CS Nuggets

CS: Private Message Notification for CS 2.1

The following changes will notify of Private Message posts and tell you how many new posts that you have:

CommunityServerBlogs(20)/Controls/DisplayUserWelcome.cs and
CommunityServerControls(20)/Skins/DisplayUserWelcome.cs:

Replace the AttachChildControls() method with:

protected override void AttachChildControls()
{
    int privateMessageCount = 0;
    string url = "";
    string anchorClass;

    // Only process if the user is signed in
    if (!csContext.Context.Request.IsAuthenticated)
        return;

    Control privateMessages = FindControl("PrivateMessages");

    if (privateMessages != null)
    {
        if (Users.EnablePM(csContext.User))
        {
            privateMessageCount = UserMessages.UnreadMessagesCount(csContext.User.UserID);

            if (privateMessageCount > 0)
            {
                url = string.Format(ResourceManager.GetString("PrivateMessage_Unread"), privateMessageCount);
                anchorClass = " class=\"NewPrivateMessage\"";
            }
            else
            {
                url = string.Format(ResourceManager.GetString("PrivateMessages_Messages"), privateMessageCount);
                anchorClass = string.Empty;
            }

            // Set URL
            url = string.Format("<a{0} href=\"{1}\">{2}</a>", anchorClass, Globals.GetSiteUrls().UserPrivateMessages, url);

            // Add to control tree
            privateMessages.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(" | " + url));
        }
        else
        {
            privateMessages.Visible = false;
        }
    }
}

CommunityServerComponents(20)/UserMessages.cs:

Change the line:

CSCache.Insert(key, unreadCount, 3600);

to read:

CSCache.Insert(key, unreadCount, 60);

You could change the timeout value to 1 second or some other value, but 60 seconds is probably a good setting as 1 minute is the new CS standard for running site processes.

CommunityServerWeb(20)/Languages/en-US/Resources.xml:

Find the following 2 lines:

<resource name = "PrivateMessages_Messages"> Inbox</resource>
<resource name = "PrivateMessage_Unread">Inbox ({0})</resource>

and replace then with:

<resource name = "PrivateMessages_Messages">Inbox</resource>
<resource name = "PrivateMessage_Unread">Inbox ({0})</resource>

In the Common.css file of every theme:

After the section:

#welcome A, #welcome A:VISITED, #welcome A:ACTIVE, #welcome A:HOVER
{
   <snip>
 }

insert:

/* This is the class that will override parent styles when a user has messages */
#welcome A.NewPrivateMessage, #welcome A.NewPrivateMessage:VISITED, #welcome A.NewPrivateMessage:ACTIVE, #welcome A.NewPrivateMessage:HOVER
{
   color: #FF0000;
}