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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on December 27, 2009 at 1:22am

Hi Loudrige,
I'm not quite sure what you're asking. I'm going to guess that you may be referring to the sign-in box that appears on our home page? If yes, that is part of the former Scripts4Ning, that unfortunately is no longer available to new members (per Ning). Also, we had a way to do this outside of the special scripts. But that no longer works, either. Sorry for this not so good news.

In the future when you have questions, you will probably get more "eyes" on your questions if you list them here:
http://theningdirectory.ning.com/group/helpsupport_eachother_ning_s...

And, we've also added a new Ask Jen Ning Stuff on Twitter, here:
http://twitter.com/AskJenNingStuff

Happy Holidays,
Jen

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Permalink Reply by Loudrige on December 27, 2009 at 9:36am

ok, thanks for your help. i saw couple of ning site who didn't have the open sign-in box. they now have it. i don't know how they set it up.

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on December 27, 2009 at 11:08am

They did it in 1 of 4 ways:
1. Previous member of Scripts4Ning - (all subscribers grandfathered in)
2. Code was inserted via Language Editor, before Ning stripped the code. Unfortunately if they edit the code and do not know this, they will lose the box.
3. Special Code in Analytics box.
4. Hack from Apps.IO (not sure if this works now)

Here's the potential issues for me, Ning has specifically requested that we stay away from new code hacks on this particular item, due to security. Here's the link where you can read more:
http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/sign-in-directly-from-main?co...

And, you can try this - - approach with caution:
http://community.apps.io/articles/index/view?id=1990958:Article:15891

I have to say this: This code from apps.io isn't an official modification, nor is it recommended by the NingDir.

Good Luck - - wish we could just offer it to you,
Jen

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