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hypnoscott
@hypnoscott
10 years ago
71 posts
I'm making the move from Ning to Jamroom. I'm excited about it and have been working hard to make a better site, not just a copy of my old network.

One thing I'd like to find out about is push notifications. Is there a way a member could check a box and have it say "alert my phone when someone responds to this post" or something like that? That is one thing that facebook has going for it that I can't currently compete with.

thanks
updated by @hypnoscott: 10/07/15 05:52:44PM
michael
@michael
10 years ago
7,791 posts
Im not very up to speed with mobile stuff. When you say push to phone, is that a standard feature of all phones? Is it a standard format?

If we can figure out how to get that part working, then the next step would be to create a module that listens for the 'notify_user' event

"Events and Listeners"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/development/1011/events-and-listeners

And fire the push off at that point.

I found this on stackoverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7898789/send-push-notification-for-windows-phone-7-using-php

Im not clear if 'push' is just a windows phone thing or not.

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This link also seams to be the same question:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5452779/php-push-notifications

But its closed as "closed as not a real question" which is not helpful.

Seams like it needs its own server though.


updated by @michael: 09/03/15 10:18:35PM
paul
@paul
10 years ago
4,335 posts
"Push" is a standard feature on most phones, I think. Its basically a 'pop up' that shows on the screen even if the phone isn't being used at the time. Not investigated how this might work but I guess the module described by Michael would need to interface with a third party API (likely a paid for service). Maybe the phone companies offer this?


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paul
@paul
10 years ago
4,335 posts
This was top of the list on a google search for an API - https://pushover.net


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
hypnoscott
@hypnoscott
10 years ago
71 posts
if pushover works that would be incredible. It actually seems way too good to be true for that price, so I won't get my hopes up while I look into it.
paul
@paul
10 years ago
4,335 posts
Let us know what you find out about it.
Thanks


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
hypnoscott
@hypnoscott
10 years ago
71 posts
so far the big thing I've found is that it's $5 per user who wants it, not $5 per site. That makes a huge difference.
paul
@paul
10 years ago
4,335 posts
Users need to install the PushOver App on their device. Is that the $5 cost? If so, can a JR module still send pushes at no cost? If so, a module could be developed and its then up to your users to make this one-off payment.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
hypnoscott
@hypnoscott
10 years ago
71 posts
Yes, that's where the $5 comes from. It's worth asking my members about, but right now it doesn't seem like the priority. My goal in setting something like this up would be to help compete with facebook groups, but $5 vs free is going to lose anyway so I'm going to have to think this through a bit more.
michael
@michael
10 years ago
7,791 posts
seams like pushover are charging you to use THEIR server to push to phones, might need to look into setting up your own server, or finding a service that works like mailgun works for emails.

Charging your users doesn't seam like it will be popular.

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