What will I learn to do?
The Personal messaging page looks like this:
You will find the SPIP built-in messaging system very useful to exchange with other contributors on your SPIP website.
In this lesson, you will learn how to create, modify and send a message; you will also learn how to answer one.
You will learn how to use the memos, to remind you when you have to write something on special occasions, or before a specific date etc.
If you are an administrator, you will also learn how to write an announcement, to quickly inform all users about some special event or site activity.
When you create a message, a memo, or an announcement, you can choose to add this item to the calendar.
You will learn how to do that in the lesson Work with the Calendar.
First, watch the steps
You are logged in and you are at the Launch pad:
In the toolbar, rollover the mouse on the Personal messaging icon
Choose "NEW MESSAGE" in the menu
The SEND A MESSAGE page opens
In the Title field, type the title
Type the name of the recipient - if you do not remember the names, leave it blank
You can ignore the Appointments block at this stage.
Type or copy-and-paste the text of the message
Click “Submit”
When submitted without an author name, a page "Add a participant" opens and asks you to select one author:
Choose a name from the drop-down menu
Click "Add", and you’ll see the author name added
You can add more authors if you want to
Click "Send this message"
You can view the message you just sent under "Discussions in progress", on the Personal messaging page.
The Personal messaging page can be accessed any time by clicking on the Personal messaging icon.
If the content of your message is not fully ready yet, you can choose to save a draft and send it later.
In such as case, this message will be listed in the "Your messages in progress" block on the Personal messaging page.
Create and send a message
Create a message
Why would I use SPIP messages instead of using my email?
Using SPIP messaging allows you to use only one tool, SPIP, for both content management and communication with the team. It also allows you to keep track of the discussions over time.
