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

[basilrath]

Ok mod added and you will see what i mean for cms

[horussjr]

Romanian translation Good mod but i don't like how it is shown. Letters, color etc. I'm gonna keep it but edit it to my style

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

$.jGrowl('{vb:raw notifications_menubits} <br />Trebuie sa iti verifici notificarea(ile) inainte ca aceasta caseta sa dispara.' , { 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) -->

[basilrath]

i agree so let me know the edits lol

im assuming its in the css

[basilrath]

Resolved - conflict between lightbox on tutorials ..............

Fixed

Cheers Krypto

[LifesGreatestGift]

If you want to style the fonts

$.jGrowl('<div style="font-weight:normal;color:#ffffff;">{vb:raw notifications_menubits}</div> <br /><div style="font-weight:normal;color:#ffffff;">You must view your notification(s) before this box will disappear.</div>' , { sticky: true, header : '<div style="font-weight:normal;color:#ffffff;">New Notification(s)</div>' } );

Then mess around with using div styles like pictured above. To change the black/transparent bg then you will need to edit the .css file

[FReeSTER]

Not working for me

[LifesGreatestGift]

Originally Posted by El Intocable

Not working for me

How so? Forum link?

[FReeSTER]

Originally Posted by TheWindows7Site

How so? Forum link?

It was not working on Forumhome page. Let me do the edits again and let you know URL

thanks

[bada_bing]

Does anyone know how to make this work with vb 3.x

[Diehardshorty]

Nice cant wait to see what an update would look like