[6.4 - 6.5] [beta] PM Folders

UBB.Dev

Title: PM Folders

Tested on ubb: 6.4.0.1/6.5.0

Description: Organizes PM's into Folders/Custom Folders.

Download: https://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/upload/00006378/PMFolders6.4.zip

Special Thanks: BassTeQ

Demo: (*currently down*)

NOTE: The demo pictures don't work, because of unset permissions, just ignore them.

Bug fixes since last version:

1.0 - Inital release for 6.3
1.1 - Port To 6.4(bug fixes, looks at the new ubb public name list, instead of trying to make it's own)
1.2 - CP Integration

TODO:

Allow sorting of messages by date, subject and unread

Wow, very nice, does this include the mailbox quota and other things I see in your PM system, or are those separate hacks?

Yes, everything you see in the my profile demo, is included.

Thanks, btw.

yow, that looks great!!!

In fact for my board I'd like to not have the "Compose PM" by User Name, because sometimes people use numbers or characters that others don't understand, so I would keep only the "by User Number" only, if that's possible.

Also, the Member Ratings when from the board is off, does it disappear in this too?

Thanks!

To remove the User Number search, look into public_pm_folders_summary.pl and public_pm_folders_review.pl and remove the following code:[code][/code]When member ratings is off, it will disappear from this.

I'll try to install it right now.

THANKS Brett!

Worked perfectly the first time!! Thanks so much!

seems to work very nicely

Wow, Brett, this looks very sweet!

I'm going to start working on my upgrade again; this will be one of the mods I'll try out.

Hey brett, I think that your last two:

Code

[/code]Need to be:
[code]

A raw install of this script on my sites black/blue design looed odd due to our text colour being white and the default background colour of your script being white also lol... Looks nice though...

Brett, its looking for icon.gif in my noncgi/icon's folder, which doesn't exist. Also (final one i swear), when a user removes a pm it isn't placing it in the trash.

Your right about the template bgcolors ($vars_style{TableStripTextColor}). I have updated the zip with the changes. You only need to reupload the templates.

Your icon problem, shouldn't happen. Pretty much impossible. It looks directly where it should. But for the sake of it, i clutched it, to see that if $icon doesn't exist, reset it to icon1.gif.

If your referencing to a user pm deleteing it from the sent box, then that's the way it's supposed to be. For now, sent msgs can't be taken into any other folder. Now if your referring to any other folder, then we've got a problem...

Thanks to all the feedback so far!

It's a sweetness, two thumbs up for Brett

Hey brett, think about having a small control panel addition so one can customise colours a little eariser? Well, the colours that would be interesting to play with (you know I have):

Background Colour
Border Colour
Quota Bar Colour
Quota "Widget" Colour

I'm sure there is others :x... Wouldn't really need to have a cpannel section per say, possibly just have it defined in the wordlet files or style settings...

Sounds interesting. I'll get on it.

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TODO:
Allow sorting of messages by date, subject and unread

Brett, the hack works like a charm, but I'd beg you to include something in your To Do list

My members are asking me about having a link from ultimatebb.cgi (maybe under the "Welcome Member [log out]" words. (or making the link in the words "Inbox of PM: You have # new messages" that are in the PM Mailbox)

P.S. I ask you this since PM Notification hack doesn't work

The PM Notification works, it just has a flaw. I downloaded the 6.2 version and got it to work. here's the Doc i made. I take no credit, whatsoever, for this mod.

Luckily, ubb 6.5 will have this integrated...

Thank you

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Originally posted by Brett:
The PM Notification works, it just has a flaw. I downloaded the 6.2 version and got it to work. here's the Doc i made. I take no credit, whatsoever, for this mod.

Luckily, ubb 6.5 will have this integrated...

Brett:

A couple of weeks ago, I posted here asking if it was possible to make the PM Notification flash (in any color) when someone has a private message waiting for them. Some kind person responded by emailing me a tiny file titled blinker.js. But they did not tell me what to do with it or how to incorporate it to invoke it. Can you help me with this?

