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Slider of images

Design and Skin Customization

A Jamroom module with a simple slider would be so great. Those of us with lame coding skills could then tell it how many columns wide, how tall (the picture dimensions we want it for), and then we could just upload the .jpgs. We could add hotlinks to each slide, and have a simple way to add & delete slides to keep them updated as our ad buyers purchase time slots from us. I don't care if the buying is all conducted separately through me and my paypal- easy enough to keep track of myself.

Slider of images

Design and Skin Customization

Thank you Steve!! Stuff I can actually understand!

How much will it REALLY cost?

Ning To Jamroom

Hey Zack, glad you have come by here!

Hey you can start out with the JR entry level hosting server plan (your server managed FOR you by the JR Team) at $49/month. That I believe includes ALL modules you need to do all the same stuff and way MORE than a ning network. I suggest getting the Ning Bundle and Site Builder bundle installed to start out with. (that's all included free if you get the JR hosting plan, right Paul?)
Then one thing you will need that JR has not built yet is a chat feature. I bought a higher priced version of CC because I wanted the mobile apps in it, but there are cheaper versions: https://www.cometchat.com/buy Note that you will be buying cometchat as a ONE TIME purchase...not monthly. You will not be using their monthly 'network/ning' style chat, since it will be on your OWN site, on your server, not piggybacked onto the Ning platform. You will then own the chat software outright and you can choose to update it occasionally (at a price) from CC.

If you choose JR hosting, you will get all the current and future Jamroom-created modules for free. https://www.jamroom.net/hosting
So I bought my chat and it works great (that was actually my biggest cash outlay-!), I'm paying a very reasonable monthly fee to JR for their hosting, backup, all JR modules, and awesome support service (right now the whole shebang is around the same monthly price for me as my Ning network is costing me), and NO other hidden costs or purchases or additional 3rd party apps really needed. Unless I wanted something in particular that Jamroom doesn't offer...but they do offer a large array of module features that are free to you with their JR hosting plan.
Hope this clarifies a couple things for you.
updated by @strumelia: 04/13/15 07:13:44AM

Events approval not working?

Ning To Jamroom

YES- that's exactly what is needed- muchas gracias Brian!

template compare issue and email notice issue

Ning To Jamroom

Thanks Steve, I'll read that.

Events approval not working?

Ning To Jamroom

It's only if the member who created the unapproved event goes BACK and UPDATES/EDITS that event...that they will actually see the 'wait for approval' message (screenshot 4). They never see that message while CREATING the event.
NOtice Brian that in your screenshots, it's always in an "Update Event" window. If the member posts the event but does not go back for a few days to update it, they'll never have a clue. Meanwhile, other members are clicking to PageNotFound on the Activity feeds on the site Main page.



updated by @strumelia: 04/11/15 12:44:30PM

Events approval not working?

Ning To Jamroom

Here are unapproved events created by regular members appearing in the ACTIVITY FEED tIMLINE ON MY SITE'S hOME iNDE PAGE...EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM AND CLICK ON THEM, BUT THEY SENFD YOU TO pAGE nOT fOUND. (oops sorry for the caps button!)
see here:

updated by @strumelia: 04/11/15 12:38:19PM

Events approval not working?

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the member now sees in their profile page timeline that the event was in fact "created". The new event also appears on that profile page's Timeline (screenshot 3)
This same Timeline notice also appears on the site's MAIN INDEX page Activity Timeline, for ALL to see (I logged in as another regular member and saw it on the main page timeline. Yet when other members click on it from the Timeline, they get a PAGE NOT FOUND at that event's URL. I foresee my getting a whole lot of puzzled messages on this issue every time an event is pending...from both the member creating the event and from those clicking on it from the Index page timeline.

updated by @strumelia: 04/11/15 12:35:53PM

Events approval not working?

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ok then after clicking "Create event"...then new event APPEARS on the member's page under Events (screenshot 2) Still no message about awaiting approval....

updated by @strumelia: 04/11/15 12:33:39PM

Events approval not working?

Ning To Jamroom

Hi Brian,
I just did a bunch of tests...in events which are set to "approve on create" for members.
Here's the thing, it works, but in a somewhat incomplete way that is going to cause problems...I'll try to explain with screenshots-

I log in as a regular member. I go to CREATE a new event. Notice no message yet about awaiting approval. (screenshot1) I click 'create event, and...


updated by @strumelia: 04/11/15 12:32:04PM