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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 Titan. This app needs to be installed via EasySocial Application Installer.


Downloading App

  1. Head over to Titan by clicking on the Manage App button as shown below:

    Manage App

  2. Click on the Downloads link on the Sidebar.

    Downloads

  3. Download the Push Notification App by clicking on the Download button.

    Downloads




Installing App

  1. Once you have already downloaded the app, head over to EasySocial's Application Installer EasySocial > Applications > Install.

  2. Under Upload Installation Package, click on the Choose File button and select the package that you have just downloaded and hit Upload & Install.

  3. Once the app is installed, ensure that the app is published.



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.

    Instant Push

  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.

    Cronjob

  2. Next, add the following url into your cronjob, site.com/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cronmobile=true. Replace site.com with your site url.

If you have enabled secure cronjob key in EasySocial, you need to add the same phrase key into the cron url as well. For more information on how to setup the cronjob, kindly refer to the cronjob guide in EasySocial.

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