Panic Button (bosses, coworkers)
 

Do your users post from work? Don't want their parents/boss/co-workers know they visit your site?

Here is a quick hack to install a javascript PANIC button on your site (button included). (Panic button launches another screen and hides your boards).

Only takes a short modification to 2 templates.. no code changes!! Installation in under 5 minutes.

1. In your header_include template,

search for:
</style>

and replace with:
</style>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--begin
function popup(filename){
var centerWidth=(screen.width/2)-("+screen.width+"/2);
var centerHeight=(screen.height/2)-("+screen.height+"/2);
window.open(filename, "","height="+screen.height+",width="+screen.width+ ",top="+centerHeight+",left="+centerWidth+",locati on=yes,menubar=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,st atus=yes,titlebar=yes,toolbar=yes,directories=yes" );
}
// end -->
</SCRIPT>




2. In your header template (wherever you want to put the button) paste this:

<a href="#" onclick="popup('http://www.google.com');return false;"><img src="panic.gif" border=0></a>

I have it going to GOOGLE, but you can make it launch any site-- Wall Street Journal, whatever.


3. Copy the 'panic button' graphic panic.gif up to your server in the vbulletin main directory. You can also make your own, to go with your own theme.

Here is a sample screenshot on our site.

LOL! Good idea...

jebeesus....

haha... i would use it

good idea.. I'm sure many boards can use it. :)

This is not a hack i'm sorry to report so it will be needed to be moved to Template Modifications :)

A hack involves editing a PHP file and this only edits a template :D

Good idea nevertheless ;)

- miSt

The Question is what go?s faster...close the window or push that Panic-Button?!? :p

Kars

I would just recommend GhostZilla. :)

Mist is right - moving this out of Beta Hacks and into Template mods.