Quick Start & Tips

QUICK START and FEATURED MEMBER SPOTS:

1. For BEST Search results, please make your regular Account/Member Name, the same as your Ning Network Name.
2. Read Directory Guidelines - Only Ning Networks are approved for final inclusion.
3. THE LIST: This is the actual Categorized List of Ning Networks. THE LIST is a secondary Forum with extra fields like Web Address, and an excellent way to add Ning Networks to a searchable list, by Category. Add your Ning Networks to THE LIST. You must add your own Listings to be included. It's fast and easy. You can add multiple Ning Networks per member account. Please limit 2 Listings per Ning Network. Select your Categories carefully. The Listings are moderated. If you add non-Ning Networks, or your Ning Networks in inappropriate Categories, they will be relocated or removed.
4. CLASSIFIEDS: Add your Ning Networks, Products, Services, or any appropriate items to Classifieds. No limits on entries, within reason.
5. SPECIAL CATEGORY GROUPS: Be sure to JOIN your Category Groups, up to 2. Find the Category Group(s) on the home page that fit your Ning Network Category, and join. That's ALL you need to do, for even more exposure to your Network. You can add your badges and Discussions.
6. Please come to the site often. The Staff at the Ning Directory will continue do our part, by spreading the word all over the Internet, optimizing our keywords on major Search Engines (phenomenal to-date), and continue to get our Alexa Ranking higher and higher!
7. Help with Activity and Get Featured all at the same time! Click here to join and participate in our bi-monthly Contest.
8. Invite your other Ning Network Creator friends!
9. For that EXTRA SPECIAL ATTENTION: Check out our premium spots! You'll find rates more reasonable than most SEO Marketing packages, and more exposure to your Ning Networks!

	Change your member name to your Ning Network Name
	Change your member icon to your Ning Network Logo
	Read Directory Guidelines - Only Ning Networks are approved for final inclusion
	Add your Ning Networks to THE LIST (Categorized Directory Listings) - NING NETWORKS ONLY.
	Add your products, services and networks to Classifieds
	Create your Blog and advertise your Ning Network
	Start a Discussion about your Ning Network
	Join the Category Group(s) representing your Ning Network (featured Groups - limit 2 please) Join one of our International Ning Directory Groups, or request to Represent your Country if the Group has not yet been created.
	Join Network Creator Groups: Ning Tips, Banner Exchange, Featured Member Contest, Make Friends, Private Club, and Ning Support
	FEATURED COMMUNITY SPACE & GOLD MEMBER SPONSOR ADS Guarantee your featured member spot, or GOLD MEMBER AD SPOTS! See details below.

• Twitter Blog via WordPress is very unique, in that; your comments are Blogged via WordPress and Twittered, all at the same time! Exposure galore! Must wait for first approval on WordPress Blog. After that first approval, you can Twitter all you want.
• Twitter Group Discussion is our integrated Twitter Discussion, where you can add a Comment/Tweet.
• Twitter ShoutEm - INSTANT SEND This is the BEST way to send Tweets to Twitter via our Team Account. Not only are the Tweets sent instantly, your Tweet is displayed on our home page at top center (free ad!).

Twitter your Ning often! It will seriously help your Network get attention. You can use any or all of the 3 Twitter methods.

Make your page your own!

• To hide the header for the 'Ning Directory' from your page, add the following CSS. You must add this CSS to remove the Directory Logo and Description. Click on 'My Page/Theme/Advanced Tab'. Under CSS, add this style: #xg_sitedesc,#xg_sitename { display: none !important; } See 2nd case below.
• 2nd Case: If the CSS above does not work for you, please test the following code.
  #xg_sitedesc,#xg_sitename { display: none !important; } #xg_masthead { height: 200px; min-height: 200px; } You can adjust the height '200', just make sure you change both instances.
• Community Showcase! Check out our special Community Showcase page. You earn points by: Joining Groups, Forum and Blog Posts, and by inviting (most points) other Network Creators to join the Directory. Click on the Golden Cup next to My Invites Ranking to activate your points. Good luck everyone, and thank you for helping spread the word about the Directory!

 

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