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Private Messages
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BigKev
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Ok, it took a bit of tracing, but I think I found the issue where you couldn't select a user when sending a new private message from the Inbox.

This should now be working.

Posted on: 2023/3/14 15:15
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Re: Private Messages
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Cool, the box is there now, looks like it will work! Thanks Big Kev!!

Posted on: 2023/3/14 15:23
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So relieved I wasn’t so stupid as to not be able to select a recipient and send a PM. That leaves a vast area unjudged, but one less stupidity is a comfort.

Posted on: 2023/3/14 16:12
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Kevin, My user menu shows Inbox (2), even though I have deleted all private messages.
This started after receiving PM's from Santana.

Can you help?
Thanks

Posted on: 2023/3/14 16:48
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I'll see your 2 messages and raise you 269.

Posted on: 2023/3/14 19:24
If you're not having fun, maybe it's your own damned fault.
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Re: Private Messages
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I made a couple more adjustments.

The PM system should now show the Display Name instead of the Username. Both in the list of messages and in the username drop-down when creating a new message. Also, I fixed the sort so it is insensitive alpha sort. Before, it was case-sensitive. So that leads to an odd sort.

Also, I found the bug where some people were seeing that they have unread items, but when they go to the Inbox there is nothing new.

This is caused by the fact a message was deleted without actually reading it. Messages are not deleted until a purge is run. They just get marked in the database with a delete flag. The issue is that even though they were set to delete, they were also set as unread. Now, when a msg is being set to delete, the read flag is also set. So this should solve the issue. Also,

I ran a purge to remove all the old deleted messages permanently. Nearly 5000 of them.

All of these bugs were added at some point when the last system update was done. Rather than wait for those to be corrected, I just fixed them myself.

If you see anywhere else on the website where it is displaying the UserName vs the Display Name, please let me know.

Posted on: 2023/3/15 9:22
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dallas
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Kev, Thanks for fixing my issue.

Posted on: 2023/3/15 18:20
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That's a good fix for something I never noticed was broken! Good job. Out of curiosity, is the drop-down list limited in any way to people who are still active on the site?

Off topic but I noticed that frequently when there is a new post to a blog to which I subscribe, often clicking on it from the left menu I am taken to the very first posting of the very first page rather than to the latest on the last page. I am not sure how to duplicate it except that it seems to happen after I've posted a reply, then click on the menu item.

Posted on: 2023/3/15 20:02
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The drop down list filters to the 200 most recent logged in users. Otherwise you have to use the search.

Posted on: 2023/3/15 20:09
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271 to 0


Bueno, amigo!!!

Posted on: 2023/3/16 5:12
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