A number of people have asked me if there was a private message system inside the new web site, and I had been saying no.
Well I was checking on some updates for the site and realised that there has been a private message system within the forum module all the time, it is just well hidden. I have now enabled it.
To be able to use it you need to opt in. To do this
- Login
- Go to the forum section
- On the row of buttons above the list of forums, you should see a down point arrow button for the 'Inbox'.Select this, if you don't see this button see below
- At the bottom of the screen you should see a Private Message section with an inbox, outbox and New message option
- You can send a message to anyone who has private messaging enable (again see below), at present me, Richard Leake and a test account. To address a message to someone you just need to know there site login ID (which you can get from a forum post, or try to guess and the page will try to fill in for you as you type e.g. typing r shows Richards and my account)
- After this it is just like posting on the forum or an email
- I think that if you have any private messages when you go to the forum page the inbox button icon will flash red, but I am unsure of this
IF YOU DON’T see the inbox or private message buttons or sections, you need to enable private messaging
- On the row of buttons above the list of forums select the ‘My settings' the one with a cog
- Select this, then forum settings, then edit settings and make sure ‘enable private messages’ then press the update at the bottom of the page
- You then get the private message options
Hope this is useful, PM me if you have problems