White_Lily Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Hi, I have decided i want to be able to create a mail box to attach to my forum so that members can send "emails" to eachother, ive tried searching the internet to no success and was wondering if some people on here could point me in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Where are you stuck exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfreaks Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 http://pmsys.sourceforge.net/ could give this message system a try it is open source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) @trq: That's the thing... I don't even know where to start haha. @darkfreaks: I mean like an email inbox system. Not a private Messaging system - my fault for not specifying sorry. Edited October 9, 2012 by White_Lily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 If you've created a forum, what is confusing about creating a private message system, to the point that you don't know where to start? Or is this a third-party forum? What forum software doesn't come with PMs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 A forum that isn't pre-built? O.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 That answer makes no sense. So you created your own forum? You coded in PHP? Yet you have NO IDEA where to start to create a PM system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) 1) You asked what forum software doesn't come with a PM system. 2) Yes, I created my forum, it is in PHP and I have no idea how to create an EMAIL system. A simple inbox is all that's needed >_< Edited October 9, 2012 by White_Lily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Do you actually mean email like soandso@domain.com, or do you MEAN private messaging? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Maybe you should start by 'splaining exactly what you're trying to accomplish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Okay - I'm looking for something like this forums email system... where you have an INBOX (or so this forum has called it). If that doesn't explain it then I'm not entirely sure what does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 That's not email. It's private messaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 So what your saying is, is that Hotmail Inboxs are not emails... they are private messaging systems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 No, you just said you want it like this forum's system. Hotmail is an email service. That is real email. You use an email address like name@hotmail.com. When you send someone a PM on this forum, you don't use their email address. You use their username and click a link and go write your message. The forum may forward that TO your email, which is completely different. That is just like sending any other mail using PHP. Again. Explain WHAT you want. Be specific. Use the correct terminology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfreaks Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) http://egmods.com/ma...e/pms/index.php tutorial on creating a simple private messaging system with inbox/outbox. Private message system !== email system Edited October 9, 2012 by darkfreaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Okay so following this - how do I go about doing an unread, read system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkerAngel Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Okay so following this - how do I go about doing an unread, read system? Maybe adding a bitwise (0,1 / true,false) message_read column in your SQL table (or however else) that you will be using to store message information, and when that user receives a message it can be false (or unread) and once the person opens it it will be changed to true (or read.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 If you have a basic forum, you already have most of what you need for a PM system. When someone writes a new PM, that's the same as starting a new topic in a forum. Replies to the PM are the same as replies/posts under that topic. The only real coding difference is that the topic/posts are private and can only be seen by the sender and recipient. Posts where the current member is the sender are displayed in his/her outbox. Posts where the current member is the recipient are displayed in his/her inbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 The point of me asking is that the forum doesnt have a read/unread system yet - otherwise, as you said, i would already have what i need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Did you actually read PFMaBiSmAd's reply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Have you read what I said? The forum doesn't have a read/unread system yet... Telling me its the same sequence for a read/unread topic doesn't help - because there is absolutely NO read/unread system in the forum at all. That's why I'm asking how I go about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Troll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Have you read what I said? The forum doesn't have a read/unread system yet... Telling me its the same sequence for a read/unread topic doesn't help - because there is absolutely NO read/unread system in the forum at all. That's why I'm asking how I go about it. Read/unread is not what he said. He said it's the same as posting a message, which, if your forum is working, should already be in place. The only real difference to posting in a thread is that a PM is private between two parties. Read/unread is a completely different thing, one that doesn't have much to do with posting messages at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Reply #17 suggested a way of doing read/unread for a PM system - http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/269278-creating-a-simple-mail-box-for-a-forum/#entry1384098 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Lily Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Okay - so how do I get it to update the database when the person clicks the topic link to mark it as read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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