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I hook them through the dorsal area, or in the mouth and out though one of the nasal passages. (It's similar to how eels are hooked.) You just have to make sure that you hit the nasal cavity or you may hit the cranial area and kill the fish. As for the doral area, you also have to be careful not to damage the spine, or risk killing the shiner that way as well.
I started off trying to lip-hook the shiners, but that was an exercise in futility as they have very weak lips.
The main reason I have been using both methods when ice fishing is that if I want to save the bait for another day, I can unhook the nose hooked fish with minimal damage and the fish will recover by the next trip.
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