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The Moonfruit blog preview - Gary

Gary — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:19:57 +0000

Hi Tony,

If you choose the 'Article' option when creating a new post, you can insert a page break at any point, and only content up until the break will be shown on the main page.

HTH,

Gary

The Moonfruit blog preview - Tony Tang

Tony Tang — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:15:52 +0000

Hello there,
This is the link to my blog page:http://www.rollformingdesign.com/#/...
As you can see,there is articles list,but on the list we can see all the contents of each article,including texts and images.
I want to know can I control what contents or how many contents be shown?
Please kindly reply.
Thanks.

The Moonfruit blog preview - Liam

Liam — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:22:43 +0000

When will we be able to upload videos via the blog?? kind of important for my site as I do video reviews...

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:31:51 +0100

If this doesn't get fixed-moon fruit will not survive. If it is not a top priority -it certainly should be. The flash site is great. The mobile site is a bonus (at least it's there!) but we need more control of how it is arranged -no algorithm is going to replace the human eye.

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Craig

Craig — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:12:55 +0100

Thanks moonfruit for a fabulous flash builder, but the problem with ipads and iphones is a huge one. I read a good part of the posts above but got bored of the same negative feedback over and over. This thread is 9 months old and nothing looks different.

It is equally important for a business to have a strong mobile look as well as a strong on a PC or Mac. Currently all moonfruit websites look dreadful on ipads and iphones and the sooner this is acknowledged the more assured i will feel.

To get round this huge failing I also bought the .co.uk for my domain and use that as a kind of 'micro HTML5' version of my moonfruit site (using Expression Wed 2). The micro site is hosted by another comnpany and looks exactly like my flash site (in look and feel only) but isnt as interactive.

On my flash site I hid text links behind the splash page image:

Flash Version | Mobile version

these show up below the splash image on an ipad and iphone but to be honest it isnt really a fix. they still see the messy moonfuit non-flash version which I feel shows me up to of choosen a cheap web-builder over a professional one.

I don't think, to be honest, Moonfruit will ever fix this unless they start incorporating a HTML5 based builder and its because of this that as soon as I find an alternative I'm going to have to leave moonfruit.

I try and tell people its great but they look on their iphones and see how nasty it looks. Its hard to sell moonfruit to people.

Such a shame.

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Walt

Walt — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:30:07 +0100

Hi Ben, we tried your site - paralleltrails.moonfruit.com - one of our Support team's iPhone. A 3G running latest OS update and no duplication of banners, site logo or Twitter/Facebook logo.

Are you still having this problem? If so could you replicate it on another iPhone?

Thanks,

Walt

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Ben T-M

Ben T-M — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:41:31 +0100

As a complete non-techy person, I understand the principle of how my site works/looks on smartphones. And as an iphone users I know the problems with flash and apple. However, what I don't understand is that when I view my site on my iphone the logo appears twice, a banner ad appears twice, a facebook and twitter logos both appear twice?
Can anyone help?
Ben T-M

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Gary

Gary — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:11:50 +0100

Hi,

I think option 2 might be the best option - if you set up your own mobile site, we could set up an address of 'mobile.yourdomain.com' or something similar. This way, users would still see your domain name in the address bar.

HTH,

Gary

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Guy

Guy — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:40:33 +0100

Hi Gary.

Until a better option is presented by Moonfruit, I am trying to come up with alternatives for my mobile version. I hope you can help with these options:-

Option 1. I am thinking of having an index page where a user can select whether they want to see the mobile or desktop version - fine on a desktop, but, at the moment, a mobile user will still see the mobile version even if they select desktop. Is there a code/a way to force a mobile site to view the desktop version instead of it forcing the mobile version like it does at the moment?

Option 2. Is there a way to keep the site name showing if we direct a person to another website? I.e., if a person clicks the mobile version and they get sent to another site, can I keep by Moonfruit domain name showing instead of the other mobile site's address? I know I would be able to do this if I had my website address purchased elsewhere, so can Moonfruit do this too?

Option 3. I could have my domain name registered with another company and then the user has the option to do whatever they want. If I did this, how would I go about transferring my domain name from Moonfruit to another provider? This would not be ideal as I have a domain name included in my Moonfruit package!

