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

[doctorsexy]

Thanks...

[just.b.jealous]

Another method,..

Add the following code to the bottom of your "footer" template:

<!-- You Got Mail -->  
<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[pmunread]">  
	<a href="private.php" style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:25px;right:-5px;" title="You have new messages!">  
		<img src="images/misc/got_mail.gif">  
	</a>  
</vb:if>  
<!-- You Got Mail -->

Download any animated GIF and rename it to "got_mail.gif" and upload it to "images/misc"..

[orangedays]

i like this mod, but it cant work with my website..

my pm link is
www.domain.com/private.php

hope we can have the swf file for that

[basilrath]

The attached should work fine now

Regards
Dave

[orangedays]

thank u! great mod, already installed

[RC-Central]

I would like that little mailbox. Does it open up and say "you've got mail" as the AOL sounds? I have 4.1.4 and my PM path is http://www.vdubs-r-us.com/private.php . Please let me know what I need to do to make this work

Thanks in advance!:up:

WooHoo, my own page..lol..

[Lostboyfan]

Tagged for later.

[basilrath]

If you have the AOL sound i will arrange it for you asap

is it this one

www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/mail.wav

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

If you have the AOL sound i will arrange it for you asap

is it this one

www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/mail.wav

That is correct I do not have the sound so I need the complete package :up:

[basilrath]

ill sort it tommorow with the little mailbox

dave