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What's it do?
Simple: it checks to see how many new PMs a user has. If they've only got one (which is usually the case...I don't think many people get tons of new PMs), the popup JavaScript alert displayed to them will let them know who sent them the message, what it's title is, and, rather than take them to the Inbox, it'll take them directly to the message.

If there's more than one, it'll display a more vague message, letting them know just how many new messages they have, and redirecting them to their Inbox (which is where the current popup directs you). Anyway, here's the hack:

Open global.php. Around line 266 you should see the following:

Code:

$newpmmsg=1;

RIGHT below it, place this (REPLACE your current code for this hack with the code below, if you happen to be one of the few people who actually intalled this originally from the Beta Hacks forum.

)

Code:

  $latest_pm = $DB_site->query("SELECT p.privatemessageid AS pm_popup_id, p.title AS pm_popup_title, u.username AS pm_popup_username FROM privatemessage p, user u WHERE messageread = 0 AND p.userid = $bbuserinfo[userid] AND p.fromuserid = u.userid ORDER BY dateline DESC");
  $hack_pm_total  = $DB_site->num_rows($latest_pm);
  
    if ($hack_pm_total > 1) {
      eval("\$pm_popup_text = \"".gettemplate('pm_popup_multiple')."\";");
      eval("\$pm_popup_url  = \"".gettemplate('pm_popup_url_multiple')."\";");
    } else {
      extract($DB_site->fetch_array($latest_pm));
      eval("\$pm_popup_text = \"".gettemplate('pm_popup')."\";");
      eval("\$pm_popup_url  = \"".gettemplate('pm_popup_url')."\";");
    }

Now, create the four new templates. I've attached a file to this post containing the names of the four templates, and the text I've used to populate them -- which will probably be the same text and such you'll want to use. Don't be intimidated...they're all very small.

After that, edit your head_newpm template to make use of the new variables. Here's my use of it (highly suggested):

Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function confirm_newpm() {
	input_box = confirm("$pm_popup_text");
	if (input_box == true) { // Output when OK is clicked
		second_box = confirm("Open in new window?\n\n(Press cancel to open your $inboxname in the current window.)");
		if (second_box == true) {
			window.open('$pm_popup_url','pmnew','width=600,height=500,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=yes,location=yes,directories=yes,resizable=yes,top=50,left=50'); 
		} else {
			window.location = "$pm_popup_url";
		}
	} else {
	// Output when Cancel is clicked
	}
}
-->
</script>

Enjoy.

Ninth Dimension · #42 01-24-2002, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TWTCommish
Daniel: that looks like it should work. Does your <body> tag on that same page at the same time have an onload="" attribute calling the confirm_newpm() function?

No, i've attached the html as a txt file so you can see for yourself.

squawell · #43 01-24-2002, 01:40 AM

thankz all of u~~

now it works~~~

TWTCommish · #44 01-24-2002, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by danielhollands
No, i've attached the html as a txt file so you can see for yourself.

Hmmm. no onload attribute. Not that is odd...because that attribute should be there regardless of my hack if you have a new PM. Were your popups working fine before?

Ninth Dimension · #45 01-24-2002, 01:00 PM

oh yes, the pop-up was running fine before.

there is a small update to this, late last night it actually worked, completly out of a blue one of my members sent me a message, and low and behold I got it.

It was just strange that when I was testing it myself it did not work :?:

TWTCommish · #46 01-24-2002, 01:04 PM

Hmmmm. Perhaps the problem is your method of testing, then: I test it by having one window, like the Who's Online page, or the main forum page, open, and alongside it, a window to send myself a message with. The thing is that you have to close the window, or hit the back button, before it takes you back to your PM list after sending it...remember. the private.php doesn't pop those messages up.

Ninth Dimension · #47 01-24-2002, 01:25 PM

in that case I think you have solved the problem.

thank you very much for helping out, and for developing the hack, it's really cool

TWTCommish · #48 01-24-2002, 01:26 PM

If you have any problems, please let me know. And no, thank YOU for installing the hack.

I'm just glad some people have found it to be useful.

Kumaro · #49 01-24-2002, 04:19 PM

I installed the hack and I now get this message at the top of everypage of my board.

Warning: extract() expects first argument to be an array in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/forums.411hype.com/httpdocs/global.php on line 274

???

Kumaro · #50 01-24-2002, 04:24 PM

sorry, got it fixed. ignore last message.

great hack

Lionel · #51 01-24-2002, 06:20 PM

I sill have a problem when receiving multiple pm. It is reading from single template (with blank name and subject) and is opening an error page about cannot find message. I checked the routine in global.php, it seems fine, exactly as posted.

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