ElbowRobo

Hello, can you check the latest version please? ??

Can you define “doesn’t work”?

This plugin uses internal BuddyPress functions so if they are not getting notifications it is likely they have turned them off in the settings. Replies are handled through the internal system so a reply there is default BP behavior and nothing to do with this plugin. What versions of BP and WP are you running?

Sending 450 messages is obviously going to take a while. I could look into ajaxifying the send screen to give progress updates to alleviate this problem as then there will be some on-going feedback rather than all at the end. In the meantime I would suggest you just wait for the page, click the send button and wait. It will be crunching through every member and handling internal hooks and filters for each of these messages too. The plugin actually adds a bit of a delay when sending messages to avoid crippling the server – you can remove this and try again as long as you are on a good host it shouldn’t be a problem.

File: includes/settings.php
Line: 478 – 479
Code:

if($sent % 50 == 0)
	sleep(2);

The plugin works, but it seems like it’s just taking a long time to complete. Which is natural. For 450 users, removing the above code will reduce about 20 seconds from the load time. Let me know if that helps.

As for “when they reply there is nothing to let them know their message has been sent” it sounds like your theme is missing the call to display notices.
<?php do_action( 'template_notices' ) ?>

This plugin is being used in production successfully on a lot of websites. It seems like it is an issue with your configuration more than anything. I will reply to your support topic to provide you with help.

@bruce30 I have replied to your other topic for clarification ??

I’m not fully sure I understand what you mean? Where would it show this information?

Just published Version 2.0.1 to clean up a few things. 2.0.2 will include the features I didn’t manage to slip in.

I have also updated my website for those looking to donate.

Thanks

@webprom
I’m not sure to be honest, not used translations before. All the strings are “translatable” I think I just have to map them out in a file. I’ll look into it.

Unfortunately this will not become part of the core. The main reason is that I am currently developing Mass Messaging in BuddyPress Pro which is a ￡10 upgrade for enhanced functionality.

Coders need cola ??

However, almost everything the “Pro” version can do you will be able to do manually – it’ll just be a lot easier to manage from an admin screen. The pro version will include the ability to setup custom “access” rules for both complex “who can access” and “what can they access”.

Meanwhile, until I finish that (and in case you don’t want to support the project ;)) the following should work. It has not been tested though so use with caution.

add_filter('mass_messaging_in_buddypress_can_access', 'mass_messaging_access');
function mass_messaging_access($access){
    $user = wp_get_current_user();
    return current_user_can('your_custom_capability') || in_array('your_custom_role', (array) $user->roles);
}

Let me know if that works for you. Thanks ??

Version 2.0.1 will have the following changes (hopefully released this week):

@mobetman2
* Long lists of members / groups / blogs will include a scroll bar by default

@webprom
* When PMs are disabled it will use emails instead
* Option to show group specific mass-messaging on the group admin page (useful with the above)

I’ll take a look at other features that I can slip in. I’d rather do more updates with less features than to keep the important stuff waiting ??

The only problem, is where to show this menu? What seems like the most likely place for this? In the root of a users profile? So…

https://yoursite.com/members/admin/mass-messaging/

I will try and get this in the next update. What will happen is it will detect if PMs are enabled, and if they are will do the same as the above. If they are disabled then it will remove the “Send as a single thread button” because your users probably value their email privacy and instead send out emails.

Does that sound good?

It is designed with translations in mind but have not set it up to be able to yet. I’ll try and sneak this out with the next update if I can. Once it is ready I’ll add it in the changelog.

With PMs disabled I am not sure how it would work? The whole idea is that this is basically a mass PM sender. How would it be intended to be used?

Yeah, that should definitely be possible and will be something I will be looking into for the next version.

I’ll definitely look into a solution to reduce the length of the page!

I appreciate the support!

Version 2.0.0 has been released and has been a complete rewrite. Enjoy ;D