Private Message Workbench: Read, Search, Delete, Report and more

PM Workbench v1.00 Beta 5

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Hack: PM Workbench
Version: 1.00 Beta 5
Author: MarcoH64
vB Version: vBulletin 3.5.0. RC2
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Important Notice:
Depending on the modules installed, a privacy statement might be added to your board.
This Privacy Statement can not be removed or hidden by any means. Failure to comply would be against the TOS
of this hack, and you would not be allowed to use it.

If your board already has a Privacy Notice covering reading Private Messages by Administrators, you can PM me a link to that statement on your board (provide test login if needed) and your email address, and i will mail a Plugin to remove the Privacy link.


What is this hack?
PM Workbench offers you a variety of tools for working with or extending the standard vBulletin Private Message System.
It is a Modular System that will allow you to add those functions that you need for your board. New Modules might be added later.
The system is fully phrased and options can be set in vBulletin Options.
Permissions to use Modules are given using the includes/config.php for increased security.
Currently no file or template edits are needed.

More modules might be added later. For some i am waiting for new hooks to be implemented in RC3.



Donations are always welcomed to PayPal: marcoh64 AT gmail.com

Currently Supported Modules:

PM Workbench - Report PM

This Module adds a Report PM icon to the postbit when users are reading a PM. The reports and send to the PM Folder of the
userid defined to receive them. Administrators who are given access can read the reports, the original PM, and add notes to them.

Features:
- Access to the PM Reports is controlled in your config.php for added security
- Add report button to PM's, no template edit needed.
- Usersw can give a reason for the report.
- Reported PM's can be seen without modifications to them (PM's are not forwarded, but just added to the inbox of the report userid).
- PM's are fully parsed
- Notes can be added to reports.


PM Workbench - Read/Search Private Messages

This Module let administrators who are given permission, search and read PM's

Features:
- Access to the PM's is controlled in your config.php for added security
- PM's can be searched for:
- Keyword (title and/or body)
- Username (sender/receiver/both, optional exact match)
- Send date after
- Send date before
- With a simple click read the PM and see who still have it in their folders.


PM Workbench - Performance Pack

Add extra indexes to the pmtext table for faster searching.


Known limitations:
The 'Report PM' module might not work on some heavily modified Styles. I will be (hopefully) posting another (beta) hack for that tomorrow.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Nice to see that you finally succeeded.

[kadafi_alive]

There is something wrong with the smilies. It displays a red cross instead of the actual smilies. When I checked the path of the smilies, it was: admincp/images/smilies/smile.gif instead of images/smilies/smike.gif

[moonclamp]

What does the privacy statement on this actually say?

I'd like to know in advance before I install please.

[twincamfxd]

Hi, I am pretty new at uploading hacks, and after installation, I keep getting the "page cannot be found" screen when I click on any of the 3 options under the PM workbench category in my admin panel. I went back and double checked all of my install and cant find any problems. I am wondering if I put the code in correctly in the config.exe file. I pasted all 3 codes in at the bottom of the page with 1 space between them. Is that where they go? I also added both superadmin ID#'s in seperated with a comma. I uploaded the files in the upload folder into the forum directory, and used the plug-in system to install the files to the forum. I am a little confused. Thanks in advance for the help.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

"page cannot be found" indicates that you didn't upload all the files. Please re-upload the contents of the upload folder to your forumhome directory.

[twincamfxd]

I went back and re-uploaded, and overwrote the old files, and I still get the same message. Is it possible I could be missing something on my end? There are 3 files admincp, includes & xml, and I put them all in the forum directory.

I will go over the whole install again tomorrow, and see if I missed something.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You don't go uploading all the files from the subdirectory into your forumhome directory. You should just upload the contents of the upload folder (ie., the 3 directories 'admincp', 'includes' & 'modcp') to your forumhome.

In the zip-file:
upload
- admincp
--- file1
- includes
--- xml
----- file 2
--- file3

Would become on you server:
forumhome
- admincp
--- original admincp files
--- file1
- includes
--- xml
----- original includes/xml files
----- file 2
--- file3
--- original includes files

etc....

[twincamfxd]

I cleaned it out and re-installed, I am still getting the same thing. I have my friend (my site's actual programmer) comming over to fix it for me and show me what I am doing wrong. I appreciate the help, and cant wait to try out your program. I will eventually learn how to do this lol.

[twincamfxd]

Its fixed. Awesome work man, and thanks for your patience. This is a sweet thing to have to keep the spammers\troublemakers at bay. Thanks!

[.Tim]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

I am working on a module for members to search their pm's, but i am waiting for RC3 because i need some new hooks.

Any progress in this? This is a feature myself and many of my users would love.