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 that link to new pages (or external URLs) via the Tab Manager feature.

Unique Member Profiles

Define your own network profile questions. Let members 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 items are posted.

Invite and Share

Every Ning Network comes with a rich invitation engine, with full web address book and .csv file importing to enable you and members to invite new members. Everyone can also cross-post status updates on Twitter and Facebook, and share content across the Internet with additional built-in tools.

Latest Activity

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

RSS Feeds

Pull in one or more RSS feeds from a blog, website or news source for an ongoing stream of information flowing into your Ning Network. Outgoing RSS feeds for features on public Ning Networks are also available automatically.

Photos and Videos

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

Chat

Enable your members to see who's online and chat in real-time with the chat feature. Choose to have chat appears as a persistent bar across the bottom of your Ning Network or as a dedicated tab.

Groups

Create groups on your Ning Network with images, membership, comments and a dedicated discussion forum. Give your members the ability to collaborate by sub-group; geography, committees, special interests.

Discussion Forum

Add a rich single or multi-threaded discussion forum with categories, photos and attachments. Limit forum topic creation to just 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 choose to feature specific blog posts on your Ning Network's Main Page. Enlist your members to be your editorial and content creation team.

Events

Organize events and track RSVPs. Limit event creation to just you, or open it up to all of your members.

Ning Apps

Further customize the experience on your Ning Network with additional features developed by a robust network of leading developers.