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Import From Ning now imports Ning content into BuddyPress

23-Jul-10

Back when Ning announced that it’d be cutting off previously free accounts, I took a weekend and developed Import From Ning, a plugin that helped users pull their Ning user and profile data into a WordPress or BuddyPress installation. It was my own little BuddyPress-fanboyish way of helping all those Ningsters. Several weeks ago, Ning [...]

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More Import from Ning goodness – ( Ning to BuddyPress / WordPress )

17-Apr-10

As promised in my last post, I’ve reworked the Import from Ning WordPress plugin so that it is BuddyPress-aware. That means that, if you run the plugin on a blog where BuddyPress is activated, additional steps will be added to the import process, allowing you to automatically import whichever profile fields and data you’d like [...]

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Import from Ning: Import Ning users to WordPress and BuddyPress

17-Apr-10

Import From Ning imports the contents of your Ning Network Archive into BuddyPress. See the initial announcement here. Download the most recent version Instructions Install in your plugins folder and activate. I recommend using the plugin on a fresh WP/BP installation; if running on an installation with existing content, please make a database backup first. [...]

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Importing Ning users into WP

15-Apr-10

Today Ning announced that it would be ending its free social networking service. I tweeted something to the effect that this event is a wake-up call: When you use closed-source, third-party hosted solutions for something as valuable as community connections, you are leaving yourself open to the whims and sways of corporate boards. It’s not [...]

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