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

[kreftt]

yes. pm me the url to your forum (your homepage link is dead) and set me up a testaccount please and ye shall be helped.

greetz

kreftt

[weirdpixels]

does anyone know if its possible to add a feature to this hack that allows members to delete there custom folders?

[Red Blaze]

kreftt, I moved my site back to its original domain. I was wondering if you could still help me with the guage problem. ^^;

[Mr. HillBilly]

Works great with 2.3.3

[kreftt]

good news, thx for the info

[bexie]

The input box for a new folder is missing...any ideas? The go button is there, but...

Thanks!

[gmarik]

Interesting. Some functions and parts of layout could be combined with vb3.

[kreftt]

@bexie

your homepage gives lots of parse errors at the moment. please send me your edited templates to kreftt@gmx.com and i'll have a look

@gmarik

indeed, and ill update as soon as vb3 is final

greetz

kreftt

[Imprezer]

Installed! 2.3.3

Works awesome!

[chrisvonc]

Installed fine on my 2.3.2 test forum. 1 question though:

- The centering of the whole PM Folderview is off center to the left. Any idea what might be causing that? I didnt have any other PM folder hacks preinstalled before this one. I will attach a screenshot.

Follow up: I did find the post #211 that I think fixes this but I too dont have the "$offlineusers" or the code for the 2nd suggestion as in post #217. I also updated my screenshot.


Thanks in advance

Chris