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How to Create Your Own Classified / Listings - No App Needed!

You will need to know some simple html for this tip.

1) Start off by creating a group and name it "Classifieds". Then be sure to check off the boxes like I have pictured here (After completion). At this point put a check in the "Comments" & "Discussio

Layered Paper Look with Pure CSS

I've written plenty on CSS for your Ning network before, but today I'm going to show you something simple.   I'll show you how to give a layered paper look behind any aspect of your site that you like.  To start simple, let's try adding it to a text

Most Read Email Template

Hi all,

Not enough people on my site use the Share options. This is pretty annoying, so to try and encourage members to promote their own contnent using the social share options I've started sending a weekly broadcast (on a Monday - my Weekly Digest

Tip: How to make a cool looking photo section?

Instruction:

Copy and paste the following code into My Network>Setting>Appearance>Advance.

/***********Inner Shadow for Photo Album************/
.xg_list_photo{-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 100px #1e81c8; /* webkit browser*/ -moz-box-shadow: in

Tip: Make a Cool-Looking Forum Module.

Just copy and paste the following code into Advanced CSS Area.

Example:

The Code:

/************************* Forum Module Style ***********************/

/* Forum Text style */
    .module_forum h3 {font-family: Myriad Pro;}

    .module_forum .

What has been your best traffic generator on your network?

A video recently posted by one of my top members generated a huge amount of traffic for us, the reason was that it was widely shared on Facebook and it was a perfect fit for our niche.

What has been the single busiest post in terms of views for your

Do you have a 'WHY USE' page?

Hi all,

Sometimes the simplest of things can escape us NCs. It recently dawned on me that I didn't have a page detailing exactly why people should sign up. This was partly because i was letting the site evolve to a point where I could determine mysel

Problems displaying photo thumbnails - a solution

Just managed to solve a problem I had with the photo thumbnail display on my network. It's a really simple solution so no need to kick me, cos I already have.

The Problem: 

Photo thumbnails were showing as a row of 4 then a row of 1, then a row of

How to Create a Chrome Extension for your Network

If you use Google Chrome as your browser, you may be familiar with Extensions. Google describes them as"Extensions are extra features and functionality that you can easily add to Google Chrome. By using extensions, you can customize Google Chrome

Broadcast Message Template

I just thought I'd share my broadcast message template that i send every week. You'll notice it's very similar to the Weekly Digest here on Creators :-)
However, I just wanted to say that the In Focus, Featured Member and Sponsors are paid-for elemen

Hack for Using Videos to Drive Group Involvement

Quick and Dirty..i am going to show you a quick hack which allows you to use a video to encourage participation in a group on your ning network.

Here's the scenario:

~Let's say you have a new group on your network called Total Station Talk (like I

Tips for Finding or Removing Spammers

Hey Guys,

Just went through some of my members and discovered some interesting patterns that helped me remove a bunch of spammers, here's my suggestions and tips from the experience. 

PREVENTION

Tip #1:  DO NOT have contests that involve only people

Weekly newsletter for your members

Hello all !

Here is the newsletter wich is automatically sent to my members, every week.

If you want some details, you can go on my blog to read the story ; it's now in french, but i'm planing to translate it in english soon...

Language Editor Tweaks for Invalid Slugs

Sometimes your i's aren't dotted and your uncrossed t's are all screwed up.  You thought you linked to that group properly but you didn't.  All a member sees is your mistake with a "We're Sorry".  For example, if you have a lot of groups that you lin

Simple but powerful way to create interaction on your network.

Greetings,

I run a site called http://hhoinformation.com it is for hydrogen research. I had an issue where sometimes people would post a discussion but it would go unanswered. So I decided I needed to give members a way to preview content without ha

brand recognition how often is your site searched for by name?

everyone knows keywords are important  to traffic, finding the right keywords to bring in traffic is great but do you also have street cred? brand recognition? are you being talked about in schools and offices and even on the street?

brand recogniti

Increase Twitter Mentions with Language Editor

Something that gets me a lot of followers on Twitter is having my Twitter username in Tweets from my site content, and I make this easy for members by changing something in the language editor:

Look for Checking out "%1$s" on %2$s:

And replace with

Simple yet Elegant Side Menu

This simple yet elegant side menu was inspired when I browse the new youtube theme yesterday. You can view it in action here.  Hope you enjoy it when using in your network.

Simply copy the code below and paste it in your network's module.

Keep MailChimp list synchronized...

Hi all NCs!

If you're like me and you use MailChimp to manage your email campaigns and newsletters, I suggest you take a look at my blog. You will find it a php script I wrote to automate the import of network members in a MailChimp list. You can use

NCs Let's Help Each Other's Klout- A guide to Klout

There was an attempt at a discussion made here about network creators and Klout, but it didn't seem to go anywhere, so I am going to briefly describe to you what Klout is and how we, as a community of Network Creators can help one another's influence