Added 'read' check; message name is only bold if unread

app/controllers/messagereplies_controller.rb

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

app/controllers/messages_controller.rb

@@ -17,6 +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)
     @replies = @message.replies.page(params[:page])
   end
 

app/views/messages/index.html.erb

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

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("user_sender_id = ? OR user_target_id = ?", current_user.id, current_user.id).count})", messages_path, :class => "btn blue" %>
+      <%= link_to "Private Messages (#{Message.where(read: false).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 %>