User to User messaging system?

[decntdefalt]

I’ve searched through the forum if there is a plugin on bubble that allows for users to message each other.

Is there a plugin for this, or is this something I’d have to build myself and if so, is there any threads on this forum (That you know could be a beneficial read) / pin points that would help in doing it correctly?

Thanks in advance!

[TechieInAK]

There are several threads here about messaging systems. Here’s one that has some ideas as well as links to exampels.

User Messaging System

In my messaging system, I have a table Messages. It has a Subject (text) Body (Text), From (User), To (User), MSGOwner (User) and Status (Text) as the key fields. You can have other fields such as category etc. if you want to allow the message to be ‘stored’ in virtual folders. When a user creates a message to send, two identical message things are created, and each copy is owned by the MsgOwner (1the To recipient, 1xthe From Recipient). This allows the reciever or sender to delete messages w…

[jarrad]

Ive got an old demo that still works to show the new message markers here aswell

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ok i have made the example, in this case the only thing you would need to do is everywhere a condition or constraint is Jason or Bob change it to currentusers unique id. Live: https://new-msg-count.bubbleapps.io/ Edit: https://bubble.io/page?version=test&name=index&id=new-msg-count&tab=tabs-1