fCommunity suggestions lists for users Private Messages (PMs):
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Private Message (PM) Send button is not formatted or looks a bit different than other formated elements
All buttons should keep the same styling (Light/Dark mode included). Some buttons are Green, some Blue, some looks like unformatted...
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Add icon to the PM lists: Create New Message. Currently we see only messages from users who sent us already PMs but it is hard to figure it out how to send someone a new PM.
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Add icon search/filter/sort (by PM date - default, A-Z, Z-A, Pinned vs Blocked users) users in PMs lists users but also add second field: search/filter in Private Messages by a speficic keyword. Pinned Users should always stay at the top of Messages users list. New messages for other users than those should be shown below those selected by users
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Ability to mark all PMs from selected user/s as read/Unread so user can read that message later again.
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Ability to Pin archive/delete PMs - also implement Trash Bin for deleted/archived messages (so they won`t be stored forever in our WP DB.
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Ability to archive/hide/show selected Users in PM Lists so those users will dispapear from PM users list until a new message will be received. If someone have a lot of PMs he should be able to hide some users (expandable users list for hidden users at the bottom of this list)
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At some point we need to be able to freeup some space and have mass cleanup capabilities to empty deleted items: posts, PMs, attachments (if ther are not being deleted from Trashbin after x days automatically) from Trash bins - of course if Trash Bins feature will be implemented.
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Ability to create new PM with multiusers so those users can chat together. User could create a new PM and then select users for this Group PMs so they can have a group private Chat between those invited users.
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Ability to add attachments to PMs in case users wants to talk in private and share some private files with each other. Those attachments could be available in Media Library only for those users (maybe they could be stored in a separate users subfolders who participate in the Private Chat).
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Ability to addattachments if they are already in Media Library. Currently users can add only new attachments. If attachments are from Private Messages or Group PMs then only those users should be able to add them from Media Library. -
Ability to block user (or selected users) for sending PMs (messages from admins/managers could not be blocked in PMs, however Admins/Managers could select if they want to receive PMs from: Subscriber users, External Users etc).
if we receive PM and we open /portal/chat we cannot see immiediatelly from which user this private message is coming from. If there are unread messages (one or many messages - it doesnt matter) from a user we should see any indicators next to User Profile name that this user just send this message.
Important: some users might not provide: First and Last Name in their profile (or change it later to empty values) and then we will be able to see only their Profile Picture so we could see a Red Indicator on that user Profile Picture that he is the one who sent us PM.
I am just wondering what is the point of sending PM/Chat message "to the Space Name" (I am not talking about 1:1 chat but 1:SpaceName conversations).
When the user doesn't have access to that Space it is justified case to use PM/Chat with that "Space Name" but if a user is already in that Space why there is a need to send PM/Chat especially when everybody from that Space (all members) can read those Private Messages/Chats. It is easier to submit a post instead of PM/Caht.
Maybe in this case only Admin/Manager could have access to PM/Chat when someone is using SpaceName for the PM/Chat conversation (so not all members can read/reply those messages).
Any hints in this matter are welcomed so I can understand the concept.