Push notifications allow businesses to engage customers by sending timely reminders via mobile apps. To set up push notifications, go to the "App" view and "Features" tab to add the notifications feature. Customize notification messages under 160 characters and choose to send location-based notifications to a specified area radius. Notifications will be viewable in the app and on users' devices.

1. Push Notifications are a great way for businesses to directly
engage with their customers by sending them timely reminders
about products, services and offers.

2. To set up the push notifications feature, make sure you are on
the ‘App’ view of the platform. This is located in the middle of
your header bar.

3. Go to the ‘features’ tab on the navigation panel to start
customizing your content.

4. To turn on notifications, press the blue ‘manage’ button on
the right of the features tab.

5. Once pressed, your feature library will appear.

6. Press the ‘add’ button on the notifications feature to add it to
your app.

7. To save any changes press the blue ‘close’ button on the right
of the feature tab.

8. The notification feature will now appear on your
navigation panel under ‘features'

9. Select the notifications tab to start making edits.

10. Click on the ‘customise’ button to customise the features name or
icon by choosing a custom icon or using one from the default list.

11. Don’t forget to click save once you’re done.

12. If you have published your app and have sent push notifications , this is where they
will appear. If your app is unpublished, you will not be able to send push
notifications.

13. Fill out the push notification message you would like to send making sure its less
than 160 characters long, alternatively you can send a push notification directly
from the dashboard
Note: You won’t see the Notification section if the app hasn’t been published yet.

14. Once you’ve finished the message you would like to post you can choose
to send out a location based notification by checking ‘Use geolocation
Filtering’. This means that you can select which area you want to receive
push notifications, only app users within that area will receive a
notification.

15. If you want to set the geolocation filtering then add in the address,
which will automatically show up on the Google Map below. Add
the radius in Km or Mile. You’ll see the circle on the map expand
or contract depending on the radius you’re choosing.

16. Choose if you’d like to set up a ‘Rich Push Notification’ by
linking your notification to content within your app by selecting
the ‘link to app content’ button.

17. Choose the Feature that you want to link the notification to
OR choose to link it to an item that sits within a particular feature
E.g. Link it to a certain drink on your menu by clicking on ‘Featured
Content’

18. Press the ‘select’ button to link the content.

19. Click the ‘Push Notification’ button to send out your message
to your app users.

20. Once you have sent out a push notification you will see it
appear as a list within your ‘Notifications’ feature, with the
latest listed at the top.

21. You can delete a previously sent out notification by pressing
the ‘Delete’ button for each entry.

22. Another way you can send out rich content is to press the
‘Push Content’ button; this can be found within each feature
including main categories and sub categories.

23. Once your notification has been sent you will receive an alert
via your app. This will show up on your device notification bar
at the top of your Android phone or as a Pop-up alert on your
iOS Device.

24. The Notification tab will feature a tiny, “N” (New) when a New
Notification is sent out. As you access the Notification tab and
navigate back to the main menu of the app, the ‘N’ will no longer
be visible. This means that the message has been viewed or read.