1. I'm trying to figure out how to show the Sent & Received search filter option that I see in your demo for Private Messages (see reference below)
It's only visible on the private message page itself. It does not display in the modal popup. It also does not display on type specific pages. For example if your Joomla menu item is explicitly to the received or sent private message page the dropdown will not be visible.
2. I am also trying to figure out how to adjust who people can send Private Messages to. In one case (shown below), a user only seems to be able to send a private message to someone they are connected with. I would like members from a particular usergroup to be able to Private Message each other even if they are not connected. I'm sure it's a setting I configured that I messed up.
Within Private Message System > Parameters > Internal > Create adjust "User Messages To" as needed. For the record all of the PMS internal settings are configured in Private Message System > Parameters > Internal so I'd look there first anytime you're looking for a setting to adjust how the PMS behaves.
3. Does the ability to reply to a Private Message expire after a certain time? I found one user who has some older messages where the reply button is not visible. Note: The user that was messaged has expired or downgraded to a free limited access plan. Could that be why?
Nope. The only thing that can prevent replying is the recipient doesn't exist or CB Privacy is blocking permission as user blocks and permissions on the PM field will also restrict recipient access.
4. What is a user supposed to see when I configure the "All Messages" option for the menu to Private Messaging? From my testing, it seems to redirect to the New Message Page when I would expect it to show a page of sent/received messages, which differs from the Send Messages and Received Messages option of the menu
It goes to the generic private messages page with searching, the dropdown, your messages, etc.. check the "action" in the URL and ensure it doesn't exist. Joomla gets real wonky when you change a menus type so if this was a different view or plugin at any point the URL may have properties in it from those previous menu items.
krileon
