Private Messages Enhancements - Private message Animation

This cool little mod will simply enhance and add some fun to your Private Message alert and adds a little flash animation to the bottom right corner of your board. The flash mail box can then be clicked and will redirect to your private message box. Animation is based on forum home page but can easily be added to display on any page required or indeed every page and will dissapear when mailbox is read.

Added new MSN Style Pop up alert box


There are three animations you can use. including msn style pop up alert box

If anyone has a different path and needs this altering in the swf and fla please post and i will arrange this asap - thanks



Edit template - FORUMHOME

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PHP Code:

{vb:raw footer} 


After add

PHP Code:

<!-- mail -->
<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[pmunread]">
<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:-40px;right:-20px;" title="Click Here - new message!">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 
   data="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf" 
    width="150" height="250">
     <param name="movie" value="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf" />
   <param name="quality" value="high"/>
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
 </object>
</vb:if>
<!-- end of mail --> 


Save template

Upload - the relevant swf to your forum root

Note: the flash file target url is based on the relative path of

/forum/private.php although this can be changed via the fla

Demo can be seen via the site ............ HERE

Tested on ie,ff and Safari 4


added alternative swf animated mail character - choose either for your notification

+++ Updated and added "you-got-mail.swf" to suit any board using "forums" in path +++

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MSN Style Pop up Alert Added to Alert (including sound)

Same idea code below in the same place as above (use this for msn style pop up alert)

PHP Code:

<!-- mail --> 
<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[pmunread]"> 
<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:1px;left:3px;" title="Click Here - new message!"> 
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"  
   data="/path-to-your/msn-popup.swf"  
    width="148" height="119"> 
     <param name="movie" value="/path-to-your/msn-popup.swf" /> 
   <param name="quality" value="high"/> 
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> 
 </object> 
</vb:if> 
<!-- end of mail --> 


The MSN Alert can be seen on the youtube clip here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0tz8TWH4MM
(sound not on video clip)

or login on
username: msn
password: pass123
use the demo-mods stlye at the bottom of site to view test message

path to private.php is set at: /forum/private.php
(The fla is attatched also if the path needs changing on msn-popup.swf)



Mark Installed

[basilrath]

Clock great too but can't get it to work

whats the problem with the clock its an swf file so should work providing you have it in your root ?

works well with the forum in a subdomain. installed in minutes on a bunch of styles. I would have used the butler, but he's a bit hard to understand....

I have some new mail alerts animations to choose form in a few days

[robsta]

need the flash file with a link to community/private.php instead of forum/private.php

pls edit the flash file for me

THX for help

[basilrath]

Ok didnt know which you were using but edited both FLA's and attached the new zips with swf's inside

paths set to /community/private.php

hope this is ok

[robsta]

THX basilrath's very nice Nominate for MOTM

[basilrath]

Steveman your attatched swf's are set at

/main/private.php

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by basilrath

whats the problem with the clock its an swf file so should work providing you have it in your root ?

I installed as per your instructions in post #50 and #61.

It shows fine but its overlapping the toplinks, any idea's how I can move it down, screenie attached, thanks.

[basilrath]

Simply change the settings highlighted

Change the 10px to around 30px

<!-- Begin of clock script -->
<div align="right" style="margin:10px 20px 0px 0px">
<embed src="www.yoursite.com/forum/onlineclock.swf" width="90" height="40" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed>
</div>
<!-- End of clock script -->

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by basilrath

Simply change the settings highlighted

Change the 10px to around 30px

Thanks tried that before, that just moves the toplinks downward.




Does the code for the adverts make any difference?

[basilrath]

The adverts will make a difference i would have to see the ad code and adjust to suit

[steveman0018]

Thank You so much for the fast upload.