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Started by dougiefresh, January 08, 2018, 02:45:46 PM

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ARCHIVE OLD PMS v1.4
By Dougiefresh -> Link to Mod



Introduction
This mod moves conversation PMs that are over a user-specified number of days to the bottom of the PM list.  It also attaches an "archived" image to the PM subject, making it easy to identify which PMs have been archived.

The number of days is set on a per-member basis and is initially set to 0.  Changing this value lower than it's current value does not unarchive messages already marked as archived.

Profile Settings
There is a new setting in My Messages => Preferences => Change Settings:
o Enable archiving personal messages?
o Archive personal messages older than [x] days

Compatibility Notes
This mod was tested on SMF 2.0.15 and SMF 2.1 RC 1 using a MySQL database, but should work on SMF 2.0 and up.  SMF 1.x, nor SMF 2.1 Betas are not and will not be supported.  Postgres databases have not been tested.

Related Discussion
o PM Archiving?

Translators
o Spanish Latin translation: Rock Lee.

Changelog
The changelog can be viewed at XPtsp.com.

License
QuoteCopyright (c) 2017 - 2019, Douglas Orend
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

dougiefresh

Uploaded v1.1 - January 9th, 2018
o Added support for 2.1 Beta 3.
o Fixed name of mod in readme.txt documentation file.

landyvlad

I'm sure this is a stupid question, but - if PMs are sorted 'newest first' - wouldn't that make the oldest ones at the bottom anyway ?

From my reading of this it doesn't actually archive PM's, it just marks then as such...?


Perhaps an improvement / suggestion might be to have an option where all PMs older than (x days) are automatically archived into a .zip format and which can then be downloaded easily by the user. ?
[The pm's thus archived would now exist only within that archive]

Just spitballing...
"Put as much effort into your question as you'd expect someone to give in an answer"

Please do not PM, IM or Email me with questions on astrophysics or theology.  You will get better and faster responses by asking homeless people in the street. Thank you.

Be the person your dog thinks you are.

dougiefresh

Naturally, in "One at a time" or "All at once" mode, it is fairly useless, as you pointed out.  However, in conversation mode, the PMs are grouped by which PM is started first (I believe).  So forcing those PMs to the back of the list is the objective....

landyvlad

"Put as much effort into your question as you'd expect someone to give in an answer"

Please do not PM, IM or Email me with questions on astrophysics or theology.  You will get better and faster responses by asking homeless people in the street. Thank you.

Be the person your dog thinks you are.

-Rock Lee-

Here I leave the Spanish Latin translation anything you tell me!


Regards!
¡Regresando como cual Fenix! ~ Bomber Code
Ayudas - Aportes - Tutoriales - Y mucho mas!!!

dougiefresh

Uploaded v1.2 - February 14th, 2018
o Added Spanish Latin translation, courtsey of Rock Lee.
o Added LICENSE.txt to satisfy licensing concerns.
o Moved code that marks PMs as archived so I can use display mode context variable.




@Rock Lee:  Thank you for the translation!  It's been included in this version!

@landyvlad:  I've made a change to the mod so that it only works with the forum set to conversation mode, since it really doesn't make sense to use it in any other PM mode....

dougiefresh

Uploaded v1.3 - October 9th, 2018
o No functionality change.
o Updated documentation to point to new website.

dougiefresh

Uploaded v1.4 - February 25th, 2019
o Updated for SMF 2.1 RC 1.
o Removed support for SMF 2.1 Beta 3.

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