Add-on Conversation Notification

[Graham Smith]

A couple of our regular visitors have commented that they don’t notice there’s a new conversation message when they log in.

Can anyone think of an add-on or template modification that would make things more ‘in your face’?

Maybe something like a pulsing ‘conversation’ button if there’s something there that’s unread?

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[jeb35]

So are you saying they are too lazy to look up at their notifications or they don't get a notification at all? Obviously its working for all the other members, right?

 

[Graham Smith]

So are you saying they are too lazy to look up at their notifications or they don't get a notification at all? Obviously its working for all the other members, right?

Yes. Working for everyone else.

They’re clearly blind and need something a little less subtle!

 

[gigipmc]

I wouldn't use anything blinking/pulsating, that's a big no-no in UI design.

Try editing the extra.less template and adding this:

.js-badge--conversations.badgeContainer--highlighted {
    background-color: red;
}

.js-badge--alerts.badgeContainer--highlighted {
    background-color: yellow;
}

This will change the color of your conversations and alerts icons, when there are new items. Replace 'red' and 'yellow' with the colors of your choice.

Definitely not looking subtle now