public message system

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:00 pm

I'm editing my theme.php file which is why I'm posting here. As many popup blockers stop the popup on private message, I have made a way to edit my theme.php to change the colour of my header background when a user has an unread pm. Replace

Code:

$tmpl_file = "themes/3D-Fantasy/header.html";


    $thefile = implode("", file($tmpl_file));


    $thefile = addslashes($thefile);


    $thefile = "\$r_file=\"".$thefile."\";";


    eval($thefile);


    print $r_file;

With

Code:

function pms() {


global $user, $user_prefix, $prefix, $cookie, $db;


cookiedecode($user); 


$username = $cookie[1]; 


$sql = "select user_new_privmsg from ".$user_prefix."_users where username='$username'"; 


$result = $db->sql_query($sql); 


$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result); 


$user_new_privmsg = $row[user_new_privmsg]; 


if ($user_new_privmsg > 0) {


$tmpl_file = "themes/3D-Fantasy/headerpm.html";


    $thefile = implode("", file($tmpl_file));


    $thefile = addslashes($thefile);


    $thefile = "\$r_file=\"".$thefile."\";";


    eval($thefile);


    print $r_file;


}


else {


$tmpl_file = "themes/3D-Fantasy/header.html";


    $thefile = implode("", file($tmpl_file));


    $thefile = addslashes($thefile);


    $thefile = "\$r_file=\"".$thefile."\";";


    eval($thefile);


    print $r_file;


}


}


pms();

Then open your header.html file, change line

Code:

<td bgcolor="ffffff" width="100%">

and put in a different colour code than ffffff and save as headerpm.html. NB you should now have an unaltered header.html and a headerpm.html in your themes\chosentheme\ directory.

The above is fine and works ok for me using 3D-Fantasy theme. However, perhaps someone can come up with a better way of displaying when a user has a new PM without a java pop up? Would it be possible to send a broadcast message to just that one user for example?

*gauntlet thrown down*

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:11 am

*picks up gauntlet he dropped*

Errr so thanks for your ideas Wink

I put my theme.php file back to how it was and decided to have a flashing status bar message as it's a slicker look. Changed the header.php file so this thread definitely needs moving from the theme section!

Code:

############################################################


function pms() {


global $user, $user_prefix, $prefix, $cookie, $db;


cookiedecode($user); 


$username = $cookie[1]; 


$sql = "select user_new_privmsg from ".$user_prefix."_users where username='$username'"; 


$result = $db->sql_query($sql); 


$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result); 


$user_new_privmsg = $row[user_new_privmsg]; 


if ($user_new_privmsg > 0) {


$message = 1;


}


else {


$message = 0;


}


return $message;


}


$message = pms();


##############################################





<SCR IPT> 


<!--


//Pass variables to Javascript


var pm = '<?php echo $message?>';





//Function for PMs


var yourwords = "You have a new message";


var speed = 500;


var control = 1;


function flash()


{


if (pm == 1)


{


if (control == 1)


{


window.status=yourwords;


control=0;


}


else


{


window.status="";


control=1;


}


setTimeout("flash();",speed);


}


else


{


window.status= "ecvej.com";


}


}





//--> 


</SCR IPT> 


</HEAD> 


<BODY onLoad = "flash()">


</HTML>

NB There isn't meant to be a space in the code above for the word <SCR IPT>