TIA

I don't know what's in blinker.js, but i can give you this, which doesn't require blinker.js.

http://www.ivegeta.com/flash.txt (go to view -> source)

And then replace the color 'gold' with one of your choice.

It Works! THANK YOU!!! Is there a way to make it to continue blinking until the member clicks the PM link? Right now, I notice that it will blink approx 7 times, then stop.

TIA

Works great (thank you Brett

)

except.... one tiny html error , most of you won't even be able to tell; it only shows up in mozilla/netscape and probably also has a lot to do with the way I have my tables set up in the headers and footers... it messes them up btw

I have tracked it down to the below section of html (shortly after the list of users) :
[code][/code]The last line should not be there, should be on there just twice... I couldn't track down where it was generating this, maybe one of you guru's could help out.

could perhaps be an extra tag somewhere else... but I don't think so

Bob Ferguson: Two questions: What's your browser? And are your members viewing it to stop after 7 blinks? Because it doesn't stop blinking for me.

(I use the newest Internet Explorer 6.0)

Mirek: Does this error occur on both the review and summary pages, or just one(which one)?

Brett: sorry, only in the main folder summary ( ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=my_profile )

right between the list of users that have been rated by you and the Contact Us | Home Page links in the html

Thanks again,
Mirek

Brett, I noticed something too, when you get a new PM message, and you open the page with the PM messages list, it has the unread message in bold, but after replying, and then getting back the answer of that pm, in the page says you have a new message, when you get in PM list, you can't see which is the unread message because it is not in bold. Can this be fixed?

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Originally posted by Brett:
[QB] Bob Ferguson: Two questions: What's your browser? And are your members viewing it to stop after 7 blinks? Because it doesn't stop blinking for me.

(I use the newest Internet Explorer 6.0)

I'm also using I.E. v6.0 & another member who is using I.E. v6.0 said he gets approx 5-7 blinks, then it stops. He also went on to say that when it was blinking, he had no PM's in the inbox.

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Originally posted by Bob Ferguson:

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[qb]Originally posted by Brett:
[QB] Bob Ferguson: Two questions: What's your browser? And are your members viewing it to stop after 7 blinks? Because it doesn't stop blinking for me. (I use the newest Internet Explorer 6.0)[/qb]

I'm also using I.E. v6.0 & another member who is using I.E. v6.0 said he gets approx 5-7 blinks, then it stops. He also went on to say that when it was blinking, he had no PM's in the inbox.

They only onces i have who are complaining that flashing ain't working, are the peeps who are using ie6 (with and wit updates) So it seems a javascript engine buggie think.

Anyone have an idea about my html problem (above); I still can't find where it is generating that...

Nice work Brett

Another feature request would be this . It'd be a lot of work (I'm guessing), but it would look nice with this one

I got a friend to help me fix the html problem:

In public_pm_folders_summary.pl
[code][/code]

Found another error

When I create a folder, then rename it and try to delete it, I get "The PM Folder you tried to delete did not appear in the file."

Mirek

edit: ok.. it's only doing that with the first folder I made..., if I make another and rename it, it deletes fine

Thanks for HTML fix there, Mirek! And your right about the Renaming/Deleting folder thing.

I was also able to recreate Saxeus's problem.

I undated the zip file with the fix. The files to reupload are public_pm_folders_summary.pl and ubb_folders.cgi.

didnt u forget something? it says at the end of the text file: [code][/code]

Hi Brett,

I reinstalled the updated files, and after that I also installed the PM Email hack you did, (I admit I'm being impressed by your hacks) but when I got in my board, I noticed that all the message I've had in my Inbox, (which are already read) were now all bold. I opened one and got back to the list, it was still bold.

It was easier for board members to realize which PM was unread and which was read, because of its "bold" or "not bold" subject. Any way to fix it?

P.S. I tested the PM Email hack also, but it didn't send the email, nor even give an error that it couldn't send, though I am able to receive email message when I get a PM from a member.

D10: Hehe, sorry about that. I'm preparing to add a cp addon to that, and forgot to take it out of the docs.

