PM Preview 3.5 Edition

[BluPhoenix]

This is a 3.5 Rewrite of my old hack, now using the plugin system (woo hoo!)

install the attached plugin and then make the following modification to the pm_messagelistbit template.

find:
<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="smallfont">$pm[senddate]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a>
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time">$pm[sendtime]</span>
<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if>
</div>

</td>

replace with:
<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time" style="font-size:9px;">$pm[senddate] @ $pm[sendtime]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a> (<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if> )
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<i>$pm[pmpreview]</i>
</div>

</td>

Extras

To change the length of the preview
Goto the Plugin Manager and in Hook Location : private_messagelist_messagebit find PM Preview v1 click "Edit" and towards the end of it find 300 and increase/reduce the value to lengthen/shorten the preview.

ALTERNATIVE VERSION: Thanks to Erwin for the suggestion
If you would rather have the preview show in a tooltip rather than show it below the PM title then change the required code in pm_messagelistbit to:

alternative code:
<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%" title="$pm[pmpreview]">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="smallfont">$pm[senddate]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a>
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time">$pm[sendtime]</span>
<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if>
</div>

</td>

and that's all folks.. please remember to click the install and always tip your waitress.

[Erwin]

Cool idea. :)

You could even make it so that the message preview comes up as a tooltip within the template using title="". :)

[johnbruce71]

Cool idea. :)

You could even make it so that the message preview comes up as a tooltip within the template using title="". :)

Great idea, Installed :)

[Xplorer4x4]

I made the edit and I uploaded the XML...not working for me. The PM inbox turn up the smae as it did. I have a mod to show newest unread PM on forum home instaled, so i tried to deactivate that plug in and that made no diiference.

Edit: It helps to install it on ALL templates now doesn;t it. Instaled and working fine!

[uae]

I like, installed with no problem :)

Erwin, cool tip.

[FleaBag]

Awesome! Had this installed on 3.0.8 about a week or so before I upgraded. Missed it haha! Thanks a lot. :)

[dieselpowered]

Is there a way to lengthen or shorten the review?? Hack looks great!!

[Gizmo5h1t3]

excellent work!!

looks real classy on the board!!

[Biker_GA]

Suggestion. Please include the template instructions in a file as well. This makes it easier to reload the plugin and make the edits in the event of a reload.

[BluPhoenix]

Is there a way to lengthen or shorten the review?? Hack looks great!!

Goto the Plugin Manager and in Hook Location : private_messagelist_messagebit find PM Preview v1 click "Edit" and towards the end of it find 300 and increase/reduce the value to lengthen/shorten the preview.

(instructions updated)

[BluPhoenix]

Cool idea. :)

You could even make it so that the message preview comes up as a tooltip within the template using title="". :)

Thanks for the alternative suggestion, have updated the instructions for those wanting to do just that..

[Da Chang Gang]

May I ask what this is for?

[Biker_GA]

Screen shot tells all.

[BluPhoenix]

May I ask what this is for?

Like Biker GA said the screenshot tells the tale, but basically it provides a preview of your PM so you can see if it's worth reading right now or can be left for later, also good for seeing what a message was when your clearing out your inbox.

[dieselpowered]

Goto the Plugin Manager and in Hook Location : private_messagelist_messagebit find PM Preview v1 click "Edit" and towards the end of it find 300 and increase/reduce the value to lengthen/shorten the preview.

(instructions updated)

Thanks man, I kinda assumed that is what the value of 300 was, however, without asking I probably would have broken something.

Great hack!!

[sifuhall]

Nice work!

[Darth Gill]

Great modification... Thanks!

[glorify]

I love this hack. I get ton's of PM's and this speeds up the process. Great work.

[Xplorer4x4]

Any way to make both versions work?

[dieselpowered]

Anyone have this running properly on 3.5 Gold?

Maybe if it is we should change the vBulletin version on this hack :)

[akanevsky]

I've noticed that if there is HTML in PM, that HTML is displayed and the page gets broken...

[ndahiya]

looks like it works in 3.5 gold....
not sure of the html prob mentioned above.

