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Private Messages Problem

LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

Hello, 

I have the Private Messages plugin installed but for some reason it’s not displaying has it should.

Here is an example :

http://www.dota2quebec.com/forum/equipes-recrutement-1/cherche-du-monde/page-2/#p118

The PM icon is not displaying.. do you guys know why?

Also there, http://www.dota2quebec.com/forum/members you can see the PM icon is displayed for the admins but not for the rest of the members? Any idea why?

I have the exact same setup on another site (http://dayzquebec.com/forum/members/) and it’s displaying correctly. But everything is the same. Not sure why it’s not displaying on the 1st site!

Thanks for the help!

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LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

Mr Papa said
Do users have permission to use pm?

My my…embarassed

Sorry Mr.Papa haha I should have known this :)

‘Problem’ solved! laugh

LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

One more thing, not sure if it’s related to permissions this time but the Post Ratings and Post Thanks plugins are not displaying either. (permission is activated)

Is there something special I need to know about these?

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

Users will need permission for them too… And each one is individually enabled per forum since users dont always want them in all forums… so edit each forum and enable…

see:

http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/plugin-post-thanks/ http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/post-rating/

for more info….

LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

Ahh ok

I see the Extended option for the Post Rating but not for the Thanks tho

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
Member

No – Steve was mistaken – there is no extended option for thanks. Once active it should just appear in each post – beside the PM icon. But there IS a permission to use it that you do need to turn on. Both thanks and private messaging should show up in the ‘general’ group within the permission admin panel.

I would point out that the very first screenshot you linked to in your first post of this thread actually showed a topic for a guest user. Guests – or non-registered users – can not use either the PM or the Post Thanks.

LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

Thanks

Ok then I’m not sure why it’s not displaying!
Everything is activated

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
Member

OK – what Simple:Press theme are you using and – if one of ours and not a custom one – have you updated it to the most recent version?

LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

I am using the css-only theme.
I only modified the .css

I tried reverting to the default .css cause I was not sure if I hided the button by mistake maybe but it was not displaying either.

Yes I have installed the latest forum and theme

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
Member

No – I am not seeing it on the CSS only theme either. I think it has been left off.

Would you be up for a little minor editing?

LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

Yes sure

Could you point it to me? It’s in the .css ?

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
Member

No – it is a template – in the templates folder of the SP theme. In this case the spTopiView.php template.

Locate the comment ‘# Start the ‘post’ section‘ about two thirds through the file. Then in the block of code below that locate the line of code that reads:

if (function_exists('sp_PostIndexSendPm')) sp_PostIndexSendPm('tagClass=spButton spRight', __sp('PM'), __sp('Send PM to this user'));

Now immediately following the above line of code add this line of code:

if (function_exists('sp_thanks_thank_the_post')) sp_thanks_thank_the_post('tagClass=spButton spRight', __sp('Thank'), __sp('Thanked'), __sp('Add thanks to this post'), __sp('You have already thanked this post'));

And that should do the trick.

I have made surer this ios now in the official build and it will be in the next update of the theme.

LA Lachance
Lachance
Member

I have noticed something else since latest update

Signature page is not loading (circle keep loading)

I tried on my other website that has not been updated yet and Signature tab is loading fine