Saxeus: I just updated the zip, try reuploading the ubb_folders.cgi, i got the same thing and was able to fix mine. Also, did the PM Email hack tell you it was sending the emails?

there are 2-4 places that specify how many replies to a pm and how many pm's can be stored. If you are making a cp_addon, is it possible to include these 2 settings as modifiable?

Brett: no problem, glad I could help a tiny bit.

AllenAyres: great idea

danke

another one would be to make the number of stored pm's different for admins/mods and the regular grunts

yet another good idea Allen

Just had one myself... working PM notification into the content islands... I don't guess that would really belong with this hack though.

I like this mod just 1 thing I think that should be improved: when I try to compose a new pm with the user name field I cant put the displayed name in it. Only the login name works. Since a lot of people on my board have a different login name than the displayed name it doesnt really work!

And a question: why is there an empty link? When I delete a pm it automatticly empties the trash folder so I think the empty function is for nothing

Allen & Mirek: All very good ideas, tho i haven't had a through look at the content islands yet, i don't think it would be a big problem. I'll be sure to add them, ASAP! Thanks!

D10: The displayed name is a designed behavior for the ubb, and has nothing to do with this hack. However, a hack can be devised to do such an act(with the new public names memberlist file

) Also the empty link, is to do what it says, empty the PM's out of a folder to the trash can. It was just thought of, so save time, instead of going into each one, if your doing a mass delete for example.

Wait-a-sec didn't the PM folders 6.3 version allow us to use the "displayed name" rather than the login name

.

Anyways nice work so far Brett

great hack, but a little problem. I get the latest .zip file (4.2.2003) and it show like that on my board:

[Linked Image]

Any idea how to remove the white and replace with an other color ?

yeah search in the code for: and change it to the color u want. Or change it to: $vars_style{BGColor}

The two files u need to edit are public_pm_folders_review.pl and public_pm_folders_summary.pl. Just search for #ffffff & replace it with your preferred color (I use "cornsilk").

Thank you... work well and look much better.

See, this is why brett needs to make it so you can customize colours in the cp :-x... wouldn't be that hard, just have a vars file (vars_pm_folders.cgi) or something to hold the settings, have every setting save as a wordlet, it'd be kind of cool and everyone could update their settings in a few clicks

...

::streaches:: time to go afk for another 3 weeks :x...

As soon as i find out how the vars work ill try to add it but im not every good at perl

LK had a thing you could use to base it off of possibly (with his permission of corse), I think it was his Calendar Mod...

I couldn't make the wordlets show up until I made all PM -> pm

And I get this at the top of the pm summary:
Private Message Inbox: You have %%NUM%% new messages

I may try making NUM -> num and see of that fixes it.

Very nice mod tho Brett

fixed the %%NUM%% when I lower-cased the PM's in the ubb_folders file

this looks real good

Works Great in 6.5!

Only one thing I see should be corrected.

In the public_pm_folders_review.pl

This section:

Code

[/code]Should be:
 [code]

Adds Font color to Table Strip Header. When not there it may default to a color that is not easily read. (Mine was black on a brown background)

Great Mod Thanks!
Mike

Hrm, I put this one off too long.

I've been at it for the last couple of hours and think i've got it pretty good. I fixed so many things, i lost count. : Mostly template fixes.

I think i fixed Allen's problem(tho i never got that error

by making the replacement incase sensitive.

I finally added CP options and put them into the Private Messages page. Added option to turn on/off PM Folders, option to turn on/off the now integrate PM Emails, Limit number of folders, limit number of new private messages a user can have, the ability to limit the number of replies a topic can have and a couple of color options for the quota bar.

I'm leaving for Kansas City(for a concert

Wow, you have been a busy little monkey! lol... I'll rehack everything when I get my lappy back from dell, thanks for the updates

I have an interesting phenomenom happening at my board with the PMs, PM folders.

