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z2z
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Private Message - Search | Backup | Mass delete

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Hi,

This are my feature request for 3.0.7 or 3.0.8 :)

I would love to see search feature for Private Messages and ability to backup selected or full all pm's them as xls, text or xml 8-)

Justified request eh?

Edited : Added Mass Delete too.
Last edited by z2z on Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Post by stickerboy »

You can already export pm's in a vanilla installation ;)
Go to your list of Private Messages and at the bottom is a drop down where you can export to CSV, CSV (excel) and XML
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how to change moderators to admins

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hi could any 1 tell me how to change moderators to administrators

thanks

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Re: Private Message - Search | Backup

Post by TerryE »

Yup, ask the Q on the correct support forum. Goto http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=46 :-)

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Re: Private Message - Search | Backup

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cherokee red wrote:You can already export pm's in a vanilla installation ;)
Go to your list of Private Messages and at the bottom is a drop down where you can export to CSV, CSV (excel) and XML
See picture below -
Well, I m aware of that ;) ... Normally Administrator and moderators get huge number of private messages.So its very difficult to backup all with current available backup feature.

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In above case, user has to conduct export/backup procedures for 19 times.

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Re: Private Message - Search | Backup

Post by EXreaction »

Yes, working with a large number of PM's is extremely difficult in phpBB3. Just the other day I was testing something on my live site and got over 4,000 debug PM's on my account (I have it set to send me a PM whenever an error is encountered). Luckly though I've edited mine so I can specify the number of PM's shown on one page (there may be a mod for it), so I could delete them all rather easily. If I'd have been stuck with 25 at a time I'd never be able to remove them all.

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Did these capabilities ever find their way into a version release or a MOD release?

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Re: Private Message - Search | Backup | Mass delete

Post by Michaelo »

I know it's almost a year later but search in PM's would be a great benefit...
Another option I could live with is... DB export of PM's so I could keep a copy on my local server....
There is often valuable information which remains valid for several years... mind you I could do this from the ACP but what if I was not an admin?
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