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]

Originally Posted by CouponWCents

I have it working except for when I click on it, it takes me to
http://www.couponwithcents.com/forum/private.php

Not Found

The requested URL /forum/private.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Sorry for the late reply but use the attatched swf and overwrite it

this will direct to the path for you

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by misericorde

Please,

Is that you can make me a message without sound for the you-got-mail.swf ?

the attached has no sound

[doctorsexy]

hi is it possible to do me one where the path to private.php is www.yoursite.com/private.php

for the you-got-mail ...thanks

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by doctorsexy

hi is it possible to do me one where the path to private.php is www.yoursite.com/private.php

for the you-got-mail ...thanks

Try the attatched in this post its directed to /private.php

im assuming this is yours also

please try that first

regards
Dave

[misericorde]

Originally Posted by basilrath

the attached has no sound

Thank you but I can't read message. I have "Error 404"

[doctorsexy]

Thanks..............

[bremereric]

Okay I got the code entered in Forumhome..

{vb:raw footer}
<!-- 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="/aspenandvolare/you-got-mail.swf"
width="148" height="119">
<param name="movie" value="/aspenandvolare/you-got-mail.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high"/>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
</object>
</vb:if>
<!-- end of mail -->

Where as my forum path to private.php is aspenandvolare/private.php.
Don't know if the you-got-mail.swf is going to work.

[basilrath]

My apolagies for late reply

please use the attached swf which has the path to your private.php

Hopefully this is ok

Dave

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by basilrath

My apolagies for late reply

please use the attached swf which has the path to your private.php

Hopefully this is ok

Dave

Alright Dave I will give it a try tonight.

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by bremereric

Alright Dave I will give it a try tonight.

Okay I uploaded the new you-got-mail.swf to the aspenandvolare root folder. It did not work and this is what I noticed. With a new message the forum will load and then you will see the spinning wheel in the window tab. At the bottom of the window you will see the progress bars get up to but never pass the four bars. With no new message the forum will load fast and will complete within a few seconds. I had the code not installed in one of forum styles and I verified the forum would load complete even with a private message notification. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Eric