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]

The attached has the path

/forum/private.php

[TombstoneWarrior]

i have a big arrow in the bottom right coner when i press t it say i have mail any idea why they is that huge arrow pointing to th coner of th forum? it works fine in other browsers im using opera but all other work fine????

[basilrath]

Originally Posted by TombstoneWarrior

i have a big arrow in the bottom right coner when i press t it say i have mail any idea why they is that huge arrow pointing to th coner of th forum? it works fine in other browsers im using opera but all other work fine????

screen shot ???

[TombstoneWarrior]

Originally Posted by basilrath

screen shot ???

first pic is b4 i click on the arrow with my mouse then it works as ussual after that. that's the second pic.. oh ya forgot to say it only happens in opera. now on this site with ie9 i cant vote to tag a mod i am loving google chrome more and more..

[marccap]

installed and all good - How do I remove the box that appears in the middle of your screen where you can press ok or cancel to view the message?

[basilrath]

its in the admin cp

for users recieving pm's

[marccap]

Originally Posted by basilrath

its in the admin cp

for users recieving pm's

Cheers all done

[Expat]

Got it working using Flash Decompiler 4 by Trillix. Just had to change the path in the .swf file to match my path. Nice mod BTW.

[basilrath]

Edited swf for user vetsols ...............

This is directed to your private.php without sub forums and with forum in root:

http://www.thecheatpolice.com

[vetsols]

Thank you sir. Sorry for the last PM. I should have looked here first. Thank you!

UPDATE: The script AND flash WORKS GREAT on VB 4.2.0PL2!
Great job and thanks again!