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

[basilrath]

If anyone has a problem with the path to private.php just post and i will adjust to suit.......

There will be some new animations soon

[your24hourstore]

only thing i find is when you check your mail it goes off and when you click to read mail it goes off too , but it is kool also i added it to header maybe thats messing it up I'm gonna reinstall to footer and see what the difference is

[session-one]

Originally Posted by basilrath

Firstly what is your board path?

Then i can help

sessionone.net/

[basilrath]

ok your mailbox animation path needs changing

tell me the whole path to the board ............. private.php

[syrn]

its Not working .........any help

http://www.apnaspot.com/you-got-mail.swf

check this link , but when recive new pm, its not displaying

[session-one]

Originally Posted by basilrath

ok your mailbox animation path needs changing

tell me the whole path to the board ............. private.php

i dont understand.. the directory of the board is \ like the path to images would be sessionone.net\images

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by session-one

i dont understand.. the directory of the board is \ like the path to images would be sessionone.net\images

ok if the path is as you have said in post try the attactched swf file as normal

[basilrath]

its Not working .........any help

http://www.apnaspot.com/you-got-mail.swf

check this link , but when recive new pm, its not displaying

PM me you login etc and ill add the mailbox .........

[your24hourstore]

stick this path file in with your image so when they have this problem they can give you a path, or you can get it yourself this way, just have them upload this file and the swf to the same directory

[basilrath]

Nice one harley