Private Messages Enhancements - Mass Private Messages on Memberlist

What does this modification do?
On memberlist select multiple users for Mass Private Messages them. This is done by only 2 template edits
What is Mass PM? It's like Mass Mail in admincp. You write one pm to multiple users.

How to
In template memberlist_resultsbit replace

</tr>

with

<td class="$bgclass"><input type="checkbox" name="deletebox[$userinfo[userid]]" value="$userinfo[userid]" /></td>
</tr>

In template memberlist replace

<form action="profile.php?do=deleteusergroups&amp;usergroupid=$usergroupid" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="deleteusergroups" />
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="usergroupid" value="$usergroupid" />

with

	<script type="text/javascript">
	<!--
	function pm(tform)
	{
		var users = new Array();
		var arrCount = 0;
		for (i = 0; i < tform.elements.length; i++)
		{
			var element = tform.elements[i];
			if ((element.name != "allbox") && (element.type == "checkbox") && (element.checked == true))
			{
				users[arrCount] = element.value;
				arrCount++;
			}
		}
		if (arrCount == 0)
		{
			alert("$vbphrase[no_users_selected]");
		}
		else
		{
			var querystring = "";
			for (i = 0; i < users.length; i++)
			{
				querystring += "&userid[]=" + users[i];
			}

			self.location=	"private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm" + querystring;

		}
	}
	// -->
	</script>
<if condition="$totalcols++"></if>
<form action="private.php" method="post" name="vbform">

In template memberlist also replace

</form>

with

<input type="button" class="button" value="$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_selected_users]" onclick="pm(this.form);" title="title" style="float:right"/>
</form>

In template memberlist also replace

</tr>
$memberlistbits

with

<td class="thead" align="right"><input type="checkbox" name="allbox" title="$vbphrase[check_uncheck_all]" onclick="js_check_all(this.form);" />$vbphrase[check_uncheck_all]</td>
</tr>
$memberlistbits

How does this template modification work?
This template edit puts a checkbox right to each user. If you click on "Send PMs", the small javascript generates a custom url "private.php?do=newpm&userid[]=1&userid[]=2&userid[]=3" and refreshes actual window with this url. Javascript code is mostly from Quick Links > Open Buddy List.

FAQ

Originally Posted by chikkoo

I installed this product. But I don't want to show this feature to everyone. Is there a way to restrict few usergroups, such as admin, supermoderators and moderators?

You can for example only show this mod for moderators, supermoderators and administrators (usergroups 5,7,6). Note that you have to put this condition for any template edit you want to only show to these usergroups.

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(5,6,7))">
here you do put template edits
</if>

[MarkoP]

Is this the only PM mod available?

I'd like to be able to have the option to send a mass PM to a whole usergroup 'without' also sending an email notification.

The reason is we imported thousands of users from another system and many of these are no longer really members. If I pm'ed the whole list and everyone got an email I'd probably get shut down for spam.

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by m3rl1nuk

I like this but how about making it so it appears as an option for new pm like the old super pm did?
I would rather have the option in pm's than the member list if its possible as an additional option.

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

I think this should have extra permissions. eg. only x usergroup be allowed to see the check boxes.

Originally Posted by MarkoP

I'd like to be able to have the option to send a mass PM to a whole usergroup 'without' also sending an email notification.

New options are available once I write an auto-template product. I write this product if more members install this product.

[Gene Steinberg]

This is a cart before the horse argument. I'll install the product that performs the tasks I want, and yours doesn't -- yet. As MarkP says, I'd like to be able to send a mass PM to an entire usergroup, which is an option that should probably be added in -- what? -- Admin CP?

Peace,
Gene

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by genesteinberg

This is a cart before the horse argument. I'll install the product that performs the tasks I want, and yours doesn't -- yet. As MarkP says, I'd like to be able to send a mass PM to an entire usergroup, which is an option that should probably be added in -- what? -- Admin CP?

This modification will never be in admincp as it uses memberlist.php. I wanted to express that you can mass pm all users that are shown on memberlist. If there is a modification available, that only shows members of a specific usergroup within memberlist (I remember a mod like this), then you can mass pm a usergroup with this template modification.

[Gene Steinberg]

I understand your point. But going through a member list when you have a thousand members or more can take a little time. However, being able to globally send PM to an entire usergroup in Admin CP would be a whole lot faster, don't you think? Just a suggestion.

Peace,
Gene

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by genesteinberg

I understand your point. But going through a member list when you have a thousand members or more can take a little time. However, being able to globally send PM to an entire usergroup in Admin CP would be a whole lot faster, don't you think? Just a suggestion.

I would also like to have a admincp mass pm product. I think there was one online for vbulletin 3.5 or vbulletin 3.6. However it has two downside points

• it's somewhat complicated and therefore an advanced programmer should write this modification
• only administrators can access this modification

What I am looking forward to is, that my moderators write regularly pms to members they specify in advanced memberlist search. For example all users, that drive a bmw (profile field), have registered in the last five days and did not write any post.

While writing another modification about buddylist, I saw that a memberlist mass pm could be possible with a template modification, so here we are and if this template mod becomes more famous, I am putting more energy inside

[samiro]

nice one.
but i also wat to send Mass PM without sendin Email notification ...

[yotsume]

If you make this a product I will install this as well. PLEASE make this a product. I am not going to do all the edits and then install a product. So please make this ASAP! THANKS!

[ThorstenA]

Originally Posted by yotsume

If you make this a product I will install this as well. PLEASE make this a product. I am not going to do all the edits and then install a product. So please make this ASAP! THANKS!

Only 2 templates need to be edited. There are only 12 installs that far, so I consider a mass pm solution as not that important to most administrators.

[yotsume]

I am sorry but your math thinking is way off! Such a features is of critical importance. I need it to be for admins only so I hope you consider doing it.