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Benefits of SMS GatewaySMS Applications

May 5th, 2010

SMS Gateway – Creative Web Designers can manage simultaneous connections to one or more SMSCs, supporting the major SMSC protocols, including SMPP, UCP/EMI, CIMD2, HTTP, and/or GSM modems. Creative Web Designers handles the low level protocol details, and makes it easy to switch between different providers, as well as making it easy to add additional connections for situations where it is advantageous to route messages for different countries via different providers.

Creative Web Designers offers simple SMS gateway connectivity for those who need to SMS-enable their systems, websites, or applications. Using Creative Web Designers API (Application Programming Interface) integration is fast, simple and reliable.
Our API is immediately multicast messaging enabled, allowing integration to any front-end or legacy system, with a direct connection into Creative Web Designers global gateways.
Learn more about each of our API connectivity options below:

  • HTTP/S API
    Our most popular connection, HTTP is one of the simpler forms of communication to the Creative Web Designers API. It is used in the form of an HTTP/Internet Post.
  • SMTP [E-mail to SMS] API
    Another firm favourite, the SMTP API allows messages that are sent via e-mail to be converted to SMS. Popular with customers who already have an e-mail messaging system in place.
  • SMPP API
    Our most robust connection, suitable for customers who send large volumes of traffic. Creative Web Designers offers a global SMPP connection using the SMPP 3.3 standard. Customers are required to have SMPP client software in place, and unlike our other APIs there are minimum volume requirements when using SMPP.
  • XML API
    If you are familiar with XML, Creative Web Designers offers an XML interface with its own set of DTDs. Currently supports XML over HTTP.
  • FTP API
    Suitable for once off, high volume messaging. The FTP upload facility allows customers to upload text files to Creative Web Designers FTP site, and have the files automatically dispatched to message recipients.
  • COM Object API
    Popular with windows-based developers, the Creative Web Designers COM API object’s rich set of methods and definitions make it easy for a user to integrate SMS sending into their programs or ASP pages.
  • http://www.version-next.com/bulk-sms/index.html

ZenCart – Shopping Cart Management

September 17th, 2009

Zen Cart is an Open Source online store management system. It is PHP-based, using a MySQL database and HTML components.
Support is provided for several languages and currencies, and it is freely available under the GNU General Public License.

Zen Cart branched from osCommerce as a separate project. Beyond some aesthetic changes, the major differences between the two systems come from Zen Cart’s architectural changes (e.g. a template system) and additional included features in the core. Among the modules already included are a Gift Certificate/Voucher module which allows you to create, send and manage the digital coupons.
A module to sell downloads (pdf or other media files) is included as well.

Combined with VERSION-NEXT’s eCommerce Hosting and VPS Hosting, ZenCart is the perfect tool for your online eCommerce store.

To start your ZenCart eCommerce store today, click the order button below and follow our signup page!


Zen Cart’s default installation provides everything needed to maintain a shopping cart web site. Products, pricing, shipping, newsletters, sales etc. are managed by the store owner through the administration area. The shopping cart is set up to receive payments from major credit cards and several payment gateway services are also provided.

The following is a list of some of the key features of Zen Cart as stated on their website:

  • multiple language support
  • multiple customer modes
  • unlimited category depth
  • multiple sales and discounts
  • multiple display modes
  • XHTML 1.0 compliant template system
  • extra pages
  • multiple ad banner controller
  • multiple shipping options
  • multiple payment options
  • newsletter manager
  • discount coupons
  • gift certificates
  • featured products
  • quantity discounts
  • phpBB integration through external module
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