Featured Blog Posts – August 2009 Archive (3)

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

(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… Continue

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… Continue