End-User Options - Panic Button - Postbit

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What Does This Hack Do?[hr]Silver[/hr]
This is an update to my 3.8.x version of this hack, designed to work with vBulletin v4.0.x.

Do your members ever view your site from work when they should not be doing so? Will they get in to trouble if they do get caught by their boss? If the answer is yes to both questions, then this hack is for you.

This hack gives your members their own vBulletin Boss Key (i.e. Panic button), which is displayed at the bottom of the postbit in each post (and each PM), so your members can quickly click themselves to the safety of legitimate url if the boss turns up, while your members are at work.

NOTE: Any Panic Button you see in a thread is tied to your profile, even if it is in someone else's postbit (to prove it, disable the Panic Button in the your UserCP)

This hack was created because of a requested here.

If your members report errors when clicking on the panic button, first thing to ensure is that they used the full url (including http://) when typing in the site their panic button will go to, ie http://www.google.com (will work) and not like this - www.google.com (will not work). The second thing to check for, is that the Panic Button - URL Jump box is not empty.


Limitation with this hack[hr]Silver[/hr]
People keep asking for usergroup permissions for this hack.

While this would easy to implement, what people fail to realise is that User Profile Fields are not controlled by usergroup permissions at all, and even if usergroup permissions were added to this hack, the User Profile Fields would still be viewable by members even if they do not have permissions to use them.

User Profile Fields are either viewable by all or viewable by none, this is how they were implemented in vBulletin by design, there is no in between with User Profile Fields.

So, I will not be adding usergroup permissions to this hack.


vBulletin Version Compatibility[hr]Silver[/hr]
This hack can be used with vBulletin versions 4.0.0 - 4.1.11.

For the v3.8.x version of this hack, which will also work with v3.7.x and v3.6.x - check here.


Hack Support/Feature Requests[hr]Silver[/hr]
IMPORTANT: This hack is no longer supported.



Install/Uninstall Instructions[hr]Silver[/hr]
The Panic Button Installation Instructions 4.0.x.pdf instructions file is included in attached .zip (includes instructions and pictures)


Version History[hr]Silver[/hr]
v4.0.5 - Saturday 13th August 2011
-- Fixed: panic button image, as "report.gif" was removed from versions of vBulletin starting at v4.0.8

v4.0.4 - Sunday 24th April 2011
-- Fixed: "maxversion" so product can be installed on vBulletin 4.1.0 and above
-- Changed: version number formatting

v4.0.003 - Saturday 9th January 2010
-- Fixed: 1 plugin (compatibility with "Post Thanks" hack, and stops "Blog This Post" issue)

v4.0.002 - Saturday 26th December 2009
-- Now works in vBulletin 4.0.0 Gold
-- Fixed: 1 plugin (to stop incremental display of panic buttons in the postbit)

v4.0.001 - Friday 27th November 2009
-- Initial v4.0.x Release


Thanks[hr]Silver[/hr]
Thanks go out to Paul M who gave me permission to use some of his install code. Thanks also goes to Boofo for pointing out the removal of "report.gif" from the vBulletin installation base.


Show Your Appreciation [hr]Silver[/hr]
Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.

[Popa Andrei]

Originally Posted by stormzone

my panic button disapeard.
Could he conflict with this modification? https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233135

problem solved.
This was crating the conflict.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228673

[DeviantFlash]

This looks great on a white forum, but stands out on my dark forum.

Does anyone know the settings to change in the CSS so I can get the coloring a little closer.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by stormzone

problem solved.
This was crating the conflict.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228673

Use Panic Button - Global instead of this hack.... then there will be no more conflicts.

[Boofo]

Mosh, how do we change the background color of the panic button. I have a blue skin and the background for the skin is blue but the panic button shows a gray color for the background. If I set class="report" the color is fixed but the report button icon gets messed up. Any ideas, sir?

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Mosh, how do we change the background color of the panic button. I have a blue skin and the background for the skin is blue but the panic button shows a gray color for the background. If I set class="report" the color is fixed but the report button icon gets messed up. Any ideas, sir?

Bob, the button is created via CSS, so you set the class like you have done, but I would just change the icon or better yet, install my Panic Button - Global hack instead of this one as it is a lot better.

[Boofo]

When I set a class for it, it seems to show the default class icon behind the panic button icon. I looked at the global one, but I kind of like it just in the postbit for now. Plus, you aren't supporting the global one here. Good job, though.

Glad to see you are still around, my friend.

[fluidswork]

usefull ...............

[docvader]

Boofo, when you figure it out, let us know. I have a similar problem, and I also like it in the postbit as opposed to the bottom of the page. (I hate remembering to do all these template edits, LOL)

[Thunderbird8]

The product appears to be set to refuse installation to anything higher than 4.0.x (meaning 4.1 installations will refuse it). Are there any issues with it for 4.1.x, or is it safe to modify the XML to allow installation to that version?

[Boofo]

It works fine on 4.1.x.