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Add Text Before or After Module Headers

I just had a member on JenSocial ask this question, and thought it warranted a great quick and dirty CSS tip.

He wanted to change his home page Video Module title to "Featured Videos". When he changed via the Language Editor, it got confusing and w

Add Hover Image Effect to Latest Activity, Blogs and Forum Listings

This is the latest Ning Tip on JenSocial. See it in action: JenSocial.com

I'm enjoying this effect on my site. It is a simple block of CSS that adds an extra flare of elegance to your Home Page Listings for Latest Activity, Blogs and Forums, when hov

Make Your Image Avatars Stand Out On Home Page

Make the Avatars on your home page stand out. Add a thin frame border around your home page member avatars, and a nice shadow in FF.

This CSS will add a thin border and a little padding around your home page avatar images. It will include the member

How to Map Your Members on a Ning Network

Just made an updated tutorial for Mapping your Network Members.. check it out!

How To: Turn Your Network into A Desktop Application

Here is a cool and quick time-saving tip for the NC on the move. If you are using Google Chrome (which you should be-hint hint), turn YOUR NETWORK into a desktop application in 2 simple steps:

1) Load http://yournetwork.ning.com in your browser and

FYI - Survey Monkey has embed feature

I embeded a survey onto one of my network's pages and it works beautifully.   Embeding the survey instead of linking to it keeps members on your site and looks more professional.

I believe it would work in any text box, you can change the width, he

Adding social media icons to link to your linkedin, rss, twitter, facebook, ...

(This is a very basic tutorial of putting good use of a textbox to attract people to your social media pages...I know you have a lot of those! So maybe this could be of good use to you too. It doesn't take much programming skills)

A few months ago a

How to create a banner that loads different images with each page refresh.

I found this code somewhere, sorry I don't remember where, but it works great for a rotating banner.  

Attached is code from MY site, please replace the the GirlRiders addresses, images and alt text with your own.  Then paste in a text box on your

How to display a dynamic member payments chart on your network.

As we all near July & August 20 being able to track member payments will be key for those of us who will use member payments to fund our networks. It would also be helpful to allow our members to see the progress towards our collective goal. If memb

How Do You Deal With Support or General Questions? Do You Act All Superior?!

How Do You Deal With Support or General Questions?
I just added this to JenSocial, and usually like to space the two - - in regards to adding Tips. But, I thought this should be shared now.

When a member of your Social Network asks you a question, h

Increased membership conversion by over 40%

Hi everyone. I added a custom lightbox to my networks and it increased membership conversion by over 40%.
For those of you that dont know what a lightbox is. Its a small pop that comes in from the left side of the screen with a message on it. You can

5 Pieces of Advice

What are the top five pieces of advice you'd give to a new Network Creator...the five pieces you wish you'd had when you started out?I'm a new creator, and I don't know what I should know...a common feeling I'm sure.

How To Make Content in Profile Page "Text Box" Stand Out

Have you ever noticed when you add content to the main "Text Box", on your Ning Profile Pages, it tends to get lost in the other page content?

Typically, most people place important information like "About Me", in the main text box. So, we don't wan

How To Change the Default Header Link on a Ning Network

How to change the default header link/url on your Ning Network:
Note: These instructions only work if you upload your header image/logo as the Network Logo.


If you have uploaded a header image via My Network/Settings/Appearance/All Options/Network

Cooliris: Or how to add free 3D gallery to your website

I just installed Cooliris on my ning. It's a real cool looking 3D gallery that will spice up your network.

Only thing you need to do is to create a gallery in flickr or Picasa. Load that in the Cooliris website and add the javascript to a text field

10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers

I just finished going an amazing post on Mashable with 10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers. Highly recommendable reading for any of us running one or more networks on Ning...

http://mashable.com/2010/04/13/community-manager-tips/


Any other tips f

Running a Ning Network isn’t a child’s play !!

Creating a NING network is a child’s play however running a NING network isn’t. I learnt this after 2 years of my association with NING as a NC .Allow me to humbly put across whatever I have leant from NING so far. Hope it helps everyone!

As a NC y

Best of the Week & Boilerplate Templates.

I am really inspired by the Best of the Week Newsletters & the Templates that Ning Creators introduced. There are many dimensions of coolness I think these 2 features reach accross.

Best of the Week - Best of the Week is a 4 word phrase that uses th

Public vs. Private Ning Sites?

Hi everyone,

I'd like to hear your thoughts on Public vs. Private Ning sites. If switching from Private to Public, is there an easy way to lock-down all member profiles automatically so they are not searchable by Google? Or does each person have to

How do you turn visitors into members?

We see it on Creators, and I'm guessing you might see it on your Ning Network, too. When we look at our Google Analytics, we see that there are lots of visitors who come to Creators to read, learn from other Network Creators and find out what's going