Instant message popup

[OwenTheSamoan]

I have a custom made Instant Messaging system which uses ajax, php and mysql. The system works perfectly. The problem is when the message box updates with a new post. If the IM box is behind another page, there is no way the user can see this. Is there a way to ping the user or have the IM box pop up to the front of any other pages if I use an if() statement to trigger the desired result? Thanks in advance for any help with this?

[bradgrafelman]

Thread moved to ClientSide Technologies forum.

What do you mean by the "IM box" ? Is this "box" a new window (e.g. opened by Javascript)? You might need to describe the layout/design a bit more.

If, for example, this IM box was a named window opened by your main/parent page, you could use the Javascript method windowName.focus() which will (should) bring that window into focus.