Read Me

// $Id: README.txt,v 1.8 2009/02/26 14:06:08 Qich Exp $

Qich Personal Messages for Drupal 6.x.
This module adds Personal Messages functionalities to Drupal.
This module is contributed by qich in Qich.com.

This module is built on top of 
Privatemsg module(6.x-1.0-rc2 2008-Dec-19) contributed by litwol
and it also is published under the same GNU GPL licence.

CHANGELOG
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* 1.8
1) Added Sender column in the list of "List All Message" interface.
   Thank xueliang813 at www.drupalchina.org for this suggestion.

* 1.7
1) Initial Version

FEATURES
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* seamlessly support WYSIWYG editors (e.g fckeditor)
* fully integrated with Input format.
* several bugs fixed come from underlying Privatemsg module.
* block/unblock senders.
* tag messages.
* filter messages by key words, author or tags.
* a block view for page layout
* packaged translated languages (English, Chinese)
* an online demonstrate site that is configured with 
  qichpm, fckeditor and input format for authorized users,
  http://www.qich.com 
  (Note: you can register it free and change to your interface language 
         on your account settings, any question you can message qich)

REQUIREMENTS
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* PHP version 5.0.0 and up.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
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(Note: Please switch to maintenance mode and backup 
       if your drupal site is in production)
For Personal Message New Users:
1.  Copy the files included in the tarball into a directory named "qichpm" in
    your Drupal sites/all/modules/ directory.
2.  Login as site administrator.
4.  Enable the Qich Personal Messages module on the Administer -> Site
    building -> Modules page.
	(Note: the other two related module Blocker and Filter is not mandatory)
5.  Set the appropriate permissions for roles on the Administer -> User Management
    -> Permissions page.
6.  Enjoy.

For Privatemsg Users who want to keep original message data:
1.  Disable all Privatemsg-related modules on the Administer -> Site
    building -> Modules page.
2.  Backup all following tables of Privatemsg using myPhpAdmin 
    or other backup tools.
	( {pm_index},{pm_message},{pm_block_user},{pm_tags},{pm_tags_index} )
3.  Uninstall all Privatemsg-related modules after backup tables of 
    Privatemsg-related modules.
4.  Copy the files included in the tarball into a directory named "qichpm" in
    your Drupal sites/all/modules/ directory.
5.  Login as site administrator.
6.  Enable the Qich Personal Messages module on the Administer -> Site
    building -> Modules page.
	(Note: the other two related module Blocker and Filter is not mandatory)
7.  Set the appropriate permissions for roles on the Administer -> User Management
    -> Permissions page.
8.  Restore your just backuped tables.
9.  Enjoy.
(Note: You must run update 6002 of qichpm module if you dropped 
       all qichpm-related tables before restore.)
	
	
NOTES
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