Overview
<A brief overview of Expertflow plugin for chat>Universal Chat for Mautic is a plugin to send Campaign Text Messages to contacts via Hybrid Chat. Mautic have pre-built integration with Twilio only, so this plugin is a new alternative to the users of Mautic.
Requirements
- Mautic 3.2+
- PHP 7+
- Composer 1+ (Recommended 1.10.22)
- stomp-php/stomp-php: Stomp PHP Client
- Mautic Universal Chat for Mautic
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Go to Mautic’s Configuration (/s/config/edit), click on the default transport.
Send Test SMS Campaign
Setup Sms Campaign
After configuring the plugin:
- Go to Channels > Text Messages.
- Create a text message with any content.
- Create some new Contacts having valid email and mobile number fields.
- Go to Segments.
- Create a new Segment > Add filter having contacts with valid Mobile numbers in it.
- Go to Campaigns.
- Create a New Campaign > Contact Sources > Campaign Segment.
- Choose the Segment you created early.
- In the next step, select Action.
- In the Select box, Choose to Send Text Messages.
- In the box of Send Text Messages, put a name and choose the message - that you created early.
- Click on the Publish button and Save your campaign.
Trigger the Campaign
Execute the following cronjobs to trigger the campaign:
- php bin/console cache:clear
- php bin/console mautic:segments:update
- php bin/console mautic:campaigns:update
- php bin/console mautic:campaigns:trigger
Notes:
When using the Universal Chat Plugin for Mautic.
- Mobile contact field is compulsory to be filled with each contact.
- +XXXXXXXXXXXX format for the contact phone number including the '+' sign with Country Code and No Space.
- Dynamic Variables can be added in the Text Messages. For example: Hi {contactfield=firstname} To learn more Click Here