Welcome to Moblog, version 2. We have dropped the UK from our name and are now simply Moblog. You may have noticed we're on a new url - moblog.net. The moblog.co.uk domain will continue to work, but you might want to update your bookmarks anyway. Migration to the new platform went smoothly, but if you experience any teething troubles in the first few days, or if anything seems to be wrong, or has got lost, please drop us a line via the contact page.

New in version 2:

There are a great many new features and things that have changed on Moblog in version 2, so do poke around the site to see what's there. You can find a full list of changes on this page. Here are a few highlights:

• Maps: Every Moblog user now has their own map which they can add their posts to either manually, or if you use a geotagging handset, automatically.
  
• Audio Blogging: We have partnered with voice to text company Spinvox, you can now just call a number, dictate your post, and it will be posted straight to your moblog.
  
• Posting: Post by SMS, MMS, Email, mobile or web browser, or even just by calling a number
  
• Groups: Shared moblogs have now become group moblogs. All your old favourite shared moblogs are there. You may need to join some groups to be able to post, and you can easily create your own. Subscribers are able to create Groups which have subscriber level features such as custom CSS, and higher upload limits
• Domains: Moblog subscribers are able to run their moblogs from their own URL's, including their mobile versions.

A history of Folkestone through photographs

This Saturday gone we launched a new moblogging site for a public arts charity based in Folkestone. The site is part of a larger public arts project which sees hundreds of images from over a century of life in Folkestone installed on streets throughout the town.

The site catalogues all of these images, as well as invites Folkestone residents to send their own images in, creating a living breathing photographic document of life in Folkestone.

It's really quite wonderful browsing through these images, some from as far back as 1886 and those posted today side by side.

You can visit the site online here or on your mobile phone.

The quite lovely Born Ruffians are currently touring the UK, and are documenting the tour with their own moblog.

Keep track of the ruffians' antics here: Born Ruffians Moblog

Girls Aloud are heading out on tour starting this Sunday, and you can win tickets to one of their gigs.

Simply design and post a banner made for taking to the gig and waving around, the best 6 posts will win a pair of tickets each.

The girls will also be leaving voice messages on their moblog, using the fantastic Spinvox service, and you can even leave your own messages for them.

Check out the Girls Aloud moblog for more information on the competition and how to enter.

moblog version 2

We haven't been updating moblog:uk much recently as we've been very busy creating a whole new site - moblog2. We've worked really hard at improving how the site works and what it can do for you, so that your moblogging is easier and more feature-packed than ever before. Here's just a small sample of some of the great new things that will be coming soon:

Maps - add your posts to your own map, and be a part of the sitewide map. Search for pictures by location, maybe even find a moblogger near you!

New tabbed profile editor - streamlined access to all of your profile features using tabs, and a brand new personal profile page.

Audio blogging - moblog just by calling a number. We have dedicated numbers in Spain, Germany, France, the UK and the USA that you can call and dictate a message. That message is then translated into text and posted along with the original audio into your moblog.

Auto-syndication - automatically send your moblog updates to a number of different sites including Twitter, Google Blogs and Technorati.

Site moderators and editors will be getting exclusive invites to help us test the new site soon, or please email us here if you'd like to be a tester. Unfortunately there may not be space for everyone to be on the test list, so please don't be disappointed if we can't fit you in.

Viva la revolution!!

Valentines has been co-opted by the corporates, sold out to schmoozers! We're stealing it back, add to the Kiss Book collection all through February and help make February the month of love.

Win no Prizes!! Fame and adulation sure to follow!! Escape the corporate hegemony of Valentines!!

Send pictures or video of your kissing moments as ever, just MMS or Email:
kiss@moblg.net

Anyone can take part in this moblog, so you can get your friends kissing, viva la love revolution!



Share the love - add the Kiss Book Widget to your blog or website by copy-pasting in the following code:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://moblog.co.uk/lib/flash/widget.swf" height="240" width="162"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://moblog.co.uk/lib/flash/widget.swf"><br /> <param name="FlashVars" value="assetpath=http://al4ie.com/images/kisswidget.png&xmlfile=http://moblog.co.uk/lib/flash/opml.php?id=17572"><br /> <param name="quality" value="high"></object>

It's a bit late, we know, but we'd just like to wish everyone a happy new year.

We'll be doing some really interesting things in the next few months, and as always will keep the site full of interesting things to do.

For fun and frivolity

We've made a sister moblog for our advent calendar moblog, the Christmas Presents Moblog.

The moblog is open to everyone, and you can post any Christmas presents you've either received or given, early presents you've given yourself, or perhaps most bravely, presents you are giving to others. To send your presents in, just email:

presents@moblg.net

Have fun, and happy holidays from all the moblog Team

LG have chosen the winners in the City Clickers competition, and the winners are a mix of established mobloggers and people new to the site. Congratulations to everyone, here are links to the winners:

Netherlands
Spain
France
Germany
UK.

The next phase of the project will see the 10 winners from all over Europe use their new LG Viewty's to document their lives.

Jc and Nige have orchestrated the creation of our very own moblog:UK advent calendar. If you'd like to share it with friends and family, you might want to point them at the more easily remembered/typed URL: www.adventcalendar.org.

We have created a nifty little advent calendar you can place in the sidebar of your own moblog, or on any other website you might like to:



Put this Advent Calendar on your own moblog or other website easily by copying the below code and placing it in the desired area (for moblogs, just put it in the area labelled 'Introduction' in your profile)

<div id="advent-calendar-widget" style="position: relative; top: 15px; margin-bottom: 30px; width: 162px; height: 240px; background-image: url(http://www.adventcalendar.org/widget/hollylogo.png);"><div style="position: absolute; top: 205px; right: 5px; width: 90%; height: auto; z-index: 2; float: right; color: rgb(238, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1em; text-align: right;"></div><table style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; height: 100%; left: 0px; position: relative;" cellspacing="0"><tr style="padding: 0px;height: 100%;"><td style="padding: 0px;"><a href="http://moblog.co.uk/blog/advent_calendar"><img src="http://moblog.co.uk/latestimage.php?id=16981" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 0, 0); position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 2;" title="brought to you by adventcalendar.org" alt="brought to you by adventcalendar.org"></a></td></tr></table></div>

The City Clickers competition has now been extended for entries, and will be open until midnight the 30th November

The City Clickers competition closes on Sunday the 25th at midnight, so you have about a day left to get your entries in.

2 winners from each country (UK, Netherlands, France, Germany and Spain) will be chosen, each winning an LG Viewty cameraphone, a real beauty capable of 120fps video and with a 5 megapixel camera. Each winner will also have their phone bill paid for two months, so it's a doozie of a prize.

These 10 winners will then be using the City Clickers moblog to document their lives, their country, and their city.