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General Software Discussion / Re: Gmail to SMS
« on: August 23, 2019, 05:46 AM »
This is a promising idea.  Checking it out a bit.

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General Software Discussion / Re: forum software
« on: August 22, 2019, 11:25 AM »
Since so many of my Bible friends are on Facebook (with some migrating to MeWe) the Facebook log-in for a forum would be a major plus.  One person would recognize another, and with a click would see a familiar profile.  My feeling is that, if I really want discussions, this is a huge plus.

However, Facebook I think makes the API difficult and changing.

If you know of a forum that has solid Facebook log-in that would be a plus.

With vBulletin I put out a couple of hundred  $$ years ago, then hosting fees only.
So, similarly, I would not balk at some cash for Xenforo.

The "sameness" of Xenforo would not perturb me much, since the goal is practical research and conversation.
And there is probably ways to get around that, if needed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Gmail to SMS
« on: August 22, 2019, 09:47 AM »
And I think the two solutions above are different:

needed
Email Received -- > my-SMS (preferably VOIP Talkatone)

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2) Send Email to SMS -

This I could use by a Forward or Redirect method.
However, it likely will not work with a Talkatone or Skype number, since it wants a cell carrier.

It should work if I switch to a SmartPhone (Android or IOS) rather than iPad.
Which is always a possibility.

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1) Google Voice - SMS messages arrive in your email, and you can even use email to reply to them. 

However, my starting point is an email received (e.g. Craigslist.)

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Talkatone I think uses Google Voice, for me it always seems to be transparent, although this article makes it sound complicated.
https://www.lifewire.com/use-your-ipad-as-phone-1994715

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Or any email (e.g. Runbox) to SMS.

Preferably an option to just send the Subject line.

Obviously, the sending should be based on a filter (e.g. something in the subject line, or address.)

An account with Twilio (or CloudHQ or RedOxygen or another) is ok, if the price is right.

Also, I would like it to go to my Talkatone account (about 1/2 of SMS recognize such an account, Twilio works fine.)
Or find another method - I can try Skype number - since my normal phone is a clamshell.

The goal is to get the SMS on an iPad.
Even an Android is possible, especially if gives a better alarm.

I will look for more references to place here:

New References Coming Soon
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POSSIBILITY

Automate.io - has the feature, will the free account work? 250 actions/month
https://automate.io/pricing

"Send an SMS in Twilio on a New Email in Gmail"
https://automate.io/integration/gmail/twilio

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More POSSIBILITIES TO VETTE

Integromat - Free on 1,000, $9month/basic
https://www.integromat.com/en/integrations/google-email/twilio

Zapier
https://zapier.com/apps/gmail/integrations/twilio



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RELATED FEATURE BUT NOT AUTO-SEND

CloudHQ has a plugin
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-your-email-to-sms-te/ipghnlmkjdejhibmialipjeaoobhaofe

They have a free account, maybe it works? 
And one for $10/month, which would be ok, if it does a few good things.

However, it looks to be manual send to SMS, not automated by trigger.

Same with RedOxygen
https://redoxygen.com/products/gmail-sms/

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Gmail used to have a native method, like here, but I think it ended in 2014

Send Text Messages from your GMail Account (2012)
https://www.labnol.org/internet/send-sms-text-messages-from-gmail/5156/

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Apparently Gmail-Twilio-SMS needs some coding action.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47228987/gmail-message-to-twilio-sms

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EXAMPLES OF USE

In Business, great for new orders.

For car shopping (or any shopping) good for triggers from places like Craigslist.
(One car company, Autotrader, does have SMS alerts.)

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General Software Discussion / forum software
« on: August 21, 2019, 08:49 AM »
I actually use a forum software, vBulletin, more as a blog than a forum.

Take a look.

Pure Bible Forum.
http://www.purebibleforum.com/

It seems to me that it sections out much better than a blog, and has nice ability to quickly put in pictures, change fonts, move posts, etc.
Granted it misses some of the blog niceties, ideally I would coordinate a blog with the forum.

vBulletin has not made everybody happy the last years, I am on V.4 and have no plans to go to V.5.  Yet I do occasionally run into glitches, one would lose data when a page would become white.  Usually a large overloaded thread with many pics.  That experience, which happened a few times and was difficult to troubleshoot, dampened my enthusiasm a bit.

So I may do the couple of hundred dollars and start Xenforo.  Then I actually would add features and plug-ins and perhaps build up a community of sorts.  I would like the Facebook sign-in, since I have many involved in Facebook, but that seems to not really function. Twitter sign-on is supposedly very good.

Then there is SMF and ElkeArte and such, Tuxman talked about them on another thread.  Less or no $, perhaps just as good in many ways.

And I may also use, separately, a forum as an adjunct to an e-commerce biz. (Precious metals.) There are many WordPress plugins that do forums, that are a bit rinnky-dink, that is another alternative. (We use WooCommerce under WordPress.)

Some of the other nouveau forums are here:
https://www.slant.co/options/22487/alternatives/~elkarte-alternatives

Trying to get good SEO without a lot of time/money investment is one factor.

Your free-form thoughts welcome!

(I would keep vBulletin in its blog mode. It does many things very well.)

Steven

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