Installing Mobile Push Notifications App

Apart from the plugin, you will also need to install Mobile Push Notifications app which can be found under the downloads section in Saturn. This app needs to be installed via EasySocial Application Installer.

Downloading App

1. Head over to Saturn by clicking on the Manage App button on your StackIdeas dashboard as shown below:

   

2. Click on the Downloads link on the Sidebar.

   

3. Download the Push Notification App by clicking on the Download button. You'll be downloading this mobile_notifications_x.x.x.zip file.

   

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Installing App

1. Once you've downloaded the app, head over to EasySocial's Application installer at EasySocial > Applications > Install.

2. Under Upload Installation Package, click on Choose File button and select the package that you've just downloaded. Hit Upload & Install button to install it.

   

3. After the app was installed, ensure that the app is published.

Watch video guide on installing plugin on Joomla.

Configuring the app

1. There are two way for the app to send the notification to the push server:
   
   
   1. Instant Push (Default)
   2. Batch processing via Cronjob

Instant Push (Default)

1. In the application setting, choose Instant Push from the dropdown selection and click on save button at the top left of the application page.

   

2. The app is now ready to send push notification everytime new actions is made on the site.

Cronjob

1. In the application setting, choose Cronjob from the dropdown selection and click on save button at the top left of the application page.

   

2. Next, add the following url into your cronjob. Replace site.com with your site url.

https://site.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cronmobile=true