Best way to send push notifications from FluentCommunity without affecting server performance
Hello everyone,
Iβm using FluentCommunity and would like my community members to receive push notifications on their phones when there is new activity inside the community, especially when I publish a new post, announcement, comment, mention, or reply.
I do not want to rely on email notifications. I want members to receive notifications even when they are not currently browsing the community, preferably through the PWA or browser push notifications.
However, I previously installed a self-hosted push notification plugin, and my hosting provider asked me to remove it because it was affecting the server resources.
Could you please advise me on the best solution that:
- Works well with FluentCommunity
- Sends web or PWA push notifications
- Can prioritize posts and activity from the community admin
- Does not send an email at the same time
- Uses an external notification service so it does not put heavy load on my server
- Opens the relevant post or comment when the member clicks the notification
Is there an official FluentCommunity solution, recommended integration, webhook, or API connection with a service such as OneSignal?
Thank you.
Not using it myself, but I know others are and it works well on Ross FCAΒ 's community - https://fluentcommunityaddons.com/product/push-notifications/
(Although I don't use this particular addon, I'm very happy with the other addons I'm using from FCAπ)
Thanks Jonathan GwyerΒ My implementation does run push notifications locally on your server which is what HindΒ is hoping to avoid. I'll provide support for Pusher and Fluidpush soon enough.
Ross FCAΒ Oh, Good news! Because on shared hosting, it's not the best (but already super useful). I hope it will happen quickly :)
HindΒ I am working on a free PWA/Push notifications addon - will be available soon.
I found FluentSocket for this. https://fluentsocket.com/, seems to be in Beta. Anyone tested it out yet?
