Txt Message Notification on New Reply?

[tpearl5]

I don't believe this exists. I'm actually surprised that no one has done it yet with all the popular networking sites doing it.

[Attilitus]

This is actually rather easy to accomplish...

Most cell phone providers offer text-messaging through emails. For example, if you have a verizon phone with the number 555-234-1111, you can be text messaged at 555-234-1111@vtext.com. So adding a text-messaging option to a forum could really be as simple as telling your users to enter in that information as their email address, if they wish to recieve text-message notification.

However, if you wanted to make it separate from the email field, you would just need to duplicate the email and opt-in forms, and add another mail-check upon the posting of a reply. This is probably what you want, and maybe I will make it if I have some time, but it is a rather menial modification...

[tpearl5]

Right, that's pretty much what I figured with the e-mail to phone part of it.

I think to make the hack complete, it would have to have a separate template for the message to send to a phone. You wouldn't want the actual response of the post sent to a phone. It would have to be under 160 characters for one txt. The same with PM's. Also, a selection option in the type of subscription. "Notify by txt message" and "Notify by txt and email" or something like that.

[Chris 96 WS6]

I'd be interested in such a hack myself.

[MortysTW]

Someone should be able to just make the PM's cut off at 160 characters for those that run longer. Wish I knew how to do this. Help SMART PEOPLE!