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

[basilrath]

lol thanks

[biggeorge]

Originally Posted by 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....

+1

I'm not even using this mod, but I appreciate the time you invest into helping everyone.

[Dotti]

I love this! I also have to commend you on your great attitude and patience with all of us. I have installed this and like I said, love it.

One question: Where else do I have to put the code for it to show up in all my forums? Is it possible?

EDIT: I found it - FORUMDISPLAY

Thank you again for all your help!

Marked EXCELLENT on everything. You truly are #1

[revmitchell]

I still cannot get it working. Exactly how should the path to the swf file read?

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by revmitchell

I still cannot get it working. Exactly how should the path to the swf file read?

You should be able to access the swf via the line of code :

<param name="movie" value="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf" />

In other words if you type the path in your browser you will see the swf such as this as in my site:

http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/you-got-mail.swf

This means the swf is then where it should be and will appear on the reciept of a PM

[revmitchell]

Originally Posted by basilrath

You should be able to access the swf via the line of code :

<param name="movie" value="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf" />

In other words if you type the path in your browser you will see the swf such as this as in my site:

http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/you-got-mail.swf

This means the swf is then where it should be and will appear on the reciept of a PM

Well that worked but it fails to show up when I receive a pm

http://www.pastors-source.com/misc/you-got-mail.swf

[basilrath]

im having a look for you now ................ give me a minute

[basilrath]

Ok ...............

I have rectified the code and the animated pm works fine as the image shows below - it is also directed to your inbox when clicked.



Remember you have many styles in your admin cp and the "default" is a parent of the others

if a style you have added is not a "parent" the code will have to be added to that particular style

hope this helps and is fixed

[revmitchell]

Thanks for your assistance!

[sulasno]

I wish someone would create a you-got-mail.swf