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Geolocation with Pushpad

June 22, 2022December 3, 2018 by collimarco

Would you like to send web push notifications only to people located in a given place? If you use Pushpad you can implement that in different ways.

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Categories Pushpad, Targeting users Tags javascript-sdk, targeting, web-notifications Leave a comment

Display the prompt for web push notifications multiple times

June 22, 2022November 7, 2018 by collimarco

Usually the prompt for web push notifications is displayed only once, the first time that the user visits a website. What if the user blocks the notifications? Is there a way to show the notifications prompt when the user visits the website again?

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Categories Permission UI UX, Pushpad, Web Push Notifications Tags permission, prompt, web-notifications Leave a comment

Targeting only recently active users can increase delivery rate of web push notifications

June 22, 2022September 24, 2018 by collimarco

There are various reasons that can prevent a web push notification from being delivered. One of them is the presence of subscriptions that are no longer in use:

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Categories Pushpad, Targeting users, Web Push Notifications Tags deliverability, targeting, web-notifications Leave a comment

Force the user to subscribe to web push notifications

June 22, 2022May 1, 2018 by collimarco

Forcing the user to subscribe to push notifications is probably not a good choice for most websites. However there are some specific situations where it makes sense to do that.

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Categories Permission UI UX, Pushpad, Web Push Notifications Tags javascript-sdk, permission, subscription, web-notifications Leave a comment

Turn website notifications on or off

June 22, 2022April 26, 2018 by collimarco

You can change your notification preferences for a website at any time. You can allow or block the notifications using the browser preferences:

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Categories Browser settings, Web Push Notifications Tags permission, push-api, web-notifications Leave a comment

Can I use the (Web) Push API with hybrid mobile apps?

June 22, 2022April 2, 2018 by collimarco

Many developers have asked if they can use Pushpad for sending push notifications to their hybrid mobile apps. Basically they want to use the W3C Push API inside a WebView. That would make sense, because a WebView is a sort of browser embedded inside an application.

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Categories Browser support, Web Push Notifications Tags android, push-api, web-notifications, webview Leave a comment

Does Safari on iOS support web push notifications?

March 17, 2023February 10, 2018 by collimarco

Safari on iOS supports web push notifications starting from iOS v16.4 (released in 2023). Previous versions did not support web push notifications.

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Categories Browser support, Web Push Notifications Tags ios, safari, web-notifications 1 Comment

How to send a web notification at a specific time

June 22, 2022November 17, 2017 by collimarco

You can use the Push API to send timely notifications from your website (the notifications are delivered even when the user is not on your website). If you use Pushpad, a service for web push notifications, it is very simple to set the time when the notification must be delivered.

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Categories Pushpad, Sending notifications Tags push-api, web-notifications Leave a comment

Reset browser permission for web push notifications

June 22, 2022August 28, 2017 by collimarco

Many issues related to web push notifications can be solved by simply resetting the browser permission. That removes the old browser subscription and creates a new subscription. 

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Categories Troubleshooting, Web Push Notifications Tags permission, web-notifications 1 Comment

Can I use SVG images inside Web Push Notifications?

June 22, 2022June 24, 2017 by collimarco

A customer has recently asked if they could use SVG images as the notification icon. Unfortunately the answer is no at the moment because of browser support. 

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Categories Notification appearance, Web Push Notifications Tags web-notifications Leave a comment
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