tweaked message 'read' system

app/controllers/messagereplies_controller.rb

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class MessagerepliesController < ApplicationController
       @reply.user_author = current_user
       @reply.message = message
       if @reply.save
-        @reply.message.update_attributes(user_hidden: nil, read: false)
         if false
           @reply.send_new_message_reply_mail
         end

app/controllers/messages_controller.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class MessagesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def show
-    Message.find(@message.id).update_attributes(read: true) if !@message.read && @message.user_target.is?(current_user)
+    Message.find(@message.id).update_attributes(user_unread: nil) if @message.user_unread && @message.user_target.is?(current_user)
     @replies = @message.replies.page(params[:page])
   end
 
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class MessagesController < ApplicationController
     end
     @message = Message.new(message_params)
     @message.user_target = User.find(@message.user_target_id)
+    @message.user_unread = User.find(@message.user_unread_id) if @message.user_unread_id
     if @message.save
       @message.send_new_message_mail
       flash[:notice] = "Message sent!"
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ class MessagesController < ApplicationController
     params[:message][:user_target_id] = User.find_by(ign: params[:message][:user_target].strip).try(:id)
     params[:message][:user_sender_id] = User.find_by(ign: params[:message][:user_sender]).id
     params[:message][:user_hidden_id] = User.find_by(ign: params[:message][:user_hidden]).try(:id)
-params.require(:message).permit([:subject, :text, :user_target_id, :user_sender_id])
+    params[:message][:user_unread_id] = User.find_by(ign: params[:message][:user_unread]).try(:id)
+params.require(:message).permit([:subject, :text, :user_target_id, :user_sender_id, :user_hidden_id, :user_unread_id])
   end
 
   private

app/models/message.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user_target, class_name: "User", foreign_key: "user_target_id"
   belongs_to :user_editor, class_name: "User", foreign_key: "user_editor_id"
   belongs_to :user_hidden, class_name: "User", foreign_key: "user_hidden_id"
+  belongs_to :user_unread, class_name: "User", foreign_key: "user_unread_id"
 
 
   validates_presence_of :user_sender, :user_target, :text, :subject

app/views/messagereplies/_new.html.erb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <%= form_for [reply.get_message, reply] do |f| %>
   <%= render partial: "md_editor", locals: {name: "messagereply[text]", content: reply.text} %>
+  <%= f.hidden_field :user_unread, value: current_user %>
   <p><%= f.submit "Reply", class: "btn blue" %></p>
 <% end %>
 

app/views/messages/index.html.erb

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <%= render partial: "users/username", locals: { user: user } %>
         <span style="font-size:16px">
           &nbsp;
-          <span class="<%= "bold" unless message.user_sender.is?(current_user) || message.read%>"><%= link_to message.subject, message %></span>
+          <span class="<%= "bold" if message.user_unread && message.user_unread != current_user %>"><%= link_to message.subject, message %></span>
           &nbsp; | &nbsp;
         </span>
         <%= ago message.created_at %>

app/views/messages/new.html.erb

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     </tr>
   </table>
   <%= f.hidden_field :user_sender, value: current_user %>
+  <%= f.hidden_field :user_unread, value: current_user %>
   <br>
 <p><%= f.submit "Send Message", class: "btn blue left" %></p>
 <% end %>

app/views/users/show.html.erb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       <%= link_to "edit profile", edit_user_path(@user), :class => "btn blue" %>
     <% end %>
     <% if @user.is?(current_user) %>
-      <%= link_to "Private Messages (#{Message.where(read: false).count})", messages_path, :class => "btn blue" %>
+      <%= link_to "Private Messages (#{Message.where.not(user_unread: current_user).count})", messages_path, :class => "btn blue" %>
     <% elsif current_user %>
       <%= link_to "Send this user a message", new_message_path(user_target: @user.ign), :class => "btn blue" %>
     <% end %>

db/migrate/20170524181458_create_messages.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class CreateMessages < ActiveRecord::Migration
       t.references :user_target
       t.references :user_editor
       t.references :user_hidden
-      t.boolean :read, default: false
+      t.references :user_unread
 
       t.timestamps null: true
     end

db/schema.rb

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170613021450) do
     t.integer  "user_target_id", limit: 4
     t.integer  "user_editor_id", limit: 4
     t.integer  "user_hidden_id", limit: 4
-    t.boolean  "read",                         default: false
+    t.integer  "user_unread_id", limit: 4
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.string   "subject",        limit: 191