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

[BigDog56]

Originally Posted by 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.

That worked! thank you!

[BigDog56]

Clicking on the butler does not work though.

[basilrath]

send me a pm with your login details ill fix it for you

[basilrath]

Please upload this swf and overwrite ............. then tell me if ok we can check

[basilrath]

Ok fixed ........................ Jeff

Now a little information i have changed your url in the control panel main settings as its been set slightly incorrect so everything should be working fine now.

Dave

[BigDog56]

Originally Posted by basilrath

Ok fixed ........................ Jeff

Now a little information i have changed your url in the control panel main settings as its been set slightly incorrect so everything should be working fine now.

Dave

Thank you very much!:up:

[dankreiner]

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

You forgot those of use with our vbulletin installed in our root

I just realized my butler doesn't link... I love it... i need it to be just /private.php pretty please.

Thanks, Dan

[basilrath]

hi dan

i will sort today for you

[basilrath]

use the attatched swf Dan - i have changed the link in this to suit anyone who has no "forum" folder.

www.yourdomain.com/private.php

[ArminTECH]

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