[1.1.0] mChat Edit Details

[kasimi]

This mChat add-on extension adds an icon ✍ to edited messages. When clicking on the icon a popup more details is displayed. If a message was edited multiple times, information of the latest edit is displayed.

Note that to get this extension working it is necessary to manually add a new template event to mChat. See the requirements section below.

To see this extension in action have a look at mChat's archive pages here on this board. It shouldn't take you long to find an edited message.


Screenshots

• Before editing a message:
  
  
• After editing a message:
  
  
• When clicking on the edit icon a popup is displayed:
  
  
• Users with u_mchat_ip permission can also see the IP address of the user who edited the message:
  
  

Requirements

• PHP at least 5.4.7
• phpBB at least 3.2.0
• mChat at least 2.1.0
• If you use mChat 2.0.3 or earlier, you need to use version 1.0.2 of this extension.
• If you use mChat 2.0.0 or older, the following edit is required so that the ✍ icon can be displayed:
  • Open ext/dmzx/mchat/styles/prosilver/template/mchat_messages.html (view on GitHub)
  • Find {mchatrow.MCHAT_TIME}</span></div>
  • Replace with {mchatrow.MCHAT_TIME}</span><!-- EVENT dmzx_mchat_messages_header_after --></div>

Download

This extension is only available to Donors. How to get access.

phpbb-ext-mchat-editdetails-1.1.0.zip

How to install, update and uninstall extensions: https://www.phpbb.com/extensions/installing/
Install path: ext/kasimi/mchateditdetails/

Changelog

• v1.1.0 - 2018-07-30
  • Dropped support for phpBB 3.1 and mChat 2.0.x. You need at least phpBB 3.2.0 and at least mChat 2.1.0.
  • Only include script data if mChat is rendered
  • Use Twig template syntax
• v1.0.2 - 2017-04-07
  • Fixed bug in JavaScript that in some cases prevents code from other extensions from running.
• v1.0.1 - 2016-11-12
  • Fixed compatibility with Relative Dates extension
• v1.0.0 - 2016-11-11
  • First release

Old versions:

[terry2]

Great addon thankyou.

[kasimi]

Thanks, let's hope it will show in the download numbers.

Please keep an eye on your board's performance, especially if it's a large one. The extension adds quite a complex SQL query. It performed ok in my local tests but it could make a noticeable difference if you have lots of messages (100k or more), I'm not sure. I might have to look into adding some indices to the phpbb_mchat_log table.

[terry2]

Mchat prunes every 2 days but will turn prune off to see how it runs our chat is always busy with bs being posted lol.

[Tarantino]

On my forum I had a little bug.

I needed to edit the file: dmzx_mchat_messages_header_after.html

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to this:

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Or else:

Maybe its related with "Relative Dates Extension"
EDIT: Yup, I confirm. Problem occur because of that extension. I'll disable it since I don't like it. xD

[kasimi]

Thanks for reporting. I posted version 1.0.1 that fixes this issue, just in case you feel like using the Relative Dates extension in the future again.

[dsaf]

Will you enable a feature to display the old edited message and the new one in the popup? Would be very handy to see what they edited?

[kasimi]

Well, the edit times are stored by mChat itself, this extension only offers a way to display them. It doesn't record anything in the database itself. The previous texts would need to be stored in addition which could be done but at the moment I don't think it's worth the effort. If implemented, letting users know that their previous texts are stored as well would be a decent thing I think. All in all it's not as easy as just sending some data to the template.

[terry2]

I think Dmzx had an ext that showed the message of edited posts and deleted messages too.

[kasimi]

Sounds like what dsaf is looking for. Feel free to give him directions so that he can check it out.