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Group Notices Service  is designed to send out newsletters in the group: send a group notice, which consists of a header, text, and optional attachments.
  
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== Features ==
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== General Information ==  
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* '''EASY'''<br>Create and send notices using web browser
  
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* '''PERIODIC AND SCHEDULED NOTICES'''<br>Send notice at specified time<br>Send repetitive notice on schedule (hourly, daily, weekly)
  
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* '''ATTACHMENTS'''<br>[[Bot inventory|Inventory items]] can be attached to the notice
  
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== Group Notices ==
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Group Notices Service is designed to send out notices to a group consisting of a header, text, and optional attachments.
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Group notice is a pop-up message which is delivered to all members of your group. Members will receive it even being offline: SL sends the notification by email.
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=== The following Must be taken into consideration: ===
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== Periodic & One-Time Notices ==
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* Title of a notice may have a length of 254 characters and can not contain non-Latin characters.
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* Text of notice can have up to 512 bytes (International characters can occupy 2 bytes or more)
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There are two types of notices you can send using your Group Notices Service: Periodic and One-Time Notices. Both types can have inventory items attached to them (landmark, notecard or any other SL item).
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*Attachments can be chosen to be added from a list of registered attachments. To register an attachment it should be sent to the bot managing your group and have the copy+ trans permission to allow the bot to send it. You can also set the next owner no copy / mod permissions if you want the recipients to be not able to give it away
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=== One-Time Notices ===
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== One-time and periodic notices ==
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These notices are sent out one time (either immediately or according to your desired schedule).
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There are two types of the group notices at SmartBots:
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# One-time notices
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# Periodic notices
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All notices can have the inventory item attached (landmark, notecard or any other SL item).
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[[File:Periodic_Notice_renewed_pic_2.png‎|center|link=]]
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=== One-time notices ===
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=== Periodic Notices ===  
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These are  notices to be sent once (either immediately or on a certain time). To create them go to the "One-Time Notices" tab .
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When you create a group notice you must choose one (or more) groups which will recieve this notice. Next you need to select the date and time of delivery and enter text.
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These notices are different in that they are sent one or more times according to the schedule you set up. This can be done once an hour, or on any given day of the week or month.
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Notices will be delivered according to schedule. After delivery of the notice next to it will be noted when it was delivered:
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== How to set up ==
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[[File:Onetime.jpg‎|center|link=]]
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Setting up notices is quick and simple.  
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=== Periodic notices ===
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# Add a group to your account: [[How_to_Add_a_group|click here for instructions]]
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These notices are different in that they are automatically sent to the group in accordance with the schedule. Schedule includes:
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# Assign your bot with abilities: [[Setting_up_bot_for_sending_notices|click here for instructions]]
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# Start creating your notices: [[Setting_up_notices|click here for instructions]]  
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    * One or more time (can send the same notice at 4,5,6 and 7 am etc)
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    * Day of the month
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    * Allowed the days of the week
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[[File:Notices.jpg‎|center|500px|link=]]
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After the creation of notice system will send out  schedule when the bot is active. You can temporarily turn of any periodic notice.
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== Send again ==
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Also you can send your message again in few clicks: just click on the "send again" link and set the new delivery time:
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== How to Activate ==
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See [[Enabling and Cancelling Services]] for details on how to enable the notices service.
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[[Category: Group Notices Service]]
[[Category: Group Notices Service]]

Revision as of 07:09, 15 July 2017


General Information

Group Notices Service is designed to send out notices to a group consisting of a header, text, and optional attachments.

Periodic & One-Time Notices

There are two types of notices you can send using your Group Notices Service: Periodic and One-Time Notices. Both types can have inventory items attached to them (landmark, notecard or any other SL item).

One-Time Notices

These notices are sent out one time (either immediately or according to your desired schedule).

Periodic Notice renewed pic 2.png

Periodic Notices

These notices are different in that they are sent one or more times according to the schedule you set up. This can be done once an hour, or on any given day of the week or month.

How to set up

Setting up notices is quick and simple.

  1. Add a group to your account: click here for instructions
  2. Assign your bot with abilities: click here for instructions
  3. Start creating your notices: click here for instructions
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