Panic Button 1.0.1

This is a Panic Button (Should work in IE and FF) in case a member is worried about being on your site at a particular time, for example, at work.

The button defaults to staying glued to the lower right hand corner, but this can be changed in the CSS settings stated below.

The button can also be turned off by each member if they don't want to use it.

This is a hybrid of my Boss Button and yinyangs work to make the java right.

If you have the Custom Error Pages hack installed on a Windows server, you need to edit the settings to use URLs and not files or this will conflict.

The image I use is can obviously be substituted with anything else you like. Just be sure to name your image "panicbutton.gif".

This may be copied, reproduced or published anywhere without my permission.

vB 3.5 Beta Version

Demo Please do not register.

Details
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2 Files to upload (1 Javascript File and 1 Panic Button image)
2 New Profile Field entries (Remember the Field ID# !!)
1 New CSS definition
1 Template Edit

You can change the placement of the image anywhere on the screen by editing the .panicbutton CSS.

dsboyce8624/yinyang

Changes:

7/8/5 - Updated instructions with note about case sensitivty of user field options and conditional code.

7/12/5 - Updated URLs for vBadvanced compatibility.

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[unkemone]

Yup now its working and at a fixed location with a fixed url what do you think the problem is?

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by unkemone

Yup now its working and at a fixed location with a fixed url what do you think the problem is?

It sounds as if you may have made a mistake when entering the User Profile Fields. Make sure that you have the "Field Editable by User" option set to YES

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by dsboyce8624

Take the </if> off the end.

doh! my bad. that's what happens when i offer support at 3:16AM los angeles time.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

It sounds as if you may have made a mistake when entering the User Profile Fields. Make sure that you have the "Field Editable by User" option set to YES

Actually, when looking at his example he asked you to try:

<!--[if lt IE 7]><script src="clientscript/panicbutton.js" type="text/javascript"></script><![endif]-->
<div class=panicbutton>
<a href="http://www.google.com"><img src="images/misc/panicbutton.gif" border="0" alt="Panic Button"></a>
</div>

it appears that he substituted the field ID's with the google URL. If you can get the above example to work, but can't get the hack to work then the problem has to be with your field ID's, since that is the only thing that was changed from the hack in his example. I suggest going in to phpMyAdmin and checking those field ID's to make sure that you have them right.

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

Actually, when looking at his example he asked you to try:

<!--[if lt IE 7]><script src="clientscript/panicbutton.js" type="text/javascript"></script><![endif]-->
<div class=panicbutton>
<a href="http://www.google.com"><img src="images/misc/panicbutton.gif" border="0" alt="Panic Button"></a>
</div>

it appears that he substituted the field ID's with the google URL. If you can get the above example to work, but can't get the hack to work then the problem has to be with your field ID's, since that is the only thing that was changed from the hack in his example. I suggest going in to phpMyAdmin and checking those field ID's to make sure that you have them right.

yup! that's what i did. my apologies for not making it clearer :nervous: .

thanks yoyoyo - !

[Neal-UK]

Originally Posted by yinyang

hmmm.

let's strip it and try it this way first before doing the profile fields.

Yup, now working 100%. Great little hack thanks!

[dsboyce8624]

Originally Posted by nealparry

Yup, now working 100%. Great little hack thanks!

If you use it like that the on/off button will not work.

You need to put the <if . . . > </if> back around it and make sure you have the field numbers right. Seems you had a problem there the first time.

And please click Install.

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by nealparry

Yup, now working 100%. Great little hack thanks!

if the stripped down version works, then it means your site will have no problem with the coding or javascript. as dsboyce8624 said, you should do the full install and make sure the profile field numbers are correct.

this will allow your users more flexibility and choices.

[yoyoyoyo]

One suggestion:
change this

<img src="images/misc/panicbutton.gif" border="0" alt="Panic Button">

to

<img src="$vboptions[bburl]/images/misc/panicbutton.gif" border="0" alt="Panic Button">

so this hack can be compatible with vBAdvanced CMPS and vBGallery users.

[paul41598]

I dont get this hack. What does it do? Close down your browser with a click of a button?