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

[labrador083]

Thank you very much

[merk_aus]

Checked out your site with the test account and saw no animation at all in regards to private messaging.

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by merk_aus

Checked out your site with the test account and saw no animation at all in regards to private messaging.

i will sort this out now .............

+++ fixed +++

[merk_aus]

wow worked and looks great!

[basilrath]

if anyone finds the mail animation not there simply login on the test user account

Username.......... mail-test
password.......... 123

and send a pm to the mail-test account............ then refresh you will see it again

[frankiepeppers]

This is driving me nuts. ive done everything you said. it doesnt work. help me obiwon!

frankiepeppers.com/forums

UPDATE: i saw the mail box two times. but not again yet...hmmm any help would be apprecited. its like its a ghost, it comes and goes when it wants lol HELP!

UPDATE 2: ok its back, but i notice now, that this mail box animation only shows up on the homepage, is that the way it is supposed to work? does not show up thread pages or forms or competitions.

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by frankiepeppers

This is driving me nuts. ive done everything you said. it doesnt work. help me obiwon!

frankiepeppers.com/forums

UPDATE: i saw the mail box two times. but not again yet...hmmm any help would be apprecited. its like its a ghost, it comes and goes when it wants lol HELP!

UPDATE 2: ok its back, but i notice now, that this mail box animation only shows up on the homepage, is that the way it is supposed to work? does not show up thread pages or forms or competitions.

Ok the animation works on the Forumhome template but can be added to cms page if needed via the code being implemented in the same way as the forumhome. The only reason i didnt was i felt it was probably only needed on the forumhome but its just a case of adding to the template you require with the same code etc. The paths to your private.php are relative so not a problem.

[session-one]

can someone pm me on how to get the mailbox clickable to your pm box..right now..it says click to get new message, but nothing happens

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by session-one

can someone pm me on how to get the mailbox clickable to your pm box..right now..it says click to get new message, but nothing happens

Firstly what is your board path?

Then i can help

[your24hourstore]

its kool havent found the swf for /forums/ yet that works but i can make one oh strike that i see i downloaded the wrong one DOH!!