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]

Hi Eric

PM me your board details with admin ill sort it tonight

Dave

[basilrath]

Hi Eric

I have changed the coding to suit your site - the mod now works fine

I have added it to the cms page also

Hope this all works fine now

Regards
Dave

[bremereric]

Originally Posted by basilrath

Hi Eric

I have changed the coding to suit your site - the mod now works fine

I have added it to the cms page also

Hope this all works fine now

Regards
Dave

Yeap Thanks Dave. I see you changed the code to point it to the root directory. Marked installed.

[thespi]

How do you add this to the CMS and Blog pages? what templates do you need to edit.

[basilrath]

Simply 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 --> 


after

PHP Code:

{vb:raw footer} 


to the:

vbcms_page

ps changing the paths as normal

[bremereric]

Just giving you something to think about. I don't get the animation unless I have the pop notification on and click forum or the home page. Is there a way to change it to come on automatically without the pop up notification?

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by bremereric

Just giving you something to think about. I don't get the animation unless I have the pop notification on and click forum or the home page. Is there a way to change it to come on automatically without the pop up notification?

I will look into it asap

Thanks

[TombstoneWarrior]

i can not install this mod to save my life!! im pulling my hair out over here where does the swf file go??

[doctorsexy]

Originally Posted by TombstoneWarrior

i can not install this mod to save my life!! im pulling my hair out over here where does the swf file go??

on the forum root..

[TombstoneWarrior]

Originally Posted by doctorsexy

on the forum root..

thanks!!! , but i install the script in FORUMHOME and uploaded you got-mail.swf to /public_html sent myself a pm and nuthing. can someone tell me what i could possible be doing wrong please??