Follow the instructions below to get started with the Joy Of Text Lite plugin.
- Step 1 – Get your account from Twilio.com
- To use this plugin you’ll need a Twilio account.
- Register an account at Twilio.com, purchase a phone number and get your unique ‘Twilio Account SID’ and ‘Twilio Auth Token’.
- If you’re new to Twilio, you can get $10 added to your Twilio account, using this referral link.
- The terms and conditions of Twilio’s referral program are available here.
- Go to Messaging-Settings-Twilio Settings and enter your ‘Twilio Account SID’ and ‘Twilio Auth Token’ and press the ‘Save Settings’ button.
- Your Twilio number(s) should then be displayed, so select the number you want to send your messages from.
- Select the country you are in. The plugin and Twilio need to know this, to check that the member phone numbers you’ve entered are valid.
- Press the ‘Save Settings’ button and move to Step 2.
- Step 2 – Activate your licence keys
- Go to Messaging-Settings-Licence Keys to activate your licence key. This will enable automatic plugin updates through the WordPress dashboard.
- To activate the licences, enter your key(s) and press the ‘Activate Licence’ key.
- Press the ‘Save Settings’ button and move to Step 3.
- Step 3 – Add some members to a group
- To add members, go to the Group Manager tab, then select the ‘Member List’ tab. Enter the new member’s details and press the ‘floppy disk’ icon to save.
- For example, click Group Manager-Member List and add members to the group.
- Once you’ve added some members, move to Step 4.
- Step 4 – Send some messages
- Go to the Messages tab, select one or more members, enter the message text and press ‘Send your messages’.
- Step 5 – Create a form.
- Go to the Group Manager-Group Invite tab to tailor your member subscription form.
- In the Group Invite tab, you’ll see the HTML to create the form or you can use the provided shortcode.
- Add the HTML or shortcode to the appropriate page on your website. Use the shortcode
[jotform id=1]
to display the form on your site. - View the page you’ve added the form to and add new members using it.