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Email and SMS Alerts based on location
January 01, 2013, 12:51:35 am
Hi,
I'm only just discovering Civicrm and I'm considering using it for a project to match volunteers with voluntary opportunities.

However, it is very important to us that registered volunteers are able to receive email alerts (and possibly SMS alerts) when voluntary opportunities matching their preferences are added. Such preferences will include location (eg city or town), area of interest (eg education, healthcare)

Is there any distinct advantage of running CiviCRM on a particular CMS? I'm most familiar with Joomla.

CiviCRM seems to tick most of the boxes but I need to be certain before I take the plunge.

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Re: Email and SMS Alerts based on location
January 01, 2013, 07:16:00 am
Quote from: Isob on January 01, 2013, 12:51:35 am
However, it is very important to us that registered volunteers are able to receive email alerts (and possibly SMS alerts) when voluntary opportunities matching their preferences are added. Such preferences will include location (eg city or town), area of interest (eg education, healthcare)

I'm not sure if any API exists to send SMS alerts automatically. If not, this could be custom coded as an extension (or module) I think.

Quote from: Isob on January 01, 2013, 12:51:35 am
Is there any distinct advantage of running CiviCRM on a particular CMS? I'm most familiar with Joomla.

Drupal does have better integration in many areas than Joomla.
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Re: Email and SMS Alerts based on location
January 01, 2013, 11:38:58 am
Thanks very much
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