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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

🤖 Trick : Create a Community Mirror | ɹoɹɹıW ʎʇıunɯɯoϽ

If you ever wondered what your community looks like in the mirror, here you go: :oƃ noʎ ǝɹǝɥ 'ɹoɹɹıɯ ǝɥʇ uı ǝʞıן sʞooן ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ɹnoʎ ʇɐɥʍ pǝɹǝpuoʍ ɹǝʌǝ noʎ ɟI

Ning Community |   Mirrored Archive

This trick is the opposite of what I shared in this las

"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

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

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

Trick N3.0: How to Change the Color of Your Green Ning Bar with CSS

I must say that one of the only annoyances that I have found about 3.0 is the color of the Ning Bar (no offense Ning, just clashes with my community color scheme).  So yesterday I decided to inspect it and found that with a single little block of cod

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

Trick 3.0: Link to comment

Hello everyone!

Last week one of our support representatives have been contacted by one of the new creators, and he has mentioned that he wishes to have the easy way to share links to the comments (the functionality that we have on 2.0 and which is n

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 3.0: Save Space In Tabs Using Emojis

This is just a quick tip for saving space inside your tabs.   Replace the tab titles with functional emoticons. It works in 3.0!

You can simply grab the emoji you want here and plug them in inside the backend.

Simple as that.  More Ning Tips

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

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

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