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leatherlips
Senior Member

USA
1838 Posts

Posted - 12 July 2006 : 17:34:28

I would like to put a small animated gif next to the Private Messages Link in the inc_header.asp page. However, I only want the gif to appear if the member has a message waiting.

I have members that log in but never seem to know that they have a pm waiting. I thought by adding a small gif it may get their attention. For the gif, I'm talking about a 5x5 circle that "blinks"; nothing too annoying...

I abbreviated Private Messages to PM so it would look like this on my page: PM (1)

How would I go about doing this?

Edited by - leatherlips on 12 July 2006 17:45:42

JBaldwin
Junior Member

USA
137 Posts

Posted - 12 July 2006 : 19:42:24

Look for the one instance of this in inc_header.asp:

			if pmcount > 0 then Response.Write "(<font color=""" & strActiveLinkColor & """><b>" & pmcount & " New</b></font>)"

Make it look like this:

			if pmcount > 0 then Response.Write "(<font color=""" & strActiveLinkColor & """><b>" & pmcount & "</b></font>) <img src=""http://www.mangionemagic.com/forum/images/pmalert.gif"" alt=""PM ALERT"" border=""0"" />"

Of course, adjust the image URL to whatever you need to make it work. Alternatively, if you add that .gif to your inc_iconfiles.asp, then you can use something like:

getCurrentIcon(strIconPMalert,"PM Alert","hspace=""0""")

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Edited by - JBaldwin on 12 July 2006 19:49:37

leatherlips
Senior Member

USA
1838 Posts

Posted - 12 July 2006 : 19:50:18

I figured it out. When I came here to post what I did, I see that JBaldwin also had some suggestions. Here is what I did. I added the part in red:

If strPMStatus = "1" then
Response.Write " <a href=""pm_view.asp""" & dWStatus("Check Your Private Messages...") & " tabindex=""-1""><acronym title=""Check Your Private Messages..."">PM "
if pmcount > 0 then Response.Write "(<font color=""" & strActiveLinkColor & """><b>" & pmcount & " New</b></font>) <img align=""middle"" border=0 src=""" & StrImageURL & "pmalert.gif"">"

Of the various ways to do this, which way would be best? My way works but JBaldwin's approach would most likely work too. I want to do it the best way possible without any future issues.

JBaldwin
Junior Member

USA
137 Posts

Posted - 12 July 2006 : 20:04:15

Here is the ideal way to do it, following the way Snitz does. Using inc_iconfiles.asp and inc_header.asp:

1) Upload the image pmalert.gif to your images folder
2) In inc_iconfiles.asp - look for:


Const strIconPmprivatemessage = "icon_privatemessage.gif|20|24"

After that, add:


Const strIconPMalert = "icon_pmalert.gif|5|5"

3) In inc_header.asp - look for:


			if pmcount > 0 then Response.Write "(<font color=""" & strActiveLinkColor & """><b>" & pmcount & " New</b></font>)"

REPLACE IT WITH:


			if pmcount > 0 then Response.Write "(<font color=""" & strActiveLinkColor & """><b>" & pmcount & "</b></font>) " & getCurrentIcon(strIconPMalert,"PM Alert","hspace=""0""")

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laser
Advanced Member

Australia
3859 Posts

Posted - 12 July 2006 : 23:20:38

Nice mod leatherlips

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