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Chapter 1Exploring NingIn This Chapter▶ Discovering Ning▶ Finding things to do on Ning▶ Investigating your Ning Activity FeedWe all have different thi

18Part I: An Overview of Ning Create Your Own Social Network buttonIn the right column is the Create Your Own Social Network button. When you click it

19 Chapter 1: Exploring NingSocial NetworksClicking the Social Networks link in the navigation takes you to the My Social Networks page, shown in Figu

20Part I: An Overview of Ning FriendsClicking the Friends link in the navigation takes you to the My Friends page, which you can see in Figure 1-10.By

21 Chapter 1: Exploring NingWhen you click the Notifications link in the navigation, you’re taken to the Notifications page, as shown in Figure 1-11.

22Part I: An Overview of Ning When you first get to My Settings, you can modify the details of your profile: ✓ Info: The information you entered when

23 Chapter 1: Exploring Ningany new networks you join. These can be overridden, as explained in Chapter 3, which has an entire section dedicated to th

24Part I: An Overview of Ning My Personal Journey with NingIn late 2006, after working on Web sites for more than six years and living with diabetes f

10Part I: An Overview of Ning The comparisons between Ning and other social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, and the like are inevitable. Yet Ning

11 Chapter 1: Exploring Ning Figure 1-1: The Ning.com home page lets you do a number of things. Sign up for a free accountWhen you click the Sign Up l

12Part I: An Overview of Ning On this page, you find the following elements: ✓ Name: You can enter your actual name or a nickname by which you want to

13 Chapter 1: Exploring Ning Figure 1-3: You can establish your profile information now or take care of it later. Sign in with your accountAfter you’v

14Part I: An Overview of Ning Join and participate in social networksIn Chapter 2, I give you the details of finding and joining networks. When you fi

15 Chapter 1: Exploring Ning Figure 1-5: Your Ning Activity Feed gives you access to all your networks and friends. Latest ActivityBelow the green sta

16Part I: An Overview of Ning Figure 1-6: Your Activity Feed shows Latest Activity on your networks on Ning, recom-mended networks, and friend update

17 Chapter 1: Exploring Ning Figure 1-7: You can see your friends across all networks in the My Friends grid. NotificationsIn the right column of your