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]

I do appreciate all kind of feedback, not only positive. It was at first just not 100% clear to me what you ment with your first post.

[Thug]

anyway i can use this for 3.0.X sure loads will want it

[Marco van Herwaarden]

No you can't.

[Thug]

realy wanted this hack to was looking for it for ages, no anyone who will release for 3.0.x

[ctsolutions]

Marco, can we use your hack without PM Workbench - Report PM, activated ?
Concenrning what you wrote "Depending on the modules installed"

BTW, awesome hack.

ctsolutions

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Except for the basic module, you can install each module seperate.

so MarcoH64, when will we see the end of the beta versions ?!..

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Next version will not be a beta anymore.

I have a new version of some modules on my localhost that are 99%, and i want to put some extras in teh next version. Was waiting for gold to finihs those. But i don't seem to have a free minute atm to go finish things.

But looking back at the number of reported (well maybe they are there but nobody reporting) i think it is already a stable product so hardly can be called beta anymore.

PS Thanks for the bump

[Nullifi3d]

Is this stable on 3.5.0 Gold?

[prawn]

My members are asking for a feature to search through their own pms. Will that be added in the nexr available version? Last thing I read that there weren't enough hooks. Has that changed?

And might I get a plugin without the backlinking if I show you I do not use the module to look through 3rd's pms? I don't like that idea anyway.

Thanks for that great hack.