Private Messages Enhancements - Mass Private Messages

Notice: This mod uses Re-usable Code, so please feel free to port it to vbulletin 4 under your username. Thanks.

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 the second instance this code appears:

</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>

[Jorrit787]

These instructions aren't very precise. There are multiple instances of </form> in the memberlist template. If you don't specify which one to make the edit to, people will mess up their Member List page.

[ThorstenA]

I am unfimiliar with this modification for now. I am using vb 4.0.x and do not use this any more.

You may try to take the first </form> on the template.

[Jorrit787]

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

I am unfimiliar with this modification for now. I am using vb 4.0.x and do not use this any more.

You may try to take the first </form> on the template.

Nice try but it's actually the second instance

[ThorstenA]

Thanks for your clarification! I have updated my description.

[mgurain]

We are waiting for somebody to make it available for vb 4.x ?

Thanks,,

[maryx]

in 4.x this does not appear in the template:

</tr>
$memberlistbits

so I can't do the last template edit.

Anyone have any ideas about how to change this for 4.x?

I did the other template edits OK.

Anyone have any success with this for 4.x?

[oldfan]

Any luck porting this to 4.x yet?
thanks

[Tyran1]

Not works with 3.8.7