QSmsMessage
Thu, 11/12/2009 - 18:34
For those interested we have extended the QEmailMessage class to send text messages to mobile phones. The new class is QSmsMessage and also includes a QSmsCarrierType class that is a list of several US Mobile Providers and the domains that they use for texting.
Works great for sending mobile alerts to users or admins.
I have attached a zip file with the class file and an example QForm.
EDIT: Deleted original attachment and added as a plugin file.
Dude, this is TOTALLY hot. Do you want to create a 1.1 plugin out of your work? It'd make the installation easier for folks (and it'll give you a chance to write a simple example file :))
I will package it up tonight.
As promised. Here is QSmsMessage as a plugin. I tried to upload to SVN but I kept getting an authentication challenge. It seems the public still cannot upload and my forum credentials did not work. File was added to original post as replies do not allow file attachments.
I also noticed that QSwfObject, a plugin for embedding flash/YouTube video, has not been added either.
Allegro - can you please try uploading the files to the /plugins directory again? I just played with some SVN settings, it should now work. Please use your qcu.be username/password to authenticate with SVN.
SVN authentication still fails with my credentials from the website.
Allegro, I am so sorry for these continued mistakes on my part. I sank another couple hours into the issue; I created a test account for myself, and TADA! It finally works. Please try again, with your qcu.be credentials. You should be able to edit files under /plugins.
Alex,
Worked perfectly! I uploaded the QSmsMessage plugin. I will upload QSwfObject later this evening.
WOOOO HOOOO I'm so glad we finally got this working :) :) :)
Please be sure to also edit the Plugin Directory to include short info / links to the plugin: http://trac.qcu.be/projects/qcubed/wiki/plugins. You might also want to write a short (very simple) example for each of your plugins, illustrating the functionality and talking about it in plain English.
I'll then add your examples file(s) by installing the plugins onto the http://examples.qcu.be site, and we'll be all done!
Already done with examples.
Hello,
I guess this would be a great plugin but before I download and use it, I'd want to know if the plugin works for other Mobile Operators/Carrier that is not included in your QSmsCarrierType class.
Regards
SMS is basically no different than email. You just need to know the domain to append to the phone number. You can google and find list of common carriers and add them to QSmsCarrierType. Please note that with carriers merging some of these may have changes. Here is a list I found that seems to be recent:
http://www.sensiblesoftware.com/weblog/2011/02/28/cell-phone-email-addre...