New messages flashing mail

[EG]

being the total simpleton that i am at times, and also a scaredy cat, afraid to break what works...

I would like the flashy gif to appear at the top of the screen,

you have 66 messages, 1 are new.

so that the flashy gif appears before the 1

Ive worked out what line to put it on... but obviously it flashes all the time, because IM unsure where exactly to put the ['unread_messages'] code bit... without messing up the other code

[EG]

ok Im a total der brain!

just re read this topic more carefully...

excuse me 

[Cypher7]

ok Im a total der brain!

just re read this topic more carefully...

excuse me 

And I was just fishing out the code for ya and all...

I have the same on my board, works well...

[EG]

aww thanks for that!

I just didnt read it through properly!  typical

yeah, the members were complaining that they didnt notice when they got a new IM as easily now... the little flashing envelope works wonders

[Cypher7]

the little flashing envelope works wonders

I second that!!

[cleavers1066]

Thanks for this very helpful, and certainly a million miles better than a pop-up.

[mytreo]

Thanks for this very helpful, and certainly a million miles better than a pop-up.

Totally agree. The flashing mail icon should be standard in SMF (and it would be nice to see it on this forum too!)

[Little Wolf]

This is a great tip! but...where is the newim.gif?

[Cypher7]

This is a great tip! but...where is the newim.gif?

Just use this one!?!...

http://bbs.off-road.com/ubbthreads/images/newpm.gif   

just change the name to newim.gif when you download it...

[Little Wolf]

oh! ok thanks.. that was a stupid question to ask. 

[Cypher7]

oh! ok thanks.. that was a stupid question to ask. 

Better to ask a stupid question... then to fix a stupid mistake

[nokonium]

If you want a bit more animation



Right click and save image

[Zaha]

I feel like a total idiot, but whenever I try to stick in the second version of the code (the one that shows in the user info box), I get a template parse error.

What am I doing wrong?

Edit: Nevermind, it's fixed now... think I may have put an extra line before it.

Just a question - if it normally says:

"Hey, Zaha, you have 1 message, 1 are new."

How would I get it to say:

"Hey, Zaha, you have 1 message, 1 are new."

[ansonwolfe]

Just the thing I'm looking for. Thank you guys!   

[xenovanis]

One more question, to put the image in line with the buttons I added

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style="margin: 2px in the code, but the number of messages isn't aligning. Is it possible to move this 2 points higher (like the image below)?

[[Unknown]]

You may need to put align="top" on all the button img tags.

-[Unknown]

[xenovanis]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

[nameless]

This is a great mod. I love it. So easy to implement.

[trenchteam]

Awesome Mod!  Working Great!

[Red]

And I was just fishing out the code for ya and all...

I have the same on my board, works well...

could you put up that code.. so the image is in front of the "1 New Message"?