Favicon notification count

mvaneijgen

Im looking for a plugin that shows the notification count in the favicon. I think this is a really good feature to have for a forum.

Currently im running a view webshops that show the amount of products in the cart and i also installed a gmail 'addon' that shows the unread count, so i know it possible.

Any ideas someone?

R_J

A simple js way would be to include a library like http://lab.ejci.net/favico.js/ and use a script like that:

$(function() {  
   var notificationCount = $('ul#Menu li.UserNotifications > a > span').text();
   var favicon=new Favico({
      animation:'pop'
   });
   favicon.badge(notificationCount);
});

But it would be much nicer to include that (great idea by the way) as a php plugin

mvaneijgen

Hey! thanks for the tip i forgot about favico.js but it works now. Only problem is the notification on the website don't check live only when you refresh. Is there a option

hgtonight

You can get the current count of notifications for a user with the following PHP code:

$Session = Gdn::Session();
$NotificationCount = $Session->User->CountNotifications;

Get that code executed however often you want and update your favicon. I would suggest making it a plugin. Hooking into the inform notifications method would be a good idea.