New PM Notification

[ericgtr]

I've decided to upgrade my existing Flashing Envelope (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103202) mod and change it around a little for 3.6. To see how it will look, checkout the screen shot.

Upload the attached image newpm.gif to your images/misc directory.

In the navbar template
Find:

<strong><phrase 1="$vbphrase[pmpercent_nav_compiled]">$vbphrase[your_pm_box_is_x_full]</phrase></strong></if>
</div>
</td>


Place Under: (be sure to change to your forum path to /forum/private.php)

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
</td>
</if>

[Mith]

BTW,

As it doesn't state, it is the NAVBAR template that you need to edit.

Well done Eric, very nice mod!

*Installed*

[ericgtr]

Doh! Thanks, updated. :)

[pauloo]

Nice thank you !

[Roxie]

no icon?

[Roxie]

I'm blind. :)

[StuntFactoryX]

thanks works awesome. i had to edit /private.php to /forums/private.php to get the link to work. thought i throw that out there for some of us noobs.

[o0Hubba0o]

thanks works awesome. i had to edit /private.php to /forums/private.php to get the link to work. thought i throw that out there for some of us noobs.
Yeah, I had to add that too, I would assume most forums would have it like that.

Also to keep in the old theme of the "blinking" notice, I made these real quick if anyone wants to use them, just rename it by taking of the number.

[ericgtr]

Yeah, I had to add that too, I would assume most forums would have it like that.

Also to keep in the old theme of the "blinking" notice, I made these real quick if anyone wants to use them, just rename it by taking of the number.
Cool, thanks. I've also added a note to change the path. :)

[Nachtfalke]

Nice one *klicks install* Perhaps there could be a little tweaking for the alt value for the image: It would be perfect, when it shows the Number of unread pms in it.

[nedo_a]

thanks works awesome. i had to edit /private.php to /forums/private.php to get the link to work. thought i throw that out there for some of us noobs.
can you explain me how to do that

[ericgtr]

can you explain me how to do that
Where it says /private.php you will need to put in your forum path, for example if your site is www.yoursite.com/forum it will need to be /forum/private.php

[StuntFactoryX]

is there away to get in in the same box as the other pm info. i use a dark skin and it shows a border like its in its own box next to the standard pm info box.

[bashy]

Very nice...installed again

[alwafi]

Hello ericgtr

It's very Nice thanks for sharing

alwafi

[Mr Chad]

very nice... Installed

[harmor19]

This
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]">

Can just be
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]">

[ericgtr]

This
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]">

Can just be
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]">
Only if you are running your forum root on the public_html root. That's why I specified to change it to the specific folder the board is in.

[Terminatoronly]

thanks alot working fine for me :)

[Snake]

I kinda like it. Thanks!

[ktp101]

nice touch. :D

installed.

[jdk10]

How about changing the cells background color too?

[ericgtr]

How about changing the cells background color too?
Well, I think this will work (untested)

Change this:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
</td>
</if>


To this:


<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="pmbg" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
</td>
</if>


Now, add this to your CSS by going to Style Manager > Main CSS and scroll to the very bottoms, then paste this into the bottom box of the Additional CSS Definitions:


.pmbg
{
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
}


Change the colors around to fit.

[jdk10]

ericgtr thanks for the assistance. I ended up reviewing the syntax of the code and wrote my own. I was able to come up with the following which is tested and works with vb 3.6.0


<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="pmbg" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<else />
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
</if>

[ericgtr]

ericgtr thanks for the assistance. I ended up reviewing the syntax of the code and wrote my own. I was able to come up with the following which is tested and works with vb 3.6.0


<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="pmbg" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<else />
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
</if>
There's no link to the image or to private.php in that code though, which is fine if that's your intention, all it will do is change the cell color.

[jdk10]

My intent only.

[ericgtr]

My intent only.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=124426
LOL.. alrighty then. Basically, you've taken the code I've given you and called it your own. Cool by me because it's easy for anyone who knows a little about this stuff, but overall not very cool to take credit for it.

[Robbed]

I like it

[o0Hubba0o]

Yeah, I had to add that too, I would assume most forums would have it like that.

Also to keep in the old theme of the "blinking" notice, I made these real quick if anyone wants to use them, just rename it by taking of the number.Cool, thanks. I've also added a note to change the path. :)
No problem, was going to get this for another skin I added and couldn't find, forgot to click install heh. So...
* o0Hubba0o clicks install lol.

