Ning Blog:
The books have sold millions of copies, its movies have been seen across the globe and the official Ning Network boasts hundred of thousands of members. With the The Twilight Saga: New Moon released across the country today, there’s no doubt that Twilight fever has been caught by, well, pretty much everyone.Find more photos (Read More)
Ning Blog:
On Monday, we’re refreshing the Created By box with a new look and updated language. The Created By box, which appears in the right column of your Ning Network, serves a few purposes. First of all, it lets everyone know who the Network Creator is. Second, along with links in the header and the footer, the Created By box inv (Read More)
Ning Blog:
We’re excited to announce the results of our first global Ning Appathon!After all the votes were tallied, Feedly Magazines took home the $5,000 prize for best original application and Sharendipity won the $4,000 prize for best ported application.Submissions for our weeklong competition were judged by Wired Editor-in-chief a (Read More)
Ning Blog:
Over the last week we tested display ads on a small set of Ning Networks that are using the free service, as we blogged about here. The feedback we received was positive. Starting tomorrow, we will roll-out display ads to most Ning Networks that are using the free service. We’ll continue to respond quickly to any issues yo (Read More)
Ning Blog:
Running a Ning Network is a lot like hosting an awesome party. But no matter how rocking it is, sometimes people leave and sometimes you have to kick people out. On Monday, we’ll be introducing more flexibility to the experience members have when they leave your Ning Network, and to the experience you have when you need to (Read More)
Ning Blog:
No Depression was founded in 1995 as quarterly print magazine covering alternative- country music. The past few years haven’t been particularly kind to print media, and two years ago, the magazine ceased publishing. Today, the magazine lives on as a website and Ning Network, and “while No Depression no longer has a traditio (Read More)
Ning Blog:
American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio are holding a conference today on the future of news. Their focus is on creating a new model for regional journalism in the U.S. Those who can’t attend can follow along by joining their Ning Network, where the event is live streaming or contributing on Twitter with the #tfon (Read More)
Ning Blog:
The creative community has a new online place to share values, ethics and inspiration: Design Democracy, a Ning Network for designers of all types.Design Democracy isn’t limited to one type of designer or focusing on one type of work. Content ranges from photos to text and the members piping up on what they like and what in (Read More)
Ning Blog:
As promised, here’s a bit more color on the changes to Ning.com we launched on Monday.We redesigned Ning.com to focus on Ning Networks and your settings across Ning Networks. Now on Ning.com, you have full access to your list of Ning Networks created and joined as well as Settings across Ning Networks, which is super handy (Read More)
Ning Blog:
One of the more interesting challenges of growing a social platform with base of passionate Network Creators is how to communicate the less visible success factors that make a Ning Network a hit. In the case of performance, the data is black and white: if your Ning Network is light and fast, you will grow. If it loads slowl (Read More)
Ning Blog:
Last week, we experimented with running display ads on Ning Networks that are using the free service. We had scattered reports of issues relating to the content of the ads not being relevant to some Ning Networks.We’re committed to delivering the most relevant ads to every Ning Network. Starting tomorrow, we’ll begin rollin (Read More)
Ning Blog:
One of the things that makes Ning Virtual Gifts unique is that as Network Creators, you can customize the Gift Store to make it just right for your Ning Network. From the get-go, you’ve been able to upload your own original gifts, as well as feature or remove gifts from the Gift Store. Today, we’re offering two more ways to (Read More)
Ning Blog:
We’re excited to announce the launch of Ning Creators, a new public Network Creator Network designed to help you get the most out of your Ning Network. As we first talked about here, we are thrilled to once again have a centralized place for Network Creators and us to help other Network Creators, talk through releases bef (Read More)
Ning Blog:
Along with launching our brand-new Ning Creators Network today, we’ve also updated the design and layout of Ning.com. As we first posted here, this is the first step of a redesigned Ning.com that will be focused on Ning Network discovery, Ning Network management and no default Ning-wide profiles.We’ll have more on this upda (Read More)
OpenSocial API Blog:
Let the games begin! At last night's Ning Appathon kickoff event at the Ning offices in Palo Alto, Ning started a week-long worldwide app development competition for the recently launched Ning Apps platform.WHAT: The Ning Appathon is a week-long OpenSocial development competition with prizes for both original and ported app (Read More)