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I've been cleaning my Ning Network up for our 16th Birthday celebration as a community and I came across a great trick for moving your primary navigation up into the account bar.
Simply add the following to your custom code bottom section near the top
I never realized that there was actually a Ning for Dummies book. It is quite dated but interesting none the less..
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Not much going on around here but there are still a LOT of Ning Creators who need help with little things to improve their communities..
Here is a collection of over 250+ Ning tips and Tricks...
Let me know if you find it useful..or if you need help.
Read moreOn March 7th 2007, I began building Land Surveyors United Community. Its first version looked like this:
In celebration of 15 year birthday of our community, our homepage has been redesigned, making it easier to get to the most important areas in
Read moreI simply cannot say enough about this new tool I am using to create charts and graphs on the fly, to embed into my Ning communities. If you have a spreadsheet of data (like Member profiles), you can use Chartmatto generate an embeddable table in 10 m
Read moreOne of the all time most frequently asked questions is where to go to configure your social media share buttons. Here are the quick links for you..
To get the code for your Facebook Page Plugin go here.
To get the code for your Twitter Timeline go h
Read moreOk, the more i think about it, the more this may become the part one of about a 3 part series. Just gonna share a few things which can have long term impact on your search engine rankings AND increase engagement.
Language Editor Tweaks:
1) Would
Read moreYou've may have read my tips and tricks related to using the RSS feeds of your community to help members find other sections of your site and recieve updates with new content when it is updated. (I'll put those links at the bottom of this post)
All o
Read moreOne 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
Read moreYou already know how to automate content posting to blogs and social media pages. If not, read this first:
But, we have more aces up our sleeve. RSS Ground allows you t
Read moreIf 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
This trick is the opposite of what I shared in this las
Read moreOver the years, many Ning Creators have asked me the best way to build a directory for their community. True, you can build it inside your community using Ning but you may not want the public to come into your community to find listings. Take for
Read moreif you've ever built a Ning Landing Page for your community, you know it is a tedious task, only rewarding when the stars align. It's hard work to be constantly aware of it's quirks (if you know them, through trial and error error error), but when
Read moreWay back in 2018, I shared this with you.
Today, I'm going to share an entirely different version which is even easier to manage. This one is great for community announcements.
See the Pen Pure CSS Ticke
Read moreYou may remember the app I built a whie back where I have compiled all of my tips over the years into one place, inside a Ning Tips App. This app was built using Glideapps and I just completed my 200th app built with spreadsheets!
Read moreNothing big here, but helpful if you believe your pagination on social channels pages to be too small..
by default the size is small at 0.78em
Add this to your Design Studio custom CSS to make it larger (change 2 to whatever size you like):
div#fe
Read moreFor years, I have been trying to figure out the best way to embed my Community into other websites. However, Ning "frame busts" so when you normally Iframe your Ning site into other websites, it will not show because it is blocked.
Low and behold, I
Read moreI hope this might be a simple request. Above the Item Move module we need a search feature that will allow us to quickly find the group or place we want to move something.
Just an easy little plugin to add anywhere inside your community in an HTML module:.
Example links to a Codepen to play around with it.
Simply open up a HTML module in the backend or in a Group backend. Paste the following into the HTML view of the e
Read moreSo let's say you have a Youtube Channel for your community and you have a Lot of Videos embedded by members throughout your community. Let's also say that you are trying to get your subscriber numbers up so that you can monetize your Youtube Channel
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