Here's what a member told me:

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I have the email notification turned on in my profile. Teo PM'd me one evening and I got email notification of the PM. Unfortunately, it nevered showed up in my PM. At the same time, I started getting constant notification on the message board that I had a new PM. I deleted all of the PMs in my Inbox and Sent folders except for the initial PM I received about ADWOFF. I created a separate folder for that and moved it out of my Inbox. Now I have nothing in my Inbox or Sent folder, but am still getting the notification that I have PM.

This happened to me when I first upgraded from 6.3 to 6.5 ... then I had to reinstall everything to get rid of some bug issues, and my PM "miscount" went away.

So, the problem, in a nutshell, is that if a PM is deleted before it's read, the PM notification still tells you that there is a PM that hasn't been read.

Does this issue make sense?

Is there any way to solve it?

Thanks!

Hrm. Defintely odd.

To put it into perspective, the PM is not totally deleted until it is deleted from the Trash folder. Sent items aren't sent there and are just deleted.

This hack doesn't touch anything about how the PM's are read. It is a cookie issue, evidentally.

I will take a closer look at this, now.

i've got the same problem

(It says "10 new PM" for example... if I read 8 of them, the indicator "10 new PM" remains on the main forum page

)

I have the same problem - per Charles Capps I submitted a trouble ticket as it seems they have script that will re-consolidate the PM messages to correct missing or corrupt PM messages (which cause the miscount apparently) Well, once they got there they can't run the scripts due to hacks being installed. *sigh* And to impress me even more they left my board turned off all day

Does PM Folders change anything in the basic PM Folder setup ? Im pretty certain it is just a template hack correct?

Thanks!

Note: One way to clear the PM Notification is to delete the usernumber.cgi file in the PM_Notify Folder under Members. But I do not know what ramifications this has since the PM's if they actually exist, are still there. I will delve into it alittle deeper to see how hard it is to remove all the traces of someones PM folders to correct the issue.

!? This is not good. I can't see how this is happening, tho. When the PM is sent to different folders, then the file itself is modified. (It just adds a hash to it, nothing else) But for the most part, yes, this is mostly a template hack. The install changes little in the ubb files. Nothing that would interfere with the process of writing to files.

To sort out the basic questions: What UBB are you using and what hacks have you installed, please?

Version 6.5

The Hacks I have installed are

Calendar
Hypercells
Quick Reply
Spell Check
Forum Topic and Category Separation Template Mod
One Signature Per Thread
Modifications Wordlets etc.
PM Folders
Some editing to Templates to remove Extra
space etc.

What variable stores the max number of messages allowed? It needs to be plugged in for 60 below if the max number of pm's is changed (or the number can just be edited in)

in ubb_folders.cgi:
[code][/code]ps
Great work on this mod, the updated version is looking much better

I'm getting a 404 error when I try to download it, would you be able to reupload it soon?

Sorry the server went down, it should be up by tomorrow.

any news on the server?

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!? This is not good. I can't see how this is happening, tho. When the PM is sent to different folders, then the file itself is modified. (It just adds a hash to it, nothing else) But for the most part, yes, this is mostly a template hack. The install changes little in the ubb files. Nothing that would interfere with the process of writing to files.

To sort out the basic questions: What UBB are you using and what hacks have you installed, please?

Brett,

I'm sorry I never responded to this for you.

Life has definitely gotten in my way.

I'm using 6.5, and I don't know if I can even remember all the hacks I've installed, but I'll give it a shot:

Calendar
News fader
PM folders

Page Index
Smilie Pulldown
Message Icon Pulldown
Custom Titles/Rank
Location of moderators on front page
Spoiler Hack
No count in some forums

Those are the ones that I can think of off the top of my head.

Since my members are still having issues with this, I thought I'd come back and see if anyone has de-bugged it yet.

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Note, I think this happens IF someone deletes a PRIVATE MESSAGE before he/she reads it.

For example, I get e-mail notification on private messages, so a lot of times I don't feel compelled to read the "actual PM." If I delete the PM, the PM indicator will still act as if I haven't read the PM (which is true), but the PM is no longer there.

I don't know if this helps or not.

Has someone a working link for this hack?

link fixed
PMFolders6.4.zip

Howsabout 6.7?