Magento 2 Advanced Booking Notification

Follow the below steps for installing the extension –

Step 1:

Unzip the respective extension zip and and then move “app” folder (inside “src” folder) into magento root directory on the server.

Step 2:

Now, run the below-mentioned commands in the Magento 2 root directory via terminal.

1. php bin/magento setup:upgrade
   
2. php bin/magento setup:di:compile
3. php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
   

Step 3:

lastly, flush the cache and re-index all by navigating through System->Cache management.

The admin can get the Account SID, Auth Token and Twilio Phone Number by following the below steps:

Step 1: Go to the web address https://www.twilio.com/ and click on the SIGN-UP button as shown below –

Step 2: Now after clicking on the SIGN-UP button, below page will be open. Here, the admin will enter all details to get registered and will tap the Get Started button to proceed further.

Step 3: Now, enter your mobile phone number and tap the Verify button to verify the number.

Step 4: Now, you will receive a verification code on your mobile phone. Enter that verification code and tap the Submit button.

Step 5: Now, the page that comes up, on the top right-hand next to your name tap the down arrow and then click the User Settings menu option.

Step 6: Now go to the Dashboard menu option in the left panel. Here, you will find the Account SID, Auth Token.

Step 7: To get the Twilio phone number, go to the dashboard again and tap the Phone Numbers link.

Step 8: Clicking the phone numbers link will bring up the below page. Here, click on the Get Started button.

Step 9: The section that comes up, click the Get your first Twilio phone number button.

Step 10: Clicking the Get your first Twilio phone number in the previous step brings up a pop-up window. Click Choose this Number button to proceed further.

Step 11: Now, you can see your new phone number, click done to go back.

Step 12: Now, to check your phone number click the Phone Numbers link under the dashboard section as shown in step 7 and you will be redirected to your phone number section.

After the successful installation, to configure the module settings navigate through Stores->Configuration->Webkul->Notifications Setting. Here, we have three sections for the configuration of various settings of the extension.

Twilio API Details:

Auth ID: Enter the Auth ID that you have received after registering yourself at Twilio.

Token: Enter the Token that you have received after registering yourself at Twilio.

Sender Mobile: Enter the mobile number that you have received after registering at Twilio.

Booking Reminder:

Booking Reminder (Days Before): Set the days for the booking reminder message to be sent to the customers prior to the actual booking date.

Booking Reminder (Minutes Before): Set the minutes for the booking reminder message to be sent to the customers prior to the actual booking time.

Reminder Messages:

Message(Minutes Before): Configure the the message for minutes before event reminder that will be sent to the customers prior to the actual date of booking.

Message(Days Before): Configure the message to be sent to the customers for the days before event reminder.

Message(Invoice Create): Configure the message to be sent to the customers when the invoice gets created.

Message(Invoice Cancel): Configure the message to be sent to the customers when the invoice gets cancelled.

Message: This message will be sent to the customer if message field is left empty while sending custom messages from ‘View Bookings‘ grid.

After making all the settings, tap the Save Config button at the top right-hand corner.

INVOICE CREATION:

When the admin generates the invoice from the backend, the Invoice Generated notification will be sent to the customer as shown below.

ORDER CANCELLATION:

When the admin cancels the booking from the backend, the Booking Cancellation notification will be sent to the customer as per the below image.

REMINDER/ALERT MESSAGES:

Booking alert messages will be sent to the customers on configured date and time. And, this configured date and time should be prior to the actual booking date and time. These messages will remind the customers about their booking date and time.

Note: A cron is set for this module. So, the alert messages will be sent to the customers automatically.

The admin will be able to send custom messages to the customers. To do so, the admin will navigate to the View Booking Orders section.

To send the message notifications manually, the admin will first select the booking Ids for which he wants to manually send the notifications. Then from the Actions drop-down option select Send Notification option to send in the notification manually to the customers.

After clicking the Send Notification button, a pop-up will appear. here, the admin can enter the custom message and tap the Continue button to send the message.

After this, the admin will see a success message as shown below in the snapshot.

After this the customer receives message as shown below in the snapshot.