[p2p-research] VERY urget request for Ning

[Richard Schulte]

Ning luckily has been supporting Open Social APIs.  Here is what data that
will be able to be extracted:
http://developer.ning.com/notes/OpenSocial_APIs_Supported_by_Ning

Drupal Gardens is not intended as a social networking platform, and neither
is Wordpress, IMHO.  The best option would be to build a Ning to Elgg port,
or something of the like.

This company is already doing it professionally
http://www.keetup.com/ning-to-elgg/.  Doing it manually, then, would
probably not be incredibly difficult, depending on the complexity of the
Ning network.

Now would be a great time to host a mashup of Elgg and other applications
that included a Ning Import module on signup, and offered complete data
ownership.  There would be very high demand.  Because the data portability
is somewhat limited, the amount of data that could be imported may not be
incredibly extensive, though services could be offered for more complex
operations and for importing data from extra plugins and features, theme
porting, etc.  It would be nice, however, to have a simple, free solution
for simple ning instances.

Richard


It says on that announcement that content export tools will be
> available in July.
>
> I am not sure if I am reading too much into this, though....perhaps
> that is not actually being promised.
>
> At any rate, whoever has admin ability should grab an export when it
> becomes available.
>
> --
> Alex
>
> “It’s no longer possible for a country to collapse in isolation. Now
> we all collapse.
>
> The only path to stability is to equalize the consumption rates of the
> first and developing world. Our dream is no longer possible in the new
> world.” - Jared Diamond March 2010
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Josef Davies-Coates
> <josef at uniteddiversity.com<http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org>>
> wrote:
> >* I've been commenting here:*
> >* http://drupal.org/node/335996*
> **>
> **>* And here:*
> >* http://buytaert.net/drupal-gardens-launches-in-private-beta*
> **>
> **>* Suggesting/ pleading for someone to make a Ning to Drupal Gardens
> migration*
> >* tool...*
> >
> **>* Feel free to join me! ;)*
> >
> **>* May end up being quite easy for drupal heads though, since apparently
> Ning*
> >* are going to be releasing content export tools soon:*
> >* http://about.ning.com/announcement/*
> **>
> **>* Josef.*
> >
> **>
> **>* On 22 April 2010 12:40, Sepp Hasslberger <sepp at lastrega.com<http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org>>
> wrote:*
> >>
> **>>* On 21/apr/10, at 07:05, Alex Rollin wrote:*
> >>
> **>>>* What do you mean by "social network type interface"?*
> >>
> **>>* I was thinking of http://buddypress.org/ which integrates with
> Wordpress.*
> >>
> **>>
> **>>>* What Ning features do you like?*
> >>
> **>>* I like about Ning that people do not need to get permission to edit
> the*
> >>* official blog but they can still bring up a question for discussion
> (in the*
> >>* forum or on their Ning blog), and I like the typically more lively*
> >>* interaction and the more focussed commenting you have on such a forum,
> *
> >>* compared to the official blog.*
> >>
> **>
> **>
> **>
> **>* --*
> >* Josef Davies-Coates*
> >* 07974 88 88 95*
> >* http://uniteddiversity.com*
> **>* Together We Have Everything*
> >
> **
>
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