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Free Tool Helps You Increase Member Sign Ups

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to let everyone know about a FREE tool I used that helped me increase my sign ups on my website: eDrugSearch.com online health community.

The FREE tool is called Hello Bar and it allows you to place a call-to-action at

Started by Cary Byrd in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

7 Comments · Reply by Kos May 27, 2014

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Tool: Google+ Author Link Generator

Just a quick note to let you guys know that I have added a new tool to Ning Powered Events for generating the Author Link for Google+ profiles, which can be really helpful when building Bio Boxes for Articles on your Ning Network. Its very simple..t

Started by ⚡JFarrow⌁ in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

2 Comments · Reply by ⚡JFarrow⌁ May 24, 2014

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Ning 3.0 Tip: How to highlight Content in a text/html box ?

Hi NCs,

This is very easy CSS and HTML combination to help make your feature content stand out. The point is: Make one special content stand out from the rest. To do this, please following th

Started by Bernard Lama in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

0 Comments · Reply by Grannpunkten May 23, 2014

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Hack: How To Get RSS Feeds From Google +

Around this time last year I shared a Hack for getting RSS feeds from Twitter and I must admit it was a little too techy for many NCs on the network. I promise that this one will be much easier.

Because Creators activity is wonky presently and seems

Started by ⚡JFarrow⌁ in
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Tip & Trick: Add under Construction Banner To Groups

This is a simple tip and trick for adding a classy, eye catching Under Construction Banner to any Groups you are working on that are not quite ready for prime-time. This tip uses no images or javascript...just simple HTML and CSS

Example: Makulu J

Started by ⚡JFarrow⌁ in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

3 Comments · Reply by ⚡JFarrow⌁ May 18, 2014

(tip) Add a text overlay to any image on mouse hover

Responsive image overlay, HTML & CSS.. This code adds a linkable text overlay to any image on mouse hover. See image below.
Replace the image link and the link you want the text to take you to, then change the text to whatever you prefer.

This divi

Started by George H. Compton IV in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

3 Comments · Reply by George H. Compton IV May 17, 2014

Google Authorship - Completed :D

hey guys,

ive been sitting there faffing around all day trying to get this Google Authorship to work. And i have finally had some success.

hopefully soon (within weeks) i should see my little google+ face next to some of my blog posts i have cre

Started by Robert Spencer in
Add a Tip for Other Network Creators (Ning 2)

7 Comments · Reply by Alok Kejriwal May 15, 2014

Free Simple Custom Footer

I know there have been quite a few Creators discussions, where others have offered similar tips. Still, I believe this might be the easiest of them all to customize.

This is a really simple (but professional looking) footer for your Ning network. B

Started by Patrick Chappelle in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

4 Comments · Reply by Marco Westerhof May 12, 2014

Tip N3 responsive in-line images with titles. Easy HTML.

Your images will auto resize while being in-line and centered. It'll work on all columns and layouts. You can also add an image title underneath each and every image.

click here to see it live On this page I have the divide in two HTML box's, in t

Started by George H. Compton IV in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

10 Comments · Reply by George H. Compton IV May 4, 2014

TIP N3 flexslider,,, Easy install,,, updated 4-25-14

With this flexslider you can add your own linkable images and text to each slide.

click here to see it live

place this code in your Custom Code <Head> Code box
or for individual pages place the code in the appropriate "Below Header HTML Box"
Yo

Started by George H. Compton IV in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

3 Comments · Reply by George H. Compton IV Apr 20, 2014

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FREEBIE #1 Magazine Style CSS Template for Ning Pages

I've been working on a project for a client which you'll all be most interested to see when I'm finished- basically a magazine-style build out on a Ning. One of my tasks this week was to create various magazine style templates that are compatible w

Started by ⚡JFarrow⌁ in
Add a Tip for Other Network Creators (Ning 2)

4 Comments · Reply by ⚡JFarrow⌁ Jul 16, 2011

targeting the tab container container in v1 themes

i was asked how to add a background to the tab container tabs, in v2 themes this is easy since the tabs are contained in a ul tabContainerSection-tabs so .tabContainerSection-tabs {background:red;} works

but in v1 themes theres just a row containing

Started by soaringeagle in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

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V2 Infinity Theme | Code to Change Menu Tab Colors

I changed the color of my tabs in the new Infinity Theme V2. I made changes to the color, then copy and pasted into the Custom CSS - This CSS will only be used on this theme.

Text file is attached.

Warm

Started by Susan Daniels in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

2 Comments · Reply by Susan Daniels Mar 10, 2014

Mobile Usage Trends

They're doing it everywhere. In the laundromat, while eating, on the bus and at work. Everyone's on their phone so what's the trend in mobile usage you ask? Here you go!

Oh and how fast your page loads............does matter. Visual from this Cit

Started by Kos in
Community Management Best Practices

4 Comments · Reply by Jamie Baker Mar 5, 2014

3.0 Tip- Mobile Apps & Links to your Network

A number of years ago, if you tried to make a mobile app that would link to your network and make access easier for your members, it was difficult to do...wouldn't work on multiple platforms and would often break some codes (not to mention that our s

Started by Fire-Tech in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

6 Comments · Reply by Fire-Tech Mar 2, 2014

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➳ How to Add Speech Recognition to Ning Search and Text Areas

Speech Recognition and Voice to Text

Text fields, comment boxes and and search input on Ning networks are not only numerous, they are getting better and better. While setting up several Ning 3.0 networks, I recently began using an online speech to q

Started by ⚡JFarrow⌁ in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

3 Comments · Reply by ⚡JFarrow⌁ Feb 26, 2014

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Tip: ☎ How to Add Telephone Numbers as Clickable Links ☎

✆ Let The Web Page Do the Dialing

You may be accustomed to adding telephone numbers to web pages as just static text of digits and dashes, which doesn't offer any sort of real interaction to your members or visitors. Yet,with more and more people u

Started by ⚡JFarrow⌁ in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

5 Comments · Reply by ⚡JFarrow⌁ Feb 25, 2014

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Ning 3.0 Tip: Download Button

Hi all,

I've worked on several client projects recently where there was a need for members to easily access downloadable items (PDFS, Spreadsheets etc) in forum discussions.

This simple tip looks for the word 'download' in links within forum discus

Started by SweetPotato in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

7 Comments · Reply by Cassie Purvis Mar 5, 2014

Are there any formatted templates I can use for broadcast messages?

Ideally it would have a similar look to my site, but that's not essential. : http://noelparknet.ning.com

BTW- How can I tell if I'm using 2.0 or 3.0?

Thanks,

Rachella

Started by Rachella Sinclair in
Community Management Best Practices

11 Comments · Reply by Rachella Sinclair Feb 23, 2014

3.0 Hide Items When Signed In

What if you have items on your 3.0 site which are there to attract and entice a new visitor, but you don't need/want them to show to an existing member? Things like a testimonial, "about us" video, other banners or sliders? You can hide them all to

Started by Kos in
Ning 3 Tips and Tricks

11 Comments · Reply by Kos Jan 24, 2014