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after messing with this for a few days and getting a little outside help, I have finally found a way to alert members on my site when they have a private message. It isn't a pop-up html window, but it is a java script alert that says, "you have a private message in your inbox"
Copy and Paste this into your user menu block template. You might want to edit the message or make sure that this template doesn't ruin something that you have already customized.
*what is in bold is what is important. . . *Quote:
<table cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td id="usermenu">
<a class="menuTop" href="<{$xoops_url}>/user.php"><{$block.lang_youraccount}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/edituser.php"><{$block.lang_editaccount}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/notifications.php"><{$block.lang_notifications}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/user.php?op=logout"><{$block.lang_logout}></a>
<{if $block.new_messages > 0}>
<a class="highlight" href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php"><{$block.lang_inbox}> (<span style="color:#FF0000; font-weight: bold;"><{$block.new_messages}></span>)
</a>
<script>if(document.cookie.indexOf('mail=')<0){alert('you have a private message in your inbox'); document.cookie='mail=notified'}</script>
<{else}>
<script>document.cookie='mail= '</script>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php"><{$block.lang_inbox}></a>
<{/if}>
<{if $xoops_isadmin}>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/admin.php"><{$block.lang_adminmenu}></a>
<{/if}>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
There you go, post any suggestions that you may have. Hope it works for everyone
oh yea, if you want to see it in action, sign up at my site
http://minusdriven.com and send yourself some messages. Send me one too if you get bored, my name there is [nathan]
