Joomla! Documentation™

Components Help Screens

• Components Weblinks Links
• Components Weblinks Categories
• Components Search Manager Options
• Components Tags Manager Options
• Users Access Levels
• Components Associations
• Components Associations Edit
• Components Banners Banners
• Components Banners Banners Edit
• Components Banners Categories
• Components Banners Categories Edit
• Components Banners Clients
• Components Banners Clients Edit
• Components Banners Tracks
• Components Contacts Contacts
• Components Contacts Categories
• Components Contacts Contacts Edit
• Components Contacts Categories Edit
• Components Joomla Update
• Components Messaging Write
• Components Messaging Inbox
• Components Messaging Read
• Components Newsfeeds Feeds
• Components Newsfeeds Feeds Edit
• Components Newsfeeds Categories
• Components Newsfeeds Categories Edit
• Components Redirect Manager
• Components Redirect Manager Edit
• Components Search
• Components Tags Manager
• Components Tags Manager Edit
• Components Finder Manage Indexed Content
• Components Finder Manage Content Maps
• Components Finder Manage Search Filters
• Components Finder Manage Search Filters Edit
• Components Weblinks Links Edit
• Components Weblinks Categories Edit
• Components Associations Options
• Components Version History
• Components Web Links Manager Options
• Components Fields Field Groups
• Components Fields Field Groups Edit
• Components Installer Configuration
• Components Language Manager Options
• Components Menus Configuration
• Components Messages Configuration
• Components Plug-in Manager Options
• Components Module Manager Options
• Components Redirect Manager Options
• Components Template Manager Options
• Components Check in Configuration
• Components Joomla Update Configuration

How to Access

Select Components → Messaging → New Private Messages from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation, or click the "New" icon in the toolbar of the Read Private Messages screen.

Description

This screen lets you write and send private messages to others with the correct User Group permissions.

Screenshot

Details

• Recipient. The recipient of the message. Click on the "Select User" button to open the pop-up, and then, from the list of names, select the user to whom you wish to send the message.
• Subject. The subject of the message. Just like the subject of an email, it helps if this is a short description of the message body.
• Message. The body text of the message. Just like the body text of an email, it helps if the message is meaningful and kept relatively short.

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

• Send: Sends the message. Note that the Recipient, Subject and Message fields cannot be blank.

• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

Informations connexes

• Further information about Inbox messages: Private messages - Inbox
• Further information about Reading messages: Private messages - Read