I'm really not sure, BBR-APBT! What sort of change would cause it to do this, do you think?

The fact it all started happening a few hours later (when I wasn't doing anything) and then at different times for different users, is really bizarre. The first reported incident was at 10.30pm, with about 2-3 reported after that... I didn't see them until 12.30am, that's when it started happening for me, too. I had been online and regularly posting that entire time.

Its a pity the developer isn't around at the moment, maybe he would have some ideas on what I could check for troubleshooting.

Try turning all all your mods except for this one and see if the problem is still there.

I uninstalled the mod and then after a couple of days reinstalled it and It worked for me. I still have the missing button issue and the panel does not show up in my profile, but it is working for the time being... Anxiously awaiting the updated release...

Are you certain that your navbar (or header) template contains the requisite hook?

What is runbox, and why is that in the mod, more importantly How do i disable it. If you need money ask for donations. I am certain people will gladly donate for a functioning mod. But don't go sneakily advertise affiliate links.

Go in to your plugins manager, and uncheck the box for that plugin(it is plain as day). Press save at the very bottom of the page.

I did disable the mod as soon as i noticed this source of concern, and i didn't intend to sound harsh in this regard. It just seems highly suspicious that this "feature" is added to the product but not to the product description. Were i not changing the phrases into understandable English terms (work which i wanted to help the dev with) I would simply not have noticed this near spamvertisements existence, thing that might be against the guidelines of vb.org modding, if not that just plain unethical. I must stress I appreciate the effort the developer has put into this plugin.

Had i to chose between giving $50 or advertising a service i never heard of and risking users privacy, i'd give the $50 in a hearthbeat.

So in this regard, Mrpaint. My point of view : it does not make sense to deceive and trick your client?le. How are you going to regain the trust of the people that when finding this out will likely disable the mod, and think twice before installing anything you coded.

Frankly whats next ? Backdoors in mods; fine as long as nobody finds out?

Disable the plugin for that file not the whole product. I already mentioned this in this thread and he will not be on till some time in the next week or so. Chill out and let him answer before bashing him. Maybe it was for his site only and he accidentally added it into the release for public.
vBulletin.org also knows this is in the mod as I reported it to them. I did not find a affiliate ID in the code. So it does not work it just causes a error.

it looks like it ' s really hot here . regarding the runbox affiliating plugin , one of my friend suggested that website for me since his old modification doesn ' t work when using in combination with yafb . i tried to make it for him but i haven ' t had enough time to test it properly so i left it out in the latest release , no word is given in description or no option in admincp is available ( i removed them )

so , to vespillo , i do understand your concern regarding your members privacy so it ' s your decision to use yafb or not but please do not say it that way . thank you

also , i really appreciate your help , bbr-apbt and zaiaku . i will come back soooon

ps : to vespillo , if you are kind enough , you may find the paypal link somewhere in the first post . i ' m pretty sure that vbulletin.org has built in donating feature : d

mrpaint, please check your e-mails as it is urgent! :)