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This plugin adds a Facebook-like wall to wall capability to the current Elgg messageboard. It replaces the history link on the messageboard. The two primary benefits are being able to view a conversation that you were not a part of and being able to leave a new message on a conversation that you were a part of. This makes the messageboard much easier to use and conversations much easier to follow.

To install, place in mod directory and then enable in tools administration making sure it is below the messageboard in the plugin list.

The plugin overrides display aspects of the default elgg messageboard plugin. It does not change the storage of messages in the database so it is always possible to go back to the original message board.

If you don't want facebook-like language, edit the en.php file in languages. There is a alternate set of strings in there that I prefer. You just have to comment out the old strings and uncomment the other ones.

This is the Elgg 1.5 and 1.6 version

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SeasluG

Nice!!! Works perfectly on 1.5 no problems so far.

SeasluG 366 days ago

antifmradio

really good idea mate

antifmradio 366 days ago

lord55

thanks, a useful fuction.

do you have an idea how to put messageboard in riverdashboard page? antifmradio proposed a new plugin, and it's a good idea...but not possible a little hack in riverdashboard plugin with a file that calls messageboard like it is for the wire and new members ?!?!?!

thanks in advance for help if you can.

lord55 366 days ago

Cash

@lord55 - look at how the thewire was integrated with the riverdashboard and then use that as a model. I'm not sure what use integrating the messageboard will be though since the riverdashboard can only be viewed by its owner.

Cash 365 days ago

prem

Cash this pluggin looks nice, I have one suggestion, we can have still the history link in the message board and another link to view your conversation which when clicked popups a new window like that for embeding file with tiny mce in new elgg. Orkut is using such a thing for their scrapbook. so that we can see other messages and our communications also.

prem 363 days ago

rkae

Good stuff, works perfectly on 1.5.

rkae 363 days ago

TahoeBilly

Cash you seem to have your shit together!

TahoeBilly 359 days ago

sunirmalya

great - thanks Cash

sunirmalya 354 days ago

kipper

This was exactly what I was looking for, Thanks. I have uploaded and seated it just below the message board and enabled it. So far I can not see any change to the board. Seems I am missing something. Will keep checking as I really need this.

cheers

kipper 341 days ago

Cash

@kipper - If you are using this on a test site that only has one user, you won't notice anything. The "wall to wall" link only displays when users have posted on other users' message boards.

Cash 340 days ago

kipper

Thanks Cash, thought I was going crazy. So you have to be invited by the user to post on their wall?

I'll set up another user and play about. (It's so important to me to get this working as 300 of my potential users are already facebook users)

Cheers

kipper 338 days ago

kipper

Got it. Forget last question.

Only thing I can't work out is if the posted messages between two people can be seen by everyone.

thanks, great plug in.

kipper 338 days ago

Cash

@kipper - It depends on how you define everyone. Elgg has four base permissions levels (private, friends only, logged in users, public). When you setup your site you selected a sitewide default permission level. Each user can override that by changing the permission on the messageboard widget. That should determine who can see what. When testing, I often have several different browsers open at once (IE, FF, Opera, etc) with one not logged in, one logged in but not a friend, another logged in and a friend of a particular user that I'm testing with.

Cash 337 days ago

kipper

Cash,

Thanks for that. I had missed that site wide default setting - now on logged in users.

kipper 337 days ago

pwb70

Once enabled, where does this show up? I don't see it in the tools menu, or in the widget gallery? I'm probably missing something that should be obvious.

pwb70 270 days ago

Dagorath

@pwb70: take a look at the messageboard widget and look for the words "wall to wall". ;)

Dagorath 270 days ago

pwb70

@Dagorath Thats the pointer I needed. :-)

Is there a widget here that will search for pwb70 so I can tell when someone has replyed to my comments :-)!!! (So many widgets to write, so little time.)

pwb70 270 days ago

Cash

@pwb70 - unfortunately there is nothing like that yet. The easiest way to build this is to allow a user to register for comment threads they are interested in. This could be done through a relationship. When new comments are added, the notification code checks to see if anyone has established a "track" relationship on the entity.

Cash 270 days ago

iwans

@Chash Thanks

iwans 254 days ago

Markshr

can't get to show up, anything im missing?

Markshr 160 days ago

enadri

there is an incompatibility with elgg 1.6.1

The widget is not listed

Can you help us ?

enadri 160 days ago

Cash

@Markshr and @enadri - You need to read the instructions at the top. This changes functionality of the messageboard plugin that comes with Elgg. If you don't have the messageboard plugin enabled, you won't see any changes. You need to have at least two users to see what it does with one commenting on the other person's messageboard. And yes, it works just fine with Elgg 1.6.1

Cash 159 days ago