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]

Sorry im working till saturday i will be on this at weekend

[basilrath]

ok the following are attached

zipped folder with swf paths pointed to: vBulletin/private.php

both fla for edit if needed

I am working on new animations shortly

[Mikevet1984]

Many many thanks my friend.....

Waiting for your new animations.....

Congratulations one more time for your excellents work.

Regards!

[Taurus1]

Man, that is so cool. Thanks. Works a charm!

[basilrath]

Added new MSN Style Pop up Alert to add new variation (with sound alert)

plus the jgrowl system seems to conflict with some existing scripts

you can see it here on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0tz8TWH4MM

[Mikevet1984]

Thank you, basilrath!

Very nice animation one more time from you!

Any instruction how to chang the private message path of the new swf using the fla file?

I hope the next animation will be a pretty sexy woman with sexy voice announcing the new message. I hope you get me! hehehehe....

Keep on man, you are the best!

Regards!

[basilrath]

Lol your welcome ill look at it asap

[WhiskeyOSS]

Works Great easy to set up is there a way to get it to pop up on a portal page ?

[basilrath]

Works Great easy to set up is there a way to get it to pop up on a portal page ?

Yes code line in the

vbcms_page

[mikem164]

PM'd info, and I second pretty girl saying u got mail in sexy voice!!

Nice Work BasilRath, Nominated for MOTM!