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post #1 of 56
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We're very excited to announce two new features:

1)  The ability to move multiple Private Messages at once to folders
2)  A new optional "New Private Message" email notification system

The amazing programmer that helped design the folder feature upgrade to the forum was reading that our members were requesting the ability to be notified via email of new Private Messages and also the ability to move multiple messages at once into folders.   He went ahead and built these new upgrades and we've just installed them!

Here are more details:

Mass PM Move:

1)  Go into your PM box http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/message_list.php
2)
  Click the "Move multiple messages " link at the bottom of the page.
3)  Select the PMs you want to move
4)  Click the "move" button
5)  Select the folder you want to move your messages into.


PM Email Notification:

If you haven't been active on the forum or are logged off and someone PMs you you will receive an email that you've got a new PM. 

Like subscriptions to threads you will only receive one email until you login again.

If you log in / out of the forum often and also receive many PM's throughout the day you can disable this feature by clicking the "disable" link in the email you receive or by going into your PM box and clicking the "Disable" link at the bottom of the page next to the text: "PM email notification currently enabled".

If you have any questions or problems with these new features please let us know by replying to this thread!

Rob - Married to my wife Emily for 12 years and have two daughters, 9 and 6.  Home to four hens
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Rob - Married to my wife Emily for 12 years and have two daughters, 9 and 6.  Home to four hens
Nifty-Stuff.com | TheEasyGarden.com  | SufficientSelf.com | BackYardHerds.com
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post #2 of 56

Thanks Nifty  thumbsup

'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.'
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'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.'
Maya Angelou
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post #3 of 56

Great work Nifty! Thanks, those are awesome new features and will be helpful to many!

Rob and Kathleen Schultz
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Rob and Kathleen Schultz
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post #4 of 56

Thanks!

1 Ol' Man, 2 little boys(and i do mean all boy- boys), 4 ducks(Rouen, Pekin, East Indie Call), 5 goats, 1 sheep, 4 turkeys, 2 guineas, and about 50 chickens(orphintons,aracone/americana, Game, etc...to many to list, lol
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1 Ol' Man, 2 little boys(and i do mean all boy- boys), 4 ducks(Rouen, Pekin, East Indie Call), 5 goats, 1 sheep, 4 turkeys, 2 guineas, and about 50 chickens(orphintons,aracone/americana, Game, etc...to many to list, lol
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post #5 of 56

thumbsup Thank you!

Heather,wife of 1 and Mom of 5
1 Golden Retriever, 6 cats, MF d'Uccles, Silkies, Cream Legbars, Black Bresse, MF Leghorns, Snowflake Bobwhite quail, Sebastapol geese, and Silver Appleyard ducks.

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Heather,wife of 1 and Mom of 5
1 Golden Retriever, 6 cats, MF d'Uccles, Silkies, Cream Legbars, Black Bresse, MF Leghorns, Snowflake Bobwhite quail, Sebastapol geese, and Silver Appleyard ducks.

Cream Legbar Club!

My swap page!

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post #6 of 56

Thanks!

If you aren't living for something, you are dying for nothing.

Don't trouble Trouble until Trouble troubles you!
My lady be wary and heed to the lines of this verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid, to let a kiss fool you is worse.

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If you aren't living for something, you are dying for nothing.

Don't trouble Trouble until Trouble troubles you!
My lady be wary and heed to the lines of this verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid, to let a kiss fool you is worse.

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post #7 of 56

Thanks!   I just added a folder, moved a couple of PMs, disabled and enables the email notification - very easy to use!

One possible tiny thing that may pose a problem for users not familiar with folders.  If you have no folders, the system will let you select folders to move, and the move to selection menu shows up empty -- if users have trouble with this, it might help to show "no folders exist" on the selection menu or to  display the message that there are no folders to move the PMs to and that they must first select manage folders from their PM window.  Just a thought.

Fabulous upgrade, thanks SO much, Nifty! thumbsup

I'm not a complete idiot - some parts are missing!
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I'm not a complete idiot - some parts are missing!
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post #8 of 56

I just got my first one, and it caught me offguard. I was just about to post a question about it... Thanks!

Christopher -  
http://www.coyimages.com 
 

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Christopher -  
http://www.coyimages.com 
 

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post #9 of 56

ps - congrats on your programmer selection!!! celebrate  Sounds like a wizard!!!

I'm not a complete idiot - some parts are missing!
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I'm not a complete idiot - some parts are missing!
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post #10 of 56

Do you guys ever get a day off???? wink Thanks so much for the new features! celebrate

Mom to 6 kids-8, 5, 3, 2, 2, 3month, Wife to a track coach, and chicken mommy to:
1 year old- RIR, BR, Buff Orps,... 4 Month old-Silver Wyndottes, Black Stars, BR
3 month old-BOs, EEs, Bronze Turkeys, BR...1 month old-JG, BO...45 Meaties...a brooder full and bator going...still have room for more!
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Mom to 6 kids-8, 5, 3, 2, 2, 3month, Wife to a track coach, and chicken mommy to:
1 year old- RIR, BR, Buff Orps,... 4 Month old-Silver Wyndottes, Black Stars, BR
3 month old-BOs, EEs, Bronze Turkeys, BR...1 month old-JG, BO...45 Meaties...a brooder full and bator going...still have room for more!
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