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Permalink Reply by Pagan UnderWorld on June 24, 2010 at 7:34pm

Ok so this has been extended.

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Permalink Reply by Pagan UnderWorld on June 24, 2010 at 7:46pm

Also are the free sites after July 4th going to be bare minimium till July 20th or through the grace period of August 20th?

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on July 6, 2010 at 2:45pm

Good question - - Sorry I missed this until today. I believe the key is: When you actually "select your new plan". On July 20, you should have the option of selecting 1 of 3. I think you will have 30 days to decide, but not positive. However, I would think, if you select the mini on July 20, then you will see the features for mini.

If you want to make sure, you can call Ning just for this purpose:
From Ning:
"You can't purchase until July 20th, but until then we’ll do our best to answer questions about our three main options. Call us at (888) NING 898 (9-5 PST) (International: 1 (650) NING-ASK) or email us at planquestions@ning.com. We can’t answer support questions via these two channels, but we can offer our honest advice about which plan we think will fit your community the best. If we aren’t able to answer your call, leave us a message!"

Best Regards,
Jen

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Permalink Reply by erica on July 6, 2010 at 1:39pm

Has anyone seen any more info on how Ning is going to help transfer data to other sites?? Sorry if I missed this somewhere else. Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on July 6, 2010 at 2:38pm

Hi Erica,
Ning will not "help" transfer data. They will offer a file that contains all of the archived data from your Network. That's really all they can do, since they would not know the data structure of other social networks.

It's definitely not a simple process, or one click of a button, unfortunately. The key is: the receiving party/platform. Have they spent the time and written the program that will import this Ning data? Be sure to ask any future Social Network Platform provider this question. Also be aware, data across these platforms and how it is stored, will be very different. There will likely never be a perfect import application. However, I expect in the future, there will be some good imports out there - - from Ning to another specific Social Network Platform. Only time will tell, who will build the best product. The tricky question will be: Will the best import application be written by the best Social Network alternative?

As always, if I hear of any great import on any platform, I'll report it here on JenSocial.

In the meantime, you can get to the new backup data from:
Manage/Archive Content

Best,
Jen

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Permalink Reply by funflowingmusik on July 11, 2010 at 11:10am

so if we buy one month, and then can we decide to pay by the year with the discount price, can we???

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on July 11, 2010 at 12:51pm

Hi funflowingmusik,
I'm really not sure. I wonder if you buy the one month if that nails down your plan and you lose the year discount thingy, if you didn't take the yearly subscription in the first place? It might be better to not choose your plan until closer to the August deadline. But really, I don't know.

You may want to email Ning, or better: call the number they've provided just to discuss these plans:
http://jensocial.com/forum/topics/new-ning-plans-new-plan

I think that would give you a definite answer.

Have a nice rest of day,
Jen

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Permalink Reply by TeamCircle on July 12, 2010 at 10:19am

Has anyone been told if we will have more styles of templates to use in the New Order? Really time they updated the range.

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Permalink Reply by JenSocial on July 12, 2010 at 12:06pm

I remember reading somewhere that there will be more templates. But, I don't remember any specifics. I don't think what I read gave any details.
Best,
Jen

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Permalink Reply by TeamCircle on July 13, 2010 at 2:46am

Thanks Jen. I think if even Blogger can come out with something more up-to-date then there is a chance for Ning.

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