Introduce SMS functionality to Drupal with Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway offers impressive
SMS solutions that
will attract more visitors to your Drupal web site and helps turn these
visitors to prospective buyers. On this page you can learn
more about the available alternatives of adding SMS functionality to Drupal
web sites. Please read this introduction to get know how you can benefit from
this solution and visit the configuration pages to find how you can
implement the respective SMS solutions in Drupal.
You can provide SMS services with Ozeki SMS Module in four
possible ways:
Learn how you can implement an SMS sender page in Drupal with
Ozeki SMS Module
Read the configuration steps on how to implement an SMS sender
block in Drupal with Ozeki SMS Module
Find details on how you can contact users by SMS with Ozeki
SMS Module
Learn how you can send SMS node notification to subscribed
users with Ozeki SMS Module
What is Drupal and what can it do for you?
Drupal is a CMS software that makes it possible to create web
sites and web applications in a professional way. CMS stands for Content
Management System and as its name highlights, Drupal helps you manage all your
created web contents after you created a web site. This software is used by
individuals, businesses, non-profits, education,
government, and other organizations throughout the world for creating personal
and corporate websites, e-commerce sites, social networking sites, intranets,
and much more. Its popularity is due to the fact that it is open source so the
code is available to anyone to use and modify without license fees.
Why to introduce SMS functionality to Drupal
Drupal is wildly popular because it provides a powerful,
scalable, low cost, high value solution to manage and grow an internet presence.
However, you can still further improve the attendance of your web sites if you
implement additional features to Drupal. Therefore, it is also possible to
introduce SMS functionality into Drupal to provide SMS services to visitors.
In practice, introducing SMS services means that visitors can send SMS messages
from your web site or they can subscribe or unsubscribe to various SMS contents.
These services help attract more visitors and engage them. With SMS services
you can provide a convenient way of communication for your registered customers
why it will serve you as a well-structured marketing campaign. It gives the
possibility for people to share their ideas about your products or services
instantly they come across with them. Furthermore, they can subscribe your SMS
content on your web site. In this way you can send SMS notifications on
every updates, changes to subscribed users or even you can inform your
clients about discounts among many other things.
SMS functionality can be implemented into your IT system by downloading and
installing a powerful SMS gateway software to your computer. Such a software is
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. This software product will
ensure a high capacity SMS system that is able to operate with huge numbers of
messages. It forwards SMS messages to the mobile network either with
GSM modem connection or
IP SMS connection.
You can read more about the difference on
GSM modem based wireless
links vs IP SMS connections to the mobile network
page. If you have any question about the connection alternatives of the SMS
gateway, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can send us a message via
the form below this page or you can send an e-mail to
info @ ozekisms.com email address.
Benefits of implementing SMS technology into Drupal
If you decide to implement SMS technology to your Drupal web
site you will gain a stable and efficient SMS system based on Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway. Due to this solution there are numbers of advantages that can be
noticed immediately after the introduction. This is one of the best way
to attract more visitors to your web site who can be easily prospective buyers.
In this way, attracting more visitors means more customers and buyers that will
result in higher revenues.
By providing excellent and reliable extra SMS services to your customers you can
engage them for longer business relationships. They can feel themselves
special as you can send them SMS notifications on issues they are interested in.
Therefore, they will receive your SMS personally, to their mobile phones. So
this solution ensures a stable and well-functioning SMS system that can serve
as the basis of your customer relationships, marketing campaign or even as
an incentive for buying.
How SMS services work in Drupal
If you make sure that you have all the necessary prerequisites
to implement this solution, you can start to build your SMS system based on
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. You can introduce SMS functionality into Drupal sites in
four possible ways. Please browse through the description of the alternatives
that will help you select the most proper solution or solutions. On configuration
pages you can find detailed instructions on how you can implement the SMS
service into your Drupal site. The respective link that leads to the configuration
guide can be found after each solution
below.
To achieve SMS functionality in Drupal web sites you need to download and
install Ozeki NG SMS Gateway to your computer.
Then you also need to download and install the Ozeki SMS module that can be
found
at the configuration pages. This module will ensure SMS services in Drupal.
1. One of the possibilities is if you install the Ozeki SMS module and it
creates a "Send an
SMS" page on your web site. This page will be available either
with a link in the menu or with an URL. The SMS sender form appears in the
content field of the page. On this form users need
to specify the recipient, the body of the message and click on "Send message" button.
Learn more about this solution on the
configuration page of how to send SMS from
Drupal with "SMS sender page"
2. You can also provide SMS services by enabling the "SMS sender block" in
Ozeki SMS module that
will ensure after the configuration that an SMS sending form appears on one of
the blocks in your Drupal site. You can specify the exact place of this form
and it can be configured to appear on all of your pages if you wish. On this form
users need to enter the recipient, their message and click on "Send message" button.
To get more information on this solution please go to the
configuration page on how to send SMS from Drupal
with "SMS sender block".
3. The other possibility to offer SMS services to users is to enable the "Contact
users by SMS" option in Ozeki SMS module. This module makes a field where users
can provide their
mobile phone number. Then users who provided their phone number will be listed
on a page and a check box is appear next to their names. If you check the check
boxes next to users then SMS messages will be sent out to them.
This solution can be examined on the configuration
page on how to implement "Contact users by SMS" module.
4. You can also enable the "Node notification" option in the module. In this way
you will gain a block on the web page that
allows users to subscribe to your SMS newsletters. They can do so by entering
their phone number and select "Subscribe" option. During the configuration you
can specify where you want this block to appear on your site.
You can learn more about this solution on
configuration page on how to let users subscribe
or unsubscribe SMS content.
If you have any question about the connection alternatives of
the SMS gateway, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can send us a message
via the form below this page or you can send an e-mail to
info @ ozekisms.com email address.
Figure 1 demonstrates how SMS services work in practice: users can compose a
message or can subscribe to SMS content on a form that appears in your Drupal
site. After they fill the form they can send their message by clicking on a
button. That's simple but very efficient solution. The SMS gateway sends out
SMS messages to the mobile network with GSM modem
connection or IP SMS connection.
Figure 1 - How to implement SMS services in Drupal with Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
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.
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:
Conclusion
Building an SMS system based on Ozeki NG SMS Gateway is the
best solution to provide outstanding SMS services to your customers. This
software ensures a stable and seamless SMS system that allows you to
concentrate on important business issues. Furthermore, this solution will help
you increase your revenue within a shorter time by engaging more visitors who
can be prospective customers. So this reliable and efficient solution will
provide comfortable and attracting solution for visitors and help you improve
your business to a great extent.
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