Ernie H.'s Blog (25)

A couple of weeks ago, OpenSocial had its first birthday party in San Francisco, and Ning was one of a couple of social network containers that was fortunate enough to attend.



Here is a presentation given by Jay Parikh (VP of Engineering) on how Ning is using OpenSocial. Of possible interest to developers is our future implementation of Network-wide OpenSocial Applications, to be… Continue

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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… Continue

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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… Continue

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As part of the 10/17 platform release, we are upgrading all social networks to a new configuration that uses PHP 5.2.6, an upgrade from PHP 5.2.3. This will occur at a gradual basis, with groups of networks upgraded at once. As this is a minor release it's very unlikely that it will impact any of the software that you've… Continue

Something look different? Yeah, we think so too. Hopefully, in a good way :)



As you've figured out by now, we just launched a redesigned Ning Developer Network to emphasize the amazing stuff you can do on Ning with OpenSocial 0.7 APIs.



From our new Ning Developer Network, you also now have the opportunity to submit your OpenSocial applications to the Ning Application Directory, where your applications will be showcased to millions of members across the over 500,000 social… Continue