AAINC wrote:
This still works.


Create a php file and name it ex_assign.php

ex_assign.php

// $Id$
// FILE        ::    ex_assign.php
// AUTHOR    ::    Ryuji AMANO 
// WEB        ::    Ryu's Planning 
//

global $xoopsUser, $xoopsModule;
if (is_object($xoopsUser)) {
    $pm_handler =& xoops_gethandler('privmessage');

    $criteria = new CriteriaCompo(new Criteria('read_msg', 0));
    $criteria->add(new Criteria('to_userid', $xoopsUser->getVar('uid')));
    $this->assign("ex_new_messages", $pm_handler->getCount($criteria));
}

if ( is_object($xoopsModule) ) {
    $this->assign('ex_moduledir', $xoopsModule->getVar('dirname'));
}

?>

Put ex-assign.php inside the THEME folder.

Now call ex_assign.php into theme by placing the below code right after the body statement in the theme.html.

<{include_php file="$xoops_rootpath/themes/YOUR_THEME_NAME_HERE/ex_assign.php"}>

Now place the below code where you want the message alert to go inside the theme.html

<{if $ex_new_messages < 1}>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php">Private Messagesa>
<{/if}>
<{if $ex_new_messages > 0}>
<{if $smarty.server.SCRIPT_NAME == "/index.php"}>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

script>
<{/if}>
<a  href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php">
<span style="color:#ff6600;"><{$ex_new_messages}>-Message(s)
span>a>
<{/if}>

With this you not only have a Red link saying how many new messages you have, when you return to front page a popup tells you also. If no new messages it just says "Private Message, linking to the inbox.

I am sure someone could clean up and update, but this works in XOOPS 2 XOOPS 2.2 and XOOPS 2.2.3a.