Now MoFuse offers you a way to connect directly and instantly to data entered on any mobile form in realtime.

Available now, you can connect your “forms” API (using the URL of that API) to any mobile form you build and host with MoFuse. Whenever anyone enters data into your mobile form, that data will post immediately to the API (URL) you associate it with. This is the best way for you to ensure you are aware and responsive to any mobile form entries.

To use this feature with existing forms, click to “edit” the form. When creating a new form, you can enter the activate this feature during the forms creation process.

Leave us a message in our Help Center (click Support on the top toolbar) to let us know what you think, or if you have any questions.

Happy Form Building… and exporting!

We’ve just added Google Checkout to our suite of Google Mobile Tools, available to all Small Business and Ultimate plans. This newest addition allows you to add Buy Now buttons anywhere on your site so that customers can make purchases or donations directly on mobile.

Keep reading for a quick how-to, plus some tips and good things to know when using this new feature.

Setting it Up:

1.    If you don’t already have one, set up a Google Merchant ID here: http://checkout.google.com/sell/

2.    Copy and paste your Google Merchant ID into the field at the top of the Google Mobile Checkout page on MoFuse, located under Google Mobile Tools. Double check that you entered the entire, correct Merchant ID!

3. Click save.

Laying it Out:

1.    On the Add Elements page, add as many new Buy Now buttons as you need or want on your site.

Note: The “Product Name” functions as the label for each element, but also appears on the Google mobile order form that you will receive. The text entered in Product Name will not appear on your mobile site.

2.    Just as with all other elements, go to the Site Layout page and place your Buy Now button exactly where you want to appear.

A Must Do:

Test your Buy Now button after it has been set up, so you can make sure the customer’s experience is as it should be. If you have problems, double check that you entered the correct Merchant ID.

A few extras:

• Remember that you can nest elements, including Buy Now buttons. So, place the button on the page you want, under a Page Title, and/or below an Image Element.
• For all our Not-for-Profit friends, or anyone else who is running a fund-raising campaign, you can also use this button for donations. The Buy Now button cannot be an open amount, so we recommend including 3-4 donation options.
• At this time, Google has only made the Mobile Checkout available for US Merchants, but we’ll be there when this changes!

Let us know what you think: Support@mofuse.com

In the near future, we will be turning advertising on for all MoFuse for Blogs sites. This change will enable us to cover our hosting costs, and keep MoFuse for Blogs free for everyone.

As before, if you want to monetize your free MoFuse for Blogs site, simply place your own AdSense or AdMob tag on your site and you will share in the advertising revenues generated by your site.

If you don’t want ads on your site, we invite you to please sign up for MoFuse Premium - our plans there start at just $7.95 / month and there is a free 14-day trial. In addition to having more options for advertising (including the ability to turn ads off), you will also have access to many other features such as our layout tool, mobile SEO, better analytics, and more.

MoFuse Premium is a completely separate platform from MoFuse for Blogs, so you will need to re-build your site, but if you decide to make the leap, we know you’ll be pleased with the increased functionality and ease of using the platform. For more information on MoFuse Premium, you may also visit the Mobile Learning Center at www.mofusepremium.com/learning.

If you have any questions or concerns, please send us an email at support@mofuse.com.

This only affects a small set of MoFuse Premium sites that have an RSS feed with the mobile GUI turned on.

Post thumbnails will start working more consistently and thumbnails will start appearing on posts and feeds where they weren’t shown before this update.

This is a minor update that can have a major impact on the display of your mobile site. We wanted to make everyone aware of it since your mobile visitors will see this change.

As all of our MoFuse Premium users know, the current development URL for your mobile site is <yoursite>.bxs.mobi.

Yesterday we added a new domain, prohost.mobi. All mobile sites built with MoFuse Premium will now automatically be hosted at <yoursite>.prohost.mobi. If you have been using the bxs.mobi as your dedicated mobile URL you can still keep it.

Both <yoursite>bxs.mobi and <yoursite>.prohost.mobi will show your mobile site.

Why the change? We’ve noticed more and more users using the bxs.mobi development URL as their production URL. We initially chose bxs.mobi as the development URL because of its ambiguity and shortness, but it’s not a pretty domain name.

So since many of you are using your given MoFuse Premium URL in production, why not at least give you a nicer looking domain to work with?

If you enjoy the ambiguity and shortness of bxs.mobi than you can continue using it!

Any questions about this change? Email support@mofuse.com.