[Rastus]

I get "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in /newhome/******/public_html/private.php(1445) : eval()'d code on line 1 when installing this.

[SVTOA]

Works fine on 3.5 Gold.

[smokering]

and smokering clicks install really like this one thank you for this nice hack

[pfvc]

Great mod, works a treat...

Installed on 3.5.0 Gold (I was wondering why it wasn't working to begin with since I had done everything... I realised I had forgotten to active the plugin system globally in the forum's options settings... then it worked lol)

[akanevsky]

not sure of the html prob mentioned above.
There is such a problem. But it only happens when there is HTML enableed...

[akanevsky]

Excellent hack bro, keep up the good work!
sorry about the HTML thing, it must've been I used someone else's hack :P

[.Tim]

Would be nice if this could be made optional, so the user could decide if they wanted it on or not.

[.Tim]

Would be nice if this could be made optional, so the user could decide if they wanted it on or not.

Just figured out how:

1) Go to admincp and create a new profile field. Choose Multiple-Selection Checkbox. Fill in the details and then choose where you want to appear, I chose Options: Messaging / Notification


2) And then replace either the original code or the hack code if you already did this with (change the xx after field to whatever your field number is):

<if condition="($vbulletin->userinfo['fieldxx'] == 'Yes')">
<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time" style="font-size:9px;">$pm[senddate] @ $pm[sendtime]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a> (<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if> )
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<i>$pm[pmpreview]</i>
</div>

</td>
<else />
<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="smallfont">$pm[senddate]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a>
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time">$pm[sendtime]</span>
<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if>
</div>

</td>
</if>



Don't know if that was the best way to do it but it worked for me. :D

[ShadowOne]

works great with 3.5.1.....thanks for the great hack...

[Megareus Rex]

Excellent hack, I loved it on 3.0.

*installed

[Guest210212002]

3.5.3 no problems, quick question:

How do I change the alt background of the preview area? Currently it's the same color as the message title (alt1) and I'd like to make it alt2.

/me clicks install

[lamilein]

3.5.3 no problems, quick question:

How do I change the alt background of the preview area? Currently it's the same color as the message title (alt1) and I'd like to make it alt2.

* Chris-777 clicks install
quick and dirty: edit the xml file of the plugin and re-install it

better: [APM] Advanced Product Management 2.0.3 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=95741) and edit the html online in the vB database :)

[VBUsers]

installed and works great thanks!

[Oblivion Knight]

Cool.! :)

I'm using the tooltip edit, and replaced the 300 with:
$vbulletin->options['threadpreview']

Eventually you may want to consider turning this in to a product, with it's own setting(s). There's plenty of room for expansion with this.. :)

[Ramsesx]

Very nice, thank you :)

[drex]

mine only shows the list of messages, and no preview.

i don't know WTF is wrong.

i uploaded the plugin. where does the HOOK go? mine is at ajax start. if i put it to pm_messagebit, i get a bunch of errors.

please help!

[hotwheels]

mine only shows the list of messages, and no preview.

i don't know WTF is wrong.

i uploaded the plugin. where does the HOOK go? mine is at ajax start. if i put it to pm_messagebit, i get a bunch of errors.

please help!
You are going into the plug in manager right? In the plugin manager, locate your pm preview and click edit........toward's the end of the code, you will see something like this: $pm['pmpreview'] = strip_quotes($pm['message']);
$pm['pmpreview'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_trimmed_title(strip_bbc ode(fetch_censored_text($pm['pmpreview']), false, true), 75)); and where the 75 is, that will probably be 300 or so on your's, change it to what ever you want..............i am still using his older version, and it work's like a champ.

[drex]

yep, that's where i am at

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
- <plugins>
- <plugin active="1" product="vbulletin">
<title>PM Preview v1</title>
<hookname>private_messagelist_messagebit</hookname>
- <phpcode>
- <![CDATA[
$pm['pmpreview'] = strip_quotes($pm['message']);
$pm['pmpreview'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_trimmed_title(strip_bbc ode(fetch_censored_text($pm['pmpreview']), false, true), 300));

]]>
</phpcode>
</plugin>
</plugins>


any ideas?

