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You may be scratching your head when it comes to figuring out how to change the list of Genres that you have to choose from when uploading a track to the Audio feature. Here is a simple way to change that.
Speaking of scratching heads, why hasn't Cr
Read moreIn this tip I am providing a simple CSS snippet to change the background of videos which come from social channels pages from the dark background to any image you choose.
Turn This:
Into This:
All you need to do is add the following snippet into yo
Read moreGonna try something new today. If you are having problems or have questions about your Ning Community, I will be at the following address at 2:30EST to 3:30EST Today!
If this time does not work for you, drop a comment with
Read moreFor some reason I can't seem to add a comment to my own post from yesterday
Bonus Tip:
Use the new Remove Background tool to strip people out of the photos submitted and create an awesome collage like so..
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Short and sweet this is two community tips in one. Take a look at the following pen.
Tip 1: If you wrap the url of any PDF that you upload to the community with the following bit o
Read moreIf you are looking for a way to push RSS feeds from your Ning Community into a custom tab on your facebook page, this is the perfect combination, using just 2 apps. This should take you between 10-15 minutes to get perfect. Here we go....
First go t
Read moreIf you visit your Ning Community from your phone often this is a time saver to check out..
If so, you probably have that site bookmarked in your browser so you can quickly launch it whenever you want to visit it.
Did you know you can actually place an
Read more1 month ago I asked support to look into two issues. First, subject tags are no longer showing up inside posts and it appears the "display:none" is on the Ning side. Ticket number 1901094
Second, as google webmasters has pointed out, there are no
Read moreMost of you who know me already realize that I LOVE RSS! I love to use RSS feeds for both finding news as well as distributing news from my communities into social media environments. This new tool that I found absolutely rocks when it comes to pus
Read moreI'm providing code to install a light and simple slider with text content under each slide into your page. You will want to replace everywhere it says https://yourimage in the HTML with your own images. The code below is for 4 images but you can ad
Read moreI've added a new tool for customizing your youtube embed codes before embedding new videos into your community. It can be found inside the Ning Powered Events Group
Using this tool you can control the way that they video appears when embedded inside
Read moreHey gang.. I am just writing to let you know that I have updated the Ning Powered Events Group and hooked it up with all sorts of cool tools and tips..
That is what this group is all about. Share you p
Ok so someone I am helping with their Ning community has a lot of locations which are mentioned throughout their site and they were wondering how we could change those locations into maps automatically. I am going to show you h
Read moreTrying something new... On this page inside the Ning Powered Groups, i show you how to hack in a flippable PDF without ads or related publications and open in full screen. All the code you need can be found here:
Let me know if you find it useful..
If you have been running your community for some time you probably have a lot of resources to share. You may be looking for a compact way to showcase many tools in the same place, such as a getting started page or a resources page. I am going to qu
Read moreThis week, one of my communities hosted 2 worldwide events - International Surveyors Week 2018 and Survey Earth in a Day 7. One of the challenges this presented was keeping everyone on the same page. One of the ways this was accomplished was by cre
Read moreOk so someone I am helping with their Ning community has a lot of locations which are mentioned throughout their site and they were wondering how we could change those locations into maps automatically. I am going to show you how to do two things li
Read moreEveryone who runs communities which operate in European countries should update their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to reflect the transparency of their communities. But what about new visitors to your site? They must agree to your use fo co
Read moreIf you run a satellite group on Facebook for your Ning community, this tip is for you. You can now grab a embed code for your group and paste it inside a page on your community or inside a message broadcast.
It looks like this:
Several community managers have contacted me and asked for a simple news ticker to add to their community. So....This is a tip for anyone who would like to add a simple and easy to manage news ticker to their Ning Community. It is easy to manage bec
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