New sub-module: Site-wide contact form

Great module. I tested it and am using it on a production site.

I found one error for the case where there are multiple categories without a default category specified.

At line 65 of privatemsg_contact.pages.inc there is a 'not' that should not be used. I made the following change:

// Tally July 2009: there should not be a 'not' in next line - "Please choose" is to be displayed when no default
 -  if (!empty($default_category)) {
 +  if (empty($default_category)) {

The Please choose feature is important to me because I don't set a default category. That way, the automated comment spammers cannot send messages because the error message for not selecting a category stops them. This same technique keeps automated comment spammers from registering on my site.

Also, when I get messages, I want to know what category was selected. Contact messages for all categories go to one address. So, using severe overkill, I put the category name in front of the subject and I also added it to the body of the message.

I replaced lines 123-129 in the original privatemsg_contact.pages.inc file with the following code:

// Tally July 2009 - Get  category name
   $cat_id = $values['cid'];
   $result = db_query('SELECT category FROM {pm_contact} WHERE cid = %d', $cat_id);
   $category_name = db_fetch_object($result);
	
// Tally July 2009: Add category to subject line
   $values['subject'] = $category_name->category . ': ' . $values['subject'];

// Tally July 2009 - formatted text for presentation
   if (!$user->uid) {
   $body = t('Category: <strong>@category</strong><br />Sent via the site-wide contact form by anonymous user: <strong>@name</strong>. <br />Reply to: @mail', array('@category' => $category_name->category, '@name' => $values['name'], '@mail' => $values['mail'])) .' <hr /><br />';
   }
   else {
// Tally July 2009 - formatted text for presentation  
    $body = t('Category: <strong>') . $category_name->category . t('</strong><br />Sent via the site-wide contact form. <hr />');	
   }
   $body .= $values['message'];

Does messaging.module provide such redirection? If so, I would push people their way - reduces duplication and stuff.

Can this sub-module be brought up to speed and possibly compatible with 6.x-2.x-dev? This is a great new feature!

Re-rolled the module with a few modifications..
- Recipients are now stored as a string and looked up when sending messages with _privatemsg_parse_username(). That will allow easier integration with non-user recipients like roles. There is still a permission issue, though...
- It is now possible to define subject and body (both for authenticated and anon users) per category through the admin interface.

Note: There are database changes and there is no upgrade path. You have to uninstall (not simply disable) the module and install it again. No sent messages will be lost but you have to re-create your categories and the settings.

Nice idea!.
I have one question: would it make sense to have an option to select between e-mail and pm transport for anonymous user requests ? That could make replying easier, compared to case when you receive pm first and then get notified by mail.

FYI, I installed and configured the privatemsg_contact module at the newly installed demo site: http://demo.worldempire.ch, if someone wants to test it.

Re-roll, a few (mostly permission related) bugs fixed, some string changes, for example, removed a "Please" ( That shouldn't be used according to the new UI text standards).

Oh, and, I backported some of the D7 contact.module tests.

Keeping track of this... Berdir, do you want me to test? It's a feature I hadn't really considered before. I mainly used the Webform module for a site contact form...

--Ben

Subscribing and hopping it gets mollom compatible in the future.

You're amazing thank you.

I've played a bit on your site, what would be amazing (if you're willing), is to walk people through how to set this up and use it, because I can't figure it out lol.

I enabled the permissions but can't seem to find where or how to integrate it.

It works exactly the same like contact.module.

There is a contact form tab on the privatemsg settings which, you can add contact categories there.

See http://test.worldempire.ch/admin/settings/messages/contact (you need to be logged in as "admin")

Then you just have to enable the Privatemsg contact menu item. This is also described in the help block in above link.

hi,

privatemsg_contact has compatibility with drupal 7?

No, the patch is against 6.x-2.x.

is there any though of porting this patch to drupal 7?
thanks

This issue is being closed because it is against a branch for a version of Drupal that is no longer supported.
If you feel that this issue is still valid, feel free to re-open and update it (and any possible patch) to work with the 7.x-1.x branch (bug fixes only) or the 7.x-2.x branch.
Thank you.