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So I made a change to my network this week that I think could be very beneficial to other creators. I noticed that some of my forum posts have between 5k-7k views but not very many replies, so with a little investigation, i realized that these posts
Read moreJust thought I'd mention two new tools that I have found to be terrifically helpful when designing, redesigning ning sites, or websites in general
paste your code and see possible errors in HTML, CSS, JS
sort your CSS code in or
Read moreSometimes there is text in heading, links, or in titles which we don’t want to go in a new line. For this particular scenario there is a property in CSS that deals with this particular behavior. Here is how we can prevent breaking of line.
Practical
Read moreJust a tip. Take it or leave it. You can replace your display:none!important! codes inside your custom CSS with this more search engine friendly code, just make sure nothing snaps out of (or into) place before saving.
Use this instead:
#yourcontent
Read moreA few weeks back I showed you how to add a pure HTML sidebar quicklinks navigation using Unicode. Here for another short installment, I'll show you how to add symbols beside different types of links using Unicode and CSS
We Create Unicode Icons By
Read moreThere are many reasons for being concerned how your embedded Youtube videos are displayed to your members. I once showed you a hack for how to embed Youtube videos with the Youtube Logo
Keep in mind that YouTub
Read moreI just thought it would be nice and useful to share this new tool i've been using with my fellow Ning Creators. Its called Codepen and it allows you to visually see the result of your markup in HTML, CSS and JS while you work
you can even embed you
Read moreHere is the code I use to keep an image always centered inside its containing div, regardless of browser width or resizing:
<img src="yourimage.jpg" style="width:100%;margin:0 auto;">
enjoy!
Read moreI've seen many discussions on how to style iframes, so here is a simple guide to get you started.
If you still haven’t heard, hear it now: FRAMES ARE DEAD – well, technically, they are more like the undead – the zombies of webdesign. They should be
Read moreEmbedding Youtube videos on your ning network is a terrific way to curate content which pertains to your site's subject matter. But one problem that can arise will actually drive traffic back away from your network and that is when a member (or non-
Read moreLast week i showed you guys a cool tool i found for CRUNCHING LESS and CSS, but today I came across an equally useful tool for CONVERTING CSS to LESS.
If you are one of the NING designers/developers who jumped i
Read moreThe problem with image based navigation is that it will weigh your site down tremendously because everytime the page loads, it has to make a http: request for each and every image. A solution that i have found is to combine a little Jensocial floati
If you are sick of the LOOOOOONG URL's that the ning API generates for file uploads and you'd like something more managable, read on. If your advanced section of your CSS is full and you want to shorten your import CSS@ urls, read on. Just look how
Read morePinterest is described on its website as a “virtual pinboard” – a place for you to “collect the things you love”. Other useful descriptions you’ll hear are “online vision boards” and “image bookmarking website”.
How
Read moreI've written plenty on CSS for your Ning network before, but today I'm going to show you something simple. I'll show you how to give a layered paper look behind any aspect of your site that you like. To start simple, let's try adding it to a text
Read moreQuick and Dirty..i am going to show you a quick hack which allows you to use a video to encourage participation in a group on your ning network.
Here's the scenario:
~Let's say you have a new group on your network called Total Station Talk (like I
Read moreSometimes your i's aren't dotted and your uncrossed t's are all screwed up. You thought you linked to that group properly but you didn't. All a member sees is your mistake with a "We're Sorry". For example, if you have a lot of groups that you lin
Read moreThere was an attempt at a discussion made here about network creators and Klout, but it didn't seem to go anywhere, so I am going to briefly describe to you what Klout is and how we, as a community of Network Creators can help one another's influence
When content from your ning network is shared to facebook, you want the vital information about the content to show up in that post right? Here are a few of the most important meta-tags you'll need to add to pages (ie in the Manage Title and tags) i
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I recently had a friend ask me to take a look at his site, which was not loading so well in Internet Explorer. I took a look at his code and noticed that he had tried to call 43 external stylesheets in the ... section of his webpage, which remin
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