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Ben L.

Member

If you need to delete bbPM from your database (to get a fresh install), you'll need to delete the bbpm_settings key from your bb_meta (1.0+) or bb_topicmeta (0.8+)

Posted: 2 years ago #
honestscott

Member

Thanks that worked, but I am still getting a 404 error even after inserting the code into my .htaccess file. I reloaded bbpm after deleting the DB and that key, and I get the fatal error could not be activated, but it did activate. ( I had already added the (edited) line of code to my htaccess file from your FAQ section)

So, I go to the forum home page and click the private message link and I get this 404 error message "The requested URL /pm was not found on this server." I looked and sure enough there is no folder called pm in my bbpress install folder.

I am using bbpress version 0.9.0.4 with pretty permalinks.

How do I fix this?

Thanks!

Posted: 2 years ago #
nexusweb

Member
First off, I love this plugin. I was coming to point out a small bug/ask a question related to it when I saw there was a related question already, so I checked that out too...

First, in the email that gets sent to a user saying they have a new message. When I click the link and I'm NOT already logged in, I'm taken to a blank in/outbox. So, good...not showing it to ppl. When I click on login on that page though it tries to send me to the bb-login.php and pulls a 404.

Is this related to the 404 error problem in your FAQ?

When logged in already, clicking the link in the email takes you right to the PM, as do all the normal links on the forum related to PM. No 404 errors.

Secondly... related to the other matter I saw mentioned earlier... Perhaps the link to "PM this user" shouldn't be visible if not logged in to the board?

Clicking on it while not logged in on my board is producing this:
```
PM title: (be brief and descriptive)
[FORM]

Send PM to:
[FORM]

Fatal error: Call to a member function has_cap() on a non-object in /home/jregrass/public_html/forums/bb-plugins/human-test.php on line 49
```
Not a big deal b/c they can't send it, but still.

Thanks again for a great Plugin!
Posted: 2 years ago #
Ben L.

Member

nexusweb, try using the development version.

Posted: 2 years ago #
Ben L.

Member

honsestscott, as far as I can tell, you haven't uploaded the bbpm folder to my-plugins.

Posted: 2 years ago #
nexusweb

Member

Awesome! Works. You rock. THANKS! :)

Notice though that the "PM this User" link doesn't auto fill my PM "Send PM to:" field anymore.

Posted: 2 years ago #
honestscott

Member

"honsestscott, as far as I can tell, you haven't uploaded the bbpm folder to my-plugins. "

Yes, it's uploaded in my-plugins not bb-plugins.

I updated the .htaccess file in both the forum root and my main domain root.

I have tried deleting everything and downloading a fresh copy of the plugin and reloaded it and still get the same problem.

Does the plugin create new folder on my bbpress root directory?

Maybe something on my server is preventing that...I always get the fatal error message when I activate.

I am pretty good at getting plugins to work I just can't get yours to.

This is the rest of the 404 error I get when I click on the Private Message Link on my forum home page:

Not Found

The requested URL /pm was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at forum.howtogetyourexbackfast.com Port 80

Any Ideas?

Posted: 2 years ago #
Ben L.

Member
No, there's no folder. That's why you need the RewriteRule.

Try putting the following in your FORUM .htaccess:
```
RewriteRule ^pm/?(.*)$ /my-plugins/bbpm/index.php?$1 [L]
```
Posted: 2 years ago #
Ben L.

Member

nexusweb: Update your bbpm.php to the development version. There was a glitch in the fix for the other glitch. Wow, ironic.

Posted: 2 years ago #
honestscott

Member

"No, there's no folder. That's why you need the RewriteRule.

Try putting the following in your FORUM .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^pm/?(.*)$ /my-plugins/bbpm/index.php?$1 [L]"

I added that to my FORUM .htaccess file and it didn't work.

But...

I found the problem!

This line of code was missing from my Forum .htaccess file "RewriteEngine on" w/o quotes, and I added it just before the rewrite code you just gave me and it works!

I have to learn all this on the fly...thanks so much for this plugin and your help. :-)

Posted: 2 years ago #
honestscott

Member

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way as administrator to broadcast a PM to all my members at once.

Say like there is a new feature I wanted to point out or to explain how to use a certain feature...is there someway to accomplish that with this plugin?

Thanks!

Posted: 2 years ago #
Ben L.

Member

honestscott: The way bbPM decides if a user can see a private message is by looking at the to and from fields of the message in the database. If you want to send a message to everyone on the forum at once, why not make a topic?

Posted: 2 years ago #
tribsel

Member

Hi, I need to hide Send PM To: line in the form. Email address is used as user login in my case (didnt invent this and I am not able to change it right now ) and I dont want to show user's email address to everyone.

is there an easy way to do it? like comment some line or something? :)

another and better solution would be if this plugin could use and show just display_names everywhere where applicable...

Posted: 2 years ago #
Ben L.

Member

tribsel: display names can be the same for multiple people, so there would be no way for the server to know who the message should be sent to.

Posted: 2 years ago #
tribsel

Member

thanks, I understand that... I just have to do something about it, as email address is stored in user_login field in my case. not a good idea.

Posted: 2 years ago #
citizenkeith

Member

Ok... I finally managed to update to PHP 5 and I have the latest version installed (alpha 4b).

I can't change the "Maximum inbox/outbox size" in the admin menu to anything larger than 9. Seems only single-digit numbers are saved.

Here's what is in my bbpm_settings table:

a:2:{s:9:"max_inbox";i:1000;s:7:"version";s:11:"0.1-alpha4b";}

For an earlier install (before you added the admin menu), I had changed the max to 1000. It never changes when I change via the admin menu.

Posted: 2 years ago #
circuit

Member

i have upgraded from the old plugin and i am getting the same problem with pages not loading, as mentioned here:

"Should a PM link look like this?
http://www.mydomain.com/forums/my-plugins/bbpm/?0#pm-2203

When using alpha3, the link appears differently:
http://www.mydomain.com/forums/my-plugins/bbpm/?2203#pm-2203"

how can i fix this, please? i have tried alpha 4 and the development version. it's pretty vital that users can get to their old messages...

Posted: 2 years ago #
citizenkeith

Member

When using Theme Switcher, I can't switch to a different theme while viewing a PM. Not sure if this is a bbPM problem or a Theme Switcher plugin.

For example, this URL:
http://www.mydomain.com/forums/my-plugins/bbpm/?2#pm-7

Becomes this when switching:
http://www.mydomain.com/forums/pm/2?bbtheme=Mysty

Posted: 2 years ago #
Ben L.

Member

citizenkeith: That's probably a combination of bbPM's attempt at semi-pretty permalinks for people without mod_rewrite turned on and some aspect of the theme switcher plugin.

circuit: http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpm/page/2/#post-3418

Posted: 2 years ago #
circuit

Member

yeah, thanks, i read all of that but it didn't solve the problem of all my PMs having an ID of zero. i had to empty the PM table to get the plugin working. no biggie, but you might want to warn people to back up their DB before they upgrade, in case they can't live with starting all over again.

Posted: 2 years ago #

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