Forum Activity for @ken-rich

Ning to Jamroom

Ning To Jamroom

I put this as a forum topic in the Ning Creators Forum: http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/ning-to-jamroom

However, since they might pull it down when my Ning bill goes unpaid, I'll reproduce it here as well.

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There is a Ning to Jamroom forum opened on Jamroom and they are offering a migration path away from Ning, that is not only viable, but empowering and easy to implement. An automated tool has been developed to migrate your Ning Archive JSON files into Jamroom 5, their new "state of the art" script.

This is not just for musicians, although their support is unbeatable in this area. The new script is modular, highly configurable, and adapts to any type of CMS or social networking need. The core is free, and you can take it for a test drive to see for yourself. One click module installs, add additional functionality. You pay only for what you need, with a small one time fee which includes future updates.

The forum has DOCS, FAQS, plus you can ask questions and get official staff responses. Going forward, this is the preferred method of contact, since it saves time and helps keep everything organized in one area.

Personally, I ran "Indie Gospel Artists" as a full featured Ning Pro site for years. It has been migrated over to http://indiegospel.net and has all categories functional. Yes, that includes music, videos, and events. The Jamroom version sports a responsive grid CSS skin, which is compatible with all devices and browsers. It has full ecommerce, unparalleled social connectivity, and advanced features which quite frankly make Ning 2 and 3 look like a joke.

Most importantly, it is open source. So unlike the Ning debacle with Livewired (now APPS IO), 3rd party development is encouraged. Migrants are no longer hostage to Ning's (or anyone's) policy whims, since you own the script.

In fact, before I officially open the doors at the new location, I am doing some mods not even possible on Ning, since there is no access to their closed script.


If this is interesting to you, please register and join the discussion here - https://www.jamroom.net/ning-to-jamroom/forum

Ken Rich

Indie Gospel

Network Creator
updated by @ken-rich: 07/09/16 09:21:02AM

Shopping Cart Stopped Working

Installation and Configuration

Thanks - that sounds easy enough... I have started a dialogue with their support staff on the log-in issue, I will advise on the outcome...

Migrate from Ning to Jamroom

Suggestions

Cool... I'll do that... Gets a bit much dealing with all the messages doesn't it... I had a hundred emails a day coming at me before I started that stuff up - lol...

Migrate from Ning to Jamroom

Suggestions

I'll hit the forum today, and since the three threads I've been frequenting are kind of "cluttered", I'll start a fresh one and link to the others (though I'll update those as well).

Shopping Cart Stopped Working

Installation and Configuration

Hi Brian,

It does appear to be something on their end, as I get a "not found" on their log-in page as well. I put in a contact request but no response overnight.

At any rate, I was looking at the documentation here - https://wiki.foxycart.com/v/2.0/upgrading

There is talk about code changes and so on that's way over my head, but I think it's meant for stand-a-lone sites.

Can you confirm that on the Jamroom end, to go from version 1.1 to 2.0, all one has to do is make the switch in the drop down box in the global config, and whatever code changes are required happen automatically on this end.

Which leaves whatever settings and changes need to be made on their end (when the log-in is fixed), and the cart should resume working at the new version level?

From Alex @ http://muzicieni-trupe.ro

Ning To Jamroom

Cool beans... Glad to hear that there is another "happy camper" come over from Ning, especially one who has experience with so many alternative sites.
updated by @ken-rich: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Shopping Cart Stopped Working

Installation and Configuration

I have to leave now, won't get to this until tomorrow.

However, all of the settings used to work, so why would it not now? I haven't changed any settings since the last time I tested, that's what I don't understand...

Shopping Cart Stopped Working

Installation and Configuration

My shopping cart is no longer functional. I'm not sure why, as it used to work.

Could it be something the data center changed when they fixed the "poodle vulnerability" in the SSL 3?

I see the attached error.

updated by @ken-rich: 12/11/14 01:30:15PM

Google Maps on Events

GoogleMaps

Hi Guys,

I'll look into it this week-end, I'm almost ready to drop my maintenance screen and go live.

I don't see a "Private Notes" link anywhere - sorry.

I didn't remove any body tags (to my knowledge) so the skin designer might want to look into that - which I believe is Douglas???

Migrate from Ning to Jamroom

Suggestions

Cool... I'm just doing a few last minute tweaks over the week-end before I take down my maintenance screen.

I've got a former Ning Pro site, active in all categories, migrated and on the verge of going live in it's new Jamroom skin at http://indiegospel.net

I can already tell this is a thousand times better than the Ning equivalent, and new modules and updates and rolling out like clockwork. Kudos to Paul and the Jamroom team...