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Tip: Bring back the lost members to your network.

I know many members have lost or forgot their passwords and they don't know what to do next. Sometimes they forget their passwords because of weak memory and sometimes they lose their passwords because of an error on Ning Platform. If they are not ab

Custom Colored Scroll Bars For Ning Website Latest Activity Module

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to use custom colored scroll bars on my Ning website. Until a few days ago, I could never get it to work.

After reading this blog post http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/09/30/scrollbar-visibility-wi

Inactive Members: How to find these and remove?

Is there a way I can determine if members have been inactive since a particular time period? If so, can I just remove them from my site rather than ban or delete them?

I'm looking to make sure our site has members who have logged on at least once ove

Classified Frustration! Has anyone come up with a good solution for classifieds??

We have the Marketplace app currently installed on our ning network: http://www.stapletonconnect.com

In addition to the fact that it is a bit 'clunky' at times, it often fails to even show up (the page area where the classifieds should be is just whi

T&Cs on a paid for Group

A couple of days ago I asked NCs if they had a solution for putting T&Cs on a paid for group. There wasn't an overwhelming response :-) but i've worked on a solution.

Put this code in your Custom Code box (change bits in bold to suit):

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Is this doable? - Regional and National Community on the same Ning Website - or do I need to purchase multiple ning sites and link them?

I was wondering if anyone came across a Ning site that was able to accomplish this...

At the moment my network is geared towards a specific interest group (example: roller derby)  in a  city (ie. Seattle) with event postings, forums and 99% of the

Tip: How to get potential traffic source for your sites using crazy FB Fan Page like pop up window?

How to promote your FB fan page and ning network using crazy pop up window? Please tell me honestly, how many of you are looking for this crazy idea? Have you ever thought about it? Do you really like this idea? Ok here we go.....

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get more shares with this simple tip

if you use a social share thingy like sharethis  drawing more attention to it can increase the number of shares you get per week

not drasticly but you will notice a difference

now if you look at my site dreadlocks natural dreads you'll notice i use

Disable Right Click Using Jquery on your Ning

Are you sick of right-clickers?  Me too.  I'm gonna show you the short and sweet of how to disable right click on your ning using a jquery code. You can also use this code to add a custom context menu to your site, but we won't go into that here at t

Ning Now Works With Google Doubleclick For Small Business Ad Server!!!

All, 

I am super happy to report that after many years of trying, I finally got DoubleClick For Small Business (DFP Small Business) to work with Ning. And I didn't have to hack my site to make it work. Here's what I did.

First, what is DFP Small Bu

Just a creative Idea on solving some popular Paywall issues and getting members to pay

Just a creative Idea on solving some popular Paywall issues

Well, I instaled the Paywall about a week and a half ago. So far I've done a couple of changes but it's working.

Did a few changes to make it work for me

1. First, I really really didn

TIPS: Highlight Activity on Mouse Over

I learn this form Google+. When you focus on one activity feed, you need to highlight it to make it more outstanding and readable. So this tips will tell you how to highlight one activity feed when mouse over:

It's really simple:

1.

Tip: How to promote your groups and pages using facebook comment plugin box?

Benefits of the function: Increase engagement and  build community. Drive free traffic from facebook. This function include moderation tools and distribution.

Tip: How to promote your groups and pages using facebook "comment plugin box"?

Please follo

Tip: Make your chat room more visible to both members and visitors

How do you find this idea of me to make chat room more visible to  members and visitors (force visitors to sign in). Hope you will like it.

How to implement this idea? Please follow the instructions below. Copy and paste the following codes into Cus

9/11 Remembered - September 11 Background

I've been thinking about a way that I could offer a special Memorial and Remembrance to the heroes and lost loved ones of that tragic day we all call "9/11". Tragic it was - - beyond words. But it made our Country and bonds even stronger.

I decid

Paid Access is working for me! Here is how!

Hey guys!

You have helped me countless times with questions I have had over the last few months. It is my turn to give a little something back. There are a lot of you who without a doubt could figure all of this out on your own if you had paid ac

Today's Deal - Vertical Tab

Daily deals are all the rage these days.

Here's how I did mine.

Add this to your Custom CSS.  You can adjust the values for your desired position.

div#todaysdeal {
   width:40px;
   height:159px;
   right:5px;
   top:175px;
 

TIPS: Move Quick Share Links to the Bottom of Status Feed

If you want the quick share links move to the bottom status feed:

Add these in Advanced CSS:

/* status feed module */

.xg_status_wrapper{position: relative;}

/* quick-add links bar */

.xg_status_wrapper .quickadd-options-links{position: absol

Turn your visitors into advertisers

Enable your visitors to place ads directly on your website and have full control over what is being advertised!

A new way of advertising which I found very interesting you can test from the site adtaily.com.   The owner of a site creates an account a

TIPS: Add customize icons with share links in activity feed

I know you want icons, just like what we see in Facebook and Google+.

Now you get the TIPS!!

This tips is for everyone who put the activity feed in the main column. But if you are using NING Pro and have all functions/modules in your sit