How to implement the website update notification directly to user mobile?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Manoj Sahu, May 11, 2015.

  1. #1
    I am creating a job portal where
    one can find details of various
    jobs both government and
    private sector. I was wondering
    if there's any HTML/PHP coding
    or WordPress plugin which can
    store mobile number of user. If
    a user of my website want to
    receive recent updates on their
    mobile and had registered their
    number, so by simply paying a
    small amount of money they
    can receive recent website
    updates directly on their mobile.
    How to implement this?
    It would just work like 'follow by
    email' in websites the only
    difference is that the update will
    be sent to mobile instead of
    email by asking a small fee.
    Please explain your answers in
    details as I am new to web
    designing.
     
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  2. PoPSiCLe

    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    Unless you have an app they can install, only way to achieve this would be by providing SMS notification. Not very hard to do, but you need to pay some SMS provider to get access to their api.
    Or you can just let users get emailupdates? Most people have their email on their phone.
     
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    Creative Nerd Active Member

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    ^ Correct. Either use e-mail updates - everybody has a smartphone these days and most people check their mail on mobile devices, or use a SMS gateway like clickatell
     
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    ketting00 Well-Known Member

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    There's notification API working on Chrome, but you have to have secure layer like SSL or TLS. No need to make a deal with the (devil) carrier.
     
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    Isn't there any wordpress plugin to do this. As i am using wordpress.
     
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    thanks for the reply. Can you name some more best SMS gateway and how can i install them on my wordpress website.
     
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    Okay what i have to do after i have SSL. What is the actual procedure for that.?
     
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    And how, exactly, will this work on mobile? The ONLY sure way to provide mobile users with updates is via SMS (it's the only sure-fire way, as ALL mobile handsets supports SMS). Having an app would work, but would mean you'd have to make one for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, at least. Sending email works for most users, as most users at least have a private email set up on their phone. You could probably also create a FB-page where users sign up to have notifications, but that would be an ever bigger hassle.
    If what you want is to give the users the opportunity to receive updates on a cell-phone, use SMS.
     
    PoPSiCLe, May 12, 2015 IP