Forum Activity for @perrie

Group listing on homepage

Using Jamroom

I would like to have my groups on the front page, in a grid format using the just avatars of the groups as a hyperlink, and have it so that the group with the most recent activity goes to the front of the line and so on. Here is what it looks like on my current site: Is there a way to do that.
I am using site builder but with the Ninga skin.
Thanks~

updated by @perrie: 12/22/16 11:55:59AM

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Ning To Jamroom

Thanks Michael! That was a big help! Yay!

Something To consider when leaving Ning

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Thanks Curtis!
Had I not been snooping around the forum trying to solve a problem I would have totally missed this. That is really low. The only thing I ever ran into worse was Grou.ps. They are still holding my two week trial group hostage trying to sell it.... and it's been 4 years now!

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OK glad you said that... because now I am looking to see how to do it for the forum and I don't quite see it. But on the upside, I did remember that you need both editor modules enabled to have them work. Getting them to work with the forum... not so much, LOL!

In the meanwhile, I am going to ask my group what means more to them. They will love this text editor since it is better than the one with Ning.. but I am worried about the threading.
updated by @perrie: 04/01/15 05:25:53PM

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Now that is odd, Strumelia. I don't have it on mine. Maybe something up with my settings?
Now I am going to have to go and check.

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Strumelia,

Yes, I am going to do that. , have a few trusted members look at things as they are. It is a strange thing here. When you have "discussions" you get that great text editor, which my group will love and the threading... but no way to create topics and the tabs...
If you chose the forum, you lose the text editor and threading, but you can track discussions.

I know nothing about 3rd party PHP Forums but it is an avenue to look in to.

One way or the other, I have to make some sort of decision, though.

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Thanks Strumelia,
You have no idea how much your help has meant to me! You have been a real pal.

That sounds like a good idea you have about the front page. Still have to work on how to do that. I am not up to design yet. Just trying to work out the kinks in function. Once I get that straightened out, I will try to tackle the design part. But without knowing if the site will function in a way that my group can work, it's all kind of pointless.

Anyway, I am going to see if I can get some developer help. Who knows?

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Strumelia,

Thank you so much for your reply. I agree that Ning is dying a slow painful death. And while I am trying to make adjustments that these two platforms will never be the same, the forum is my site, so this is a biggie for me. In fact, my forum is my landing/home page. My site is more structured like an on line newspaper, saying like the Huffington Post. To make the leap here, I have already given up on the forum being the front page. But due to the nature of the discussions (many tangents on one subject) I needed threading... even simple threading meaning only on thread deep, (the discussions seem to have them going 12 deep, which is nice, but not necessary). I am willing to even pay to have some help with this. I like Jamroom a lot and have come a long way, from where I was, but his is a big issue and one I didn't notice until I started to play around with the site. Now I don't know what to do. Uggg.

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Hi Fellow Ningsters,

I have a bit of an issue with my forum that I am hoping that one of you have also ran into. On Ning, my forum is threaded. It needs to be, because we are news and politics discussion group. Some of our discussions can go on for over 200 comments easy.
So given that I needed threading, I was advised to use a group as my forum, since the groups have threaded discussion. And so I started to build my site that way. Then I noticed a big problem. Not only are there no categories, like you can using the JR forum (and I need for my group), but I am also missing the tabs for "My comments' and "Newest Comments" etc.
Right now on my Ning site, the topics are kept on tabs at the top of the page. I like this format, but I am open to other work arounds.
I must warn you, that I am not good with code. I can follow directions, if they are spelled out well.
Any help would be appreciated.
updated by @perrie: 05/04/15 04:28:48PM

Problem with Forum as group work around

Ning To Jamroom

Hi Paul,

My issue isn't the archive but going forward. My site is our forum, since what we do is discuss news and politics. So having a way of dividing up the topics, and being able to keep up with the discussions that you have participated in is a biggie for us.

So I think that I am going to have to do custom template work is my only choice, if that provides for topics, forum tabs and threading. I have to say that my knowledge of html is pretty limited, so that leaves me in a really bad place.

I'm at a loss here. Now what?
updated by @perrie: 03/30/15 06:03:51PM