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

[Vitaly]

Make sure, that you've uploaded file & imported XML with "allow override" settings. Other upgrate methods can produce inpredictable results.

If problem exists - tell me exactly, at wich page and wich actions and try changes above.

May be there are some mistakes, but i don't see FATAL problems at my server, right now 500 users online.

[Andyrew]

Only works if i do last code change.

if (true)

Otherwise whenever a user clicks on a thread it gives the error as before.

[Vitaly]

Thanks for info. Very-very strange. No ideas for now.

Are links in menus & ACP now ok?

[SnowBot]

OK when updating all my users get 500 internal server error.....

I overwritten xml and files.

[Andyrew]

Originally Posted by Vitaly

Thanks for info. Very-very strange. No ideas for now.

Are links in menus & ACP now ok?

Yes links work ok. :up:

[odln018]

When I try to uninstall this, I get this stuck in the admincp sidebar.

"*[rcd_pm_log]*", how can I uninstall, and have all traces removed?

[Andyrew]

Originally Posted by odln018

When I try to uninstall this, I get this stuck in the admincp sidebar.

"*[rcd_pm_log]*", how can I uninstall, and have all traces removed?

Remove the files you uploaded with this mod.

[SnowBot]

still not working, any fix yet ?

[Vitaly]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1765152&postcount=49" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...2&postcount=49</a>

[SnowBot]

I changed that and it still didnt work.

version 1.7 & 1.8 worked apart from the links BUT 1.9 gives users errors when trying to read a post BUT the admin works fine.