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

Find

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

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

ill sort it tommorow with the little mailbox

dave

Any updates?

[basilrath]

The attached has the AOL "you got mail" voice over worked in

It also has the path: /private.php

Hopefully works fine and what you asked for

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

The attached has the AOL "you got mail" voice over worked in

It also has the path: /private.php

Hopefully works fine and what you asked for

So what code do I use? That is just a swf file

[basilrath]

Edit template - FORUMHOME

Find

{vb:raw footer}

After add

<!-- 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

remember to change the path to your swf

[RC-Central]

Ok, I just loaded the file into my root but what do I change the code for "/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf" ?

[basilrath]

If your forums are

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

or
/you-got-mail.swf

then you can put that line of code in

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

If your forums are

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

or
/you-got-mail.swf

then you can put that line of code in

Ok, I got the animation to work and it has the sound of the mailbox, but no "you've got mail".

[basilrath]

<a href="http://www.vdubs-r-us.com/you-got-mail.swf" target="_blank">http://www.vdubs-r-us.com/you-got-mail.swf</a>

if it works on the root and server from the link above then you have a flash issue

unless your running ie9 ???

apparently its having flash issues

try the link and does the flash animation work with sound?

[RC-Central]

Originally Posted by basilrath

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

if it works on the root and server from the link above then you have a flash issue

unless your running ie9 ???

apparently its having flash issues

try the link and does the flash animation work with sound?

Yes, the link works fine. Here is what I have:

{vb:raw footer}
<!-- mail --> 
<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[pmunread]"> 
<a style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:-40px;right:-20px;" title="Click Here - New PM!">
 <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"  
   data="/you-got-mail.swf"  
    width="150" height="250"> 
     <param name="movie" value="/you-got-mail.swf" /> 
   <param name="quality" value="high"/> 
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> 
 </object> 
</vb:if> 
<!-- end of mail -->  
</body>
</html>

[basilrath]

ive just joined and sent myself a pm

works fine