Send SMS messages in Joomla with Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software
Introduce SMS technology into your
IT environment to be able to send SMS messages in Joomla. If you download
and install an SMS gateway software such as Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway to your computer you can ensure SMS functionality
on your web site. In this way you will satisfy the further needs of your
clients therefore you will also increase revenue by attracting more
customers and partners. Learn this excellent solution in details on this
page where you can find documentation and a helpful system architecture
diagram that demonstrates how this solution works.
Two SMS solutions are available in Joomla with Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway:
Configuration guide on how to send SMS messages from
Joomla with Ozeki SMS module.
Configuration guide on how to subscribe to SMS content in Joomla
with Ozeki Subscribe to SMS content module.
What is Joomla?
Joomla is a CMS that allows you to build web sites
and online applications in an easy but still very professional way.
CMS stands for Content Management System and refers to the fact that
Joomla manages all your web content. In other words a CMS is a software
that helps you build and track your web site. As it is an open source
solution and available for everyone, Joomla becomes the most popular
web site software nowadays.
What can Joomla be used for?
- Corporate Web sites/portals
- Corporate intranets and extranets
- Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
- E-commerce and online reservations
- Government applications
- Small business Web sites
- Non-profit and organizational Web sites
- Community-based portals
- School and church Web sites
- Personal or family homepages
Why would you add SMS technology to Joomla?
If you use Joomla to manage your web content you can
further improve the features of it and attract more customers by
implementing SMS technology. The best way to attract more clients
and customers is to provide high quality and well-functioning services
for them. On this page you can learn how to adopt such a profitable
system in your IT environment.
The best way to increase attendance of your web site and attract
more visitors is if you
introduce SMS technology. All you need to do is install a powerful
SMS gateway software. In this way you can ensure high quality and
reliable SMS services to users in a simple but very effective way.
Practically, it means that visitors will be able to send SMS messages
from Joomla or they can also subscribe for various SMS contents on your
web site.
This SMS functionality offers flexible and powerful services that
make your web site more competitive and attractive.
The SMS service can be realized by downloading and installing an SMS
gateway software such as Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway to your computer. This software will ensure the SMS
functionality in your IT environment and allows users to send SMS
messages from Joomla web sites. The
SMS gateway forwards the SMS messages to the mobile network either
with a GSM modem attached to the PC (GSM
modem connectivity) or it connects directly to the SMS center of
mobile service provider over the Internet (IP
SMS connectivity). Read more about this solution below this site.
Advantages of implementing SMS technology to Joomla
The solution offered by Ozeki makes it possible to
compose and send SMS messages in an easy and convenient way from web sites
to mobile phones. Visitors
of your web site can send SMS messages immediately to other people
if they see an update or news on your products or services. Furthermore,
it is also possible that visitors subscribe to SMS contents
on your site. From the time of subscription you can send SMS
notifications to users and clients on various issues therefore
SMS services will be great marketing tools to
increase attendance of your site and popularize your business.
As SMS messages are simple but
effective ways of communication, they highly improve corporate
communication: you can reach your customers more efficiently on
their mobile phone after they subscribe to your SMS service.
SMS services implemented in Joomla web sites are practical and modern
means of communication: this solution simplifies sending SMS messages as
it offers an easy to use form for mobile messaging. You can ensure a
comfortable service for your visitors as they can use
their computer to send SMS messages while they are on
your site.
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway also support sending SMS contents
and updates for your subscribers in a predefined time. This function
also ensures you to introduce marketing campaigns. In this way
if you decide to implement Ozeki NG SMS Gateway you will gain
a well-functioning, stable and efficient SMS system that helps you
become more competitive and saves valuable time and money at the
same time.
SMS services in your business
Find your area in the list and learn how to benefit
from implementing SMS technology into your business! By clicking on
one of the links you will be led to a more detailed page about the
respective business field:
Prerequisites
In order to setup this solution you need to find a way
to connect your system to the mobile network. You can do this
by using an Internet connection or you can
setup a wireless connection by attaching a GSM phone/GSM modem to your computer. To help you make a
decision, we have prepared a webpage for you:
Internet based SMS connections vs. GSM modem based (wireless) SMS connections.
Depending
on what you select, you need the following prerequisites.
Prerequisites for Internet based connection to the Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to an SMS service
provider over the Internet you need the following components:
Figure 1/a - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway IP SMS connection
In this case you need to find an SMS service
provider who can reach the mobile phones in your area. This SMS
service provider should be able to provide SMS service through
the Internet. To find such a provider, you can check our
website where we list some of them:
SMPP SMS Service providers.
Once you have found such a provider, you need to sign up for
their service to get the connection parameters. You can use these parameters
to configure your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software.
Prerequisites for wireless (GSM modem) connection to the Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to the mobile
network wirelessly, you need a GSM modem or GSM phone, that you
can attach to your computer with a data cable. In this case your Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway software will operate this phone and will send and receive
SMS messages wirelessly. To setup this connection method, you need the following
components:
Figure 1/b - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway GSM modem connection
Your checklist (for GSM modem connection):
*The SIM card will come with a plan, that will
determine how much money you will spend on each SMS.
How SMS services work with Joomla
After you have become familiar with Joomla and SMS
services in businesses, you can start to considering the technical
features of this SMS solution. On the configuration pages you will
gain step by step instructions on how to install and configure this
service, moreover you can learn the prerequisites list of Ozeki NG
SMS Gateway.
Ozeki's SMS solution for Joomla web sites is easy to integrate and
also easy to use. With Ozeki NG SMS Gateway you will be able to achieve
SMS functionality on web sites in two ways:
One of the possibilities is if you download and install Ozeki SMS
module to your computer. If you do so, a form will appear on the
Joomla web site from which SMS messages can be sent. Users only
need to provide a recipient and compose their messages. By clicking
on "Send message" button they can send messages from your web site.
This is a simple but effective solution.
To learn more about this solution, please visit our configuration page
on how to send SMS messages from Joomla with Ozeki SMS module
.
It is also possible to provide high quality SMS services to clients
in a different way: after you downloaded and installed the SMS module,
a form appears on your Joomla web site similarly to the previous
solution but this form allows visitors to subscribe to your SMS
services (updates or news on your products, services, events, etc). To
do so they
just need to select "Subscribe" option on the form.
Users can also unsubscribe from SMS contents on the same form by
selecting "Unsubscribe" option.
For more detailed information on this solution, please
visit our configuration page on how to
subscribe to SMS content in Joomla with Ozeki subscribe to SMS content
module.
Figure 1 demonstrates how this solution works: as you can see, Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway transmits SMS messages from Joomla to mobile phones
of users. It connects to the mobile network either with
GSM modem connectivity or
IP SMS connectivity.
System architecture
Figure 1 - SMS solution for Joomla with Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Conclusion
If you decide to build an SMS system in Joomla,
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway is the proper solution for providing SMS
services in a stable and reliable way as it is able to operate with
large numbers of SMS messages at once. This system ensures high
quality services that will attract more clients and offers an
efficient marketing tool at low costs. In this way you can gain
competitive advantage while you save time and money.
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