MyMessages is a web based messaging application that provides similar functionality to the My Messages section of eBay.
Enables complex/active content in your messages to users. Users view their messages via a web browser rather than an unknown email client.
Increases re-visits to your site. Users need to visit the site to read the details of messages.
Provides flexible options to send messages to one or more groups of users or individual users within your portal.
Personalises message content with information from the users profile such as name, username, userid and email address.
Dynamic statistics collected from users viewing, acknowledging and deleting messages
Can be easily integrated into your own components. A complete sample application is available
v1.5 Enhancements
Now requires DNN 3.3.x and 4.3.x for Client API (Ajax) interface enhancements
Refresh and browse inbox without refreshing whole page
Search through you inbox (subject and body of message)
Improved navigation with first, previous, next and last page of inbox and variable filtering
Added features for integrating with MyProfile module
Delete messages without page refresh required
Fixed problem with sending of summary emails
Admin override option of user configuration choices
v1.4 Enhancements
Module configuration now controlled via Security Roles allowing for even more flexible confguration to meet your needs.
Optional colour coding of inbox to highlight important messages
Email notification of receipt of messages
Users can build custom lists of users for repeat messaging
Set default settings for all users from central config
v1.2 Enhancements
All new features are optional and configured by the administrator
Users can reply to a message to the original sender
Users can compose their own messages to another user. This includes a simple search feature to locate other users
Drilldown on master messages to see not only statistics of reads, acknowledges and deletes but also detailed lists of users who have read, acknowledged or deleted a message
Feature Summary:
Message Authoring
Choose one or more DNN security role(s) or user(s) to send a message too
Define your own message categories and categorise emails you write
Specify a priority to control the order in which messages are displayed in a users inbox
Restict a user Deleting a message without seeing the detail view
Require a user to Acknowledge that they have read a message
Set an Expiry date for messages. Expired messages are automatically invisble to users.
The message body is rendered to a web browser so you can assume you have full HTML control of how messages are displayed. You can for example include scrollable DIV tags, Macromedia Flash and any variety of other media files.
NO SPAM - messages to your users are not sent via email
(new) Reply to a message or compose a simple message to another user.
Message History
Each message that is sent is recorded in an audit trail so you know what was sent, by whom and to whom.
Messages collate statistics as users read them.
You know how many users received your message, how many have read, acknowledged or deleted it.
(new) View detailed reports of users who've read or who have not read a message.
Summary Emails
Most users ofcourse do not come back to your site to see if they have any messages. You can easily send a regular reminder which summarises each users messages and reminds them to come back and visit the site to read the details.
The summary email sent, is a fully customisable and based on a HTML template.
The DotNetNuke Module:
Is fully customisable through stylesheet and DNN localisation
Source code is available in VB.NET
Compatible with DNN 3.x and 4.x
Easily integrates into your own custom components. A fully functional sample application is provided to demonstrate 3rd party module integration.
Active Modules, Inc.
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