End-User Options - Panic Button - Postbit

Please click Mark as Installed if you are using this hack.


What Does This Hack Do?[hr]hr[/hr]
This is an update to my 3.7.x version of this hack.

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, so your members can quickly click themselves to the safety of legitimate url if the boss turns up, while your members are at work.

I have created a custom button for this hack, you can use another button if you like, just remember to rename it panic.gif. You can have a different button for each style, as long as each one is named panic.gif.

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]hr[/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]hr[/hr]
This hack can be used with vBulletin versions 3.6.0 - 3.8.8.

For the v4.0.x version of this hack - check here.


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


Install/Uninstall Instructions[hr]hr[/hr]
The Panic Button Installation Instructions 3.8.xxx.pdf instructions file is included in attached .zip (includes instructions and pictures)


Version History[hr]hr[/hr]
v3.8.002 - Friday 27th March 2009
-- Fixed: Uncached Template
-- Added: Uninstall Instructions

v3.8.001 - Friday 9th January 2009
-- Initial Release


Thanks[hr]hr[/hr]
Thanks go out to Paul M who gave me permission to use some of his install code.


Show Your Appreciation [hr]hr[/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.

[BigSoccer Tech.]

That's ok.

Yes, it's a very basic hack, and yes I know coding well enough to see what you are doing. My install is not basic.

[PrincessFiona]

Great Mod! It took me a few tries to figure out that I was actually supposed to type yes, hit enter and type No when creating the radio buttons! LOL I couldn't figure out how to turn it Off and ON...sigh...there's no accounting for my own stupidity at times!!!

Kris

[dekaybrown]

Uninstalled it, sorry.

[Frondy]

Installed, nice work.

I made little modification for my forum, so users cant change defaut url

PHP Code:

$show['panic_button_url'] = $vbulletin->userinfo["field{$vbulletin->options['panicbutton_url']}"]; 


changed to:

PHP Code:

$show['panic_button_url'] = "http://page of my wish"; 


Maybe usefool to somebody

And here is one more button:

[bkellyx3]

Hi, this is my first upload/addition of the Panic Button Hack.
I went over and over the instructions. My Off and On are exactly as they are supposed to be, the profile fields are exactly as supposed to be.

In the Edit Options, I see the spot to turn the Panic Button on or off. I also found the other areas in the AdminCP area, and set them exactly as instructed to do.

I marked as installed.

No Panic Icon/Button is showing up in any of my posts. I know where to look, and they are not there. Also, the .gif is uploaded to the exact place as instructed.

Please advise.

I can make a temporary account for you, if you want to check out our CP yourself to double check my work.

Thank you so much, for any help you can give me. A ton of our members would LOVE this feature

Barb
www.justusparents.com

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by bkellyx3

Hi, this is my first upload/addition of the Panic Button Hack.
I went over and over the instructions. My Off and On are exactly as they are supposed to be, the profile fields are exactly as supposed to be.

In the Edit Options, I see the spot to turn the Panic Button on or off. I also found the other areas in the AdminCP area, and set them exactly as instructed to do.

I marked as installed.

No Panic Icon/Button is showing up in any of my posts. I know where to look, and they are not there. Also, the .gif is uploaded to the exact place as instructed.

Please advise.

I can make a temporary account for you, if you want to check out our CP yourself to double check my work.

Thank you so much, for any help you can give me. A ton of our members would LOVE this feature

Barb
www.justusparents.com

[s]If you want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, a temp admin user (with admin permissions - Can Administer Settings for editing options, Can Administer Styles for editing templates, Can Administer Language Settings for editing phrases and finally Can Administer Plugins for editing products and plugins), and ftp access details, without these I can not help you. I will look when I have time, and even if I have a look, I can not guarantee that I will be able to fix it, so it is up to you what you want to do. You can revoke these after I have helped you out.[/s]

[bkellyx3]

Originally Posted by Mosh

If you want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, a temp admin user (with admin permissions - Can Administer Settings for editing options, Can Administer Styles for editing templates, Can Administer Language Settings for editing phrases and finally Can Administer Plugins for editing products and plugins), and ftp access details, without these I can not help you. I will look when I have time, and even if I have a look, I can not guarantee that I will be able to fix it, so it is up to you what you want to do. You can revoke these after I have helped you out.

Thank you for the offer sooo much!!!!!! Giving you what you need, won't be a problem at all... You'll be in the group I am in.

If you could, please PM me, and I'll give you the user-name and password for Admin access.

One more question, and I'm sorry if I sound ignorant...but, do you also need access to the host CPanel? If that is the case, please let me know at the same time you PM me for info to get into the vbulletin/AdminCP, so I can give you a temp password and login at the same timt to make it easier for you.

Best Regards,
Barb/bkellyx3
www.justusparents.com

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Mosh

If you want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, a temp admin user (with admin permissions - Can Administer Settings for editing options, Can Administer Styles for editing templates, Can Administer Language Settings for editing phrases and finally Can Administer Plugins for editing products and plugins), and ftp access details, without these I can not help you. I will look when I have time, and even if I have a look, I can not guarantee that I will be able to fix it, so it is up to you what you want to do. You can revoke these after I have helped you out.

Originally Posted by bkellyx3

Thank you for the offer sooo much!!!!!! Giving you what you need, won't be a problem at all... You'll be in the group I am in.

If you could, please PM me, and I'll give you the user-name and password for Admin access.

One more question, and I'm sorry if I sound ignorant...but, do you also need access to the host CPanel? If that is the case, please let me know at the same time you PM me for info to get into the vbulletin/AdminCP, so I can give you a temp password and login at the same timt to make it easier for you.

Best Regards,
Barb/bkellyx3
www.justusparents.com

[s]As I have stated in my previous post what I permissions I need and exactly what information you need to PM to me.

Unless you use CPanel to upload your files instead of FTP, then I will not need CPanel access.

As soon as you PM me what I need, the sooner I can get started and hopefully get it working.[/s]

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by bkellyx3

Hi, this is my first upload/addition of the Panic Button Hack.
I went over and over the instructions. My Off and On are exactly as they are supposed to be, the profile fields are exactly as supposed to be.

In the Edit Options, I see the spot to turn the Panic Button on or off. I also found the other areas in the AdminCP area, and set them exactly as instructed to do.

I marked as installed.

No Panic Icon/Button is showing up in any of my posts. I know where to look, and they are not there. Also, the .gif is uploaded to the exact place as instructed.

Please advise.

I can make a temporary account for you, if you want to check out our CP yourself to double check my work.

Thank you so much, for any help you can give me. A ton of our members would LOVE this feature

Barb
www.justusparents.com

As I had no PM from you with the details I required I checked out your site and noticed that this is working fine now.

Can you tell me what you missed out, so that other people can keep an eye out when installing themselves.

It may be something was unclear in the instructions, if so, the insight will enable me to make the instructions clearer.

[ubcforums]

Thanks..installed