Jonathan Miller
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Cross-posting Joomla content to social media, email marketing, and chat platforms. Plugin-based service architecture with custom mokojoomcross plugin group. 14 sub-extensions: - com_mokojoomcross (admin component: dashboard, posts, services, logs) - plg_system_mokojoomcross (triggers cross-posting on article publish) - plg_content_mokojoomcross (admin article status badges) - plg_webservices_mokojoomcross (REST API) - 9 service plugins: facebook, twitter, linkedin, mastodon, bluesky, mailchimp, telegram, discord, slack Includes Perfect Publisher Pro migration tool, message templates with placeholders, post queue with retry logic, and default/custom bot modes for services supporting universal bots. Authored-by: Moko Consulting Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Telegram Service
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Cross-post Joomla articles to Telegram channels, groups, or users.
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## Setup
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### Default Bot (@MokoWaaSBot)
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1. Add MokoJoomCross service with type **Telegram**
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2. Set mode to **Default**
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3. Enter your **Chat ID** (channel, group, or user)
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4. Add @MokoWaaSBot to your channel/group as admin
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### Custom Bot
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1. Create a bot via [@BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather)
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2. Add MokoJoomCross service with type **Telegram**
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3. Set mode to **Custom**
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4. Enter your Bot Token and Chat ID
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5. Add your bot to the target channel/group as admin
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## Credentials Format
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```json
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{
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"mode": "default",
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"chat_id": "-100xxxxxxxxxx"
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}
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```
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Or for custom bot:
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```json
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{
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"mode": "custom",
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"bot_token": "123456:ABC-DEF...",
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"chat_id": "-100xxxxxxxxxx"
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}
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```
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## Finding Your Chat ID
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- **Channel**: Forward a message from your channel to @userinfobot
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- **Group**: Add @userinfobot to the group temporarily
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- **User**: Send a message to @userinfobot
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Channel IDs typically start with `-100`.
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## Parameters
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| Parameter | Default | Description |
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|-----------|---------|-------------|
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| parse_mode | HTML | Message format (HTML or Markdown) |
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| disable_preview | false | Disable link preview in messages |
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## Character Limit
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Telegram supports up to **4,096 characters** per message.
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