I've had my head buried so deep working on Design Projects and answering questions, I completely missed a new feature Ning added to their new Chat Room. Speed Racer of NASCAR NATION woke me up by adding a cool tip on Creators.ning.com!

Some Chat Sounds For The New Chat…

I've been trying to make the Top News/Everything tabs in the Latest Activity module stand out a bit more - for the benefit of members.

There may be more simple code to use but here is what I'm using (added to Appearance - Advanced)

.activity-feed-view-selector {

border-bottom-color: black;

}



.xg_module_body ul.activity-feed-view-selector li {

display:inline-block!important;

display: -moz-inline-box; /* inline-block for earlier versions of…

One of the joys of having a darker network is having to tweak everything to fit properly so white-space isn't seen.

I recently finished a new page for my job board and had a lot of extra space in the page content area outside of my Iframe that I needed to fill and also fix the default margin / padding.…

Disclaimer: I have not tested this anywhere except my forum.

I though that the quotes blended too well with the replies on my forum. Not easy to read while scrolling:

So I tweaked like so:…

Suggested by our VIP Member: dreadlockssite, I played around with the look of Ning's new Chat Box via the Creators.ning.com site. I haven't installed the new Chat on JenSocial for various reasons. I will soon. So, I have not tested this CSS on a live site yet. Anyone who tries out the CSS, we'd love to hear how it goes!

Instructions:

1. Adjust the styles…

Add GOTO Links Above Your Status Box "Quick Links"

This tip was inspired by the awesome Brian Fløe of MyAppleSpace.

First I attempted to add the links via the Language Editor, pulling all tricks out of my hat. I couldn't get it to format properly. Soooo, onto…

Ning Footer Links: Add Simple Text and Links (HTML) to Ning Footer

There are many ways to add simple HTML (Text and Links) to the Ning Footer, none real straightforward on Ning. You should be able to add via Language Editor by searching on existing footer "link text". I haven't tried this in a while, but I think you can still add links via LE.

Old Tip:…

Give it a rest already! ...(Your pointer finger that is)...

I get tired of constantly scrolling and having to go to the top of the page to get to my tabs while working on my site. One of my favorite tips I got from Jensocial is for…

This is super easy CSS to help make your Home Page Forum module stand out. The point is: Make one special module stand out from the rest.

Instructions:

• Edit CSS below, changing background color to your preferred color. The example color looks great on a white home page, and has that WordPress look.
• Add CSS to your Advanced CSS via My Network/Settings/Appearance/Advanced.
• Done.…

Wow, every time I create a broadcast message on Ning, it's total frustration for me. The received message rarely looks the way it does in the Ning Editor. I have a few tips I've learned through trial and error I want to share with you.

• The best way to add special styling to your broadcast message content is to wrap an outer DIV around all content - - or a table for more advanced HTML Users. Add the tag like this: <DIV>All of your broadcast message…