Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Private Messages & Email Log

Port of vb.3.8 version

Features:

1. Log all PM and Emails, sent via forum forms.
2. Keep logs in separate table with automatic rotation of old records.
3. Add new menu items in topics and profiles for fast access.
4. Have nice dynamic menus in search results for cross-searches
5. Managed access for administrators (except superadmins)

How to install

1. Upload files to your server
2. Import product xml
3. Go to ACP
4. Select required settings in ?Vbulletin options → Private Message Log?
5. Set access ?Can view PM logs? to necessary members in ?Usergroups → Administator Permissions?. Super administrators can be skipped.

Notes:

This mod uses full scan for text searches, that can affect SQL-server load at really big boards. Fulltext indexes are not used intentionally, because whose can't produce sharp results and not compatible with innodb. I suppose, that if you really need this mod, you know exactly, what are you doing and what are you going to search. In my practice, ONLY exact matches were useful.

One of tradeoff to reduce SQL-server load ? make log size shorter (1-2 months instead of 6). When vB 4.0 provides refactored search framework, search method can be rewritten.

If you install this mod on your server, i recommend to clarify forum rules, and add text, that your project doesn't provide the ways of confidential communication ? only public and non public.

This mod is developped here http://github.com/rcdesign/vb-pm_log . Patches are welcome.

history

3.1
- fixed specialchars in SQL search request. Thanks to mplode

3.0
- refactoring + some fixes
- separate fields for nick & text in search form

2.5
- ported to vb4
...

2.2
- Redesigned database to improve search/paging in some cases
- Should fix conflicts with other mods, that where reported in this threads
- Sources repo is now @ github

... (not public)

1.9
- Ups... another broken link (from message list to user profiles)
- Fixed access for non superadmins, who had "Read PM Log" privilegies.

1.8
- fixed broken link in ACP popup menu
- workaround to show smiles and bbcodes

1.7
- fixed some sql-error

1.6
- first public release

[sapphiremagus]

Originally Posted by ppatil007

getting error

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/rcd_pm_log.php on line 312

This error occurs for me when doing a text search.

User searches do not show errors, but also do not return results. I have tested on members (such as myself) whom I know have PMs stored.

[Vitaly]

Have you uploaded files to server or just imported XML?

[ozmazdaclub]

same issue and i have confirmed files have been uploaded correctly.

[sapphiremagus]

Originally Posted by Vitaly

Have you uploaded files to server or just imported XML?

I uploaded the files, and just for good measure re-uploaded them. I copied the admincp and includes folder to my root directory, merging them with the current folders of the same name.

[DAMINK]

Confirm the error here too.
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/ADMIN LOCATION REMOVED/rcd_pm_log.php on line 312

[Ersin07]

Great share..Thanks..

[Vitaly]

Originally Posted by ppatil007

getting error

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/rcd_pm_log.php on line 312

I think, you have not uploaded file from new mod version. Current file has only 248 strings, and can't generate such error.

[speedylifestyle]

are you guys that are getting this error message putting a username and clicking text, because this seems to be the only way i get that error message

[donal]

Working perfectly. Thanks for the great share.

[ImmortalForums]

This mod breaks all links to PM's. This includes ones from emails and if you have any sort of feed that notifies you of PM's the links are invalid.