Heres my entire forumhome mp logged template. i cant get the hack to work for me...

<tr id="cat">
<td id="pmBox" bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" colspan="6"><a href="private.php?s=$session[sessionhash]" title="Click Here to Open Your Private Messages $inboxname"><normalfont color="{categoryfontcolor}"><b>Private Messages</normalfont></b></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" align="center" valign="top"><img src="{imagesfolder}/$lightbulb.gif" alt=""></td>
<td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" colspan="5"><smallfont>
<b>$bbuserinfo[username]</b> - You have $newpm[messages] new message(s) since your last visit.<br>
(You have $unreadpm[messages] unread messages and $allpm[messages] total messages in all your folders.)</smallfont></td>
</tr>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
$pmblink pmBox.bgColor='{tableheadbgcolor}';
$pmblink setInterval("Timer()", 500);
$pmblink x=1;
function Timer() {
set=1;
if(x==0 && set==1) {
pmBox.bgColor='#778899';
x=1;
set=0;
}
if(x==1 && set==1) {
pmBox.bgColor='#2D3851';
x=0;
set=0;
}
}
// End -->
</script>

I'm not certain because all your replacement variables got parsed, but you have three colors there. The first color should be your alternating flashing color. The second one should be your category background color and the third color should be the alternating flashing color again. You may have it right already. It just looks wrong here.

well im sure its wrong cause its not working.... what code should i have??

This is what you should add to the end of template. Substitute the colors you want:

still doesnt work, and i have this code....

<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
$pmblink pmBox.bgColor='#880000';
$pmblink setInterval("Timer()", 500);
$pmblink x=1;
function Timer() {
set=1;
if(x==0 && set==1) {
pmBox.bgColor='#778899';
x=1;
set=0;
}
if(x==1 && set==1) {
pmBox.bgColor='#880000';
x=0;
set=0;
}
}
// End -->
</script>

i still want to know
how you move the PM bar to the top of the page

Edit your forumhome template, and find the "$pminfo" variable towards the bottom:
</tr>
$forumbits
$pminfo
$loggedinusers
$birthdaybits

And move it just above the </tr> tag two lines above it. That will move it to just above your first Forum in the index, like this:

i thank you very much sir

I tried to install this hack and have my bar flashing but I haven't been able to edit the index.php files success fully.

Every time I try adding the code for blink I get a serever parse error and the site wont load up.

Any ideas what is wrong?

I inserted the code after the light bulp on code by entering a new line and pasting it after the light bulb code.

Never mind. I screwed up the code. I noticed what appeared to be a bracket out of place and rechecked the original code.

Great Hack!!!!!!

Thanks. Oh and I even picked up on the quick tip about moving the position of the PM bar...cool!