Private Message System

[Hazza]

It should be so "Your Notifications" is there all the time whether you have PM/VM imo.

[joshuar]

It should be so "Your Notifications" is there all the time whether you have PM/VM imo.

That's how it should be, but because I have to make the option of turning it on or off, it messes it up.

I am going out for the day then got work later, I will try and find some time to do it later but I will probably end up going to bed after work again.

[Neversoft]

It's the same for me.

Welcome, Neversoft.
You last visited: Today at 05:53 PM

I want my PMs bit back.

I put it to don't show notifications, but nothing happened, so I put it back to show notifications and now it's back to normal. :S

It's gone back to not showing the PMs bit now but I've done nothing. :S

[Paulio]

That's like trying to update milkshakes and removing the milk!!

It was miles better when you got a number there teling you how many you had.

[Firehorse]

I don't see why there is all this fuss about a small new feature that wasn't even needed in the first place? Personally I like the old one and I'm sure many others do. Any complications could simply have been avoided if the old function had been set as default and the forum users simply informed about the change.

I do believe there will be some forum members unable to find their list of PMs which will cause frustration in the near future.

[GommeInc]

I'm not sure what's going on, but the original plan was to have private messages as they are, but when you have a profile message you have the notification underneath it, which I think might even be the default setting for vBulletins. How comes the sudden need to do something no-one wanted (and thought possible)?

[Plank]

It has been fixed now and joshuar has put up a guide in the announcements. Those that don't like the new feature can change back to the old one if they want.

http://www.habboxforum.com/showpost....59&postcount=2

After the endless trauma of the problems with the notifications, I believe it should now be FIXED.

This is how they should function...
Show Notifications? set to 'Yes'
You will see this most of the time:

Welcome, joshuar.
You last visited: Yesterday at 10:44 PM
Private Messages: Unread 0, Total 1359.

When you get a new notification it will then change into something like:

Welcome, joshuar.
You last visited: Yesterday at 10:44 PM
Notifications: 2

Clicking on Notifications will allow a drop down, allowing you to see what you are being notified about.

Show Notifications? set to 'No'
It will be just how you are used to it:

Welcome, joshuar.
You last visited: Yesterday at 10:44 PM
Private Messages: Unread 0, Total 1359.

Meaning that it will not change to a notifications menu, it will only show PMs.

EVERYBODY IS SET TO 'YES' BY DEFAULT, YOU MUST CHANGE THIS YOURSELF BY GOING TO YOUR USER CP -> EDIT OPTIONS -> SHOW NOTIFICATIONS?

If you believe it is functioning wrong please post in the Bug Tracker with what the problem is, and what your Show Notifications? is set to and it will be looked into.

Thanks for your patience during this painful period

[joshuar]

I'm not sure what's going on, but the original plan was to have private messages as they are, but when you have a profile message you have the notification underneath it, which I think might even be the default setting for vBulletins. How comes the sudden need to do something no-one wanted (and thought possible)?

That's now how it should be, basically MAD wanted it so users could choose between having notifications and having the old school setup (also with the amount of PMs AGMs get, they would rather have the PM thing there rather than notifications).

However, the code was being a pain in the rear and was being fiddily, plus, users were getting set to a value that didn't exist on the Show Notifications option, meaning they were getting no PMs or notifications.

It was supposed to be a simple addition that went wrong basically

[GommeInc]

Ah I see, but the original idea which HabMate uses would be best of both worlds. If people don't want Profile Messages, then they won't get them because they probably wouldn't have the time or the interest to even message other people, so they wouldn't get them and if they did, it's a quick look in the profile field. Not sure why you can't go with that idea, because that seems sensible compared to having to play around with coding. Unless the HabMate one was coding, but I didn't think there was anyone on there that would do that