SMS

Hi,
I'm new to the world of ASP and need some advice. I'm undertaking a project that I'm hoping will create an area map of a city on a webpage. From here, I want to be able to click a particular 'zone' of the city (which I'm hoping will highlight on mouseover). This clicking will trigger the loading of that certain zone's information into a designated area of the webpage. From here, I want to be able to send that information via SMS to the user of the site who will input their number into a text-field. On clicking the 'send' button, the zone's information will then be sent to them. Any advice on how to go about doing all/any of the afore mentioned? I'd appreciate any help...

You can store the zone information in some kind of data source like adatabase or maybe an XML file and let the SMS message be send throughsome external SMS getaway.
Use google to find an SMS getaway to use. I prefer using one in thesame country you are so it's easy to communicate when there arecomplications.
Rody van Sambeek

Hi Rody,

I am at this stage starting to develop my site and I'm hoping to clarify how exactly I would build the map. Hopefully, I will create a large sized jpg or gif of the city in question, and I have heard that I may be able to use pixels to pinpoint exactly on the map where each data 'store' will be extracted from. On mouseover, the few pixel area will hightlight and perhaps I will tool-tip it, and from there I will hope to click it populating the page with the information in question. Will this perhaps be possible? Thank you for you help :)

about SMS !!!

y ou can register with SMS gateway provider ... i have tried clickatell.com they are reliable i have used them and others did but it is up to you to choose the provider ... they will provide you with an API that you need to use on the way that you like.... if y ou need any other advice let me know !!

Hi, please feel free to contact me should you require any help with SMS. I've used my own SMS gateway to send SMS via my ASP.Net application. my charges are very cheap as I am based in Malaysia. Feel free to contact me.

What you need my friend is an image map.

Take a look at this article to get you started.

http://www.elated.com/tutorials/authoring/html/imagemaps/

hi !

some questions if you do not mind :

1) do you mean that you connect your mobile to your machine and send SMS ?

2) as i used a Provider for sending SMS so you think it will be cheaper to use my own gateway ?

3) what about the performance, is it better or the same if i use provider or my own gateway ?

4) what is the requirement and what steps needed to have my own gateway ?

Hi Fadil, 1) No, we do not connect our mobiles to PC to send SMS. We use gateways such as Clickatell, Macrokiosk (Malaysian-based) etc.2) Per SMS in Malaysia would be RM0.165 which is equivalent to USD0.045. 3) It's always better and logical to use a local SMS Gateway. Like in Europe, you can go for clickatell. However, I do have people in Singapore or Taiwan using my gateway (as it's much cheaper).4) It's quite a tedious job to setup your gateway. In my case, I am actually contracted to this company in Malaysia which has a SMS Gateway. Normally, it's enuff for programmers, developers like us to just make use of SMS gateways (they provide simple to use APIs) to enable SMS-sending in our ASP.Net Applications.

thanks !!

i already used Clickatell but your message sounds that you used your own SMS Gateway that is why i asked you about running your own gateway.

thanks !!