UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications [6.4 - 6.5] [beta] PM Folders

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:



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

yeah search in the code for:

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:
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:

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?

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?