[hotwheels]

300)); change that number to 75<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
- <plugins>
- <plugin active="1" product="vbulletin">
<title>PM Preview v1</title>
<hookname>private_messagelist_messagebit</hookname>
- <phpcode>
- <![CDATA[
$pm['pmpreview'] = strip_quotes($pm['message']);
$pm['pmpreview'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_trimmed_title(strip_bbc ode(fetch_censored_text($pm['pmpreview']), false, true), 300));

]]>
</phpcode>
</plugin>
</plugins> which is where the hook is.........then be sure you made this change in your pm_messagelistbit template, in your templates (these are 2 different steps) <td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time" style="font-size:9px;">$pm[senddate] @ $pm[sendtime]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a> (<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if> )
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<i>$pm[pmpreview]</i>
</div>

</td>

[drex]

did both. changed from 300 to 75. the template was changed as the layout is now the 'new layout'.

reducing the # of preview characters did not work either. below is my entire pm_messagelistbit template.

also, am running 3.53 with multiple hacks (including superpm), but that shouldn't affect the pm list....

help!
<tr>
<td class="alt1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/pm_$pm[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
<if condition="$show['pmicons']"><td class="alt2"><if condition="$show['pmicon']"><img src="$pm[iconpath]" alt="$pm[icontitle]" /><else />&nbsp;</if></td></if>


<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time" style="font-size:9px;">$pm[senddate] @ $pm[sendtime]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a> (<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if> )
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<i>$pm[pmpreview]</i>
</div>

</td>


<if condition="$show['pmcheckbox']"><td class="alt2" align="center" style="padding:0px"><input type="checkbox" name="pm[$pmid]" value="$groupid" /></td></if>
</tr>

[Tralala]

/Installed.

Love it. Live by it. Thanks!

[hotwheels]

should of worked bro.........not sure what's up with your set up.

[drex]

thanks hotwheels..............

does anyone have any ideas???

thanks

(yes, the plug in is active.

no, i don't have the accelerator...)

[hotwheels]

That superpm mod may be affecting this........The code he wrote is really basic and should be working........really wierd that it's not.

[vampireus]

The tooltip not working with FF

[MissKalunji]

works perfectly!

[ARCANE_B0SS]

thanx

[Nathan2006]

Thank you BluPhoenix

This is going to be a lot easier :cool:

Install

[sensimilla]

any chance to make it look like here at vbulletin.org ?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/private.php

Thanks in advance

sensimilla

[Tralala]

any chance to make it look like here at vbulletin.org ?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/private.php

Thanks in advance

sensimilla


???

They are using this very hack to make it look that way. Here's the thread that requested it: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110036

[sensimilla]

???

They are using this very hack to make it look that way. Here's the thread that requested it: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110036

you got me wrong.. I like this hack but it is not looking like here at vb.org

poster : title date

its looking

title ( poster ) ect..

its not that urgent anyway

[SHalliday]

Installed and working perfect. Thank you for such a useful and timesaving hack. Sure to be a hit with our members!

[Urban Forums]

this is one of my fav hacks... nice job

[Tralala]

I do like this hack very much. Have the "pop up" version on my forum.

The only issue it raises, I've noticed, is that it kinda breaks down the integrity of vB's "PM Tracking" system, since recipients can read a PM without confirming receipt. Not a big deal, I know.

Other than that I have to say it's very useful and makes it very easy to clean up a crowded in-box.

Only suggestion I can make for future improvement would be to AJAX-ify it to make everyone happy. Clicking a PM title would displays it's contents inline directly underneath (and confirms "receipt" with tracking system.)

Have a "collapse all" and "expand all" button to do the same en-masse.

I think that would be just about perfect, and might make everyone (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110036) happy. :)

[rice]

having the exact same problem as drex on this thing...
followed every step as well as i could, double checked???

[mmmender]

i'm having problems with this too. this is the ONLY hack i've installed on the upgraded version of my forum and i can't seem to get it to work. i've followed all the instructions and i don't get the previews.

any suggestions?

