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My new Group Layout With Group Info Display

So the idea for this was to be able to view the About Group info without having to go to the group from the groups list page to find out what the group is about then go back to the group list page to view more groups. I also wanted to change the way

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Tip: How To Add A Default Group Image For Your Group Hubs

This is just a little tip for your groups. When a group is added by You or a Member they have the choice to add a group image as well as a group cover photo or just one of eachor none at all. If you or the member decide not to add a group image ( ie

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Pin to profiles/newsfeed and groups

Like facebook and twitter it would be great if you could pin a post to the newsfeed, profiles and groups, maybe outlining rules on them or news points.

 

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Message to Group Members When They have been Promoted to Admin

It would be nice to have some sort of message to be sent when a group member is promoted to admin of a group

sort of like when someone's content is featured... a customizable message autosent...

can we put this on a roadmap wish list?

Thank you..

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Articles and Forums/Blogs Feature.

I was wanting to know that if in the future you could see how many people have read an article, blog post or forum post (with a numbered count) as well as How many network members have viewed your articles/blogs/forum posts as well as images, videos,

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Tip: Remove crop of group cover photo and set a bigger height while making them responsive

As you may or may not be aware the cover photos for the groups headers are cropped to a height of 160px so here is a bit of code to remove the crop so you can have a bigger sized picture, also some css which helps make them responsive.

First we add so

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Simple Tip N3: How to Move your Group Description/Follow Box

I was finding the placement of the About/Join box inside groups to be difficult for members to find if they were new to the community.   So I decided to move mine above the banner box with a single line of code added to the Custom Code Bottom section

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How to Reinstall your Lost Attachments / Files after Migration from N2-N3

If you recently migrated from Ning 2.0 to Ning 3.0 you may have discovered that your Attachments on Forums inside Groups may be missing. In the future, this may we worked out, but in the meantime, this is what I am doing to remedy.  

About your missin

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2 Secret Things I learned today about Ning Communities

After over 13 years and experience with all versions of Ning, i too become often reminded that are more things to learn about this platform.  Here are 2 things I learned just today while building out my community's annual event, International Surveyo

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Question: Anyone know how to display group subnav as compact with 'More' button?

Scratching my head and thought I had this sorted out once before but I am trying to figure out how to have my group subnavigation display in compact fashion like categories on feature pages..  

Any ideas?

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WooHoo! Ning Powered Events Group Has Been Updated!

Hey gang.. I am just writing to let you know that I have updated the Ning Powered Events Group and hooked it up with all sorts of cool tools and tips..

CREATING AND HOSTING EVENTS WITH NING COMMUNITIES

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