Private Messages Enhancements - TW7S - New Way To Display Notifications (jQuery,CSS,jGrowl)

Description:
This mod changes the way notifications are displayed. It disables the default dropdown menu listed in the toplinks in the header and uses a free open script called jGrowl to display them on the bottom left of the screen no matter where you are on a page. Helps with people "not noticing" the notifications. Enjoy. TheWindows7Site

Instructions:

1) Upload files in attachment to forum root

2) Open template headinclude

Paste the following code at the bottom

<!-- TW7S - New Way To Display Notifications (jQuery,CSS,jGrowl) --> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jscripts/tw7s_notifications/jquery-1.4.2.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jscripts/tw7s_notifications/jquery.jgrowl.js"></script> 
    <link href="jscripts/tw7s_notifications/jquery.jgrowl.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<!-- TW7S - New Way To Display Notifications (jQuery,CSS,jGrowl) -->

3) Open template header

Find the following:

				<vb:if condition="$notifications_total">
				<li class="popupmenu notifications" id="notifications">
					<a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}: <span class="notifications-number"><strong>{vb:raw notifications_total}</strong></span></a>
					<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
						{vb:raw notifications_menubits}
					</ul>
				</li>
				<vb:else />
				<li class="popupmenu nonotifications" id="nonotifications">
					<a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}</a>
					<ul class="popupbody popuphover">
						<li>{vb:rawphrase no_new_messages}</li>
						<li><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase inbox}</a></li>
					</ul>
				</li>
				</vb:if>

Replace with:

<!-- TW7S - New Way To Display Notifications (jQuery,CSS,jGrowl) --> 
<vb:if condition="$notifications_total">
<script type="text/javascript">

$.jGrowl('{vb:raw notifications_menubits} <br />You must view your notification(s) before this box will disappear.' , { sticky: true, header : 'New Notification(s)' } );

</script>
</vb:if>

<li><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase inbox}</a></li>
<!-- TW7S - New Way To Display Notifications (jQuery,CSS,jGrowl) -->

Done!

Have fun customizing this to fit your needs.

Arabic Translation by Dr.osamA
Spanish Translation by Destron

[svyrydov]

works ok on 4.2 p3
question, how we can customize colors for this notification window? font color and background?

[deltahawk5]

Originally Posted by svyrydov

works ok on 4.2 p3
question, how we can customize colors for this notification window? font color and background?

Did you have to do anything special?

[svyrydov]

Originally Posted by deltahawk5

Did you have to do anything special?

no, I just did exactly as was in instruction.

[Jpolola]

I did the instruction but nothing happened. vb 4.2 PL3

[Pictureclass]

Works great with 4.2.1. Thank you.

German Translation:

<!-- TW7S - New Way To Display Notifications (jQuery,CSS,jGrowl) --> 
<vb:if condition="$notifications_total">
<script type="text/javascript">

$.jGrowl('{vb:raw notifications_menubits} <br />Diese Meldung wird automatisch ausgeblendet, wenn keine neuen Benachrichtigungen vorhanden sind.' , { sticky: true, header : 'Neue Benachrichtigung(en)' } );

</script>
</vb:if>

<li><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase inbox}</a></li>
<!-- TW7S - New Way To Display Notifications (jQuery,CSS,jGrowl) -->

[NoMatt3r]

Looks supercool with 4.2.1. Thanks a lot!

[Disco_Dave]

Really nice installed and works great on 4.2.1..


Having a bit of problem with a text colour, inherent from a stylevar, is there another why to fix this? it's the blue colour, I would like all to be white.

[Disco_Dave]

Really like this Mod, but it's not playing right with this Mod: SCANU's Elegant Forum description on mouseover [as Xenforo] Would anyone know how I could fix it?

Should look like this: