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Blinking notifier in welcome bar when receiving a new pm
Version: 1.2, by Fusion.nl Fusion.nl is offline
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Version: 3.0.7 Rating:
Released: 05-24-2005 Last Update: 05-25-2005 Installs: 86
 
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Don't you just hate it sending a pm to someone and he/she never reads it untill some weeks later? Using the build in pop-up bar from vB that problem is easily solved, but has to be turned on by the user since it is not a default setting.

VB.org offered me two sollutions, but were both (sound on pm, or that ugly blinking red message that is used by this forum) a bit over the top. I then found JohnBee's cleaner version which did the trick in Internet Explorer, but didnt function when using Firefox. Plus there was a lot of code that needed to be added, so even though I had zero experience in Javascript, i started crafting one myself.

Now this version works both in Internet Explorer as in Firefox, they look exactly the same (as in speeds) plus only 17 lines of code are added to one single template style. You can change the blink color to any color you like and also change the speed of the blinking. (setInterval("doBlink()",500, where 500 is the speed in milliseconds)

installation
In AdminCP, in your navbar template, find
Code:
ht = document.getElementsByTagName("html");
	ht[0].style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(grayscale=1)";
	if (confirm('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]'))
	{
		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		ht[0].style.filter = "";
		return false;
	}
}
//-->
After add
Code:
<!-- [Fusion's `ing PM mod :: http://ut2004.titaninternet.co.uk] -->
function doBlink() {
  var blink = document.all.tags("blink")
  for (var i=0; i<blink.length; i++)
    blink[i].style.visibility = blink[i].style.visibility == "" ? "hidden" : ""
}

//fix by Piglet
function startBlink() {
	window.preblinkonload();
	setInterval("doBlink()",500)
}

if (document.all && ! window.preblinkonload){
	window.preblinkonload = window.onload;
	window.onload = startBlink;
}

//-->
In the same template, find
Code:
<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><br /><phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase></if>
Replace with
Code:
<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><br />
			<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
			<phrase 1="<blink><font color=#ff0000>$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]</font></blink>" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase>
			<br />
			<else />
			<phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase><br /></if></if>
This gives you a red (#ff0000) blinking message when having a pm in your box, after which you are done.

---------------------------optional---------------------------

Alternatively, if you just want blinking text (so text with default font color blinking on and off) simply skip the last step and do this one in stead.

In the same template, find
Code:
<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><br /><phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase></if>
Replace with
Code:
<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><br />
			<if condition="$bbuserinfo['pmunread']">
			<phrase 1="<blink>$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]</blink>" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase>
			<br />
			<else />
			<phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]" 2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]" 3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase><br /></if></if>
The end result should look like this, in your own board colors ofcourse.

Dont forget to press install if you like this little mod.

Update (26-5-2005): This mod had a conflict in IE with an other mod, namely a 2nd breadcrumb we've added at the bottom for easy scrolling, which caused us to have an overflow error in Internet Explorer. So basicly, this mod should have worked for other forums, it just gave us specificly a slight hickup cause of the nature of our board. Still, the code has been updated so that it works now for both us and other forums that may have messed with the onload command.

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Old 09-05-2005, 06:06 PM
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works great
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a little help please...I can not find the "navbar" template in the stylemanager...please dont yell...I might just be over looking it. can someone point me in the right direction? Is it the same as Navigation / Breadcrums Templates?

EDIT: Found it, but can not find in both my Styles, I can only find it in one of them :

PHP Code:
<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><br /><phrase 1="$vbphrase[unread_x_nav_compiled]2="$vbphrase[total_x_nav_compiled]3="$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages_nav]</phrase></if> 

This is my code can someone tell me if I missed it?
PHP Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function 
log_out()
{
    
ht document.getElementsByTagName("html");
    
ht[0].style.filter "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(grayscale=1)";
    if (
confirm('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]'))
    {
        return 
true;
    }
    else
    {
        
ht[0].style.filter "";
        return 
false;
    }
}
//-->
</script>

<
br />

<!-- 
breadcrumbloginpm info -->
<
table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<
tr>
    <
td class="alt1" width="100%">
        <if 
condition="is_array($navbits)">
            <
table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
            <
tr valign="bottom">
                <
td><a href="#" onclick="history.back(1)"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_back]border="0" /></a></td>
                <
td>&nbsp;</td>
                <
td width="100%"><span class="navbar"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]accesskey="1">$vboptions[bbtitle]</a></span$navbits[breadcrumb]</td>
            </
tr>
            <
tr>
                <
td class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt; padding-top:1px" colspan="3"><a href="$scriptpath"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_finallink.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reload_this_page]border="0" /></a> <strong>$navbits[lastelement]</strong></td>
            </
tr>
            </
table>            
        <else />
            <
div class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]accesskey="1"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>
        </if>
    </
td>    
        
    
</
tr>
</
table>
<!-- / 
breadcrumbloginpm info -->

<
br
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Look in the Breadcrumbs template set, it there!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Bolton
Look in the Breadcrumbs template set, it there!

I must be completely blind...been looking for a while now. I can find it in my other templates, but not the one listed above....
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ok, well it is not in there, can anyone tell me how to get this thing working without that particular code being in the template?
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If its not in the Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates,,
look in the header template...
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Quote:
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If its not in the Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates,,
look in the header template...
ok, thnaks, I will look right now
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this is the code that I found in the Header Template:

PHP Code:
<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[private_messages]</a></td></tr></if>
        <
tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><

if I replace this will it work?
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bump
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what version of vbulletin are you using?
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