Private Message System (Page 11 of 14)

Installed this mod on a new forum of mine ... and I had some hard time with it, but in the end figured what was wrong ... the usage of short tags for beginning a php section ... that is <? instead of "proper" <?php  .... and I've got the short ones disabled, meaning the php parser never even tries to parse those in the short tags ...

I feel some inconsistency through out the mod, mostly normal <?php ... but on some places (also hidden on some small places ), <? is used instead ... so one had to use find and replace on all files to find them ...

But it's a heads up to those also having the short tags disabled, so you don't have to struggle to figure out what's making the script fail
(took a while until I figured out what was the problem )

looks and feels like a nice mod though :up:

are you converting it now or are you waiting for the final release of 1.2 before you get started?

i also got the parse errors.  look at the very last line of functions.php and profile.php.  if there's a couple of random characters at the very end, change those characters to:

?>

for some reason, they got corrupted on the transfer.  this just happened to me as well.

i'm using filezilla and dreamweaver MX.  maybe dreamweaver messed with the code.

I'm working on it. Though, it's a lot of work, which I must force myself to do (play WoW is much more fun ).

lol great!
we rather have a good mod then a mod that aint working properly so take your time...
(and WoW is fun indeed)

has anyone requested a "email me when i receive a private message" request yet?

if you want a email on PM use the email function not the PM function...

So, lament, you're saying that you'd rather do everything based off e-mail? That defeats the purpose of PMs and they shouldn't be used at all. If you absolutely "need" an e-mail confirmation than the guy might as well not send PMs at all and just use the e-mailing script.

My point being that PM's are for on board messenging only, e-mail is not required and would just add useless coding, slowing down the PM system (just slightly). So in my opinion it's not needed. If you want e-mail use the e-mail script, if you want to PM someone use the PM function.

lament: But wouldn't that argue that if you don't visit it every day you should have the person email you, which you DO check every day, versus having the equivalent of x number of extra email accounts that tell your regular email account when to check them?

Edit: I personally don't see the point in a PM system, except as a means to keep your email private from people you dont necessarily trust. But if trust is your only issue, there are plenty of free accounts out there: take one and use it. When it gets spammed too much, toss it and start again.

No PM Mod installed = Email

Fine, offer them free email addresses: serves the same purpose, but can be used far beyond a simple PM system
Or, if they choose to use the PM system, then they can CHECK it, like they would any mailbox: does your mailman leave you a note on your door saying you have mail? No, you have to go and check. If you're offline, does your mail program check your mail for you? No, you have to connect first.

Anyways, just my thoughts here: like I said, I dislike a PM system in a forum. I find it really an un-necessary feature, like attachments (although I can see how some people could use both mods). The best way (if this is put in) would be an admin setting for if they want it (similar to subscriptions) and a user setting if it's on (if they want it or not for them)

yeah i was curious about 1.2 PM as well.  chacmool?

and I'm glad someone else understands why emailing a PM notification is helpful.

Come on, where is the PM-module for 1.2?