If the private message portlet is meant to only be used on a private page, then I should see a message that tells me to put it on the correct page

• Type: Story
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Completed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.X CE, 2.1.X EE, 3.X EE, 3.X CE
• Fix Version/s: 3.X CE, 3.0.2 EE
• Component/s: Social Office Dashboard, Social Office Dashboard > Messages
• Labels: None
• Affects Portal Version/s:
  6.2.0 CE GA1, 6.2.10 EE GA1, 6.1.30 EE GA3, 6.1.2 CE GA3
• Similar Issues: Show 5 results ; ;

  SOS-1463	Pagination on thread view is not working in Private Messaging portlet
  SOS-1093	Private Messaging is broken
  SOS-1879	Private messaging: replying to a message redirects incorrectly such that the portlet takes up the whole page
  SOS-2552	If you set for Private Messaging portlet to show only five messages per page and you open a message then you click on the back button the settings will be set back to the default ones
  SOS-1257	Unable to send private message using Internet Explorer

Currently the My Contacts and Friends' Activities portlets from the social-networking plugin uses a message to let the user know that the portlets are improperly placed. The Private Messaging portlet should have the same method to indicate to users where the portlet is meant to be placed and used.

This idea came from SOS-1465.

[Christian Stokes]

PASSED Manual Testing using the following steps:

1. Add an SO site
2. Add a Private Messaging portlet onto the SO site home page

Fixed on:
Tomcat 7.0 + MySQL 5. Portal ee-6.2.10.
Plugins 6.2.10 Git ID: d759754e0f62c97899c4be175acf2bee52e3838a.

The Private Message portlet now displays a message telling the user that it must be deployed on a private page.

[Mandy Lee]

Closing ticket per Christian's comment.