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SMS Notification for Magento 2 User Guide

• Table of Content
• Extension Installation Guide
• Twilio Registration
• Msg91 Registration
• Textlocal Registration
• Configuration
• API Settings
• Order Placement Notification Settings
• Order Invoice Notification Settings
• Order Cancellation Notification Settings
• Order Shipment Notification Settings
• Credit Memo Notification Settings
• Contact Inquiry Notification Settings
• New Customer Registration Notification Settings
• SMS Notification in Frontend

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• Extension Installation
• For Magento Marketplace Customers
• Create a folder structure in Magento root as
  app/code/Meetanshi/Sms
• Download and extract the zip folder and upload
  our extension files to the app/code/Meetanshi/Sms
  via FTP.
• Login to your SSH and run below commands step by
  step
• composer require twilio/sdk
• php bin/magento setupupgrade
• For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy
• For Magento version 2.2.x above - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy f
• php bin/magento cacheflush
• For Meetanshi Customers
• Extract the zip folder and upload our extension
  to the root of your Magento 2 directory via FTP.
• Login to your SSH and run below commands step by
  step
• composer require twilio/sdk
• php bin/magento setupupgrade
• For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy
• For Magento version 2.2.x above - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy f
• php bin/magento cacheflush

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• Twilio Registration
• If you are going to use Twilio as an SMS gateway
  to send SMS notifications, you need to register
  with the Twilio to get Account SID, Auth Token
  and Twilio Phone Number.
• First of all, Sign Up for the Twilio account. Add
  the details and click to get started.

• After the Email verification, enter your mobile
  number and click to Verify.

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• Once you click Verify, you will get an OTP on
  the added mobile number. Enter the OTP and
  verify the mobile number. Now move to Settings ?
  General where you can see API details both for
  live and testing. Copy the Account SID and Auth
  Token to use them in Magento backend
  configuration for Twilio account.

• Now, click three dots from the left sidebar, go
  to Programmable SMS and click Build under the
  Learn and Build option. From here, you can get
  Twilio phone number to use for sending the SMSs.
  Click on the Get a number button.

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• You will get a number to choose. Click Choose
  This Number.

• Once you click the button, you will get a Twilio
  phone number. Copy this number and set it in the
  Magento backend configuration for Twilio account.

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• Msg91 Registration
• The extension allows configuration of the Msg91
  SMS gateway to send SMS notifications. If you
  choose to use Msg91 SMS gateway integration,
  follow the steps below to get sender ID and API
  key.
• Visit https//control.msg91.com/signup/. Enter
  the details and click to sign up.

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• You will get and code or a magic link in the
  Email to verify the Email address.

• You will be asked to enter the mobile number for
  verification.

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• Enter the OTP to verify the mobile number and you
  will be registered successfully. Login with the
  credentials.

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• Under the settings, you can find the Sender ID
  which you need to copy and paste in the Magento
  configuration.

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• Now move to API, where you can find the API key
  for the Magento configuration.

• You can find the Message type under the Send SMS
  tab. Select the SMS type in Msg91 configuration
  in Magento as per your requirement.

Note If you are an Indian user of our Magento 2
SMS Notification extension with Msg91 API, dont
forget to follow DLT registration process and get
your DLT templates approved for each SMS. Once
you get the DLT template ID, enter the same in
the respective field in Magento 2 extension
configuration.
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• Textlocal Registration
• The extension allows configuration of the
  Textlocal SMS gateway to send SMS notifications.
  If you choose to use Textlocal SMS gateway
  integration, follow the steps below to get sender
  ID and API key.
• Create a Textlocal account from
  https//www.textlocal.in/signup/

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• After the registration, you will get a
  verification link in your registered Email ID,
  clicking the link will land you to add
  additional information page. Here, add the
  account details and submit to activate your
  Textlocal account.

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• Navigate to Settings gt API Keys and create new
  key to use. Copy the created API Key and paste
  it in Magento 2 extension configuration.

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• Now move to Settings gt All Settings and click on
  Sender Names to get your sender name.

• You can copy your Textlocal sender name from here
  and paste it in Magento 2 extension
  configuration.

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• Textlocal requires to create message template to
  send SMS notification. Go to Send gt Templates
  Drafts and click to create and request new SMS
  template.

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• You have to create new message template for each
  SMS notification enabled in Magento 2 SMS
  notification extension configuration. Enter
  title, select category and sender name. Set
  message text same as SMS text in Magento 2
  extension configuration notification settings.
  You have to create new SMS template in Textlocal
  for every enabled SMS notification in Magento
• 2. For example, if you have enabled Order
  Placement Notification from Magento 2 backend,
• create a message template for the same in
  Textlocal having exactly the same SMS text.

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• For the dynamic values in text message input,
  click Insert Restricted Template Items. Click
  Insert an Input Box and it will open a popup to
  create new placeholder for the dynamic value.
  Add placeholder text name and set maximum length
  for the dynamic value. Insert it into the SMS
  text and while sending the message, this
  placeholder will match the variable in Magento 2
  notification text and replace it with the real
  value.

• Once message templates have been created and
  submitted for each SMS notification, it will
  take approximately a week to be approved by the
  Textlocal. You can send SMS notifications only
  after the message templates approved by the
  Textlocal.

