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

[doctorsexy]

yes
set this...data="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf"

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

to the right path ..

should look like this data="http://www.yoursite/you-got-mail.swf

and this <param name="movie" value="http://www.yoursite/you-got-mail.swf" />

if your forum is on the root

[TombstoneWarrior]

Originally Posted by doctorsexy

yes
set this...data="/path-to-your/you-got-mail.swf"

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

to the right path ..

should look like this data="http://www.yoursite/you-got-mail.swf

and this <param name="movie" value="http://www.yoursite/you-got-mail.swf" />

if your forum is on the root

doc my vbulliten files are in the public_html file of filezilla. i also have the you--got-mail in the public_html on filzilla. i had my host install the vbulliten so in public_html has the vb zip file. i am assuming they unzipped it in my main directory. so will the data path for you-got-mail.swf is still "http://www.yoursite/you-got-mail.swf also what do you mean the movie path? sorry about all the questions i just cant get this mod to work at all no matter what i put in.


this is my you-got-mail.swf directory >>>>> /public_html/you-got-mail.swf

this is also where th vd.zip files wer unzipped>>> /public_html/vbforum_4_4-1-9_VBFF273C92

what is the right path for the file you got mail to work? thanks for all the help and sorry stll learning.

[doctorsexy]

try this

<!-- 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="http://www.drugbuyinginfo.com/you-got-mail.swf"
width="150" height="250">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.drugbuyinginfo.com/you-got-mail.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high"/>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
</object>
</vb:if>
<!-- end of mail -->

[TombstoneWarrior]

Originally Posted by doctorsexy

try this

<!-- 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="http://www.drugbuyinginfo.com/you-got-mail.swf"
width="150" height="250">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.drugbuyinginfo.com/you-got-mail.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high"/>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
</object>
</vb:if>
<!-- end of mail -->

doc you are the man it worked

[tommydamic68]

Originally Posted by tommydamic68

can you please help me with this issue?

Ok, works, but i have no unread messages but when i refresh forum home it says"new mail" any thoughts? it tells me i have messages when i don't. tried with a test user and no existing pm's-the same result.

thanks in advanced!

thanks,

I guess i'm SOL!

[doctorsexy]

have you got a pop up box for messages if its ticked untick it
have you got the right swf file theres different files for different paths
havent got 3.8 so carnt say anything really other than that

[TombstoneWarrior]

installed and for all the help nominated for MOTM

[tommydamic68]

Originally Posted by doctorsexy

have you got a pop up box for messages if its ticked untick it
have you got the right swf file theres different files for different paths
havent got 3.8 so carnt say anything really other than that

unticked. i guess the swf is correct being i see it on the site. too bad the creator cannot help.

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by tommydamic68

unticked. i guess the swf is correct being i see it on the site. too bad the creator cannot help.

send me login details etc

i will sort the issue

[iyama]

Maybe explain how to make the .swf correctly to everybody his private.php?

My site has: /forum/private.php

Could you make you-got-mail.swf to that path?