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TIP: 😳Friendly Reminder for Visitors Who Copy Your Content in 3 Easy Steps

One of the questions I get quite often is " How do i keep visitors from copying my community content?"  The truth is, you can't but If you are like me, it frustrates the hell out of you when visitors who stop by simply steal the content from your sit

"Duh" Tip! 😲 Creative Uses for Photos In Ning Communities

You're gonna say "Duh....why didn't I think of that?"

The truth is... the Photos feature in Ning is by far one of the most powerful tools in your community arsenal and I'm going to tell you why: 

The description area is an amazing opportunity to get cr

2 Tip to Be Square: Language Editor Smack Down

I love the language editor on Ning.  It is one of my favorite things about the platform.

Say you're having an international virtual event for your community members...and you wanna change this..

To this:

Just go to the language editor and search for ori

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

Tip: How to change background color of Facebook comments for Dark Themes

If your Ning site has a dark theme, you may be scratching your head wondering how to make the text legible.  Because it is a 3rd party integration, I can't find anywhere the ability to switch the facebook comments module theme from light to dark.  So

Simple Tip: How to Add a Responsive Hero Header to a Page in Ning

I've been creating topics pages inside my community and if you are doing something similar, having a different Hero style header (example). In brief, topics pages aggregates photos by tag or category, discussions by tag or category,videos by tag or c

Tip N2/N3: How to add a Linkedin Follow Button to Community pages

The Linkedin Follow Button is back.   It isn't surprising that you might have a hard time finding it because the new instructions are actually on Microsoft website more info here.  

All you need to do is add these two lines of code to a HTML module o

Ning3: How to Create a Combined Feed of All Forums Inside Groups

Inside Ning 3 communities, your main community forum is pretty much upfront and center and will be immediately noticable by users.  However, forums inside groups can get buried and sometimes forum posts can go unnoticed.   In this short tutorial, I w

Bonus Tip from Yesterday

For some reason I can't seem to add a comment to my own post from yesterday

Bonus Tip:

Use the new Remove Background tool to strip people out of the photos submitted and create an awesome collage like so..

TIP: A GDPR Compliance Pop-Up for Your Community

Everyone who runs communities which operate in European countries should update their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to reflect the transparency of their communities.   But what about new visitors to your site?  They must agree to your use fo co

Tip: How to Add an Easy to Manage News Ticker

Several community managers have contacted me and asked for a simple news ticker to add to their community. So....This is a tip for anyone who would like to add a simple and easy to manage news ticker to their Ning Community.  It is easy to manage bec

TIP/Trick: How to Add Facebook Style Reactions To Your Community

While researching a response to a question on the forum I found something quite cool to share.  I found a tool for integrating Facebook style Reactions to your Ning Community.

Have you tried This Plugin by Vicomi?

Simply sign up and grab your code

Quick Language Editor Tip N2/N3: Explanation Before Signup

Choosing carefully the questions you ask new potential members cannot be understated as they are not only the profile of the member but also a gauge by which you test their sanity and purpose for joining. This tips is to show you how to inject a litt

Tip 3.0: Simple Social Bar (HTML+CSS)

So you want a simple bar which takes your members to your social profiles.  Here it is..

What we are creating:

HTML (can go in your ABOVE FOOTER HTML box on any page- change to your links)

<ul class="spicesocialwidget">
<li class="facebook">
<a rel="nof

Ning3.0 3rd level subtab in navigation bar

Hello to everyone!

Instead of posting reply here I have decided to post the separate discussion as will look better here and I hope it would be easier to understand what to do.

You should insert the code in the Social Site Manager on the Custom Cod

Hack: Embed PDF Documents from Issuu Full Screen

So you want to embed a PDF document full screen inside a page on your community.  Example (as you can see... no ads)

Here is what you need to do.

1) First upload your PDF to issuu.com

2) While that is uploading, Start a page on your community  a

TIP/Trick/Hack 2.0: Injecting CSS into Mobile Version & Fixing Mobile Groups Style

I'd be willing to bet that most anyone reading this who has a 2.0 Ning community is currently facing the the same problem - no apparent way to style the mobile version of the community.  However, when it comes to the way our mobile versions display l

TIP/Trick: Get Tabby with your FB Page

Hey everyone, 

I haven't put up a tip in a while so i figured I'd let you in on a little secret, short and sweet.  If you have a facebook page dedicated to your community, you're gonna want to try this.

STEP ONE))))Go Here and find the HTML5 Modu

Hack Tip to Embed Document Library Bookshelves

Ok, so you would like to embed a cool bookshelf, but would rather not have to buy and then learn some expensive software to make your bookshelf.  This hack will allow you to embed an entire folder of PDFs/PPTs/eBooks into any page on your network.

B

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