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

[49er]

Loving It .... Thanks ....

[basilrath]

Welcome

are you running it on VBA CMPS 3.x ?

[49er]

Originally Posted by basilrath

Welcome

are you running it on VBA CMPS 3.x ?

No, i don't run it on that site, i am waiting for version 4.1 so that i am able to implement a new skin ..

I have it on my other site ... :up:

[William2509]

Can you change the butler to .........../_Wil/_VBulletin/private.php

thanks

[basilrath]

yep will do today for you

[basilrath]

Can you change the butler to .........../_Wil/_VBulletin/private.php

Try the attached swf

[William2509]

Thans for the butler.

[onehost]

When I refresh the screen, it shows a black box for a second, then the mail
box shows...whats up with that?

Lets say I want to show this somewhere near the top/middle of the screen on the
forum, where can i place the code to do this?

Would be nice if you come out with some hot/attractive designs...
its looks ok for a mail-box...would like to see something more better looking.

Thanks

[basilrath]

<!-- 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 -->


The red section of code is the position of the swf which can changed to suit wherever you want on the particular page your working with.

In relation to the animation i am actually working on new animations for the mailbox with some different ones soon.

[gagan007]

wow basilrath...nice mod

but the best part is your attitude. I have seen all these 15 pages filled with your posts giving users customized/edited swfs
kudos to you....