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Private messaging is enabled!

bart
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 10:06
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I just set up a private messaging system here on OGA.

If you're logged in, you should notice a "Private Messages" heading at the top left corner of the front page.  From there, you can view any private messages that you have.  Additionally, you'll receive a notification in a green box at the top of the page if you have any unread messages.

If you want to send a message to a user, you can either do it from their user page (right under their user portrait) or from the "Write new message" link.

By default, you'll receive an email when someone sends you a private message.  You can turn this off from your user profile page, under Private Messages.  You can also disable private messages entirely if you want.

Finally, if you're finding an individual person to be particularly bothersome, you can block private messages from them and no one else by clicking on the "Blocked Users" tab on the Messages page and entering their username in the box.

In the near future, I'll be adding a link to art pages so users can be messaged directly from there.

If you have any questions or issues, reply below (or send me a private message).

Bart

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surt
joined 15 years 11 months ago
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 22:06
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It'd be nice if message notification could be in the header with the user info as per defacto standard, rather than in already cluttered sidebar and at top of content area (but then I'm not keen on any of the content area notifications, always seemed rather anti-AJAX, my preference would be a notification count in the header with the user info and a timed drop-down).

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bart
joined 13 years 10 months ago
Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 10:37
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That's a good point.  I'll try to make that happen.

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