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.

[vwturbo]

Hey Mosh I just installed this hack but like some of the others in this thread the button is not showing up.

I have it placed in my currently active style misc folder and I have even hardcoded the path to the panic.gif button in the product xml but it refuses to show up.

Also I have cycled the on/off switch numerous times with no changes.

I need your help. Thanks.

[HappyFeet]

*Installed*

Works Great! Thanks...:up:

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by vwturbo

Hey Mosh I just installed this hack but like some of the others in this thread the button is not showing up.

I have it placed in my currently active style misc folder and I have even hardcoded the path to the panic.gif button in the product xml but it refuses to show up.

Also I have cycled the on/off switch numerous times with no changes.

I need your help. Thanks.

[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]

I can not help any further, as my offer to look at your installation has not been responded to, you have been online on multiple occasions since I made the offer and I do not have a lot of spare time to provide support.

[slobra]

Hahaha awesome hack! Marked as installed. Works perfectly.

[TheChaosFactor]

I'm having the same issue with the button not showing up, but I will double check where I've placed everything...

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by TheChaosFactor

I'm having the same issue with the button not showing up, but I will double check where I've placed everything...

[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]

[TheChaosFactor]

"Note the field ID number for Step 5 (i.e. field6 = field ID is 6)!!"

Might be what's throwing other people off(besides their lack of paying attention.). I was zooming through and misunderstood what it was saying, so I used the numbers in the screen shot(5 and 6) to DO steps 5 and 6. My own fault for moving too fast, really.

Thanks a million for the mod though. My guys loved this one. :cheers:

[yesfans]

YEs, I had my FIELD ID wrong. Make sure you are putting in the right ID or the button does not show up!

[jimsflies]

Going to try it out. What would be really cool would be to make a floating (javascript) panic button that sticks to the bottom corner of the page...or better yet an option for the user to choose where it is displayed, maybe with a user designated hot key to also activate it.

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by donwon

Awesome love it and installed! Working on 8.1.

jesus, when did 4,5,6,7 come out