New release - 08 July 2008
By Joe on Tuesday, July 8 2008, 10:00 - Release notes - Permalink
Help, it's another monster release! It's just too big; we can't keep giving away so many new features. The poor development team, they really need a holiday. But it's good news for you and our website builder! So, keep reading...
Free email accounts on Moonfruit domain names
- Up to 5 mailboxes can be set up on each domain name you order with Moonfruit (purchases & vouchers)
- Mailboxes can be accessed via webmail or using POP3 or IMAP
- Each mailbox can have an unlimited number of aliases, e.g. names that go to the same mailbox
- Or you can set up email forwarding to another email address you already have e.g. gmail, hotmail etc
- See www.moonfruit.com/domains.html for details
Free Google AdWords vouchers for every subscriber
- Get up to £50 pounds worth of Google AdWords vouchers with your subscription
- Use the AdWords voucher to pay for ads on Google to direct traffic to your site
- See www.moonfruit.com/adwords.html for details
Improved alternative HTML version (how the search engines see your site)
- The HTML alternative for your site is now much prettier and better organised
- Go to ('Edit' ->) 'View' -> 'HTML version' in the SiteMaker toolbar to see your HTML pages and navigate through them
- You can then 'View source' on each of these pages to see your keywords and other meta data in the HTML
Advanced form improvements
- You can now add a file upload field to your form so users can submit files
- Files are uploaded to a specific folder of your choice in the file manager
And plenty of bug fixes, including fixing the Google SiteMap error in Webmaster tools, logging into sites from the portal, fixes for image problems in Directory and Calendar.
That's about it for now. We are of course working on more goodies for the future, but you'll have to wait and see for those. Let us know if you have any feedback or any problems with the new features. Thanks, and happy holidays!
Comments
Simply to say THANKS to the team for the added features and tweaks. Looking forward to the next 'New Release' already! ;-)
Since the new upgrade my site has stopped forwarding correctly via firefox :-S
www.chrisjonesaction.co.uk
also
www.ashleybeck.co.uk is the same.
Hi Chris, we just put a fix out for this, which also affected our forum from displaying for some browsers. Your site now appears under your domain name.
Could we recommend that you set up your domain (A-record) to 'point' to our web servers - this you can do through your domain name provider. This will ensure that your website does get properly spidered by the search engines. Masked forwarding can cause issues with SEO which is why we recommend 'pointing'. Details are available in the FAQ.
What are the settings for pop3 like the servers n that. I created tom@timmyplanet.com but want to use it in office outlook
Ha! You sorted out the masked png images in image effects. That's awesome, thanks
It will make a big difference to me and other creatives using moonfruit to express ourselves. I can do much more now and I'm sure my guests will appreciate it as well.
First class as usual. cheers moonfruit. x
Just a question it might just be me , but why can i not view my domain names or manage them, the page does not load any ideas
Hi Tom,
The Pop3 settings (e.g. for Outlook) are:
* Incoming server (POP or POP3): pop.yourdomain.tld
* Outgoing server (SMTP): smtp.yourdomain.tld
So in your case you would use pop.timmyplanet.com (incoming) and smtp.timmyplanet.com (outgoing).
Thanks for the feedback Heath
Sean, can you please submit a query through the support form so that we can identify you and your account and see what the problem might be.
Thanks
Wow. awesome news
Couple of things
Have you moonfruiters seen the news about google being able to read SWF files and so on? I know we escaped this because of the design moonfruit has always had but will this affect the site design and rankings at all?
Article
http://www.seo.com/blog/google/goog...
Can I transfer .com's over to your service? 5 emails - deadly.
What is upload size on the site upload feature? max ?
thanks
Jeff
Hi Jeff, re transfer, you will be able to, but not yet. We're working on that functionality but it won't be ready until the next release (next month sometime).
As for the file upload on the forms (I presume that's what you mean), you can set this using the 'upload setup' button on the setup tab in the editor.
I hope that helps, Joe
when are the sellers tools being updated? last i heard it was going to be a summer release.
Hi Nick, we're working on them now (as fast as we can!), but it's likely to be late summer, probably September. Thanks, Joe
Hey! I'm Cody Mitchell with CJWebDesign.net, and I just wanted to say THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! This update has really helped a lot! Providing a more adequate form for my customers to fill out has made my life just that much easier! I tested it out for the first time today, and was really impressed with it. Thanks Moonfruit! You ROCK!! I've been a moonfruit user since this site was in its beginning stages. It has been really cool to see the evolution in Sitemaker.
YOU ROCK!
,Cody Mitchell
CJ Web Design
moonfruit is the dogs bo**ocks - always recommending it to all my mates, forget joomla, moonfruit gives you much more free will... awesome guys..
this is all great stuff
Will we be eventually able to upload through a form to our emails?
Also when do you reckon the improved shopping cart release will be out
Thanks
G
Hi Gee,
The last release included an upload feature for the form. You just need to add the option when editing the form.
As far as shopping cart and seller tools are concerned, we are currently working on these, amongst many other things, so we hope to have something out late summer. probably September.
Thanks
hello guys,
When will I be able to transfer my blahblah.com domain to moonfruit? It is active right now under another hosting provider but domain will expire next week! What can I do? Thanks!
Hi Edney,
You have 2 choices:
1. You can renew with your current provider and then transfer in at a later date once we have provided this feature - due out in the next 1-2 weeks. Normally, most providers require at least 30 days clear notice of transfer before your expiry date - so you may have been refused a transfer so close to expiry.
2. Or, if permitted you can transfer to Gandi (www.gandi.net) - our domain name partner. We've integrated their system into our software.
I'd suggest checking with your current provider to find out notice period, upgrade if necessary and then look at transfer shortly. If you are considering letting it lapse to buy it through Gandi, I would think again. It can take up to 90 days for the whole process to complete and you would lose access to your domain name for perhaps 30 - 60 days. This is just the way the domain system works.
So if you value your domain name, and you do need to give advanced warning of transfer, renew it with your current provider and then transfer at your leisure. We should have this feature available very shortly.
Hope that helps.
Walt
Thankyou mmonfruit for providing the world with the premier online webbuilding service. Without you, people like me would be doomed.
Hi Guys.
As a photographer I need to be able to provide instant galleries created in Adobe Lightroom etc via an ftp server. Are there plans for moonfruit to provide this feature in the near future, or do I need to keep a totally separate website with another provider just for this service. I would much rather build on my existing sites with Moonfruit :)
Regards
Thanks for the feedback Kevin. It's encouraging to hear that our software and our efforts make website building easier.
Bryan, in the short-term, we won't be able to offer this sort of service. We can see how it could be useful, especially to a photographer. We have a long list of features on our 'wishlist' that have been requested and that we'd like to introduce however our development schedule is already booked up till the end of the year. That said, we are always keen to hear of new ideas and if one really excites us then we'll have a closer look. If you haven't already drop a note into the Wishlist section on the forum as we do refer to this for new ideas and suggested improvements.
Thanks
Hi - do you know if you can show a calendar (or a widget of a calendar) on a Moonfruit site? I am running a small caravan park and want to show website visitors if we have space, are partly full or we are fully booked on a particular date. or if a date has a special event (URL link).. Thanks
Ted