Miscellaneous Hacks - TW7S - Notifications Alert - Easier To See

This will change the way you are alerted about notifications. The default vBulletin notification on the header is sometimes hard to see.

Demo Screenshots
(Demo's display one private message, and one visitor message)
Firefox Browsers: http://i50.tinypic.com/158b0g1.jpg
Non-Firefox Browsers: http://i50.tinypic.com/2yv59o1.jpg

Instructions

• Upload files
• Perform template edits

Open header

Find:

PHP Code:

<vb:if condition="$notifications_total">
                <li class="popupmenu notifications" id="notifications">
                    <a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}: <span class="notifications-number"><strong>{vb:raw notifications_total}</strong></span></a>
                    <ul class="popupbody popuphover">
                        {vb:raw notifications_menubits}
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <vb:else />
                <li class="popupmenu nonotifications" id="nonotifications">
                    <a class="popupctrl" href="usercp.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}</a>
                    <div class="popupbody popuphover">
                        <p>{vb:rawphrase no_new_messages}</p>
                        <p><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase inbox}</a></p>
                    </div>
                </li>
                </vb:if> 


Replace With:

PHP Code:

<li><a href="private.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase inbox}</a></li> 


Open template headinclude

Add the following code to the bottom:

PHP Code:

<!-- TheWindows7Site Notifications -->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ( document.all )
{
    function blink_show()
    {
        blink_tags  = document.all.tags('blink');
        blink_count = blink_tags.length;
        for ( i = 0; i < blink_count; i++ )
        {
            blink_tags[i].style.visibility = 'visible';
        }
        window.setTimeout( 'blink_hide()', 700 );
    }
    function blink_hide()
    {
        blink_tags  = document.all.tags('blink');
        blink_count = blink_tags.length;
        for ( i = 0; i < blink_count; i++ )
        {
            blink_tags[i].style.visibility = 'hidden';
        }
        window.setTimeout( 'blink_show()', 250 );
    }
    window.onload = blink_show;
}
-->
</script>
<!-- / TheWindows7Site Notifications --> 


Open template navbar

Find:

PHP Code:

<div class="body_wrapper"> 


Add After:

PHP Code:

<!-- TheWindows7Site Notifications -->

<vb:if condition="$notifications_total">

<div style="margin: 5px 5px;"> <div style="padding-top:10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"> <div style=" -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:5px; -moz-border-radius-topright:5px; background:#fff2f4 none repeat scroll 0 0; border:1px solid #be0000; margin:5px 10px 0; text-align:justify; "> 

<div style="padding-top:3px; padding-bottom:3px;">

<table width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> 
<td width="5%" align="center"><img alt="" src="./images/notification.png" width="40" height="40"/></td> 
<td width="90%">


                
                    <b><u>{vb:rawphrase your_notifications}</u>: <span class="notifications-number"><blink>{vb:raw notifications_total}</span></b></blink>
                    
                        <li><ul>{vb:raw notifications_menubits}</ul>
                    
                </li>
                

</td> 
<td width="5%"></td> 
</tr> 
</tbody> 
</table> 
</div>
</div> 
</div> 
</div>
</vb:if>

<!-- / TheWindows7Site Notifications --> 


Enjoy!

[LuisManson]

can someone attach or repost screenshots? tinypic banned my country :|

[LifesGreatestGift]

Use my updated version instead

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=254231

[Sforums]

Great mod but I have a problem. When I click on notification following message comes up all the time:

The webpage cannot be found
HTTP 404
Most likely causes:
•There might be a typing error in the address.
•If you clicked on a link, it may be out of date.

Why am I having this problem?

[kylek]

Is there any way to stop certain notifications from showing?

[zeus_r6]

So far so good