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• Configuration
• To configure the extension, login to Magento
  backend, move to Stores ? Configuration ?? SMS
  Notification where you can find various settings
  to configure the extension.
• SMS Notification Enable or disable the SMS
  Notification extension.
• Admin Mobile Number Enter mobile number of admin
  to receive the SMS notifications.

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• API Settings
• To allow compatibility of the extension with any
  SMS gateway, its API settings has to configured
  after receiving the essential details like Sender
  ID, API key and URL.
• API Provider Select one of the SMS gateway API
  providers from Msg91, Twilio, Textlocal, Other
  and add related API details.

For Other SMS API If you are going to use custom
SMS API other than Msg91, Twilio or Textlocal,
you have to add your CURL URL as below
Format https//yoursmsapi.com/sms/submitsms.jsp?
useryourusernamesenderidyoursenderidkeyy
oursmskeymobilemobilemessagemsg Sample
CURL URL https//foxxsms.com/sms/submitsms.jsp?u
serMETANSHIsenderidFOXGLVaccusage6key
587e05afbcXXmobilemobilemessagemsg
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• Order Placement Notification Settings
• The module allows to send notification to both
  admin and customers when they place the order.
  To configure its settings, follow these steps as
  shown below
• Order Placement Notification Enable order
  placement notification to customers.
• SMS Text for Customers Add order placement
  notification text to send to customers.
• Order Placement Notification to Admin Enable
  order placement notification to admin.
• SMS Text for Admin Add order placement
  notification text to send to admin.

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• Order Invoice Notification Settings
• You can send notification to customers as well as
  admin to let them know that the Order Invoice is
  generated once the following settings are
  configured
• Order Invoice Notification Enable order invoice
  notification to customers.
• SMS Text for Customers Add order invoice
  notification text to send to customers.
• Order Invoice Notification to Admin Enable order
  invoice notification to admin.
• SMS Text For Admin Add order invoice
  notification text to send to admin.

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• Order Cancellation Notification Settings
• To let customers know that their order has been
  cancelled, an SMS notification is sent.
  Additionally, admin is also notified of a
  cancelled order. Follow these steps for the same
• Order Cancellation Notification Enable order
  cancelation notification to customers.
• SMS Text for Customers Add order cancellation
  notification text to send to customers.
• Order Cancellation Notification to Admin Enable
  order cancellation notification to admin.
• SMS Text For Admin Add order cancellation
  notification text to send to admin.

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• Order Shipment Notification Settings
• Customers get notification when their shipment is
  off for delivery. Admin is also notified for the
  same. This feature will be enabled when the
  following settings are configured
• Order Shipment Notification Enable order
  shipment notification to customers.
• SMS Text for Customers Add order shipment
  notification text to send to customers.
• Order Shipment Notification to Admin Enable
  order shipment notification text to send to
  admin.
• SMS Text For Admin Add order shipment
  notification text to send to admin.

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• Credit Memo Notification Settings
• To confirm with customers that their refund
  request has been accepted, an SMS will be sent to
  customers. Similarly, admin will be sent an SMS
  notification when a credit memo is generated.
  Configure the following settings to enable this
  feature of the module.
• Order Credit Memo Notification Enable refund
  request notification approval to customers.
• SMS Text for Customers Add refund request
  notification approval text to send to customers.
• Order Credit Memo Notification to Admin Enable
  credit memo generation notification to admin.
• SMS Text for Admin Add credit memo generation
  notification text to send to admin.

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• Contact Inquiry Notification Settings
• Admin is notified whenever there is a contact
  inquiry. To enable this feature, configure
  following settings
• Contact Inquiry Notification Enable contact
  inquiry notification to admin.
• SMS Text for Admin Add contact inquiry
  notification text to send to admin.

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• New Customer Registration Notification Settings
• The admin is notified when a new customer
  registration takes place. To enable this
  notification, following settings are to
  configured
• New Customer Registration Notification Enable
  new customer registration notification to admin.
• SMS Text for Admin Add new customer registration
  notification text to send to admin.

Note If you are an Indian user of our Magento 2
SMS Notification extension with Msg91 API, dont
forget to follow DLT registration process and get
your DLT templates approved for each SMS above.
Once you get the DLT template ID for each, enter
the same here in the respective.
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• SMS Notification in Frontend
• New Registration Notification to Admin
• When a customer registers a new account, admin is
  notified as shown below

• New Order Placement Notification to Customer
• A notification of acknowledgement of the order
  placed is sent to customers as shown here

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• New Order Placement Notification to Admin
• Admin is notified when a new order is placed in
  the store as shown below

• Order Invoice Generation Notification to
  Customers
• When an Order Invoice is generated, a
  notification as shown below is sent to customers.

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• Order Invoice Generation Notification to Admin
• When an Order Invoice is generated, a
  notification is sent to Admin as shown here

• Order Shipment Notification to Customer
• Customers get notified at the time of order
  shipment via SMS as shown below

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• Order Shipment Notification to Admin
• Once the order gets shipped and shipment is
  generated, admin gets notified by an SMS as
  shown here.

• Refund Request Notification to Customer
• A customer gets notified of refund request
  approval as shown below

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• Credit Memo Generation Notification to Admin
• Credit memo generation notification sent to admin
  is shown below

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• New Contact Inquiry Notification to Admin
• Whenever a customer inquires through submitting
  contact form, admin is notified as below

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