Play a sound when new PMs are recieved..

This is a very simple little hack that will play a sound when you have a new (unread) private message.

A friend was asking if there was a hack to do this so I searched the hacks database and this forum and didn't see anything, but I'd be suprised if someone hasn't already done it because its so simple. So if this has already been done by someone else, my appologies..

We just converted over to vB from phpBB a few weeks ago, and for some reason the import script set everyones preferences to not be notified by email or pop-up when new PMs are recieved. So this helps make sure that they notice them anyway.

[DWZ]

hehe, cool idea

[high]* DWZ imagines AOL's "You've got mail" thing playing on new PM[/high]

[corsacrazy]

nice one maty has any one got any more sounds to have ? ? installed

[EvilLS1]

Thanks.

Here's a couple of sites with a lot of free sound files:

http://www.eventsounds.com/

http://www.top50wavsites.com/

[EvilLS1]

Originally posted by DWZ
hehe, cool idea

* DWZ imagines AOL's "You've got mail" thing playing on new PM

I can't take credit for the idea. Someone else has done the same thing for phpBB forums.

[Chris M]

But they havent for vB, so good going

Nice idea, but I dont like Wav's on websites

*installs on test board*

Satan

[Obi-Wan]

Seems like a kewl hack m8, Thx.

were's the screenshot...HAHAHA

[350Chevy]

Works like a charm!

I'll be playing around with figuring out how to get random PM's from a folder to play instead of just one.

[Link14716]

A similar hack has been made from FireFly, only his makes the header of the PM table flash a different table.

Nice job on this hack, nevertheless

[EvilLS1]

Thanks. Glad a few others found it useful. 350Chevy is the friend I mentioned above (his idea to do this mod for vB). He's another phpBB traitor like me. :laugh:

I installed the flashing PM hack by Firefly too. Awesome! Yet another way to make new PMs more noticible.