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

Find

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]

Template: Header - look for

<div class="ad_global_header">
{vb:raw ad_location.global_header1}
{vb:raw ad_location.global_header2}
</div>
<hr />

place the code directy below (you may need space between)

[steve1966]

Hello i am using the mail 2

and i use this 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="http://www.shareme.org/forums/mail2.swf"   
    width="150" height="250">  
     <param name="movie" value="http://www.shareme.org/forums/mail2.swf" />  
   <param name="quality" value="high"/>  
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>  
 </object>  
</vb:if>  
<!-- end of mail -->

when i click on the butler i get this url

http://www.shareme.org/forum/private.php

but i need it to be forums instead of forum

http://www.shareme.org/forums/private.php

please can you edit the file for me thanks

[basilrath]

when i click on the butler i get this url

http://www.shareme.org/forums/private.php

but i need it to be

http://www.shareme.org/forums/private.php

please can you edit the file for me thanks

they look the same paths to me?

[steve1966]

sorry my typo error

it shows as


http://www.shareme.org/forum/private.php

and should be

http://www.shareme.org/forums/private.php

[basilrath]

Ok i have edited the fla and the new swf for anyone with the path

/forums/private.php

should be ok now

[steve1966]

thank you

[BigDog56]

Can't get it to work either. http://ravensforums.com/forum/forum.php
mail is http://ravensforums.com/forum/private.php

[basilrath]

If you want the butler to walk on and say "you have mail" and your private.php is is as follows

/forum/private.php

then use this

[BigDog56]

Originally Posted by basilrath

If you want the butler to walk on and say "you have mail" and your private.php is is as follows

/forum/private.php

then use this

This is what I have and I still cant get it to work. I have uploaded the swf. file to the forum root.
<!-- 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.ravensforums.com/forum/private.php/mail2.swf"
width="150" height="250">
<param name="movie" value="/http://www.ravensforums.com/forum/private.php/mail2.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high"/>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
</object>
</vb:if>
<!-- end of mail -->

[basilrath]

Your paths are incorrect

ok use the following 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="http://www.ravensforums.com/forum/mail2.swf"
width="150" height="250">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.ravensforums.com/forum/mail2.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high"/>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
</object>
</vb:if>
<!-- end of mail -->


if your swf is in the correct place type this into your browser

http://www.ravensforums.com/forum/mail2.swf

and you should then see the swf ............ meaning the animated pm will reflect when a pm is recieved.

this should be exactly what you need.