vB Popup Messaging Utility v.0.1

Hello all,

Well I did it, my first real hack. I don't know what the rule on this is but I'll be honest and say I used alot of original vB code to make this. I don't believe in reinventing the wheel and the code in vB is so good it makes it very easy to modify.

This hack will give Admins and Mods the ability to alert users with a small message. This message works similiar to the PM popup. It also has the ability to send one user a number of messages. Each message will be denoted by the person who sent the message.

If you are not competent with Mysql and the inner workings of vB and your not sure if you need this utility I would recommend not installing it.

I consider this to be a Beta since I only tested it on my local dev computer. I would really appreciate some "experienced" users testing this hack to let me know where I've made mistakes.

If someone is real hack happy he/she they could change the hack and add the thing listed on my todo list below. If not I'll get to adding them sooner or later.

Anyhow, have fun. I'll be answering your questions here in this forum.

Scott

Demo Screenshots


To do list:
1. Add option to send a message to online users only(good for telling them that the board will be closing before it's closed)
2. Timestamping the messages. Probably not a bad idea.
3. Checking that messaging is on before messages get stored in
db. Would save Mods the embarassment.
4. Add wild card function '*' to search for user names.

If you have more ideas as to how I could improve this hack feel free to post your ideas here!.

[Shenlong]

yo anyone got suggestions for my problem, it would help a ton

[Shenlong]

Well my vbb homies?

[Frank-kun]

That "<" at the end - might be your problem. I forget which file to check to fix that..admin/index.php maybe?

Anyway, here's my problem. My users are getting script errors for a mass-message that one of my fellow admins sent to everyone. I checked the messaging and I was able to do a successful test popup with no problems. I then checked the database and saw that the message my admin had sent had a carriage return line skip in it, like this:

blah blah blah

Bleh

If a message like this is sent, it gets put in the database and nothing gets through.

If scott is still around, I would also suggest you implement a "Clean" function that could clean old or even all the popup messages from the table. Even messages that error out remain in the database, as well as those who don't ever check the boards. We'd save a lot of space that way.

[Smallville]

Ok, I installed it and all, and it looks like it will work, but when I send a message, it doesn't work.

I looked through this whole thread and followed everything you guys told us to do. Now what? I get no errors or anything, it just doesn't work.

[freeshares1]

I must be stupid, But i cant seem to get it in the correct line in admin/index. but it works if i use the link directly. Anbody give me any further advise...

Found the information on page 2... It works like a dream and i have already used it a number of times.

I couldnt find a way of putting an url in there.

Phil

[Eniyi]

Can you make the "from" section not changeable for mods (they can only use their own username).
Maybe with some modifications, another one for standard users can be created. It would be like an instant messaging hack.

[jjj0923]

Has anyone attempted to modify this so that forum members can send instant messages to each other?

[pseudocode]

Awesome hack. Works great (2.5.5). Thanks!

[globalwin]

Can someone please give me instructions with the latest code (In English) on how to install this on vB 2.2.6 because it just doesnt work.

[Jawelin]

Always worked well, it stopped displaying the popup message to users after I upgraded to vb 2.2.4... and now w/ 2.2.6 it still doesn't work yet.