End-User Options - Lucky Button

Lucky Button

This hack redirects the user to a various thread when they click "Lucky" button on the navbar. This is like Google's lucky button. Let's see what is your lucky subject.
install

Go to your admin cp, then:
Plugin System -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product] -> Select 'product-lucky.xml' from your computer then press 'Import'

Modifications Info

Plugin : 3
Phrases : 1
Template : 1
Setting : 0

Versions:
v1.0 - 22 Octaber 2007
-First release

v1.1 - 28 Octaber 2007
- Query error fixed
- Setting Added
- Usergroup permisson added
- Disallow forum ID added
- Forum permisson added
- On/Off added

Mark as Installed - Nominate for MOTM


Manuel Template Change

Open navbar template

vbphrase[faq]</a></td>

add below

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="misc.php?do=lucky">$vbphrase[lucky]</a></td>

[Jason Black]

i don't understand what this does

[Tulsa]

You click on the work "Lucky" in your navbar and it takes you to a random post.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by peterpigman

It works nice, but I don't think it works in ie7. Well I know it doesn't cuz I tried it.

yes it does - it works fine in IE7, firefox, and opera

[Jason Black]

whaoo lol...
uhmmm
i don't know if i want to install this one

[SuperTaz]

Add the code where? Above or below the code?

[Detomah]

Originally Posted by Warden-B-

Add the code where? Above or below the code?

After.

Before would break the code for the previous cell.

This addon definately works on IE7 for me and on Firefox for many members of my community who love it, but like me would much prefer to have it not include certain forum sections.

Question - This addon won't go showing up threads for private forums or for places users don't have permission to view, right? If it does that would seriously need addressing and quickly for the addon to remain useful.

[MrZeropage]

does this take care of forum permissions and even user/group-permissions to certain forums ? It would be bad to be randomly linked to a thread in the internal moderator forum and result in a "no permission" page

[Triky]

Great! Installed.

[peterpigman]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

yes it does - it works fine in IE7, firefox, and opera

Ok strange, I have two pcs, both using ie7. On one it works on the other it doesn't. The only diff is one is on xp and the other is on 64 bit vista. I'll have to have a good look at the vista pc if it is due to a security setting.

[chickadee]

Installed, but I keep getting a database error:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT thread.threadid, thread.dateline, thread.visible FROM vbthread WHERE NOT ISNULL(thread.threadid) AND thread.visible = '1' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'thread.threadid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054