[jdk10]

LOL.. alrighty then. Basically, you've taken the code I've given you and called it your own. Cool by me because it's easy for anyone who knows a little about this stuff, but overall not very cool to take credit for it.

To change a bg color. Wow. Like you said anyone who knows a little about VB could do it. You didn't write anything about checking for the new PM or anything. If someone told me the hex for the color white text and I go create a hack changing text white, it doesn't mean they told me how to write the mod.

[ericgtr]

You didn't write anything about checking for the new PM or anything.

Uh.. Try looking at the first post, which you've abviously already done. Also .pmbg is what I shared with you here at your request and is what you are also using. Whatever dude, way to create your first mod.

[Erox]

SWEET! We had this function in our 3.5 version and we just upgraded and never bothered putting it back. I like yours much better too!

[redlabour]

It was nice if one Bug was fixed :

Some PMs are not displayed as new PMs with this Hacks.

1. Any Welcome-PM from vBulletin.

2. Any PM that was send with this Hack - Admin Mass PM Members (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96190)

[category]

nice hack

[user02934123123]

Excellent and simple mod. Well worth the install. Many thanks.

[dieselpowered]

Looks great...I think I will have to give it a try!

Thanks :)

[Red Matrix]

Thinking about installing this!

EDIT: I did, I did!

[PassLab.net]

sweet,

passlab.net installed ;)

[sorry01]

It's very Nice thanks 3.6.3 working

[sunnycher]

Cute! Installed!! Thank you!

[oldfan]

Yeah, I had to add that too, I would assume most forums would have it like that.

Also to keep in the old theme of the "blinking" notice, I made these real quick if anyone wants to use them, just rename it by taking of the number.

got these for dark back grounds?

* oldfan installs

thanks

[SherryG]

I am not getting the blinking envelope, just the alt text that says "You have a new PM.

I have uploaded the gif file into my images/misc folder. Can someone tell me what might be wrong?

Thanks!

[MustangLisa]

Thanks, this is great! Anyone have a .gif for a dark background?


It was nice if one Bug was fixed :

Some PMs are not displayed as new PMs with this Hacks.

1. Any Welcome-PM from vBulletin.

2. Any PM that was send with this Hack - Admin Mass PM Members (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96190)

Ditto.

[iran.gs]

Installed so cute and so simple thanksssssssssssssss wish for a better gif.

[iran.gs]

u had a problem in ur text download ur code has a missing forum
<a href="/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img
<a href="forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img
second one is the right one plz fix it ppl can make a mistake

[iran.gs]

Thanks, this is great! Anyone have a .gif for a dark background?




Ditto.

try here mate
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/email-gifs.html

[KURTZ]

INSTALLED

[The dman]

Hello
Nice hack. I installed it and the envelope doesn't flash and the image seems garbled. I have a feeling it has something to do with my settings

Any ideas?
Thanks

[dooch]

re-up the image.

[Slash_]

very nice

using it with 3.6.4 and it works great!

[Quantnet]

anyone knows what mod they use for PM notification on this forum ? Everytime i have a PM, there is a red blinking stamp on top of my info box.

[krazycivik]

dosent seem to work for me..

[munch]

I am not getting the blinking envelope, just the alt text that says "You have a new PM.

I have uploaded the gif file into my images/misc folder. Can someone tell me what might be wrong?

Thanks!

Same here, :(

i have tried re-upping the file newpm.gif to images/misc.

any ideas ?

[krazycivik]

all i get is the text no image.. weird im using 3.6.2 ideas?

[ericgtr]

Guys, I think this may be just the image. Any animated gif will work, experiment with other animated gif's and see what happens. Here's a much smaller one for example: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[munch]

i have tried/uploaded about 6 different newpm.gif files found in this thread and nothing seems to work for me at all.

tres bizarre :(

3.6.4

[s25]

Change the mode your uploading in?

[iran.gs]

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
</td>
</if>

this is how it should be in ur note text u have it wrong !! its a great look thanks

[iran.gs]

i have tried/uploaded about 6 different newpm.gif files found in this thread and nothing seems to work for me at all.

tres bizarre :(

3.6.4


U must upload them here ? /public_html/forum/images/YOUR SKIN/misc

[TheWhite]

Great

[Smoothie]

Great
:rolleyes:

[kdemonte]

I installe dit but can't get the picture to come up still. I uploaded the pic to both the images/misc and the images/misc in my actual template (custome one) and neither one is working. I've tried [images_styles_smartblue_misc] too and it didn't work. Any ideas?

if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="pmbg" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[images_misc]newpm3.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>

[chkdgate]

What a great little mod. ericgtr, thanks for this!

