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NowSMS Support Forums ⬆ NowSMS Support - SMS Issues ⬆ Archive through September 15, 2003 ⬆ |
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| Author | Message | |||
| YIANNIS |
IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD ON THE WEB INTERFACE (SEND SMS) THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE "SENDER I.D." 2. ADD A CHARACTER COUNTER 3. ADD A MENU WITH GROUPS (SO WE CAN CHOOSE THE GROUP INSTEAD OF TYPING IT) 4. RECORDS COUNTER FOR THE GROUP (SO I'LL KNOW HOW MANY RECORDS EACH GROUP CONTAINS) ALL THE ABOVE WILL MAKE OUR LIFE MORE EASIER AND WE HELP YOU INCREASE YOUR SALES AS WELL. THANKS | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
1.) This can be accomplished with simple modifications to the "Send Text Message.htm" file. Add an additional input field that maps to a variable named "SENDER". 2.) Good idea. I think we didn't do this initially because it's not as simple as counting characters. Some characters are encoded in 2 bytes, and the presence of many extended characters force the message into Unicode format where you get far less characters per message. That said, it's still pretty simple JavaScripting to do this. I've uploaded an update to the "Send Text Message.htm" template which includes a character counter. You can download it from http://www.nowsms.com/download/charcounter.zip ... unzip and replace "Send Text Message.htm" in the HTML subdirectory of the gateway. 3 & 4.) Great ideas. I'll put them on the enhancements list for the future. -bn | |||
| YIANNIS |
I'VE DOWNLOADED THE FILE AND IT WORKS GREAT. THANKS A LOT. NOW WITH THE RELEASE OF V4.2 THE 10 GREEK CHARACTERS COUNT AS 1 CHARACTER ? ARE THERE ANY CHARACTERS OR SYMBOLS THAT COUNT FOR 2 ?? | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
You can experiment with the updated HTML template to see the effect of different characters. Some characters like "[", "]", and "€" take 2 characters in a single message (and you'll see the character count adjusted accordingly if you enter one of those characters). If you type a character that is not part of the GSM character set (or the extended GSM character set), then you'll see that the text in that updated HTML form changes from "xx characters" to "xx unicode characters". If there are any characters that require Unicode encoding, then you will see that you can fit far less characters into a single message. The script will tell you how many SMS messages are required for the text that you enter. -bn | |||
| YIANNIS |
AS YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND I'M NOT A COMPUTER EXPERT SO IN THE CASE ABOVE (SENDERS ID) I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MODIFY THE FILE. CAN U HELP ME? | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
Ok. Download http://www.nowsms.com/download/charcounter2.zip ... and extract its file into the HTML subdirectory of the NowSMS installation. It will add a "Sender Address" field to the form, in addition to the character counter. -bn | |||
| YIANNIS |
THANK U VERY-VERY MUCH !!! SOME OTHER IDEAS TO BE INCLUDED TO LATER VERSIONS: 1. ON THE WEB INTERFACE (DISTRIBUTION LISTS)YOU CAN'T DELETE A GROUP (YOU HAVE TO GO TO NOWSMS DIRECTORY AND REMOVE IT FROM THERE), SO ADD THE FOLLOWING: SELECT THE GROUP (LEFT CLICK) AND WITH A RIGHT CLICK GIE A MENU WITH THE FOLLOWING: DELETE GROUP RENAME GROUP ADD NEW CONTACT UPLOAD CONTACTS (INTO THAT PARTICULAR GROUP) 2. NOW YOU'VE ADDED SENDER I.D. ON WEB INTERFACE IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ADD A DROP DOWN MENU CONTAINING ALL THE GROUPS SO WE CAN SELECT IT EASILY. 3. ADD A "SIGNATURE FILE" e.g MY COMPANY EACH TIME WE SEND AN SMS WE ADD "Powered by THEoMA i.c" AT THE END OF THE MESSAGE. So if there was a button to add it automatically it would be great. 4. ADD SOME COLOUR TO THE WEB. Thanks | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
1 & 2.) I agree, group handling could be better. I've taken some notes on your suggestions, as well as some ideas that I had while looking at the interface earlier today ... and I've forwarded them to engineering. I will point out that while you cannot rename a group, you can delete a group. The web page that lists the distribution lists has a button to delete a list entirely. 3.) This could be done quite easily in the HTML. The problem is that it increases the length of the message, which would be a problem if this is appended automatically (the script that calculates the message length would need to be modified to account for the signature text that is always appended). If you wanted a button that added the signature, that's relatively simple HTML/JavaScript code. 4.) Well, I agree it's not pretty. But aside from very limited JavaScript in the headers, it is all standard HTML forms (except the Distribution List interface), so if you have someone that designs your web site, they could pretty easily make some changes to these forms. -bn | |||
| YIANNIS |
The Distribution list menu got 2 options: 1. 'MODIFY' & 'CREATE'(SELECT THE GROUP AND PRESS MODIFY) THIS TAKES YOU TO ANOTHER PAGE WITH ANOTHER 2 OPTIONS 'DELETE' AND 'ADD'. THE DELETE OPTION REFERS TO 'DELETE A RECORD' AND NOT THE ENTIRE GROUP 2. WHEN I SAID AUTOMATICALLY I MEND 'WHENEVER I WANT TO PUT SIGNATURE' AND NOT ALWAYS A SIGNATURE TO BE ADDED. THAT WAS WRONG EXPRESSION ON MY BEHALF. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
1.) That is strange. On my screen, I have "Modify", "Delete" and "Create" on the main screen where the distribution lists themselves are listed. When I go into a distribution list, I have "Delete" and "Add" options. I wonder if the form is having a problem with a particular browser. What web browser are you using? (I'm using IE6 on most machines and IE5 on one that I just tested with.) 2.) The tough part would be having a different signature for each user account. To have a global signature would be a simple HTML button in the form with some JavaScript that appended the signature. I could put that into an HTML form pretty quickly ... but that would be a global signature across all user accounts. -bn | |||
| YIANNIS |
ON THE MAIN SCREEN (DISTRIBUTION LIST) I HAVE 'MODIFY' AND 'CREATE', BUT NO 'DELETE'}. WHEN I CHOOSE 'MODIFY' I HAVE 'DELETE' (FOR RECORDS) AND 'ADD' (RECORDS). I USE IE5. FOR THE MATTER OF THE SIGNATURE I WOULD NOT MIND TO BE A GLOBAL SIGNATURE ACCROSS ALL USER ACCOUNTS SINCE I HAVE ONLY ONE USER. SO IF IT POSSIBLE AND YOU'VE GOT THE TIME I WOULD APPRECIATE TO HAVE THIS OPTION. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support |
There should be a "Delete" right below that "Modify". I've examined the HTML, and I cannot imagine why that button would not appear. I'll try some other browsers, but the HTML is very simple (at least as simple as any HTML is when it is written by Microsoft Word). For the signature, I've updated http://www.nowsms.com/download/charcounter2.zip with another copy of that HTML file. You'll need to manually edit the file and search for "Your Signature Here" and change that to your preferred signature. -bn | |||
