[p2p-research] VERY urgent request for Ning

[Alex Rollin]

On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:26 AM, Sepp Hasslberger <sepp at lastrega.com> wrote:

> I like the suggestion of Magius here -
>
> use the existing blog, upgrade the version to the latest one and add  
> a social network type interface to it, creating in this way the  
> successor of the network of people that has grown up around the Ning  
> group.
What do you mean by "social network type interface"?  What Ning  
features do you like?
>
> The fact that member data can be exported and re-imported into  
> buddypress seems a great feature.
Only the member data and we could do that with the same amount of work  
on lots of systems.  This alone does not make buddypress special.
> It is also important not to have to change platform of the blog at a  
> time when we anyway are trying to see how to continue what has built  
> up on the Ning site.
>
> Sepp
>
>
>
> On 19/apr/10, at 15:01, magius wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> about exporting Ning.com community members' emails, are you aware
>> that's possible to export them in .CSV format from Ning group? Here's
>> how to do:
>>
>> http://creators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-export-your-members-to
>>
>> about creating a new community website different from the Ning.com
>> one, it's also possible to use the existing blog @
>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net , adding to it community features'
>> module. Infact, cause P2P Foundation blog uses Wordpress, upgrading  
>> it
>> at the last release, is possible to use the Buddypress module:
>>
>> http://buddypress.org/
>>
>> After Buddypress installation, you can batch upload the Ning.com
>> members using this plugin:
>> http://manojkumar.org/bulk-import-members-users-plugin-for-buddypress-site/
>>
>> Imho using Buddypress on the existing blog is better than creating a
>> new site, cause in this way is possible to easily create a community
>> around existing blog contents, instead of making a new website with
>> their duplicated contents.
>>
>> magius
>>
>>
>> 2010/4/16 Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>:
>>> Dear friends,
>>>
>>> I just hear that Ning will no longer be free, and I personally  
>>> can't afford
>>> any fees for it,
>>>
>>> we have two possibilities, either find some funding, or closing it,
>>>
>>> but in any case, as I'm now travelling for two days,
>>>
>>> Joseph: can you make sure to at least copy the emails of our  
>>> members, so
>>> that we don't loose the network we have built up there?
>>>
>>> Michel
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