Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Private Messages & Email Log

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.

PS. This mod is independent. Since could't find one, that satisfy my requirements to functionality and usability, the new one was done from scratch. Code is reuseable. If you can do things better - i'll be glad to install your branch and spend my efforts to another things

PPS. Should work with 3.7.x (checked at 3.7.4)

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

history

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

[Andyrew]

Like the new layout when viewing messages, :up: link to view profile page when clicking a user name is still wrong.

myforum.com/forums/admincp/member.php?u=100

Should be

myforum.com/forums/member.php?u=100

[odln018]

I'm having something odd, I cannot seem to find where to set permissions to allow the administrators access to this.

Thanks for any help!

[Vitaly]

Originally Posted by Andyrew

Like the new layout when viewing messages, :up: link to view profile page when clicking a user name is still wrong.

Ups... fixed too much

Try this one

[dklassen]

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[dklassen]

Will this work in 3.7.3? It installed fine, I set the permissions but it's not showing up under "users" in admin CP.

The link does show up in the user profile but it get's this error.

Not Found
The requested document was not found on this server.

[Vitaly]

Looks like you've imported XML but didn't uploaded files. No ideas about 3.7.3.

[Vitaly]

New version uploaded, that fixes 2 bugs:

- Аnother broken link (from message list to user profiles). Sorry , added in previous version.
- Fixed access for non superadmins, who had "Read PM Log" privilegies. Those could not see mod links in menu & profiles, and could not read message texts.

[Andyrew]

All my users are seeing this since updated.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function can_administer_log() in /xxxxx/xxxxxx/xxxxx/forums/includes/class_postbit.php(294) : eval()'d code on line 227

have had to disable mod.

[Vitaly]

Hmm... some additional mod conflicts? Don see any errors in my logs.

Try to edit global_start hook in this mod.

Change

if ($vbulletin->options['rcd_pm_log_show_link'] 
    AND (   THIS_SCRIPT == 'misc' 
         OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'member' 
         OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' 
         OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'rcd_pm_log'))

for

if ($vbulletin->options['rcd_pm_log_show_link'] )

Or just for

if (true)

if doesn't helps.

[Andyrew]

Not sure if i ticked Allow Overwrite when updating, could this have caused it. ?

I don't see any errors, only my users see errors. i will try a fresh install first before edits.