[dnbrocks]

Ssia...

[zenith]

Adding SMS texting functionality requires things beyond the scope of the server at the moment. However, email is already set up and functioning, so notifications via email would be a simple addition. Since I know some would rather get an SMS instead of a text, there are solutions. Many cell providers have email addresses for email-to-SMS functionality, and this type of notification would work if you can provide your phone's SMS email.

I know for Verizon, a cell number is simply your number plus area code @vtext.com (in the US). So your phones SMS email would be something like 5552346789@vtext.com without the leading 1. I'm not familiar with the other carriers however nor am I familiar with numbers outside the US, so perhaps others can add some additional details.

The questions are:

1. Is email notification sufficient?
2. What do you want to be notified about? Attacks? Game mail? Logins?
3. How much information do you want in a notification?
4. Should it be only available for players with donator days? (To eliminate notifying players no longer playing.)
   

[emocakes]

sorry zenith, but PUSH != SMS. Google it.

[bconrad56]

I found this.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/email-to-sms/

If we are going to get notifications, I would really only want to be notified about mails, gang mail or otherwise. And it should only be available to donators since they are already putting money in to the game and would probably want to be more connected to it.

[ditallica]

(2011.Mar.13 04:14 PM)zenith Wrote:  Adding SMS texting functionality requires things beyond the scope of the server at the moment. However, email is already set up and functioning, so notifications via email would be a simple addition. Since I know some would rather get an SMS instead of a text, there are solutions. Many cell providers have email addresses for email-to-SMS functionality, and this type of notification would work if you can provide your phone's SMS email.

I know for Verizon, a cell number is simply your number plus area code @vtext.com (in the US). So your phones SMS email would be something like 5552346789@vtext.com without the leading 1. I'm not familiar with the other carriers however nor am I familiar with numbers outside the US, so perhaps others can add some additional details.

The questions are:

1. Is email notification sufficient?
2. What do you want to be notified about? Attacks? Game mail? Logins?
3. How much information do you want in a notification?
4. Should it be only available for players with donator days? (To eliminate notifying players no longer playing.)
   

speaking of this, when is this new ajax heartbeat system coming out?

[Joshiwa]

Zen I would want at least events pushed to me. When someone haas declared war on mt gang, when attacked, something bought off the item or credit market. Those things.

[CrazyFoley]

We should be able to have a list of options that we can chose from or SMS.

[emocakes]

dont even need sms, just someone to code a little iPhone app and for it to be supported by zen.

[Joshiwa]

(2011.Mar.14 11:31 PM)emocakes Wrote:  dont even need sms, just someone to code a little iPhone app and for it to be supported by zen.

Android would be better. There are more users on android and google makes the it free for developers to submit apps.

[bconrad56]

(2011.Mar.15 09:05 AM)Joshiwa Wrote:  

(2011.Mar.14 11:31 PM)emocakes Wrote:  dont even need sms, just someone to code a little iPhone app and for it to be supported by zen.

Android would be better. There are more users on android and google makes the it free for developers to submit apps.

+1
Screw Apple.