[RELEASE] Private Messaging Hack (v0.9) !!!!!!!

Woo-freaking-hoo!

Here it is, the vB PM hack! NEWLY CHANGED TO VERSION 1.2.0 - please reference this thread now: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...?threadid=1772

It can be downloaded from here: http://www.enter.net/~rmsullivan/pmhack1.2.zip . The instructions are included within that.

Demo at: http://www.magic-singles.com/cpa/forums/ . If you MUST register to test it, ok, I guess. I'll be adding screenshots so you know what it's like soon.

Now UPDATED to version 0.9.15 !!!! Several bug fixes, additional support for linking to posts and nicer delete methods (thanks bira!)

Please note that the UBB import script has NOT been done yet - sorry. Soon though.

Enjoy! Post and questions/comments/bug reports here!

[Edited by Ed Sullivan on 07-16-2000 at 11:31 PM]

This looks cool. I wonder if you are able to put "quotas" on accounts. IE limit to 20 messages or something??

-Brian

bira - can't do that yet, at least with the way it's setup now (need an extra field, repliedto, that would get set when you reply to a message) ...actually, on second thought, that's not that hard. Hmm...

Brian - nope, quotas aren't possible. Sorry. Well, theoretically they are, but its far too much work for its work, IMHO.

(woohoo! Senior-dom! Finally...)

[Edited by Ed Sullivan on 06-14-2000 at 03:06 PM]

Right, i've updated to the latest version, and the private message feature from the topic page is working. However it creates a new problem, Mark's lighbulb solution posted above causes problems for logged out visitors - index.php returns a file of 0 bytes Any idea how to fix this ? For the moment, i've pulled it from the script, but I do want the lightbulb back. Any suggestions ?

Well, unless his code was malformed, it shouldn't cause any problems - are you sure you haven't mis-copied something? Missing a ";"?? or a "}"?

Heres how to add lightbulbs to the private messaging

In the part which is added to index.php find

	$newpmcount = $newpmcounta[msgid];

below that add

if($newpmcount == 0)
{
  $lightbulb = 'images/off.gif';
} else {
  $lightbulb = 'images/on.gif';
}

Now go and edit the pmloggedin template and put

<img src="$lightbulb">

where you want the lightbulb to appear

That's it

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That was Mark's 'hack'. It is extremely straightforward and there is no way on earth that it would cause the problem you describe, Craig, unless you copied it wrongly.

No, no, I hold my hands up - I added it wrong twice! I think i've been looking at this screen too long - i'm off to the pub for a bit!

Thanks Ed for a superb hack, and for giving me something to do on my day off (as if I needed it!)

Originally posted by Craig Antill
No, no, I hold my hands up - I added it wrong twice! I think i've been looking at this screen too long - i'm off to the pub for a bit!

Watchout, you may add it wrong three times after you come back

I can't wait to try this feature ... a little birdie told me about it!

Has anyone had the User Registration date show up wrong? I setup a new account to test this with. The correct registration date shows up in the Member Search, but the registered date shows up as December 1969 within PM.

Originally posted by Me2Be
a little birdie told me about it!

HEY! I'm not that little and I'm not a birdie!