Ning

Branding & Visual Design Freedom

Choose from one of 50 distinct and unique themes or create your own design with custom CSS. Add tabs and sub-tabs to specific pages and external links via the Tab Manager feature.

Unique Member Profiles

Define your own profile questions for incoming members. Members can customize their profile pages with their own design, choice of widgets and profile applications. Customize advanced member search based on your Ning Network's unique profile questions, including location.

Moderation & Privacy

Choose to make your Ning Network public or private for members only. Moderate members before they join. Moderate photos, videos, groups, chat and events before they're posted.

Invite and Share

Every Ning Network comes with a rich invitation engine, with full Web address book and .csv file importing, for you and members to invite new members. Cross post Status updates on Twitter, and share content across the Internet with built in tools.

Latest Activity

A real-time, dynamic activity feed of everything happening across your Ning Network including status updates from members.

RSS Feeds In and RSS Out

Pull in one or more RSS feeds from your blog, Web site or news source for an ongoing stream of information into your Ning Network. All features for public Ning Networks are also available automatically via RSS.

Photos and Videos

Enable your members to upload and share photos and videos. Automatically present your members with the option to embed your Ning Network's branded photo slideshows or video players anywhere on the Web and link back to your Ning Network.

Chat

Enable your members to see who's online and chat in real-time with the persistent chat feature across the bottom of your Ning Network or pop it out into its own window.

Groups

Enable groups on your Ning Network with images, membership, comments and a discussion forum.

Discussion Forum

Add a rich single or multi-threaded discussion forum with categories, photos and attachments. Limit forum topic creation to you or open it up to all of your members.

Blogs for Every Member

Enable blogging for every member of your Ning Network. Display everyone's blog posts as a tab or just feature specific blog posts on your Ning Network's Main Page.

Events

Organize events and keep track of who's attending. Limit event creation to you or open it up to all of your members.

Ning Apps

Further customize the experience on your Ning Network with additional features.