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Update 4/19/2012 - Just noticed this discussion got featured will update soon with a video. I will also post a new discussion showing you even better dashboard than is available in your Network's Management Area . 

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How to Add a Border to Anything on Ning Network Using CSS

You may want to create a visual sense of depth on your network or simply place borders around elements within your site- this is how to do this using CSS and the advanced section in your appearance dashboard (old editor).  What I am about to show you

Ning Networks: Remove Code to Hide NingBar, If you enable Design Studio

If you have added code to your current Advanced CSS that hides the top menu bar or what some call the NingBar, before you enable the new Design Studio, be sure to remove this code. Otherwise, I'm finding - - you will not be able to access the new Des

Asking for some advice - What Services Does Your Network Offer Its Members?

I'm still struggling to make money on my networks.  So I want to ask your opinion on something - what services does your network offer its members?

My most 'successful' network is a professional network with over 2000 members, with more joining wee

Keeping your Ning Engaged!

How do you keep your members engaged and active?

Best things to take off a Network to make it run more smoothly

What would be the best things to remove from a Network if your members are saying the pages are running too slowly?

We are a social network so people write blogs, only around 700, but some just put a graphic up.

We have a group for making and sha

Make Sure Your Test Tab is Active When You Save.

Don't laugh. ;-)  Since most custom coding is probably done with multiple browser windows or tabs open at the same time, I feel this is an important reminder.

If you are taking advantage of your test network (sandbox environment) on your Ning Net

Neat Tricks 101 - Free Marketing Strategies to increase Traffic.

I felt compelled to provide some clean marketing strategies that all creators can adopt to increase traffic through facebook. Though the same can be adopted to all social platforms, facebook is my primary of choice for most of my Neat Tricks 101.

Another ADSENSE ALTERNATIVES List

My objective in posting this list is to share the info with those who dont already know about these Adsense alternatives and to get your feedback on those which you use or acquire info on. Let us know which one you using and if they doing well for yo

Do More with Your Video Embed Option...and Smile.

Perhaps this is a tip I should keep to myself, but it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere and I think NCs should know about this revelation I had last night.   You can embed presentations, documents in flash paper and even whole flash websites int

Switching from private to public

We've made the decision to switch our community from private to public, however there are a number of issues we need to navigate around to make this happen.

Firstly the current discussions and content created by members were made in the knowledge t

Trick: Change the Out-going Twitter Text for Shared Items

While sharing some items on Land Surveyors United earlier I started to think about the search engine optimization of my outgoing tweets on shared items from the network. 

The first 27 characters of a tweet are supposed to be the most heavily inde

Best advice for Network Creators from J Wings

I have gotten some of the best advice on Network Creators from J Wings and I want to highlight on that may have been lost in the shuffle. It really, really important in my opinion and with the introduction of the landing page it is even more relevant

The Most Effective Method to draw new Members to your site...

HI Fellow NC's

I would like to know - What have you found is the most effective method or marketing strategy you have used to draw more members to your Network? I know people are talking about affiliate marketing strategies etc, but have you found

How to celebrate birthday of your network?

Dear Creators,

I will celebrate together with 3800 members the 3rd birthday of my network, The International NanoScience Network.

Have you any idea how to do it? Made you something extra  on birthday of your Networks?

thanks for replies

Andras

Add Text Before or After Module Headers

I just had a member on JenSocial ask this question, and thought it warranted a great quick and dirty CSS tip.

He wanted to change his home page Video Module title to "Featured Videos". When he changed via the Language Editor, it got confusing and w

Add Hover Image Effect to Latest Activity, Blogs and Forum Listings

This is the latest Ning Tip on JenSocial. See it in action: JenSocial.com

I'm enjoying this effect on my site. It is a simple block of CSS that adds an extra flare of elegance to your Home Page Listings for Latest Activity, Blogs and Forums, when hov

How To Customize Page When Member Leaves Your Ning Network

If a Member of your Ning Network chooses to leave your Network via:
My Settings/Profile/Leave "Your Ning Network", you can customize the message you would like for them to see on their departure. This is a great way to wish them well, and say thank y

Add Links to Ning Bar

This is a very simple tip on how to add links in one row, to the top of your site (Top of Ning Bar or Top of Site). You will need to know how to write some HTML, as in how to create hyperlinks. And ideally, if you know how to add links to images, you

Using Google DFP AdManager to run ads on your NING site

I spent lot of time to figure out how to do it and I've been using this since july, so now I´m sharing with you.

I love SSI, I´ve been using this technique for more than a decade on my other projects, so since the beggining I'm was shure that´s the