SMS Notifications
Twilio Settings
The theme will provide settings for Twilio SMS gateway for sending messages.
Go to Notifications > SMS/Whatsapp tab from main auction settings see the below image.
For Twilio connection you need below details from Twilio account :
To get your Twilio api details follow below steps:
- Create Twilio account, click here
- Go to Twilio console, click here
- Account SID and Auth Token, Go to Twilio console Click on Account > Api Keys & tokens this page will show your Api details see below image
- To get From number follow below steps (Used for only SMS messages):
- Go to the Phone Numbers page in your console. Click Buy a Number to purchase your first Twilio number. follow below image
- To get WhatsApp from number click here
Fill in the details and click on the "Save changes" button.
SMS Settings
Admin options
Theme will provide 3 types of WhatsApp notification to send users after some action accrues.
Verify message template
When you add/change below message templates in theme admin, you need to submit that all messages to Twilio also for verification
To submit a message template, navigate to Messaging > Senders > WhatsApp Templates or see below image
Click on " New message template" to add new template and fill below form and submit for approval after approve you can use to send message
After all templates approved by Twilio you can go to next step
- Outbid Message
- Check the 'Enable Outbid SMS' checkbox for Enable this message
- Add Your proper message text, you can use below template tags to customize message.
- Won Message
- Check the 'Enable Won SMS' checkbox for Enable this message
- Add Your proper message text, you can use below template tags to customize message.
- Ending Soon Message
- This message is sanded when cron is enabled
- To Enable/Disable this message you need to turn ON "Cron for Ending Soon SMS" from Wp Admin > Auctions >Theme options > Cron > Cron for Ending Soon SMS
- Add Your proper message text, you can use below template tags to customize message.
User Options
Theme has options for users to manage notifications see below image.
User can change notifications settings from My account > Auction > Notifications > WhatsApp
Click on " Save Changes" for save notification settings.