UseBB Zone

Private Message Center
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UseBB Version: v1.0.x
File Version: v1.0
Demo: http://demo.usebbzone.com

This modification adds a functional Private Messaging Center to your UseBB forum. It has the following features:

* Create New Message
* 1 Recipient
* Reply To Messages
* Folders ( Create,Edit,Delete )
* Inbox
* Outbox
* Staff only option ( ACP -> General Configuration -> Security )
* PM Clean-up in ACP
* Admin Max PM Storage setting ( ACP -> General Configuration -> User Rights )
* Support for Friendly URL's

*UPDATE 1.0a*
- Updated install file.

*UPDATE 1.1.0*
- Displays if there are no messages
- Deletes all PM's for a selected member ( ACP -> PM Clean-Up )
- Allow users to remove messages from their outbox
- Fix footer to include PM Center copyright on all pages
- Don't allow users to reply to a message that isn't theirs
- Support for friendly URL's
- Member setting to be notified upon a new message
- Admin max pm message storage setting ( ACP -> General Configuration -> User Rights )
- Front-end display if message storage is running low or is full

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Would there be a way to delete inbox messages sometime, just curious.

Already can . When you are reading the message, there are the options Reply, Delete, and Move To. .

Oops, that will work.

heh, .

Gaia wrote

heh, .

Is there a demo somewhere? Heh (LOL)? Thought it would be installed on this stite.

BTW, love the looks of your portal, think I'll try it.

Cheers,
Gene

There was a demo on my dev site, but when I make a new modification, the dev site looses the previous mod.

I just quickly added it in there ( using pre-modded files ).

So, if you want to register @ http://eternal-realm.net/usebbdev/ it should be there as a demo.

Gaia wrote

There was a demo on my dev site, but when I make a new modification, the dev site looses the previous mod.

I just quickly added it in there ( using pre-modded files ).

So, if you want to register @ http://eternal-realm.net/usebbdev/ it should be there as a demo.

OK, registered and sent you a PM.

Thanks,
Gene

Hmm, entered the SQl via phpMyAdmin and this line (after each query) bothers me:

) ENGINE = MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET = latin1;# MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows).

Is this normal?

Gene

Yes, it just means that there were no rows ( records ) found in the table. It's nothing to worry about, it's just something that PHPMyAdmin adds on as a comment.

Gaia wrote

Yes, it just means that there were no rows ( records ) found in the table. It's nothing to worry about, it's just something that PHPMyAdmin adds on as a comment.

Installed it without a glitch (so far, so good, more testing to do). When I have a little time and if you don't mind, I think I'll work on a way to make it that when you have new messages, the letters (Private Msg (X)) appear in red till all messages are read. More eye catching.

Great Mod!
Gene

OK, done testing, great piece of work.

One suggestion though, could it be possible for the user to delete messages in the outbox? It could happen that users could send PM's to others who will never logon to the board again thus ending up with a few irritated users.

BTW, when deleting a user, does this action also delete his PM's from the DB?

Cheers,
Gene

Thanks

The outbox works the way it does, because at the time I couldn't really figure out how to allow one user to delete it without deleting it from someone else's inbox.

No, they are not deleted.

I will add these 2 things to a future release.

Gaia wrote

test

Ditto.

Congrats! Love the new looks and features.

Gene

Thanks .

Gaia wrote

Thanks .

YW!

BTW, think you could figure this one out?
This darn problem that's driving me nuts..., must have been all the code changes I made. I would like registered users to send each other emails via useBB's local mail function by default.

LOL
Gene

Seems to be fixed .

Gaia wrote

Seems to be fixed .

LOL, yeah. Think I'll stop jumping the gun when something happens and try to figure things out before seeking help.

Thanks for all the help,
Gene

Gaia wrote

Thanks

The outbox works the way it does, because at the time I couldn't really figure out how to allow one user to delete it without deleting it from someone else's inbox.

No, they are not deleted.

I will add these 2 things to a future release.

Just a suggestion, why don't you have a look at how phpBB ver. 2.0.22 does it (version 3 is a heck of a lot more complex), might give you a rough idea on how a user can delete PM's in any of his boxes.

As far as Admin deleting user's PM's there's a few Mods on phpBB that could help you out.


Gene

I know how to do it now after thinking logically about it for awhile, but at the time I was first making this modification I couldn't think of a way.

Gaia wrote

I know how to do it now after thinking logically about it for awhile, but at the time I was first making this modification I couldn't think of a way.

Great! Hope I'll be the first one to find out about the new version. LOL

Cheers.
Gene

Also thought of something else, instead of the user creating other PM folders, wouldn't it be easier only to have an Inbox, a Sentbox, an Outbox and a Savebox with a bit of an explanation for each:

Inbox
All received

Sentbox
All sent

Outbox
Sent but not read

Savebox
Saved messages

And add a limit control for users only (not admins nor moderators) in the ACP such as:

Max posts in Inbox:
Max posts in Sentbox:
Max posts in Savebox:

Just a thought,
Gene

Many people like to be able to create their own folders for organizational purposes. I won't be removing that function. I could replace the outbox with a sentbox, but I don't think both are needed.

Gaia wrote

Many people like to be able to create their own folders for organizational purposes. I won't be removing that function. I could replace the outbox with a sentbox, but I don't think both are needed.

Sounds good but it would defeat the purpose of users being able to delete PM's in the outbox (the user can change his/her mind about a sent message and what was also discussed in previous posts).

Would also be good for Admin to control the number of PM's a user can have (unlimited for Admin and Moderators). And, as I mentioned, would be good for Admin to delete PM's from users that were either banned, suspended or account cancelled by user.

Giving you a hard time?
Gene

Not really sure what you mean. The outbox is to just view messages you sent. There is no functionality there to delete a message that was sent, but not yet read, and I won't be placing it in there.

Setting amount of messages is possible, maybe not next release, but at a later release I could add it in.