[trickfly]

thanks, do get rid of your forums awlful background break the alt1 or alt 2 in the coding

[jw00dy]

installed, thanks for this. Very handy little mod.

[cupra]

great work, installd!!!

[voter]

Nice hack.
But I can suggest, instead of checking your forum path to replace /forum/private.php just use private.php$session[sessionurl_q] and system will do it for you.

I mean code must look like
<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="private.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
</td>
</if>

[Yago]

Thanks
I am a newbie and this is one of the few hacks I have not had to do twice or ask for support.
BRAVO!

[mrkhm]

nice simple beautiful *installed

[PoetJA-1975]

Very nice! Thanx for the share ERIC ;)

Jacquii.

[AnabolicResourc]

Works great :D

Thanks !

[tamborinegal]

Very nice eric. I was using the one for 3.5, but this one's even nicer.

Thanks!

Clancy

[Smiry Kin's]

really dislike the cell spacer in the middle >.< prefer the old hack, could you update that one? :)

[Wayne Luke]

Thanks.. Installed this on my site with a few modifications. I couldn't find a flashing envelope with a dark background so just used a static PNG. I think the addition of the image will be enough to alert most people as it will still only show when they have a new PM.

The image I used is attached. It is from the Noia Warm icon set for KDE and under GPL.

[giotmuadong]

great tips, thanks :)

[Grunt]

no issues whatsoever..thanks!

[powerbook]

Such a small little mod that make a big difference, thanks :)

[PoetJA-1975]

Nice mod - I actually customized a detailed .gif image for my forum
Here it is if anyone wants it...

Thanx for the modification!

[alexanderpas]

vb has a special variable for this needs

instead of
/forum/private.php
use
$vboptions[bburl]/private.php

[ahmednadir]

thanks, looks great! "installed"

I'm facing a little problem
I've upload the gif in the misc folder
but the flashing gif does'nt seem to appear when a member receives a message
the link is there but the pic does'nt appear
all I get is the "x" sign and " yeu have a new PM"

any help with that?
thanks

[Endurer]

thanks, looks great! "installed"

I'm facing a little problem
I've upload the gif in the misc folder
but the flashing gif does'nt seem to appear when a member receives a message
the link is there but the pic does'nt appear
all I get is the "x" sign and " yeu have a new PM"

any help with that?
thanks

Make sure that its in the correct (the one that displays x) style's misc folder.

[ahmednadir]

oops,
thanks mate:up:

[Joe_S2k]

Nice and clean looking. Thanks.

[DeMagH]

nice hack indeed, thanks

[BACANERIA]

thankss i like this

[Betablocker]

Had this installed a while now, and like it alot :up:

Thank you.

[kingele18]

thanx :)

[Tralala]

/clicks install

Thanks for sharing!

[snake-boy]

This is great. Looks good and works great. Thank you!

-snake

[kether1]

Hey, this works great! I have one request for next update: Anyway to make it AJAX so that the member doesn't have to refresh or search on the boards or click anything to see the flashing envelope when s/he gets a new pm? That would totally make this a killer mod.

Thanks for your work!
Kether

[Zelos]

Doesn't seem to work in 3.6.7. The template mod is no longer valid.

[ra7al]

Work nice with me

3.6.4

== INSTALL ==

[BadgerDog]

Installed on v3.6.7PL1 .... :)

Works fine... :up:

Regards,
Badger

[ammoskumar]

3.6.7pl1 works gr8 Thanks Mate:D

[ShawneyJ]

U must upload them here ? /public_html/forum/images/YOUR SKIN/misc


omg finally thx.

[rainierarms]

Where is the Navbar template??

[da420]

Look in the style manager in the Admin CP.

[JadedSouls]

I used to have this along while ago but lost the image/code when I had to start my site from scratch!

Thank you!

[Mass]

Cool hack Eric. Marked as installed.

[thanasis]

thanks a lot for this mod, very useful

[TheTrust]

nice post .. thanks

[BigDog56]

Got it working, Very nice, Thank You!

