It's HEREEEEE!

version 1.2.0, with so much increase functionality, including:
* Checkbox deletion/moving
* Lightbulb/last message by on index.php
* Icon for "Send Private Message" in posts
* Multiple folders for organization of PMs
* Designation of replied to messages
* Message quotas (untested, but should work fine)
* Sends email when message box is full
* Message forwarding
* Previous/Next PM when viewing
* Direct link to last message from index.php
* Receive email when PMed
* Usergroup function to turn off PMs
* Individual ability to turn off PMs
* index.php code bugfixed
* VERY simple PM stats (/private.php?action=checkstats)
* Banned IP checking
* and more...

Stats I posted elsewhere too:
* 35+ templates
* 4 new profile fields
* 3 new tables
* 1 new field to usergroup table

I was able to set up a stock 1.1.3b3 test board and the hack installed successfully. Upgrading shouldn't be a problem either, except for the template changes. I HIGHLY suggest you overwrite the templates in upgrade-template.txt and re-edit from there.

All other instructions should be located in the .zip.

<download removed -- see http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...?threadid=4405 >

[Edited by Ed Sullivan on 01-02-2001 at 07:13 PM]

Mr Sullivan, I installed the hack and it seems to work quite well! :) We are already testing it on my test board (if you remember the URL, come by and check it out).

Just a couple of things to note: there are no graphics for the "messages read" feature, so if you install it, you will need to create your own graphics (no biggie!).

I'm not sure the "message read" feature is working. I still get the same graphic whether or not it is read. Or does it go by the amount of time the cookies are set for?

But so far, so good! I'll keep playing and let you know if we come up with anything else! Great job, Mr Sullivan!

It's not message read, it's message replied to :)

Well, thanks for fixing it! At least anyone else who installs it now won't have that problem ;)

So everyone knows - there was a problem with the replied to marking, but I fixed it and reuploaded the zip.

[Edited by Ed Sullivan on 07-14-2000 at 05:27 PM]

Gimme gimme gimme gimme...

CHOCOLATE!

Gimme gimme gimme gimme...

(Thanks ed! You're a genius! :D)

See, I'm not the only one! ;)

John - Any chance of getting this into the 1.1.3 Final version?

Me2Be - I've noticed :)

rangersfan - AFAIK, this hack will not be incorporated until the "summer release", whenever that is. Even so, it will not be incorporated with my code - it will be rewritten like the memberlist (well, at least partly)

Oh, and uploaded a new zip (same version) with one bug fix Sir Nikon alerted me of, and a typo in a template - nothing much.

Ed yes I've seen the posts by John but vBulletin is better for having the hack in by default. John can go about modifying it later on if it has problems or needs changes.

Great hack ed! er, mike!

I did a new / fresh install with vb1.1.3b3, the whole thing took about 30 min to install, however i need to change around more templates for a custom look (yay)... Everything went smooth, great documentation. No problems yet! :)

Just wondering if anyone successfully upgraded yet? I did a fresh install myself without any problems, but I haven't tried the upgrade yet :)

Help! the [Send A Private Message] - [Send A Reply] -[Forward This Message] links are all white, and so is my background! What template do i change this in? :D




[Edited by BikeForums on 07-15-2000 at 11:41 AM]

OK, i found the template that its in, and the text should be set by the $cssinclude info, right? for some reason everything on the page works fine, but the text color for the above 3 links comes up white, i cant figure this out!

Anyone know whats going on here? Feel free to register on my forums to see what im talking about, this is really wierd!

It uses the thtcolor (I think it's called that) that is defined in $cssinclude - either change the color in $cssinclude (which, BTW, will change more than just those links) or go into the privmsglist and showprivmsg templates and change the 3 areas.

I tried to change my preferences to turn on the e-mail notification. When I hit submit it told me that the e-mail address was already in use. Like I was trying to re-register.

Has anyone else come across this in 1.1.3?

That's something related to 1.1.3 - not my hack. There was a thread about it somewhere, Bug Reports I presume. :)

Umm... is it a good or bad thing that not many people have responded? :D

Seriously - how many people have actually installed this new version, either "freshly" or "upgraded"?

Because if you're not posting anything, I assume there's no problems - which is a GOOD thing :cool:

I'm gonna do it in a few hours

I'll cuss you after I'm done;)

Looking good.

Just did a clean install on beta 3, everything works great so far.

Thanks again for the great hack!

On a side note, if someone could make some graphics, that would be greeeeat.

One thing... the UBB pm import killed all the dates, saying they were sent on 12.31.69. Oh well, it's all good.

And damnit, MySQL ran out of memory importing them. If possible, you should make it so we can decide how many to import at one time.

Just my one cent.

