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 --> 


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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)



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[basilrath]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrr

working in chrome / FFox / Opera / Safari not ie

give me a min

[basilrath]

change the path to the full url

http://www.vdubs-r-us.com/you-got-mail.swf

to see if this works

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

change the path to the full url

http://www.vdubs-r-us.com/you-got-mail.swf

to see if this works

Still just the mailbox and the "rubbing metal" sound. lol.. Since you are a member of my site now, just go to the main chat there instead of filling up your space here..

[basilrath]

strange its working in root ....

working in safari, chrome, ffox opera .............

ill work on the problem unless there a conflict from ie with another mod

ive tried it on your site in all browsers


ill reload in another flash file give me a min

[basilrath]

try the new swf and overwrite

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

try the new swf and overwrite

no, still does the same. I am putting the file in the root dir... I am sure..

[basilrath]

yes but you can try it elswhere providing the path is correct

the file works in the browser and also works in all other browsers on your site !!!

I checked so maybe try changing the location

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

yes but you can try it elswhere providing the path is correct

the file works in the browser and also works in all other browsers on your site !!!

I checked so maybe try changing the location

Maybe it is just my computer...lol.. I tried to change file locations and still nothing.

[misericorde]

Please,

Is that you can make me a message without sound for the you-got-mail.swf ?

[CouponWCents]

I have it working except for when I click on it, it takes me to
http://www.couponwithcents.com/forum/private.php

Not Found

The requested URL /forum/private.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.