Super PM (Mass PM)

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Super Private Message
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Hack Version: 1.0.4
vB-version: 3.5.x
Developer: msgotit
Install-difficulty: Easy

Description:
Allows specified users to send a Private Message to certain groups of people.

This is basically the same as the hack created by UAE and in talking with him I have posted this here.

Super Private Message will give you the convenience and ability to provide many different options for sending mass private messages to users by any one you choose to assign this task to based on Conditionals (if):

User's Usergroup is Y.
User's has posts greater than x posts.
User's has posts less than x posts.
User's Join Date is After (yyyy-mm-dd).
User's Join Date is Befor (yyyy-mm-dd).
User's Last Activiy is After (yyyy-mm-dd).
User's Last Activiy is Befor (yyyy-mm-dd).
User's Last Post is After (yyyy-mm-dd).
User's Last Post is Befor (yyyy-mm-dd).

Settings in the Admin CP:

Specify who gets to use the Super Private Message System by Assigning their User Names or User IDs.
Specify the Secondary and Primary usergroup they can send a mass pm to.
Select what usergroup to be visible for selection(s).
Select to have the assignee change his identity when sending.
Control what fields to be visible for each assignee.
List All assignee, delete/edit them.

Hack Installation Details:

New files for this Hack: 2
/admincp/adminsuperpm.php
/superpm.php

New templates for this Hack: 1
pm_newsuperpm

Template-edits: 1
pm_newpm

DB Tables modified for this Hack: 1
user

History:

1.0.1 BETA
Fixed bug in xml
No longer show to whom the message will be sent (if you like that don't upload the superpm.php file. If your copy is working there is really no need to upgrade, there are no major changes yet - hopefully soon there will be!

1.0.2 BETA
Changed wording in Template - Makes more sense
Changed location of SuperPM link in admincp - Contained in the "User" group
Changed insert to fix/help fix the problem with overloading the server
Added option for admin to show to whom message will be sent

1.0.3
Fixed bug causing a php error * Thanks for the report Fofer
Fixed bug saving message to sent items even if you don't send it.

1.0.4
Added Email on pm - WARNING this will most likely not work if sending to over 500 people (probably ok up to 1000) although may be server intensive. Also, to do that you will likely have to change the max number or pms in superpm.php file from 500 to 1000.
Misc. changes as requested.

To upgrade, upload files and import the new product, click on overwrite and you will be set.
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PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!

If you like this hack, please be kind and click "INSTALL" Link.

This has been tested and seems to be working fine. If you find any errors please let me know!

[defcon_420]

*Clicks Install*

confusing instruction.. here was i thinking i needed to log into my adminCP when all i needed to do was surf to the pages i had uploaded... no wonder i couldnt find the settings in adminCP *doh*

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by defcon_420

here was i thinking i needed to log into my adminCP when all i needed to do was surf to the pages i had uploaded... no wonder i couldnt find the settings in adminCP *doh*

you can also find it by going to the regular "send PM" page. in the upper right is a link to "send super pm" (at least for the admin and moderators you've enabled it for)

[drumsy]

Originally Posted by defcon_420

*Clicks Install*

confusing instruction.. here was i thinking i needed to log into my adminCP when all i needed to do was surf to the pages i had uploaded... no wonder i couldnt find the settings in adminCP *doh*

There are options in the Admin CP that need to be configured. See "Mass PM" under the "Users" heading.

[msgotit]

drumsy,

I am looking into the error you got, more or less it appears somehow an ID is missing, I will see if I can find out why and what needs to happen to fix it.

Mark

[drumsy]

Thank you Mark. It would appear that the PM went out to at least some people, as some people are reporting receiving it twice (I ran it twice so that I could get the error code again).

[drumsy]

Originally Posted by msgotit

drumsy,

I am looking into the error you got, more or less it appears somehow an ID is missing, I will see if I can find out why and what needs to happen to fix it.

Mark

Anything on this yet?

[Kihon Kata]

UPdated mine! Thanks very much for this hack! love it. I would like to req one thing for the next version: to be able to list the users who are in the usergroup and have the ability to DESELECT them from the mass pm.

Thanks again

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by Kihon Kata

UPdated mine! Thanks very much for this hack! love it. I would like to req one thing for the next version: to be able to list the users who are in the usergroup and have the ability to DESELECT them from the mass pm.

YES PLEASE! This would have come in handy last week. We had to copy and paste the text block into an external word processor, replace the spaces with semi-colons, remove the name(s) we didn't want included, then paste that back into a NEW private message. Was sort of a pain. And we still included some names we didn't intend to include, by mistake.

The ability to deselect some names would be cool and very much appreciated.

Barring that, how about making the name list preview use semi-colons instead of spaces, so at least the process I described above would be easier.

[msgotit]

I am sorry the next release is taking so long... I have been extremely busy, I will see what I can do tonight about getting it out, I have a lot of it done, but want to look at a few more things.

Mark

[Snake]

No news yet?