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StarryMom
Posted: 03 July 2005 01:25 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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I was wondering if there was a way to pull the info of any new messages for private messaging so say on the index it would say:

Welcome back {you}! You currently have 2 new PM’s! or You do not have any new messages

Any ideas?

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Lisa Wess
Posted: 03 July 2005 01:30 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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I just tried putting the private message box code on the index and it didn’t work, so I’m not sure how, or if you can (without sql queries) do this right now.

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Posted: 03 July 2005 01:33 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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what’s the PM code I can try to see if I can come up with something?

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Lisa Wess
Posted: 03 July 2005 01:35 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Eh, the code is getting messed up here.  Send me an email and I’ll send it to you.

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75th Trombone
Posted: 03 July 2005 03:48 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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In any template allowing PHP:

{if logged_in}

<?php
global $SESS;
$pmcount = $SESS->userdata['private_messages'];

if ($pmcount == 1) {
  echo 'You have a new private message!';
} elseif ($pmcount > 0) {
  echo 'You have '.$pmcount.' new private messages!';
}

?>

{/if}

I’ll let LisaJill Wiki this, I couldn’t figure out where it should go.  :)

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Posted: 03 July 2005 04:08 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Wik’d - DisplayPMStats

I’ll let her categorize it. smile

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StarryMom
Posted: 03 July 2005 08:16 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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The code doesn’t appear to work for me.

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75th Trombone
Posted: 03 July 2005 10:23 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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How does it fail?  Throw an error?  Display nothing whatsoever?  Point and laugh?
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Posted: 03 July 2005 12:12 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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It points and laughs at me :( oh and shows nothing whatsoever… lol I should have posted when I was more awake and coherant instead of “IT DOESN’T WORK FIX IT” without the actual error lol

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Paul Burdick
Posted: 03 July 2005 12:13 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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Do you have PHP turned on?

We’re going to add a global variable that has the unread private messages count soon.  Just have not got there yet.

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Posted: 03 July 2005 12:14 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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StarryMom - 03 July 2005 08:16 AM

The code doesn’t appear to work for me.

This snippet displays only if you have a pm.

It’s slightly different from what you requested.

And actually I just noticed ==

if ($pmcount == 1) {
echo 'You have a new private message!';
} elseif ($pmcount > 0) {
echo 'You have '.$pmcount.' new private messages!';
}

should be:

if ($pmcount == 1) {
echo 'You have a new private message!';
} elseif ($pmcount > 1) {
echo 'You have '.$pmcount.' new private messages!';
}

>1 not >0

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StarryMom
Posted: 03 July 2005 12:22 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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That small fix did help me Sue and thank you 75th Trombone for the coding!

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Lisa Wess
Posted: 03 July 2005 01:37 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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Add it to the wiki, categorize it, and I can always move it if I know of somewhere better.  I just host the thing, I’m not the end-all be-all of wiki knoweldge, even of this one. wink

Let chaos reign, I say. *dances*

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Posted: 03 July 2005 09:17 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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Hmm.. This code doesn’t seem to work for me.  I get nothing returned and I have 1 msg in my Inbox as a test.
Now this is not for the “forums” only is it as I dont have that module.  I am just using the built in 1.3 PM code.

{exp:since_last_visit:stats}

<a href="{path=member/profile}">Profile</a> | <a href="{path=LOGOUT}">Logout</a><br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">
Welcome {screen_name}!
</span><br />
Last visited on {last_visit_date format="%m/%d/%y"} at {last_visit_date format="%H:%i"}<br />
You are visiting from {ip_hostname}.<br />
New Posts: <strong>{new_entry_total}</strong> New Comments: <strong>{new_comment_total}</strong><br />
<a href="{path=member/memberlist}" target="_blank">Member List</a>

{/exp:since_last_visit:stats}

<?php
global $SESS;
$pmcount = $SESS->userdata['private_messages'];

if ($pmcount == 1) {
echo 'You have a new private message!';
} elseif ($pmcount > 1) {
echo 'You have '.$pmcount.' new private messages!';
}

?>

{/if}

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StarryMom
Posted: 03 July 2005 09:35 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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Is the message read or unread?

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75th Trombone
Posted: 04 July 2005 02:21 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]  
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Also, it’s not just for the forums, I’m using it without the forum module.

I reckon StarryMom’s got the right idea—- that your test PM has been read, and you’re not expecting EE to be as cool as it’s being.  XD

Also make sure that PHP is turned on, and that your initial {if logged_in} statement actually exists—- in your pasted code the {/if} is just hangin’ out by itself. ;P
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Luke Stevens
Posted: 20 July 2005 07:50 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 16 ]  
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This is nice, thanks for the code guys (and for wiki’ing it) :thumbsup: smile

One question though - what’s the appropriate path to link to a private message inbox? I’m using
http://www.mysite.com/forums/member/messages/view_folder/1/
..which seems to work whether you’re user 1 or 81 - is that correct? Should the trailing number be ‘1’ for any logged in user?

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Paul Burdick
Posted: 20 July 2005 08:01 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 17 ]  
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That URL you have there will work.  The PM system will only ever show the messages for the currently logged in user so that URL works for everyone.  If the person is not a logged in user, then it will not work, in case you are wondering.

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Luke Stevens
Posted: 20 July 2005 08:05 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 18 ]  
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Excellent, thanks Paul!

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