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August 30, 2010 5:52am
Subscribe [3]#1 / Aug 30, 2010 5:52am
I run a football/soccer website and most weekends I spend a lot of time updating match scores.
On another site like mine they have installed an SMS gateway and send a text message when a match has ended, a response to this message with the result of the match is made, and the system is then updated automatically without the need for admin input.
Does anyone think it is possible to do this with EE and what would be need to put it in place.
#2 / Aug 30, 2010 8:16am
Yes, I think that would be possible. Personally I wouldn’t necessarily go the SMS route: using email for that purpose is already built-in, you only need to setup appropriate templates. If you must use SMS consider using an SMS-to-email gateway for that purpose.
#3 / Aug 30, 2010 8:31am
I will be looking into using the weblog and for most users this will work very well.
Using sms is easier for the users while at the games as it will not always be possible to send an email from their phones.
What does the SMS-to-email gateway entail.
#4 / Aug 30, 2010 8:42am
What does the SMS-to-email gateway entail.
That would have to be an external solution, I think. As far as I know there are ways to send an SMS to a certain number and have it forwarded as an email.
#5 / Aug 30, 2010 8:54am
It looks like there are Interactive SMS messaging with keywords & textback so it may be possible to use SMS-Email.
I think what I need to do is get EE to generate an email about a particular entry which gets sent to the SMS system. This then forwards the text to the users.
They will then respond to the text and the SMS system will then hopefully generate the returning email for EE to digest.