Add-on Font Awesome Icons For Alerts

[Sheldon]

Stemming from this post: XF 1.5 - Icons instead of Avatars on Alerts? , and getting a HUGE push in the correct direction from @Liam W , I've started replacing alerts with icons instead of avatars.

*all moderator/admin actions - alerts are red in color.

Here is a preview:

Alerts Dropdown


Alerts Page

 

[Sheldon]

If anyone would like to help, register at my Need Customization site, using same name as here.. and start sending alerts of any type, for any reason.

 

[Sheldon]

@mauzao9

Would the ability to select icon and color be worthwhile?

 

[Sheldon]

Went ahead with icon and color choice in Style Properties...

 

[Paul B]

Nicely done - I like this idea.

I may adapt the concept and have the avatar and icon, so you can see at a glance the member who generated the alert and the alert type.

 

[Sheldon]

Already planned on adding back in the "Mini-Me" icon.

So many different alerts, its a pain to do individual. I could have grouped, but I wanted people to have total abilioty to customize.

 

[ŽivaAkcija]

@Sheldon rocks

 

[ŽivaAkcija]

in future it is one add on or tweek?

 

[Sheldon]

Nicely done - I like this idea.

I may adapt the concept and have the avatar and icon, so you can see at a glance the member who generated the alert and the alert type.

Account Alert Page


Something like that?

 

[Paul B]

Yes, that would probably do it.
Although it may even work the other way too - with the icon as the "mini me".

 

[mauzao9]

Would the ability to select icon and color be worthwhile?

Pretty cool this is happening. Making life of staff/users of busy forums easier to distinguish type of alerts. You know when a user likes 100 of your posts at once? Try to find a quote alert on the middle of that!

 

[Sheldon]

Added ability to choose the "default" alert icon.




Still unsure about using an avatar... in either large or small form.



Reasoning is some "moderation" alerts, don't contain a default avatar...

 

[Sheldon]

Another display option for the avatars....

 

[mauzao9]

Well i don't mind loosing the avatars as the whole or have them aligned on the corner of the icon. Yeah moderation stuff appears as default avatar on XF wasn't remembering.

 

[Sheldon]

Added ability to choose to display Mini-Me in either location, both, or none...

 

[Sheldon]

in future it is one add on or tweek?

This will be packaged as an add-on.

 

[DroidOne]

Added ability to choose to display Mini-Me in either location, both, or none...

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Well done. Thanks!

Very much looking forward to this add-on. What a great idea

 

[The Grand Potentate]

This looks fantastic @Sheldon. The colored icons are a really nice touch. If you need any help testing it let me know.

 

[Sheldon]

This looks fantastic @Sheldon. The colored icons are a really nice touch. If you need any help testing it let me know.

It's been released as an add-on.

Alert Icon

 

[The Grand Potentate]

It's been released as an add-on.

Alert Icon

Oh **** I didn't even notice. I saw your above comment about "packaging" it but didn't know you had done it already. Thanks for the heads up.