Thanks, Gary!

Guy.

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Gary

Gary — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:55:02 +0100

Hi,

I'm afraid it isn't really possible at the moment - you could put an HTTP redirect into an HTML Snippet on your homepage, but this would still require the mobile page to load first. It is, however, one of the improvements that we plan to look into.

HTH,

Gary

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Guy

Guy — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:53:57 +0100

Hi Gary,

Thanks for that.

Please do make these solution options a top priority! I hope you will make them options, too, so people can choose the best route for their site.

In the mean time, do you know if any coding exists that we can put in our sites to redirect people to a chosen site for those who are on mobile platforms? I know you can do this in an HTML based site so would this work through the HTML code entry on the site builder?

Thanks!

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Mike Young

Mike Young — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:00:11 +0100

I too am concerned about the Mobile version. I am having to trade off features in the flash version so that the mobile version looks OK.

PLEASE AS TOP PRIORITY PUT IN A "HIDE IN MOBILE VIEW" FLAG AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

(especially on the page master)

anything else can wait. I will then be able to stop destroying my own website to make the mobile version bearable

That is all I really need

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Gary

Gary — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:06:28 +0100

Hi David,

Can you let me know what phone you tried this on? I tried your site on an iPad and an HTC Desire, and there was no jumping.

Unfortunately, the form widget will not work because it is a Flash-based widget, and the backend cannot currently be linked into the HTML.

Gary

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Select Driver Training Rhyl

Select Driver Training Rhyl — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:12:49 +0100

One more thing the contact form Doesn’t work either

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Select Driver Training Rhyl

Select Driver Training Rhyl — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:55:02 +0100

Hi I got the facebook link to work by reinstalling it. Tried to install the facebook like button again, just like before by htc android phone couldn’t resize the page correctly. Page just kept jumping around, made the page unusable. All other pages ok. Uninstalled the like button back to normal, like button works fine on laptop. Got the code from facebook and followed Moonfruits guidance to install the like button using a HTML snippet but no joy. Has anyone else had this issue on the mobile format any help would be welcome. Like button uninstalled at the moment

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Gary

Gary — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:57:06 +0100

Hi David,

The page and Facebook link seem to load fine on my Android phone - can you confirm what you saw? Thanks.

Guy - This isn't possible at the moment, but - as mentioned a little further up in the thread - the current mobile HTML is subject to change, and we will be looking into numerous ways to improve the product. You aren't the first person to make those suggestions, and I expect that they will be taken into account.

HTH,

Gary

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Guy

Guy — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:47:23 +0100

If Moonfruit aren't going to allow us to manually edit the mobile versions of our site, can they please allow us to turn off the mobile version completely? My website looks so bad and does not work that it puts of customers.

Could we potentially also have an option to divert mobile users to another site?

I hope Moonfruit can at least implement the above in lieu of having a real mobile web builder available.

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Select Driver Training Rhyl

Select Driver Training Rhyl — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:50:22 +0100

Facebook link doesn’t work on all the iphones/pad and android phones/pads I tested at my local curry’s branch. However the link did work on the widow’s tablets. Face book link is on the home page. Like I said uninstalled the like button and the HTML snippets because of the issues. My web site is www.rhyldrivertraining.co.uk
Regards David

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Walt

Walt — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:54:48 +0100

Hi David,

Can you let me know your website David and which pages you're referring to. Also can you let me know what devices specifically you are testing these pages on.

Thanks

Walt

Your site on different devices and how the mobile version works - Select Driver Training Rhyl

Select Driver Training Rhyl — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:24:54 +0100

Can moonfruit please help I have a number of issues with my web site not working right on mobile devices both android and iphone/pad. Everything works fine on pc.
After installing a Facebook like button the page became unstable on the mobile device(Page jumps about). Uninstalled the like button everything works great, but I want the like button.
The link to my face book page doesn’t work on mobile device just takes you to facebook log in. Again works fine on pc
HTML snippets don’t work on mobile device, again works fine on pc. Had to uninstall no point in having features that don’t work. At the moment on the free plan but want to up grade however very concerned about the issues regarding mobiles.
David