[hrk]

sweet and simple.
installed . pass on 3.6.8. :)

[mishb68]

Thanks!! I'm glad there are smart people out there :)

[Arrogant-One]

Will this mod work if your primary skin uses graphical buttons in the navbar?

[ericgtr]

It's hard to say without seeing the navbar code of that template but if you see the code mentioned in the instructions then there's a pretty good chance that it will work.

[Arrogant-One]

It's hard to say without seeing the navbar code of that template but if you see the code mentioned in the instructions then there's a pretty good chance that it will work.
Okay, will try it. Can you please tell me where my image directory is? I use CPanel. Thanks,

Alex

[Smiry Kin's]

better idea - add it with css -.- make it float in screen then!

[ericgtr]

Arrogant, it should go into your images/misc folder (according to your board).

Smiry, we'll go ahead and keep this one in a table. ;)

[Smiry Kin's]

well depends if your interested in seo, etc... and how your controlling your forums...

vb 3.7 will be table less... so it would be a good idea to have both options...

[ericgtr]

well depends if your interested in seo, etc... and how your controlling your forums...

vb 3.7 will be table less... so it would be a good idea to have both options...
Having the newpm.gif placed in either a table or css is going to make the slightest difference in SEO. Also, VB 3.7 still has issues without tables that they are currently working out, there are still too many differences between IE6 and IE7 that need addressed, this is evident with their current blog system.

[danward]

Nice mod thanks! :)

[WAHMama]

This is a neato mod :) Thanks

[triff]

Hi! Was just about to install the mod when I saw this:

"be sure to change to your forum path to /forum/private.php"

What does that mean? (Do you mean change the forum URL?)

What will it do? :P

Cheers!
Sverrre.

[woodcreeker]

You change the path in the navbar code you insert into the navbar template

[Jason Black]

It didn't work for me....it shows the link up there but it doesn't show the gif...i tried to change the name of th gif in both the codes and the uploaded file....but it still didn't work

[triff]

I still don't understand it. I've looked and the code to be inserted, and have looked in the navbar template. Is there some code in the navbar template that should be changed to /forum/private.php ? In that case what is that code? Or is it the new code that I'm going to change in any way? :-/

Sverre.

[Smiry Kin's]

I still don't understand it. I've looked and the code to be inserted, and have looked in the navbar template. Is there some code in the navbar template that should be changed to /forum/private.php ? In that case what is that code? Or is it the new code that I'm going to change in any way? :-/

Sverre.
this code <if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
</td>
</if>

those still stuck, add me to msn...

[BioWaffen]

Very cool hack :) Thanks a lot

If your adress of forum is just a normal adress like whatiknow.com, then just put /forum/ away so that there is just "private.php?...."

[triff]

this code <if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
</td>
</if>

those still stuck, add me to msn...

but the correct forum path is allready included in that code! why is it written "remember to change your forum path to /forum/private.php" when it's allready changed in the code you're adding? :eek:

anyway i just installed it and it works great. :D

however, could anyone tell me how to remove that anoying pop-up that also comes and tells there's a new message & opens the inbox in a new window if it's clicked? I went to the pm options but didn't find anything there?

SGL.

[USAMustangs.com]

This is a cool feature. However, I wanted the newpm.gif image to be right next to Welcome, Member. section in the navbar. So, I tweaked on the supplied code to make it display the way I wanted.

For those of you that are interested, here is the code.

Find in navbar template

<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong><br />


Then place the following code (red) in the middle of that string

<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x] <if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
<a href="http://www.yourwebsite.com/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a> </if></phrase></strong><br />


I removed the <td> tags to keep the newpm.gif inside the same cell as welcome_x

[EddG]

Thank you for this lovely mod:)

[UltraFanatics]

Brilliant mod, so useful!

[nyunyu]

very nice..
replaced you previous flash envelope with this one..
Thanks

[sawatdee]

Works great thank you, marked as installed.

[Keesa]

This is great!!!!!!!!

Thank you.

[weedheaven]

Does anybody got an enveloppe for a darker style? on the default it looks super nice, but on my black one ugly. Anybody ?

[redlabour]

Any changes needed for 3.7?

[glennybee]

All the wee things add to the usability of the forum.

Many thanks :)

[montsa007]

Clicks Installed :p

[Glynn58]

thanks looks really good :up:

[cafenetland]

thx

installed

[Reycer]

works fine on 3.8.3