Improved PM Folderview

TESTED ON 2.3.0 AND FOUND WORKING

What does it do?

You know it happens to me pretty often that my users wonder why they cannot receive any more pm's. the standard question "did you check your sent items folder?" is answered with the standard question "do i have a sent items folder?"...

to avoid that, this hack shows the user on the privatemessage mainpage which folders they have in a list with the ability to add a folder without having to switch to the folders template.

aditionally, i modified the pmgauge enhanced hack by WWW.TOTAL-IMPACT.COM aka princeton a little and included it.

so, its nothing special, but maybe some people like it.
note: im new to this, so the code might be very ugly...

instructions:

1) follow instructions.txt

Credits: The_Sisko, mystics and boofo for finding bugs and helping with the code

Please notice this add-on by matt that allows you to have the amount of messages in each folder displayed next to it. Working on 2.2.9 too.

NOTICE: If you installed the private messages backup hack by Cano2 which is found here, you will have to to change a bit in the instructions.txt:

where it says to find:

PHP Code:

  //get correct folder name
  if ($folderid=="0") { 


you will need to find the SECOND instance as the private message backup hack adds another instance of this code to the file.

NOTICE2: if you installed the PM Quota by Usergroup Hack by g-force2k2 that can be found here then the solution to make both work together is here

please click install if you use it, thank you

kreftt

[Khaybel]

Thank you for making this hack The installed worked great, I'm using VB 2.5.5

I tweaked a few front colors etc, but otherwise, your instructions were very clear and easy to read, and using Ultra edit, the install only took about 10 mins if that.

My members were asking for way to see how many messages they used, this morning, so this worked wonderfully, thank you for your effort in making this. aka princeton and GOBLIN

my forums,
http://forums.orbsydia.com/index.php3

I included a screenshot of my forums with the new improved_pm system installed, it works great.

later

[Velocd]

I've been looking for this hack for awhile now, couldn't remember the name of it, but I'm glad I found it

[Size]

Awesome hack!

Is there a way to delete the custom folders?

[Boofo]

I have a user that uses a single quote after his name (i.e. Boofo') and when I enter a folder with the quote in it I get it like this:

Boofo\\\'

Is there any way to fix that?

[Boofo]

Here is a picture of another little add-on for the Improved PM Folderview hack. It's not much but if anyone is interested, I will release it. Let me know what you think. This is my first attempt at any sort of hack, but it DOES work great on my site.

Oops, forgot to tell what it does...It shows you the following:

Number of New Messages
Number of Read Messages
Number of Unread Messages
Number of Sent Messages
Number of Total Messages

at a quick glance.

[kreftt]

looks nice

would you please make a screenshot of the above mentioned problem?

thank you

kreftt

[Boofo]

Here is it. It's the folder at the bottom. It is named Boofo's folder. Also, when you add folders in the regular way (with the folders button) it seems to add another \ each time for some reason (in the editor listing only).

Originally posted by kreftt
looks nice

would you please make a screenshot of the above mentioned problem?

thank you

kreftt

[Minots]

Hi everybody.
I have done a little modification at 'privmsg' template, to have
a better looking style when reading a pm.
I add a snapshot to show what I mean.

[Boofo]

Looks good...I'd be interested in trying it out if you want to release it.

Originally posted by Minots
Hi everybody.
I have done a little modification at 'privmsg' template, to have
a better looking style when reading a pm.
I add a snapshot to show what I mean.

[Minots]

I add my custom made template as attachment.
Don?t forget to translate anything to your favorite language
because I?m using the german one.