hi there, i am using 5.6.3.2.

For "Private Messaging" i have pubic profiles enabled.
I think my problems may have something to do with the "cleaning up" i followed a few months ago from a forum (http://concrete5tricks.com/blog/cleaning-up-member-profile-settings/) (deleting members page, private messages attribute and friends) but then later decided that these options would work out after all for some portions of my site. I added back the "i want to receive private messages" check box in user attributes but on a user's profile it shows up as "yes" (if they have it checked). There is no option to leave a private message on the user's profile page. When visiting our own profile page from the "Messages" page link (left side bar) there is only a box with "in" and "out". I also have "Ajax member directory" installed and it is checked to allow private messages but nothing shows up to allow it from that side either.

The "Friends" page is still under the profile page in the site map, but when a user clicks on "make friend" they are taken to a 404 page not found error.

any suggestions would be really great!