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Sending SMS from Evolution CMS with ByteHand
SMS notifications were an important integration path for orders, callbacks, and feedback flows long before messaging APIs became a default part of every project. ByteHand was one of the services used for that in MODX and
SMS notifications were an important integration path for orders, callbacks, and feedback flows long before messaging APIs became a default part of every project. ByteHand was one of the services used for that in MODX and Evolution projects.
Typical Setup
$BYTEHAND['ID'] = 'YOUR_ID';
$BYTEHAND['KEY'] = 'YOUR_KEY';
$BYTEHAND['FROM'] = 'YOUR_FROM';
require_once $modx->config['base_path'] . 'assets/snippets/bytehand/bytehand.inc.php';Typical Call
[!Bytehand? &phone=`79557231253` &text=`Hello world!` &postname=`formid` &postvalue=`ContactForm`!]The value here is not just SMS itself. It is the pattern of connecting site actions, form conditions, and external notification services in a reusable way.
That makes this an Ecosystem article: the important idea is the service integration around the CMS.
evoBabel: A Different Multilingual Direction for Evolution CMS
An ecosystem overview of evoBabel as an alternative multilingual approach for Evolution CMS compared with classic YAMS-style setups.
CResource: A Faster Content Editing Concept for Evolution CMS
A concept note around CResource and related manager tooling ideas for faster structured editing in Evolution CMS.