[rareclownfish]

installed

[rice]

could cmps be a problem, just trying to figure out why its not working..
xml supposed to be in ajax_start correct?? product vbulletin correct??
trying to double check.

thankx a bunch

[rice]

anyone else have this problem and figure it out??

thx,

rice

[mmmender]

i'm still not getting this to work for me.

is there any support with this hack?

[SaN-DeeP]

I guess this addon is installed on vb.org too ?

[Tralala]

I guess this addon is installed on vb.org too ?


Yes. The request and ensuing discussion is here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110036

[rice]

yeah..missing something

[rice]

ill wait for the 3.6 version i recon.

[rice]

mmmender, you get it fixed??

[mmmender]

nope, i'm still waiting for someone to reply and help me out. i followed all the instructions, got it working but i still don't see the preview paragraphs. i need HELP with this - bigtime. i now have half a hack installed on my forum!

[rice]

damn, i thought you got it fixed...drats.

[mmmender]

what's annoying is it says that this hack is supported yet no-one has replied to our concerns.

is anyone else out there willing to help with this?

[EasyTarget]

installed on 3.5.4 and working without any problems so far.

I would like to customize it though so that clicking anywhere on the preview opens the message instead of having to click on the message title, so I moved the </a> from after the title to after the pmpreview section, which did work.

However, now all the text has an underline under it. Is there a way to disable the underline under links in just the preview section without affecting all the other links?

[ramone_johnny]

Dammit, another hack installed and nothing.

Hang on - I do have something - an error!

private.php

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\vbforum\private.php(1456) : eval()'d code on line 1

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\vbforum\private.php(1456) : eval()'d code on line 1

Please help!

RJ

[rice]

ok..
just revisiting this...
will someone please advise what should hook location be set to for plugin??

thanks a lot

[akanevsky]

You don't need to worry about hook location, you simply import the xml.

[rice]

well it plug-ins default to ajax_start hook location...can't put it there because it conflicts with something else i have...
says its not a product see below
This file appears to be a Plugin, not a Product. Please use the Plugin Manager to add this file.

any help is appreciated.

thx

[rice]

mr newbie rice finally figured this out..thanks for patience all

hook location below:
private_messagelist_messagebit

mmmender-hope this helps you out.

cheers,

rice

[MissKalunji]

does this work with 3.6?

[Oblivion Knight]

does this work with 3.6?Yes, I have it working fine on my 3.6.0 installation.. :)

[nix]

Yes, I have it working fine on my 3.6.0 installation.. :)
Good to here. Gonna install it now. Loved this on 3.5

[Freezerator]

Very nice hack and a lot of happy members when i installed this, but only one question.

Can there be an addon or somekind so this is an user setting? So that an user can turn this on or off?

[Nathan2006]

Hi,

Is there anyway to make this admin and mod only?

Thank you for any help :)

[Oblivion Knight]

Very nice hack and a lot of happy members when i installed this, but only one question.

Can there be an addon or somekind so this is an user setting? So that an user can turn this on or off?
Hi,

Is there anyway to make this admin and mod only?

Thank you for any help :)Use the tooltip version, that way it runs in the background and it's unlikely that many will notice a difference anyway, but it's useful for those that want such a feature.. :)

[MissKalunji]

Yes, I have it working fine on my 3.6.0 installation.. :)


not working on mine :(

[MissKalunji]

working now :-/ out of no where

[EasyTarget]

works great for me on 3.6

[PoetJA-1975]

EXCELLENT - Thanx very much for this one!
Very nice indeed!

Jacquii.

[Battle_Ring]

whats the tool tip version do

[loonytune15]

Working in 3.6.4

Using the standard edition

[baghdad4ever]

is it work on 3.6.8???

[PoetJA-1975]

I'm running 3.6.8 and it works just fine ;)

Jacquii.

[baghdad4ever]

thanks

i click install

[Oblivion Knight]

Amazed this hadn't been made standard in 3.8.x yet with the tooltip, but it hadn't..

This plugin still works great though. :)

[christon26]

I have this installed and working nicely on my forum, however I have noticed that the message preview doesn't show in the User Notifications on the main UserCP page...anyone know why and how I can fix that?

TIA
Lissa