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 --> 


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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

[mikem164]

Path is mysite/elite/upload/private.php

[basilrath]

ok try the attached

[mikem164]

works fantastic, THANK YOU!! Great Job.

[Mikevet1984]

Please the third MSN style animation for vBulletin/private.php please!

[basilrath]

The attatched msn pop up is directed to the requested url:

/vBulletin/private.php

[Mikevet1984]

Thank you mate! 5 stars!

Installed and nominated....

Keep on this great work....WAITING if possible the next animation. An idea is a sexy girl announcing the messages hehehehe

Regards

[basilrath]

im working on new stuff as mentioned but christmas is a drinking time lol

[creative-friend]

I am having some problems......i am using vb4.1.1

1st i cant see any animation when i receive PM
2nd when i try going on this link http://youforums/you-got-mail.swf It works fine and i can see the animation but when i click on the animation.....it takes me to http://www.yourforums.com/forums/private.php.......
but the correct link is http://www.yourforums.com/private.php

how do i sort it out??

[creative-friend]

I Have Sorted It Outtttt....Yaay

Thanksss Alotttt Mate......

[top dogs 360]

You have 2 versions but 5 things to download. Can someone clear this up for me? I had the mailbox one set up correctly for a few months now. I tried to upgrade to the msn one and I had it working (you could see the image) execpt the link to the actual PM went to a 404 page. I tried to mess around to no avail.

I just didn't see clear enough directions on the 1st post on what to put where I suppose, and what the differences of the 5 zips are.