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Clean, Robust, Filterable Community Member Directory

You can make a really nice member directory from your exported Members Data, but it requires quite a few steps. Mostly because(If you've worked with that CSV or spreadsheet data you know that) the member profile avatars are not provided in the member

ho ho ho! 110+ Useful Ning Tips and Tricks for 2.0 and 3.0

Santa Never Stops and neither should you when it comes to improving your community. The best part about running a community on the Ning platform is the endless possibilities for changing and tweaking just about ever aspect of the platform.  This

You May Not Know This About Facebook

If you have a dedicated Facebook page for your Ning network or for any other reason, you may be missing out on an opportunity to bring more signups to your community.  

First Go to your Facebook Page and click on the Photos Tab

Second, (especia

Drive Engagement With Curated Content Collections

How are YOU driving traffic to your community from outside of the community?

This is a question that many community managers ask me.  And although there are hundreds of ways to do this, there are also many ways to get sucked into reoccurring payment

Free Content Sharing Tool- Drive Traffic to Your Site

I just wanted to let you guys know about a new tool I started working with. It works a lot like Outbrain or Taboola as a content-sharing platform, but it's free to use. It's called recircle.

This is a new startup and I stumbled on it while I was loo

Linkedin Tip: Export Your Contacts For Import Into Ning

You may not be aware of this but LinkedIn gives you access to all the info about your contacts. Pretty impressive, try it now you won't believe it...

STEP ONE:  Visit Your Export Page on Linkedin while logged in

STEP TWO:  Import Your CSV File

( TIP N3 ) Allow your members to add CSS codes to the new profile text box.

To view the codes in action, click here
All CSS styling codes on this profile, were added using the profile text box.

The CSS HTML is now added with a button just click the "add CSS code" button in the upper left-hand corner of the editor. You must b

3.0 Tip: Insert Image Into Signin Page

I have been remaking an old network on 3.0 and wanted to add some more style to the signup and signin pages. This tip will insert an image above the normal stuff and a few small tweaks to your network info. Animated GIFs look good too. I'm also worki

(Ning 2 and 3) welcome / sign-in and sign-up pop-up module. Updated Aug 24, 2017

Updated Aug 21, 2017.

Made for any Ning 3.0 network a Welcome Sign-in and Sign-up pop-up Module. Displays for nonmembers / visitors only, online members will never see it. 

This pop-up works with all devices and browsers, Including but not limited

Ning coding and styling Tool "GeocPlugin" v2.00.005

With this plug-in you'll easily be able to add standard CSS with !important, CSS stylesheets, any HTML and javascript links into either the head or the body of any network. These codes can also target nonmembers/visitors, just members, male members a

found an extra cool feature on ning networks :)

Hello :) 

So I installed skype the other day, I installed the skype click to call icon on my toolbar, and a new member just signed up to my network, I'm looking at their info, they've put their mobile number, and it shows it in blue, it gives me the

Status updates, friend requests and messages in real time

Hello :) 


I'm wondering if  there was a way to get "status updates, friend requests and messages in real time instead of needing to refresh the page to see them ? really a feature ning should have thought of but Unfortunately they've left it up to

Ning 2 & 3 - Alternative off-line mode - Customizable

Alternative off-line mode "See images below"  The text can be changed to anything you prefer.  If you would like to use this code and need help customizing it, don't be afraid to ask I'll be more than willing to help. All I would need is the text tha

Pass Parameters through calling a URL

Currently trying to figure how to start a discussion thread while populating a title for the post and possibly body text all from an outside site. Any thoughts? 

Hack: Real-Time Twitter Hashtag Boards for Any #Term

This is  was a quick tip for anyone who would like to add a real-time twitter hashtag board (or multiple) into any page on their ning site.  

However, i moved it over here to my blog, so i can keep it updated

Enjoy this time saving hack and let m

TIP N3: Dead Simple CSS Slideshow

So you want a simple full screen (perhaps even as a background) responsive slideshow.  But you hate javascript.  This is a tip for you.

What we are making is something like this live demo:

Add this to an HTML module in sites and pages:

<div clas

How to Embed Facebook Comments to a Post

If you are looking for a way to import all comments on a post from facebook into your Ning network, here is a trick you may have not tried.  Of course you can grab an embed code from Facebook and embed the actual post into your site, but this is quit

Centering Group Images in Ning 3.0?

Hi there,

I currently have 5 Groups on my Ning 3.0 network, and whenever I display them, they do not show up centered (more space to the right than to the left).

Does anyone know how to change this so that they are displayed centered instead of align

How do I improve my websites page rank ?

Hello :)

So I Was wondering how I could Improve my websites page rank ? :) 

for example , My website is called Chatabox, so How Do I get it so, when I type in say Ch or Cha, it automatically suggests Chatabox on google ? :) 

I created social media buttons :) (be nice, these are the first codes I've ever written aha)

Hello :) 


So I have coded some Social media buttons for you all :) , I Know its nothing Spectacular, but its a start, right ? :) 

Here one of the buttons are :)

(obviously change the link and stuff to direct your your websites fan pages instead o