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laura An Interview with Apps.IO’s Benjamin Cavanaugh

From making it simple to post a classified ad, to providing a way to visually map members, the Ning Apps created by Apps.IO are adding new and interesting functionality to the Ning Networks they are installed on. Their newest Ning App, Listings, was a finalist in the Best Original Ning App category in the recently held Ning Appathon competition. Apps.IO President Benjamin Cavanaugh chatted with us about the orig… Continue

Added by laura on December 14, 2009 at 5:17pm — No Comments

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

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

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

Ernie H. An Update on Ning Apps

Hi everyone! As you may have heard, beta testing for Ning Apps are currently underway for a select group of social networks. Ning Apps is similar to Profile Apps in that they both use OpenSocial APIs to get data about members of a social network, but Ning Apps contain additional views to show functionality at the main page of a social network, along with additional canvas and profile page views. As Ning is unique to other social network c… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on May 6, 2009 at 11:00pm — 7 Comments

Lane LiaBraaten opensocial.org - powered by Ning

I've been working with the OpenSocial community since the first Campfire One when OpenSocial was announced. Over the past year I've learned that the members of the community are our greatest resource - both for moving the OpenSocial spec forward and for helping each other build successful OpenSocial apps. Today we announced an all new opensocial.org site t… Continue

Added by Lane LiaBraaten on February 4, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Ian Crawford Increasing Engagement and Distribution of Your Social Game

Social platforms, like Ning, facilitate new game mechanics as well as providing new opportunities to engage users and increase game distribution. It's certainly no replacement for compelling game play (that is, you still need a good game) but exploiting the capabilities of the social web can help get your game the traction it needs. Incorporating this technology can be time consuming (though it doesn't have to be) but the benefits far outweigh the costs. Read o… Continue

Added by Ian Crawford on January 22, 2009 at 2:07pm — 4 Comments

Ernie H. How to add an OpenSocial Application on your own social network!

To add an Application, click on the "Add Applications" link that appears in the left column of your profile page, beneath your photo: Image This will take you to the Application Directory, where you can browse all Applications or view them by category. When you find an Application that you'd like to add, click on the "Add to My Page" button and then confirm by clicking "… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on December 15, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Ernie H. OpenSocial Wikis and Compliance Tests

Hi everyone! Here are two more two additional tools that OpenSocial developers may find useful: 1. As previously mentioned on the OpenSocial API Blog, there is now a wiki for all things OpenSocial. The wiki contains tutorials, API references and information about other social network containers. While still in its infancy stage, the wi… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on November 4, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Arne Roomann-Kurrik Writing OpenSocial code just got easier: introducing the OpenSocial Dev App

Today, I'm happy to announce the OpenSocial Dev App: a tool that lets you prototype and debug JavaScript code against a live container environment. Its aim is to ease the learning curve of those unfamiliar with the OpenSocial JavaScript APIs, as well as give experienced developers a quick way to test new containers and API methods without the hurdle of writing full XML specs, uploading files to a server, or h… Continue

Added by Arne Roomann-Kurrik on October 28, 2008 at 2:27pm — 7 Comments

Ernie H. Guidelines for Developers porting their OpenSocial Applications from a different social network container to Ning

Hi everyone! So, the good news is that there have been a lot of applications to review for the Ning Application Directory. More Applications mean more variety, and that's a good thing. But the bad news is this: because a lot of OpenSocial Application developers haven't taken the time to look at the Best Practices page on the Ning OpenSocial Documentation, we've had to reject a lot of the applications right off the bat, or at least it's been a lengthy process. The biggest guidelines to follow… Continue

Added by Ernie H. on October 20, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

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