[In VPCART 8.00, the SMS feature is now removed and no longer available.]
It is possible to send text messages to your mobile phone at the end of an order, in addition to your normal email. Text messages can be sent to a specific phone number or you can use the email list facility to send messages to multiple phone numbers.
Most SMS messaging requires that you sign up for some type of external SMS Service. There are many services in the world.For now, VPCART only supports a limited number of these services. So you may have to write the actual interface to your service yourself if it is not one that we support.
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Xsmsmerchant |
Setting this to Yes tells VPCART to send an SMS to the merchant at the end of an order. |
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xsmsmerchanttemplate |
The template used to format the message. Default is tmp_merchantsms.txt. |
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Xsmsmerchantphone |
This is the phone number for which the message will be sent. |
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Xsmsservice |
This is the name of the service. Each supported service will be given a name. We no longer support SMSCentral as a provider as they have been acquired by a new company and seem to be no longer providing a service we can work with. |
It is also possible to send SMS message using the mailing list facility, which allows you to send alert SMS to multiple numbers.
To do this, you need to edit the mailing list file tmp_emaillist.txt and add an extra line to the file for each number you want to receive the message.
A sample line to add is -
Fred Buyer,55555555,tmp_merchantsms.txt,smsprovider
1. The person’s name who will receive this message. This isn’t actually used, except for your reference.
2. The phone number.
3. The template to use to generate the message.
4. The name of the SMS service to use to send the message.