Force user to accept (Enable) Private Messages

[teonix]

Perfect Very helpful explanation.. thank you very much

So after adding $_POST['options']['receivepm'] = 1;

into phpinclude_start


What do you suggest I do with the options in the user control panel? leave the hidden field? Or remove the field entirely and just leave the other two options (receive notification, and receive popup)?

[Andreas]

Leave it as it is, remove it, make it a hidden field - doesn't matter

[teonix]

okay cool

Thank you very much.

[tamarian]

No, I take that back, it should be o.k. Mods don't have a choice, but admins can do it for them.

There's still one problem with doing it in phpinclude_start

Admins and mods on busy forums frequently disable their own PM's, sicne they get bombarded by regular questions through PM by newbies who don't want to post.

If you want to allow admins and moderators to have a choice, it won't work with the phpinclude method, even if you edit their profile for them in the admin panel. Meaning they can't disable it, and even you can't disable it for them.

If you still want to allow the choice for some usergroups like admins and mods, then hidden fields should do. You're not likely to find members going through the effort to change hidden fields, even if they knew how.

[basketmen]

Originally Posted by Andreas

Using a hidden field will not stop Users from disabling PM.

But this should:

PHP Code:

$_POST['options']['receivepm'] = 1; 


in phpinclude_start.

i am sorry guys to bump very old thread, since i am still dong get the answer for this basic thing :

- is it phpinclude_start is a template? i am using vb 3.6.12 and dont have this template, should i create it as new custom template?

- is there easier methode than this one?
it is not good to allow members disabled they PM, how moderator/admin can contact them then? specially when want to tell the members that break the forum rules

[Lynne]

Yes, it was a template. No, you shouldn't just create it since there is nowhere in the code that it would get evaled. I suppose you could try global_start, but I really don't know since I don't have a copy of 3.6 to test.

You may be able to force the PM system on, but that doesn't mean you can actually force them to read the PM.