Make A Mobile Version Of Your Site With MoFuse
May 15 2008 
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I first heard about MoFuse when ReadBurner released a mobile version for their service. ReadBurner mobile utilizes MoFuse and I’m a fan of ReadBurner Mobile’s interface. So yesterday, I decided to give MoFuse a try. Here’s a look at the MoFuse service and how I came to the decision to use it for SheGeeks.net
Free Service
Making SheGeeks mobile with MoFuse was quick, easy, and most importantly (for poor college students) free! With a free account, the mobile version of your site is hosted on MoFuse so there’s no picking your own URL. Your site is formatted for the average mobile phone and the iPhone, and includes keyboard shortcuts.
Here’s a list of other great features that MoFuse offers for free:
- Track stats for your mobile site
- Customize the look, add your logo, edit the homepage
- Add a comment widget for mobile visitors
- Automatically redirect visitors to the mobile version of your site (N/A Blogger)
Other Features
You can always upgrade the site to a Pro account, which gives you the first month free, ability to use your own domain name, unlimited mobile sites, monitization options and a few other minor features for only $3 per month.
MoFuse was definitely a great choice for SheGeeks.net. The service is quick and easy. I love the way SheGeeks looks now, which is much better than Google’s reformatting of the site. Be sure to bookmark http://shegeeks.mofuse.mobi on your phone so that you can check SheGeeks on the go.
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Thanks! Sounds interesting. Let me tryMoFuse
I use the same service! If you look in the upper-right-hand corner of scribkin you will see a little mobile link. It works great, especially on iPhones.
However, I really also like the WP Mobile plugin, which autodetects mobile devices.
Looks useful. I will check it out. Thanks.
Glad you found us and glad you like us! It's great to have you on-board.
P.S. — Check your MoFuse account's Inbox when you have a chance.
MoFuse autodetects mobile devices.
In your MoFuse site dashboard, click on Automatic Redirect on the right-hand menu!
Thanks for the tip David. I think I remember noticing that when I was getting my mofuse site set up (maybe I didn't, it was over a month ago). However, at the time I wanted to keep my already-configured WordPress Mobile plugin running, and run the mofuse site for evaluation.
However, I did forget to re-visit the issue and decide if I wanted to go exclusively one way or the other. I can tell you that I've never been able to bring up scribkin.mofuse.mobi on my t-mobile sidekick 3, I always get “connection closed by server.” The mobile site looks great on an iPhone though, which is why I didn't abandon mofuse completely. Apparently the WP Mobile plugin detects the iPhone as a full browser and does not serve a mobile page.
If you can point me to the right resource for correcting the SK3 error, I'd definitely be more inclined to move in that direction.
Update: I just got it to come up on my SK3. And it doesn't look bad! Ok, I will do some more eval tomorrow and see if I can come to a decision.
Glad to see you got it working! I've never heard of that before, the error you described. It may have just been a one-time thing.
Anyways, glad you got it resolved!
Glad to see you got it working! I've never heard of that before, the error you described. It may have just been a one-time thing.
Anyways, glad you got it resolved!
Glad to see you got it working! I've never heard of that before, the error you described. It may have just been a one-time thing.
Anyways, glad you got it resolved!