Search in whispers / private comments

macanics

Would really like to get search results for whispers or private comments (appropriate to the user's role). Can't seem to find a plugin, or anyone else asking this. Any clues?

hgtonight

Private messages are handled by the conversations application. There is no implemented search model for this application. The good news is that Garden/Vanilla offers you the tools to create it!

You would have to create a conversations search model somewhat like /applications/vanilla/models/class.searchmodel.php. The actual difficulty would be in filtering the results by permissions. Once you get this figured out, you would call it on the search model event.

public function SearchModel_Search_Handler($Sender) {
    $SearchModel = new ConversationsSearchModel();
    $SearchModel->Search($Sender);
}

There is no way I could possibly show you how to do this (I am but a lowly volunteer), but I would be happy to help you with any specific issues that come up.

Welcome to the community!