Farewell 2011

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Dermot

As 2011 draws to a close it’s usually time to reflect on the year gone by and to consider the year approaching. We’ve been providing messaging solutions since the nineties and our platform has continually grown in size, strength and capacity. 2011 was no different and saw a major revamp of our DiaryBook service, aimed specifically at managing appointment reminders, which is used in areas such as private dental and GP practices to public hospitals in both the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Growth in popularity with the schools texting has been phenomenal and we have plans of launching a new-improved dedicated service to the education sector early in the new year. Many new improvements were also made in opt-out procedures for fax and text marketing strengthening our and your compliance with data protection laws.

We have other additions to our service planned in 2012: ExcelSend, an application for sending text messages using data from a spreadsheet, SQLSend, a similar application but with the ability of querying multiple types of SQL sources, and a reseller platform for all our text messaging services.

We love developing, providing and supporting services for you and look forward to continuing to do so in the New Year. We would like to take this opportunity of wishing you all a happy and peaceful holiday and a prosperous 2012.

See you then!

O2 Update

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dermot

Good news and bad news. All systems are operating again with O2 Ireland. Alphanumeric sender-ids are once again working as before and delivery of messages is as responsive as ever. Unfortunately the bad news is that O2 Ireland has dramatically increased its prices and are forcing many text messaging companies, including IFLOW, to increase their prices. Continue reading →

O2 Ireland blocking text messages

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Dermot

Unfortunately, 02 Ireland are no longer delivering text messages with alphanumeric sender-ids to their mobile subscribers. As a result IFLOW are forced to alter the sender-ids of messages destined for 02 phones to a mobile number to facilitate delivery of same. Continue reading →

School Calendar

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dermot

The 2011/2012 IFLOW school calendar has just been posted out by our team. It clearly shows the school mid-terms and bank holidays. We have extra copies so if you need more let us know.

Password Protecting Received PDF Fax Documents

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dermot

Recently we posted information on IFLOW’s Advanced Message Notification settings (see http://blog.iflow.net/?p=114). Another use for these settings is that you can encrypt the PDF faxes you receive from IFLOW. Encrypted faxes can only be opened with the correct password. Continue reading →

Advanced Message Notifications

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Dermot

The advanced notification options for IFLOW users is a reasonably recent addition to the feature list. Understanding how it works should give you an insight as to how powerful a tool the messaging service is and the wide range of applications it can be put to use.

First of all, where is it?

The options under discussion can be found in the USER LIST screen. Go to the ACCOUNTS menu and choose USERS / USER LIST. When you double click a user to open their profile click on the MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS tab. You should see a screen similar to the following.

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The Irish Fada

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Dermot

Fadas and Gaelic Text Messages

Many schools in the Republic of Ireland have the requirement to use fadas in the text messages that they send whether because the text itself is in Gaelic or the name of the school or recipient contains fadas.

A normal (ASCII) text message has a limit of 160 characters per message. However if the message contains a single fada the whole limit is reduced to 70 characters. Not wanting to get too technical about it, it is because in order to deliver sínte fada, the mobile operators need to use a larger character set called UNICODE.

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PHP To SMS Text

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Dermot

Sending a text message from PHP

Introduction

This document outlines instructions on using PHP code to send text messages using IFLOW’s SMS service.

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SMS to Custom URL

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Dermot

Mobile Number setup

If you have an IFLOW virtual text number you can set up your number to send any received SMS text messages to your own online service. You simply provide IFLOW with the following details:

The URL you want to send received texts to
A backup mobile number should the URL fail (Optional)

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SMS To FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dermot

File Transfer Protocols

Each new text message received on your IFLOW text number can be uploaded to your server by a file transfer protocol. The protocols supported are FTP, FTPS and SFTP (SSH FTP).

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