TextMarks Pro Service clients now have even more power and control over the end-user experience.

The “Reply Y to confirm subscription” messages sent to new users can now be customized to include the name of your service, a brief description, or even a clickable link specific to each user!

To use this new functionality:

1. You must subscribe to TextMarks Pro Service.
2. Make an API call to Messaging.subscribe() using the new “desc” parameter.

Based on the feedback we’ve been receiving, this will be a welcome addition that should allow clients to provide fully customized experiences for their end users, all with very little work on their part thanks to TextMarks’ powerful API and platform.

Troubleshooting Tip:  If you’re an active Pro Service client trying to get this to work but aren’t receiving any text messages, you may be experiencing our SPAM filter (you’ll thank us later).  One way to clear your phone# to receive more subscription confirmation messages is to type your phone# into a widget for a different TextMark (such as those in our “Widgets” tab).

A new Drupal module is available to help web sites easily integrate TextMarks functionality and broadcast SMS text messages to their users.  (Drupal is a popular open source content management platform.)

This module provides three screens in Drupal:

1. A settings screen to track your API connection settings (see below)
2. A screen to send messages to all subscribers of your TextMark
3. A screen to subscribe a mobile number to your TextMark (the mobile user must opt-in)

Drupal Module Settings

Great work, Justin!