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Ernie H. Ning Creators is Live: General Discussion is now read-only

Today, we are launching Ning Creators, a new public Network Creator Network designed to help you get the most out of your Ning Network. While the Ning Developer Network will continue to be the place for developers to ask questions about the OpenSocial APIs, Javascript and CSS that power your Ning Network, Ning Creators offers articles, blog posts, screencasts, updates on new releases and a staffed forum. Questions and discussions about fe… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on November 9, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Ernie H. Ning Apps Documentation v1.0.7 Released!

A new iteration of the Ning Apps documentation has been uploaded, with the following items:
  • Added screenshots of Tab Manager integration, Profile View "My Apps" screens.
  • There is no longer a need to create a separate development sandbox - just create a Ning Network. All references to developer sandboxes have been removed.
  • Added additional notes on Ning App caching.
  • Added notes on how to remove a Ning App.
To download a PDF of the newest version of… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on October 22, 2009 at 3:33pm — No Comments

Ernie H. Public Ning Apps Permalinks Now Available

Hi everyone! We're excited to let you know that we've rolled out a public-facing version of the Ning Apps directory, complete with permalinks that can be used to promote Ning Apps directly to prospective Network Creators. It's available here: http://developer.ning.com/ningapps Here's how to grab a permalink: 1) Click on the logo of a Ning App in the public directory to visit your… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on October 21, 2009 at 5:28pm — 1 Comment

Ernie H. Want to develop a Ning App? Here are some suggestions!

Since launching Ning Apps last month, we've received a lot of great feedback from our Network Creators about additional apps they'd love to see on their Ning networks. We thought we'd post a short suggestion list to help inspire you, our awesome developers. Reviews - Enable members of a Ning Network to share reviews of restaurants, local businesses and services, electronics, movies, music and more. Or create an app that lets the Network Creator create their own custom reviews application. Favo… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on October 7, 2009 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Ernie H. Introducing Ning Apps for your Ning Network!

As our Senior Vice President of Business Operations Jason Rosenthal has announced, we have made Ning Apps available for all social networks on Ning. You can read more information about Ning Apps on the Ning Blog, or find some documentation how to build your own Ning Apps here at the Ning Developer Network. You can also use ou… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on September 10, 2009 at 8:00am — 6 Comments

Ernie H. What happens after you submit an App?

We here at Ning thought it would be useful to let you know a bit about the policy and usability processes we have in place to review your Apps. These processes are in place to ensure you are putting your best foot forward to in providing a quality product for all of our 1.4 million Ning Networks and 30 million members. What happens after you submit your App? You may find the following article useful: http://de… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on September 7, 2009 at 11:59am — No Comments

Ernie H. Ning Apps Documentation v1.0.6 Released!

A new iteration of the Ning Apps documentation has been uploaded, with the following items:
  • Sandboxes must now be created by contacting the Ning Help Center.
  • Removed ning.main view, UserPrefs and EnumValues sections.
  • Added a section explaining that Network Creators and Admins can display or hide all profile views to members.
To download a PDF of the newest version of the Ning Apps documentation,… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on August 17, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Ernie H. Ning Apps to launch in early September

(Note: This is a re-post of Nick's post on the Ning Blog. Please direct any particular feedback there so we can manage responses more efficiently. Thanks!) We are excited to announce that Ning Apps will debut in early September! When you create a Ning Network around a specific interest or passion, you need a diverse feature set that allows you to be creative and customize the experienc… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on August 11, 2009 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

Ernie H. Updating the Latest Activity Stream in Your Ning App

Having a Ning App write to the activity stream (using opensocial.requestCreateActivity) is the most effective way to drive visibility and traffic to your application directly from the main page of a social network. We can see opensocial.requestCreateActivity in action by using the OpenSocial Dev App tool; you can install the OpenSocial Dev App tool on a Ning Apps sandbox by going to http://NETWORKNAME.ning.com/opensocial/ningapps/addByUrl to add an XML file manually (replacing NETWORKNAME with… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on August 10, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

MJH Sweet Beach Layout for MySpace and Ning

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Added by MJH on July 29, 2009 at 7:13am — No Comments

MJH Keep Us Clean Layout For MySpace and Ning

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Added by MJH on July 29, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Ernie H. Another Update on Ning Apps

Hi everyone, After a private beta period and some extensive performance and feature analysis, we're currently planning to make Ning Apps available to all social networks on Ning in mid-August. We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we finalize the last of our product testing and development, and will follow-up as the date gets closer with more specific information. Thanks, - Ernie Continue

Added by Ernie H. on July 14, 2009 at 12:07pm — 12 Comments

Ernie H. Ning Apps Documentation v1.0.5 Released!

A new iteration of the Ning Apps documentation has been uploaded, with the following items:
  • Added section "What Ning Apps Can and Can Not Do"
  • Further clarified the section "UserPrefs and EnumValues" -- UserPrefs are unavailable in the Profile or Canvas View.
  • All Ning Apps titles should have a maximum length of 24 characters.
  • Fixed a broken PNG file related to the subnavigation.
  • Added
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Added by Ernie H. on July 7, 2009 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

booda priest Ning Developers

Whats up with all the spammers on here looking for your email address. I thought those days were over when I dropped aol and stopped using yahoo chat haha. Continue

Added by booda priest on July 2, 2009 at 7:11am — No Comments

Roy Leon, Kodkod Using Google Webmaster Tools and managing file directory.

Hello All :j Recently, i have started the Kodkod.ning.network i would like to add it to my google Analyze/webmaster tools but i am having trouble verifying the site as i am requried to upload a certain generated html file to the Network's directory. could anyone please explain how this verification idea works on ning? Many 10x ! Continue

Added by Roy Leon, Kodkod on June 29, 2009 at 7:01am — No Comments

Tahirah Id'Deen Headers

Would like to hire someone to resize a pic and make it a header on my site...If interested please respond to this blog Tahirah Id'Deen Continue

Added by Tahirah Id'Deen on June 28, 2009 at 12:37pm — 3 Comments

tomerjonno please help me??

how do i post messages and comments to my all members by not going each of members page??why not new members are not in my friend list and how it will be done automatically (like when some one sign up they should be friend with admin) please let me know if you can help me ..thanks a lot Continue

Added by tomerjonno on June 27, 2009 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Hertz Ventura Help guys.

Hi guys, I have an existing Ning social network site for my HS friends. How can I add OpenSocials Applications like Buddy Poke on it? thanks so much! ;-) Continue

Added by Hertz Ventura on June 24, 2009 at 8:46pm — No Comments

Marcus R. I need Help Installing OPEN SOCIAL TO MY NETWORK!

Can anyone please help me install the open social to my network. I've been trying all week and it's not working for me at all. My ning network is www.HustlaRadio.com. Please contact me there or via email. HustlaRadio@yahoo.com Thanks, Marcus Continue

Added by Marcus R. on June 23, 2009 at 10:25am — No Comments

Ernie H. Ning Apps Documentation v1.0.4 Released!

A new iteration of the Ning Apps documentation has been uploaded, with the following items:
  • Added section "Getting Ning Container-Specific information with ning.core.AppStatus"
  • Changed XML sample for section "Navigating Between Views and Passing Parameter Information"
  • Added content for the section "UserPrefs and EnumValues"
  • author_email in the ModulePrefs header is now accessible to Network Creators in the Ning Apps Directory; the "What you MUST do" section h
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Added by Ernie H. on May 26, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

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