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.

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

You would need to give them access to your ACP, and include their userid's in the config.

Hi, thanks for your reply,

is it really impossible to add the workbench link in ModCP instead of AdminCP

Regards

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You could try to upload it to the modcp directory instead of the admincp, but i guess that will not work.

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

You could try to upload it to the modcp directory instead of the admincp, but i guess that will not work.

No, it doesn't work

Does it require hacking when adding supermods to admincp since that option is not available in admincp?

Regards

[kadafi_alive]

bump

[Oblivion Knight]

Originally Posted by kadafi_alive

Does it require hacking when adding supermods to admincp since that option is not available in admincp?

It's a usergroup option..

Can Access Control Panel (is Administrator)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Without modifying the code it is not possible to use it in the modcp. I will not spend time on changing this, since i don't believe that this should be an option to moderators.

You can ofcourse always give some moderators limited access to your AdminCP.

[thenewuser]

Errr my paying customers would be spooked if they got linked back here. How can you catch the bad people to weed out when they know you are watching. If I were to install this the few scammers that exsist would take their scams on to an instant messenger instead.



So do you want me to put something about this in my ToS they agree to when they join for the plugin? I need something like this but can't afford to have a mass panic.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Yes like explained before if you have something in your TOS covering this you can get a plugin to remove the privacy note.

PS If the privacy note would scare away scammers, you already got what you wanted: no more spammers.

[thenewuser]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Yes like explained before if you have something in your TOS covering this you can get a plugin to remove the privacy note.

PS If the privacy note would scare away scammers, you already got what you wanted: no more spammers.

Ahh okay, I was tired when I wrote that and may have sounded rude, I am sorry.

I will add it today and PM you.

[thenewuser]

I seemed to have installed your system correctly. I mean it's pretty
> easy to install. I can't seem to find it in my ACP. My name is Admin
> Katz, and I placed that in the field where specified and added that line
> to my config.php.
>
> Any ideas? Is it suppose to show up somewhere under a menu on the admin
> cp? I just don't see it. heh.