Ed:

I installed the upgrade on version 1.1.3 beta 3 without any problems.

The only thing that I didn't do was to upload the newest version of private.php. Maybe you should tell people in your documentation that they will need to upload this new version of private.php too.

Thanks again for a great hack.

What else do you have up your sleaves? I really like the location hack you did too.

Parker

Hey, I installed your hack. Works great except for one thing. Maybe this is due to my own ineptitude, but when trying to log out, or register as a new user, this error occurs:

The board can be found at: http://whodatzone.com/bb/

I will take a closer look at this when I get home tonight ... don't have time here at work. I was all set to "officially" launch the site ... but I can wait until the errors are resolved.

Cold Steel - that's why the PM import is unsupported :)

Parker - hmm... I assumed people would do that, as in my mind it's "an edited file" but whatever.
And now I'm working on an attachment hack a little (not sure how to integrate it though :() and my own backend type product.

David - that's a vB related problem with some people.

I upgraded to 1.1.3 Beta 3 and installed the PM hack and other than the couple of little problems mentioned above (font colors, missing graphics) it went nice and clean. Took about 30 minutes to get it installed and set the way I wanted it. Great job, Mr. Sullivan, it is a fine hack!

Hi Ed,

I upgraded your hack from the previous one - it went flawlessly.

One thing though: I replied to a PM but the folder image did not change to the "replied to" folder. At what condition does it change? I must be missing something :o

Thanks,

Bira

Can someone else who has installed this hack test and see if they can add a new usergroup?

I think I messed up something during this install :(

1. I had to change the name of pm1.gif to pm.gif for it to show up.

2. When I go into the main PM screen, the icon to the left of the message and the index icons on the bottom show a bad link, the their properties point only to my vbulletin forum.

I can send messages ok, but there is no apparent way to reply, and I suspect it is because the icon is not showing up next to the message

1. I believe that was noted in the install.

2. You didn't set up the options.

Using vB 1.13 with this hack and everything seems to work. However, I could not find the following in the posbit template:

After:
~~~~~~
$aim <-- does not exist?
~~~~~~

Add:
~~~~~~
$pmlink <-- nor could I find a pmlink template. if it is a template?
~~~~~~

Any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

It doesn't have to go after $aim - it can go anywhere in that template that you want.

$pmlink isn't a template - it was hardcoded. Look in showthread.php for a reference to it.

Ed,

Why don't the "folderrt.gif" and "newfolderrt.gif" images show up on replied to PMs? I'm a bit confused about this.

Thanks,

Bira

If a user's profile has "Receive Private Messages" set to No, shouldn't the Private Message header be turned off?

Thanks in advance.

bira - I'm not sure why it's doing that. I ran fine on my boards, but it didn't on Me2Be's at one point, but I think she eventually got it to work *shrug*

BobR - I suppose so, but I didn't think of that at the time (that was the last feature I added)

I recently installed the 0.9 version of the pm hack and was wondering how long it takes to install the upgrade? Also, I'm not sure why this happened but when I installed the 0.9 version my fivelinks icons moved more toward the center and when a user is logged in on my forums, and wants to check their pm, it shows a broken gif with an image redirect to my forums. What can I do to fix this, and then I'll upgrade. Please visit my forums and see what I'm talking about

[Edited by steven on 07-26-2000 at 04:07 AM]

I installed the PM hack on our vBulletin forums the other day. It has been brought to my attention, however, that the forum was not automatically filling in the Username/Password from the cookies on a thread post or reply. I've investigated the 'Store Username & Password in browser memory' setting in the profiles, and it appears the PM hack has blanked out the radio buttons for ALL members i.e. neither button is checked.

Can this be checked please?

I think you messed up user.php, because I haven't had that problem (and no one else has reported it)

Thanks Ed, I'd imagined the same too. I've performed the changes again on a copy of the original user.php, went into the profile and its still showing blanks! Any other suggestions?

Mike, first of all let me say that this is a truly amazing hack. It's very professionaly done all the way through, and very easy to customize with the multiple templates. The only thing that I might like to see in any future versions, would be a postbit_pmlink template. I know that it can be changed by editing showthread.php, but I just think that more template changes and less "code-hacking" is better. Keep in mind this is just a suggestion, and in no way takes away from the appreciation I have for the quality work you have done and given to all of us.

Cameron

Mike,
I was wondering if you could take a look at this code and see what I'm doing wrong. When I was customizing the look of my privmsglist template, I think I messed up somehow. For instance, whenever I check several boxes, clicking move or delete has no effect. I can add folders, and jump from folder to folder, but I can't move messages.

Here's the code containing the move and delete buttons:
Here's the code for the checkbox:
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help,
Cameron