Secret Glasto text alerts

[mr flow]

13 minutes ago, big__phil said:

This is just about it for me now, so thanks in advance @mr flow. Hope you manage to get some enjoyment from the enjoyment you'll be bringing us over the next few days.

Thank you. It's odd not going as it's my first missed festival since 2005, but hopefully I can help make others festivals a little more special. Enjoy your festival

[windy_miller]

6 hours ago, PorkSoda said:

How'd you link the secret glasto account without the password?

This confused me for a while.  I didn't have a twitter account, so I had to create one.  Once you've logged in to twitter and linked Zapier to your account, it will then ask you the account you want to monitor.

For some strange reason my twitter account got blocked shortly after creating it for breaching the rules.  No idea what rule I breached, but managed to get it unblocked, and I think I have finally managed to get zapier working!

[Fearless_Fish]

53 minutes ago, mr flow said:

Will send one first thing tomorrow....

Cheers! You're a modern day hero.

[Homer]

How do I sign up please?

[windy_miller]

There are some instructions a few pages back.  You'll need to sign up to zapier and have a twitter account.

[Homer]

20 minutes ago, windy_miller said:

There are some instructions a few pages back.  You'll need to sign up to zapier and have a twitter account.

 

Ta - I had a look for about 4 pages and gave up. Am already following on Twitter...

[shepnic]

Help. What now?

[windy_miller]

38 minutes ago, shepnic said:

Help. What now?

Click the box with the lines on it at the top right of the message box.  This gives you a choice of some fields you can insert into the message.  One of them will be the text of the tweet, so pick that one.

[shepnic]

Great. Thanks.

Happy to get one more test tweet to check

[windy_miller]

Yeah I'd like another test tweet too please! :-D

[mr flow]

I'll send on shortly

[mr flow]

Final test tweet just sent. Hopefully you all got it

[Pandas]

On 3 June 2017 at 9:53 AM, briddj said:

That should work, yes. You can follow an account which tweets a lot, like BBC Sport, to see if they come through as texts though?

Thanks for this. Tried the BBC Sport tip....annoyed me within 10 mins with the number of tweets, so it definitely works

[Pandas]

Also just got a Twitter alert from @secretglasto so the Twitter alert work really well.  Thanks!

Coming down tonight (more work to do I am afraid).

[matthall95]

@mr flow thank you so much - all works perfectly!

[madtanz]

Received loud and clear!

Thank you very much for doing this mr flow, leaving tonight happy now that the alerts are set up correctly.

[mjsell]

My 3G connection is so on point today that I'm not sure I'll need to the text alerts. 

[mr flow]

11 minutes ago, mjsell said:

My 3G connection is so on point today that I'm not sure I'll need to the text alerts. 

It usually goes tits up on the 3G front around Friday, which is when you really need it!

[mr flow]

12 minutes ago, madtanz said:

Received loud and clear!

Thank you very much for doing this mr flow, leaving tonight happy now that the alerts are set up correctly.

No probs. Glad to be of some assistance

[windy_miller]

17 minutes ago, mjsell said:

My 3G connection is so on point today that I'm not sure I'll need to the text alerts. 

But it means you don't have to keep checking twitter all the time.

Got the latest test tweet.  Thanks!

[R95wilson]

Can't get it to send my pin through when connecting. 

 

 

All set up now fixed it

Edited June 22, 2017 by R95wilson

[august1]

apologies for that alert, I thought only tweets went out rather than a reply.

After yesterday I hope this company has no more involvement in festivals and peoples safety.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, august1 said:

apologies for that alert, I thought only tweets went out rather than a reply.

After yesterday I hope this company has no more involvement in festivals and peoples safety.

I tweeted at a comedian once, thinking I was logged in my own account. NB turned out they played the next festival!

[Avalon_Fields]

1 hour ago, august1 said:

apologies for that alert, I thought only tweets went out rather than a reply.

After yesterday I hope this company has no more involvement in festivals and peoples safety.

That's OK....was exciting for a moment, expecting news of the first secret gig of 2019!!

[august1]

15 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I tweeted at a comedian once, thinking I was logged in my own account. NB turned out they played the next festival!

one way to tailor the line up to your taste!