Would you like to display the content of your blog, main website, or another website page - - within your Ning Network?

Did you know you can do this by pulling in an external web page via an iframe? See iframe definition below. Basically, an iframe enables you to display content within your site, from another site.

If you own the external web page or have permission to display it's content on your site, you can display the web page via an iframe, in a new page or a Ning text box.

Instructions for Adding iFrame via a New Page:

1. Create a new page from: http://yourningsite.ning.com/page/page/new
   • Replace yourningsite with the name of your Ning Network.
   • Add your page title. Keep in mind, the title is part of the URL/Link to your page.
     
2. Add the iframe code using this example:

<iframe src="http://www.externalpage.com" width="100%" height="1000" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Code Explanation:

• src is where you enter the URL of the external content.
• Width and Height specifies the width and height of your iframe. On the height, use pixels and not percentage. The 1000 in the example indicates pixels.
  
• scrolling="value" yes or no - - scrolling will hide the scroll bars when needed, making the iframe look seamless within your page. Be sure to not hide the scroll bars, if the user cannot see the entire screen of external content.
  
• frameborder - Specifies whether or not to display a border around an iframe, 0 = No and 1=Yes. Using this attribute helps in making the iframe content look more seamless.
• </iframe> - closes your iframe.
  

Important Tips:

• Some platforms like Ning, do not allow iframing content. In other words, you can not add a Ning page/URL to an iframe.
  
• Be sure that you either have permission to iframe content from another website, or you own the content.
• You can also use the iframe code in Ning text boxes.
  

What is an iframe?
An HTML structure that allows another HTML document to be inserted into an HTML page. The iFrame is set up as a window frame of a specified size that scrolls along with the rest of the page, but the iFrame's content can itself be scrolled if it is larger than the iFrame window.
Source: http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/