Bamfer Posted October 19, 2005 Posted October 19, 2005 I also prefer the old way. In my Assistent long lines don't wrap and protrudes through the border. All in all, get rid of My assistant and just make the links in it part of a drop-down menu. I agree. Wish I knew how to code this up myself. I would think this would be a simple mod to bring the red strip back. *sigh*
Please Delete Posted October 19, 2005 Posted October 19, 2005 I visited an IPB forum where it said "You've got mail" everytime I got a PM. I had that on my old Ikonboard way back when. Thats a pretty neat mod.
peppino Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 I'd like something that work. New my assistant does not work at all for me.
Coastie Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 the new system gets around pop-up blockers which is nice, but it does need to be more noticable.
ZeroSum Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 Why not have the forum automatically go to the first new message instead of notifying you that you have a new message?
SpireInc Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 Because when you're at the forum you might not be interested in reading the PM untl you've checked the forums.
AtariAge Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 *Bump* Has anyone yet created a mod that gives us this old functionality back? I'm about to move my forum from 2.0.4 to 2.1.5 and I know my users are going to complain about the "My Assistant". Nice idea in concept, but I don't think it was very well implemented. I'm not really fond of popups, and since this one doesn't even open up in a separate, resizable window, it's usefulness is somewhat limited. I'm really surprised the old notification method was removed entirely instead of giving forum admins a choice and I'm disappionted in that. ..Al
LightFang Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 I liked the old one much better. The new pop up is too much for my kinda slow 5 year old computer. Red bar please =)
ellawella Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Yeah, the popup is pretty crappy. User configurable choice between old and new style, please!
Genestoy Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Very interesting! Not a single response from IPS <_< I posted long ago about this very subject and you definately have my vote to "bring back the pink/red bar" notification or at least make it an option in the ACP :thumbsup:
FCB-Mo Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 i think u can bring this back by doing this: look and feel >> **Skin name** >> Edit Template HTML >> All Global HTML >> global_board_header Find<if="ipb.can_use_fancy_js != 0"> and change to <if="ipb.can_use_fancy_js != 1"> however, this will remove the new my assistant and some other stuff probably
ellawella Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Just tried the above method and nothing at all pops up when you have a new PM waiting.
AtariAge Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 I have modified my forum so that it displays the old PM notification when you receive a new PM, without removing any of the My Assistant functionality. The only difference is that you see the old notification box instead of My Assistant popping up when you get a new PM. I will post complete instructions on how to perform this mod later today (involves editing two source files and adding a new skin bit). ..Al
Bladerunner Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Wow, I totally forgot about the old system... but now that I think of it, I also would like to see this return :)
AtariAge Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Okay, I have included instructions on how to do this mod. Once someone's confirmed that they've done it, I'll add it to the Downloads section on IPSBeyond. I was going to attach a screenshot, but I see that IPB doesn't have attachments enabled in this forum (sigh..) Classic PM Notification Box ======================================== Modification /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ellawella Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Works perfectly, thanks. If IPS can be persuaded to add an option to switch between the two, all the better. :)
AtariAge Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Works perfectly, thanks. If IPS can be persuaded to add an option to switch between the two, all the better. :) Awesome, thanks for confirming. I'll go run over to IPSBeyond and upload it there. I'll probably do a mod soon to allow people to choose between the two notification methods. :) ..Al
Arthas666 Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 I would like to see the old PM system back too! And I mean the system from 1.x versions, not the one with the userbar. The whole deal with My Assistant is too inconvenient and frustrating, especially for inexperienced IPB users. It would be great if the administrator could get the choice which PM system to be used on the board.
AtariAge Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 I would like to see the old PM system back too! And I mean the system from 1.x versions, not the one with the userbar. The whole deal with My Assistant is too inconvenient and frustrating, especially for inexperienced IPB users. It would be great if the administrator could get the choice which PM system to be used on the board. I never ran IPB 1.x, and I don't recall what the PM notification looked like with that version. Does anyone have a screenshot? ..Al
Arthas666 Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 Here is how it looked like in versions 1.2 and 1.3: In my opinion, it was absolutely perfect! A lot of people that I know would be happy to have it back.
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