would stop working completely so it's better to be prepared. Unfortunately, it's still in beta and we have spotted already spotted one bug. All the pictures are aligned to the top line of the container where the photos are posted, which means if the photos have the different size the dimensions of the container would be determined by the biggest picture in the list, so some small pictures could have empty white space after them. 

But as it's basically the issue with styles you can just add the following code to the Custome CSS and the pictures in the slideshow would be displayed in the middle of the container, which would have the way better look.

.slick-track { display: flex!important; justify-content: center; align-items: center;/* Safari */  display: -webkit-flex!important; -webkit-justify-content:center; -webkit-align-items: center; }

The code from above is just the temporary solution, it won't be necessary to use it after our tech team would release the fix for this.

Best wishes,

The Ning Team.

P.S. Please note that the fix from above is related to the slideshows on Ning 2.0 only

[Scott Bishop]

Please help!!! My 2.0 site still has the flash player for the photos and the photo are the center of my website. 

What do I need to do to have this fixed? 

[Anastasia_Ning_Support]

Hello!

Thank you for your patience! Please check the slideshow on the website, it should work fine now.

if you still experience any issues please let us know and we will investigate it further!

Best regards,

The NING Team

[Anna_Ning_Support]

Hello, Scott!

We investigated the issue on your site and found out that this is connected to the technical bug.

We already reported it to the Technical Team and will inform you of all the updates via the email address. 

We do apologize for all the inconveniences you faced with.

Best regards,

Customer Support 

[Dan Lee]

WHEN CAN YOU WORK ON THE PLAYLIST PLAYER? LOAD TIME IS  VERY SLOW. 

ALSO, THE ARTWORK FOR THE PLAYLIST IS TO SMALL.

CAN WE GET IT THIS SIZE?

https://brainwavefusion.com/mixtapes

[Cindy Dean Mccoy]

Can we get a code to max out the height of tall pictures.  The slide show is too tall and looks bad.  I have tried .xg_widget_main_index_index .slick-slide img { max-height: 220px;} but it did not do anything. Please see picture. We are using old Ning2.

[Kyryl_Ning_Support]

Hi Cindy,

Sure, here it is:

.slick-track {max-height: 220px;}

Just copy and paste it to your custom CSS.

Best regards,

Ning Team.

[Cindy Dean Mccoy]

Perfect!  Thank you so much!  I am doing the happy dance.  8o)

[Kyryl_Ning_Support]

You are welcome :-)

[Matt]

Any plan on replacing the flash photo uploader?

[Kyryl_Ning_Support]

Hi Matt,

Yes we are planning to remove flash everywhere on our websites, including the photo upload an so on, however, right now we are working on the members ranking system mostly, so I think when the main features of this quarter will be released we will continue to work under the removal of the flash.

Best regards,

Ning Team.