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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #240 on: May 03, 2020, 03:06:15 PM »
Wonder what big retail chains like bed bath and beyond use
Thats what I mean, as per @YitzyS it's not ideal

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #241 on: May 03, 2020, 03:06:54 PM »
Probably worth it for them to pay whatever.
It's a big whatever though
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #242 on: May 03, 2020, 03:07:02 PM »
They don't send out so many texts/month. For less than 100 per month, there are many options.
Yup. The problem is the quantity of messages.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #243 on: May 03, 2020, 03:07:06 PM »
Clear you cache and cookies and sign out.. and then try again.
Doesn't work

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #244 on: May 03, 2020, 03:07:37 PM »
Wonder what big retail chains like bed bath and beyond use
I probably could set up a forward from an email to an sms? And which IFTTT is it?
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #245 on: May 03, 2020, 03:11:12 PM »
I probably could set up a forward from an email to an sms? And which IFTTT is it?
For IFTTT, you can make your own. For the trigger, choose RSS and put in https://www.dansdeals.com/feed/. For the action, put in email and use the default template they give you.
Then you could set a gmail filter to forward the email to sms.
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #246 on: May 03, 2020, 03:13:46 PM »
For IFTTT, you can make your own. For the trigger, choose RSS and put in https://www.dansdeals.com/feed/. For the action, put in email and use the default template they give you.
Then you could set a gmail filter to forward the email to sms.
Thanks.
 Will try this when I get a minute.
Will keep ya posted.
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #247 on: May 03, 2020, 05:03:52 PM »
Clear you cache and cookies and sign out.. and then try again.
I did all. Nothing helps

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #248 on: May 03, 2020, 05:07:57 PM »
I haven't tried notifications on mobile. Do you have email on your phone? You could then do email notifications with IFTTT for free (every 15 minutes) or if Dan sets up something with zapier and webhooks, or an instant email notification with every new post that could work.
Seeing so many talks here about IFTTT when I have no clue what it means.

For some non tech guy like me , can you give a short rundown what it is and what it does ?


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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #249 on: May 03, 2020, 05:18:29 PM »
Starting to recieve tweets that were tweeted hours or days ago

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #250 on: May 03, 2020, 05:27:46 PM »
Seeing so many talks here about IFTTT when I have no clue what it means.

For some non tech guy like me , can you give a short rundown what it is and what it does ?
It's a platform where people can make simple programs and allow others to use them. Stands for If This Then That, which is the typical programming sequence. Some of the programs are built to take tweets and automatically post them on another platform. That is especially useful when trying to get tweets via SMS. (There is no program on IFTTT that will send tweets to SMS directly. But it can send them to Group Me or Email, which can then be forwarded to SMS.)

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #251 on: May 03, 2020, 05:49:00 PM »
It's a platform where people can make simple programs and allow others to use them. Stands for If This Then That, which is the typical programming sequence. Some of the programs are built to take tweets and automatically post them on another platform. That is especially useful when trying to get tweets via SMS. (There is no program on IFTTT that will send tweets to SMS directly. But it can send them to Group Me or Email, which can then be forwarded to SMS.)
You beat me to it!

Basically if there's a sentence "if this then that", you get to make your own sentence, choosing what to fill in for the 'this' and the 'that'. Your choices are a bunch of different triggers from tons of different apps, and a bunch of different actions from tons of apps.

There are tons of examples you can search through here: https://ifttt.com/discover?source=get_more_header_button

It looks like they do offer an SMS service and one called Android SMS: https://ifttt.com/search/query/sms?tab=services. Anyone want to try them out and see how they work? It seems the android one requires a smartphone, and I didn't see a way to use the regular SMS one as an action. Maybe it's only a trigger?
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #252 on: May 03, 2020, 06:01:45 PM »
You beat me to it!

Basically if there's a sentence "if this then that", you get to make your own sentence, choosing what to fill in for the 'this' and the 'that'. Your choices are a bunch of different triggers from tons of different apps, and a bunch of different actions from tons of apps.

There are tons of examples you can search through here: https://ifttt.com/discover?source=get_more_header_button

It looks like they do offer an SMS service and one called Android SMS: https://ifttt.com/search/query/sms?tab=services. Anyone want to try them out and see how they work? It seems the android one requires a smartphone, and I didn't see a way to use the regular SMS one as an action. Maybe it's only a trigger?
It's a platform where people can make simple programs and allow others to use them. Stands for If This Then That, which is the typical programming sequence. Some of the programs are built to take tweets and automatically post them on another platform. That is especially useful when trying to get tweets via SMS. (There is no program on IFTTT that will send tweets to SMS directly. But it can send them to Group Me or Email, which can then be forwarded to SMS.)
Sh'koyach!

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #253 on: May 03, 2020, 06:03:49 PM »
You beat me to it!

Basically if there's a sentence "if this then that", you get to make your own sentence, choosing what to fill in for the 'this' and the 'that'. Your choices are a bunch of different triggers from tons of different apps, and a bunch of different actions from tons of apps.

There are tons of examples you can search through here: https://ifttt.com/discover?source=get_more_header_button

It looks like they do offer an SMS service and one called Android SMS: https://ifttt.com/search/query/sms?tab=services. Anyone want to try them out and see how they work? It seems the android one requires a smartphone, and I didn't see a way to use the regular SMS one as an action. Maybe it's only a trigger?
I can try setting it up if it doesn't cost me $

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #254 on: May 03, 2020, 06:14:24 PM »
I can try setting it up if it doesn't cost me $
Go for it! It'll tell you if they want money (IFTTT itself is free but some of the services it works with might cost)
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #255 on: May 03, 2020, 06:15:17 PM »
Waiting for next tweet will let you know...

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #256 on: May 03, 2020, 06:16:54 PM »
Go for it! It'll tell you if they want money (IFTTT itself is free but some of the services it works with might cost)
How do they make money ?

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #257 on: May 03, 2020, 06:18:07 PM »
How do they make money ?
I think they have a paid option for advanced users

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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #258 on: May 03, 2020, 06:18:59 PM »
Waiting for next tweet will let you know...
Great! If the SMS part works well you may want to compare this version with another using RSS as the 'this'. I wonder which is faster (as there is a delay between post and tweet, but RSS has a delay too)
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Re: Twitter text messages not working
« Reply #259 on: May 03, 2020, 06:19:42 PM »
I think they have a paid option for advanced users
So basically its a platform where people share their own made programs?