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Messages and Announcements

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A fully functioning messaging system done entirely from the front-end of your site. Users can exchange messages privately and announcements can be made both to all users and to selected user groups/roles.

The Front End PM WordPress plugin is used to provide this feature. It operates exactly like your email system, just that the scope exclusive to registered users of the Works Manager Online website. The screenshots below provides visual representation of the features.

Navigation: Works Manager Online =>Messages and Announcements.

To send a message

  • Click New Message.
  • Enter the recipient in box labelled To.
  • Enter the subject in Subject.
  • Enter you Message.
  • To add an image as an attachment to the message, click Choose File. You can add more than one image by clicking Add more file.
  • Click Send Message button.

To send an announcement.

  • Click New Announcement
  • Select one or more Roles to send the announcement i.e. all the users in the role(s) selected.
  • Enter the Subject of the announcement.
  • Enter the Message.
  • To add an image as an attachment to the message, click Choose File. You can add more than one image by clicking Add more file.
  • Click Send Message button.

In both scenarios, the user (s) will be notified of the messages via a bar at the top of every page. Notifications are also displayed on the sidebar.

The screenshots below summarises all the features of the messaging facility

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