Dislike of new features after maintenance

[Lewis]

I'm not sure about everyone but I liked having the mail drop screen at the top of the group pages. I also liked the fact that as a creator or administor when you clicked the members tab you could go to the bottom of the page to find the edit members for seeing if you have any new mmembers to approve and what not. Having to hit the manage at least for me was just to set up the pages and decide what you wanted in the group. However with the latest maintenance those were taken away from us without so much as a chance to go to the other format if we as creators or administors thought it was better.

[AlwayzAnArchAngel (Wanda)]

I agree...I'm not loving some of the changes either. It would be nice to have the option to opt out of those we don't like...especially since I am paying extra to have the ads gone and other premium services.

[Caprisha Smyles]

I actually like the mail on the right side. I usually had a lot of messages w/ people not knowing where to find the friend request icon as it was so small and hidden at the top.
But I agree, there should be options available for you to put it wherever you want on your page!

[Freshly-Baked]

i fixed the js and errors you should try this code out:
(makes a pretty menu in the current xn_bar)

open YOURSITE.ning.dav.com/instances/main/pageEnd.php

and copy and paste the following : (replacing YOURSITEURL with your site url e.g (http://developer.ning.com))

<?php $mySN = XN_Profile::current()->screenName;?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function URLEncode (clearString) {
var output = '';
var x = 0;
clearString = clearString.toString();
var regex = /(^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/;
while (x < clearString.length) {
var match = regex.exec(clearString.substr(x));
if (match != null && match.length > 1 && match[1] != '') {
output += match[1];
x += match[1].length;
} else {
if (clearString[x] == ' ')
output += '+';
else {
var charCode = clearString.charCodeAt(x);
var hexVal = charCode.toString(16);
output += '%' + ( hexVal.length < 2 ? '0' : '' ) + hexVal.toUpperCase();
}
x++;
}
}
return output;
}

var siteURLC = 'YOURSITEURL'; // REPLACE THIS WITH YOUR SITE URL!!
var siteURLD = URLEncode(siteURLC);

url = document.URL;
if (url.match(/authorization/) || url.match(/invitation/) || url.match(/admin/) || url.match(/appearance/) || url.match(/feature/) || url.match(/tablayout/) || url.match(/flickr/)) {
//Do Nothing
} else {
if ( x$("div#xg_module_account").next().hasClass("xg_signup") ) {
var referenceButton = document.getElementById('xn_bar_menu_tabs');
x$(loginButton).appendTo(referenceButton);
var loginButton = '<li><span class="before"></span><a href="'+ siteURLC +'/main/authorization/signIn?target='+ siteURLD +'%2F">Login</a><span class="after"></span></li>';
} else {
//Do Nothing
};

var userID = "<?php echo $mySN ?>";
var newHTML = '<li><span class="before"></span><a class="desc inbox" href="'+ siteURLC +'/profiles/message/listInbox">Inbox</a><span class="after"></span></li><li><span class="before"></span><a class="desc alerts" href="'+ siteURLC +'/profiles/message/listAlerts">Alerts</a><span class="after"></span></li><li><span class="before"></span><a class="desc friends" href="/xn/detail/f_'+ userID + '">My Friends</a><span class="after"></span></li><li><span class="before"></span><a class="desc settings" href="'+ siteURLC +'/profiles/settings/editProfileInfo">My Settings</a><span class="after"></span></li><li><span class="before"></span><a href="'+ siteURLC +'/main/authorization/signOut?target='+ siteURLD +'%2F&xg_token=69fe7e8de17ce89d7b4f88e31776aa90">Logout</a><span class="after"></span></li>';
var newAcctmodulePos = document.getElementById('xn_bar_menu_tabs');
x$(newHTML).appendTo(newAcctmodulePos);
x$(".account_links").hide();
}
</script>


hope thats a bit better.

- F-B -

[Freshly-Baked]

it would make it look like so:

[Lewis]

i can get use to the one on the side i just don't like the way they forced it on us just having the inbox and friend list on top was great i was able to get alot done that way . but the way they set things up for checking to see if you have new members on your group and such is bad

[Ernie H.]

Hi everyone,

That's great that you guys are discussing the new features! That said, while the Developer Network focuses on code that powers your social network, any general comments or questions about your social network features should be redirected to the Ning Network Creators group, where more people can address your issues more effectively there. Thanks!

- Ernie

[Evan]

Hi Lewis!

We hear you. We're actually planning on adding icons back in an upcoming release.

Cheers!
Evan