New PM Notification

I've decided to upgrade my existing Flashing Envelope mod and change it around a little for 3.6. To see how it will look, checkout the screen shot.

Upload the attached image newpm.gif to your images/misc directory.

In the navbar template
Find:

<strong><phrase 1="$vbphrase[pmpercent_nav_compiled]">$vbphrase[your_pm_box_is_x_full]</phrase></strong></if>
		</div>
		</td>

Place Under: (be sure to change to your forum path to /forum/private.php)

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
		<td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
	<a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
		</td>
	</if>

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by Smiry Kin's

well depends if your interested in seo, etc... and how your controlling your forums...

vb 3.7 will be table less... so it would be a good idea to have both options...

Having the newpm.gif placed in either a table or css is going to make the slightest difference in SEO. Also, VB 3.7 still has issues without tables that they are currently working out, there are still too many differences between IE6 and IE7 that need addressed, this is evident with their current blog system.

[danward]

Nice mod thanks!

[WAHMama]

This is a neato mod Thanks

[triff]

Hi! Was just about to install the mod when I saw this:

"be sure to change to your forum path to /forum/private.php"

What does that mean? (Do you mean change the forum URL?)

What will it do? :P

Cheers!
Sverrre.

[woodcreeker]

You change the path in the navbar code you insert into the navbar template

[Jason Black]

It didn't work for me....it shows the link up there but it doesn't show the gif...i tried to change the name of th gif in both the codes and the uploaded file....but it still didn't work

[triff]

I still don't understand it. I've looked and the code to be inserted, and have looked in the navbar template. Is there some code in the navbar template that should be changed to /forum/private.php ? In that case what is that code? Or is it the new code that I'm going to change in any way? :-/

Sverre.

[Smiry Kin's]

Originally Posted by triff

I still don't understand it. I've looked and the code to be inserted, and have looked in the navbar template. Is there some code in the navbar template that should be changed to /forum/private.php ? In that case what is that code? Or is it the new code that I'm going to change in any way? :-/

Sverre.

this code

PHP Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
        <td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
    <a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
        </td>
    </if> 


those still stuck, add me to msn...

[BioWaffen]

Very cool hack Thanks a lot

If your adress of forum is just a normal adress like whatiknow.com, then just put /forum/ away so that there is just "private.php?...."

[triff]

Originally Posted by Smiry Kin's

this code

PHP Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
        <td class="alt2" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
    <a href="/forum/private.php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/newpm.gif" alt="You have a new PM" border="0"></a>
        </td>
    </if> 


those still stuck, add me to msn...

but the correct forum path is allready included in that code! why is it written "remember to change your forum path to /forum/private.php" when it's allready changed in the code you're adding?

anyway i just installed it and it works great.

however, could anyone tell me how to remove that anoying pop-up that also comes and tells there's a new message & opens the inbox in a new window if it's clicked? I went to the pm options but didn't find anything there?

SGL.