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

[TimberFloorAu]

works great, sound is a little rough on the butler.

Cracking idea and good fun

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by basilrath

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

got it, it was the image size i increased

[Welshy2008]

Just viewed your forum demo - But it didn't work. I assumed that someone must have clicked on it, even though you state not to, in bold red.

So what I did was to register on your forum. I am affraid it still didn't work (Even though I have 1 notification).

[Welshy2008]

CANCEL that - it is now showing (After two refreshes).

Tagged.

[basilrath]

The mail-test login should be fine ............... although i havnt checked it lately

[labrador083]

My site is http://www.mysite.com/liverugby/private.php
please edit mail2.zip .
thank you

[JAFRI]

Originally Posted by basilrath

The attatched swf is edited to suit path /vb/private.php

upload and overwrite.
click install

not work ,, this : http://forum/private.php

plz edit http://www.myforums.com/vb/private.php

Thanks

[basilrath]

My site is http://www.mysite.com/liverugby/private.php
please edit mail2.zip .
thank you

plz edit http://www.myforums.com/vb/private.php

Thanks

Both SWF have been edited to suit both forums and are named as such. Please verify they work ok

[JAFRI]

Thank u very mch .......................work now

[basilrath]

Click Install