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Panic Button · **Released**: 09-12-2007

Hack Support

This hack is now discontinued - this means that while it will remain available for download and use, there will be no further updates, nor will support be provided as the thread is no longer monitored. But not to worry, you can now check out the new 3.8.x version of this hack which will work with v3.7.x, as well as with v3.6.12 (and maybe even earlier versions).

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

vBulletin Version Compatibility

This hack can be used with both vBulletin v3.6.x and v3.7.x.

What Does This Hack Do?

Your own vBulletin Boss Key, is displayed in the postbit of each post, so you can quickly click yourself to the safety of legitimate url when the boss turns up, while you 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.

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.

Installation Instructions

In attached .zip (includes instructions for postbit and postbit_legacy templates)

Version History

v1.0.5 - Tuesday 20th May 2008
-- Final Release
-- Changed: Clarified instructions even more
-- Fixed: Another typo

v1.0.4 - Friday 28th March 2008
-- Fixed: Another typo

v1.0.3 - Wednesday 26th March 2008
-- Fixed: Corrected template typo

v1.0.2 - Thursday 20th December 2007
-- Changed: Updated Instructions

v1.0.1 - Monday 1st October 2007
-- Fixed: Template edit

v1.0.0 - Thursday 13th September 2007
-- Initial Release

Show Your Appreciation

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.

Mosh · #32 12-04-2007, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gersforum@gmail

Panic button don't show up!

Make sure that you upload panic.gif to the images\misc folder (if multiple styles, then upload to each misc folder)

[S]You need to click Mark as Installed, and if want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, an temp admin user (with permissions for editing templates), also make sure that panic.gif is uploaded to each style's misc folder first, without doing these I cannot 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, if your site is not in English (I only read/write in English), so it is up to you what you want to do.[/S]

atlambros83 · #33 12-10-2007, 03:49 AM

lol this is a great idea....i'll probably come back and install this.

peterpigman · #34 12-11-2007, 09:23 PM

I like the idea, I think a good addition to this would be to make it an choice to show the button in your options. Not everyone needs a panic button and more buttons are not always popular.

Mosh · #35 12-12-2007, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterpigman

I like the idea, I think a good addition to this would be to make it an choice to show the button in your options. Not everyone needs a panic button and more buttons are not always popular.

It already does that out of the box, and if I remember rightly, I set it to be disabled by default. A member has to specifically enable this from his/her UserCP options.

silver surfer · #36 12-18-2007, 04:55 PM

don't work 4 me. i did all like in the read me...i have the user fields in edit options...i enable it and give an url ( http://www.google.com )...i uploaded the gif to ALL skins ( well i use 3 and i uploaded it on all 3 misc folders )...nothing shows up.

any help ?

here is my postbit template :

Code:

$template_hook[postbit_start]
<table class="tborder" id="post$post[postid]" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="thead" $post[scrolltothis]>
		<div class="normal" style="float:$stylevar[right]">
			&nbsp;
			<if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount$post[postid]" name="$post[postcount]"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a> &nbsp;</if>
			<if condition="$show['reputationlink']">
				<span id="reputationmenu_$post[postid]"><a href="reputation.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow" id="reputation_$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reputation.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_to_xs_reputation]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></span>
				<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbrep_register("$post[postid]")</script></if>&nbsp;
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['infractionlink']"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/infraction.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_infraction_for_x]</phrase>" border="0" /></a> &nbsp;</if>
			<if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a> &nbsp;</if>
			$post[iplogged]
			<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
			<input type="checkbox" name="plist[$postid]" id="plist_$postid" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 5px" value="$post[checkbox_value]" />
			</if>
		</div>
		
		<div class="normal">
			<!-- status icon and date -->
			<a name="post$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" /></a>
			<if condition="!$show['announcement']">
				$post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>
			<else />
				<phrase 1="$post[startdate]" 2="$post[enddate]">$vbphrase[x_until_y]</phrase>
			</if>
			$post[firstnewinsert]
			<!-- / status icon and date -->
		</div>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">
		<!-- user info -->
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellpadding]" border="0" width="100%">
		<tr>
			<if condition="$show['avatar']"><td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></td></if>
			<td nowrap="nowrap">
			
				<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
					<if condition="$show['profile']">
					<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
					$post[onlinestatus]
					<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
					<else />
					$post[musername]
					</if>
				</div>
				
				<!-- vbPlaza start -->
<if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont" <if condition="$post['titlestyle']">style="$post[titlestyle]"</if>>$post[usertitle]</div></if>
<!-- vbPlaza end -->
        <if condition="$WWU002_ranktext"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$WWU002_ranktext</strong></div></if>
				<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
				$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_left]
				
			</td>
			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>
			<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
<div class="smallfont">$post[crowns]$post[champtext]<br /></div>
				
				<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$show['last_seen_online']"><div>$vbphrase[last_seen_online]: $post[lastseen_date] $post[lastseen_time]</div></if>
<!-- START POSTING FREQUENCY MOD -->
<div>Posting Frequency
	<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
	<tr onmouseover="this.title='$post[posts] posts ($post[postsperday] posts per day)'">
	<td><img border="0" src="images/polls/bar-l.gif" width="4" height="17"></td>
	<td width="100" background="images/polls/bar-bk.gif"><img border="0" src="images/polls/bar.gif" width="$post[frequency]" height="17"></td>
	<td><img border="0" src="images/polls/bar-r.gif" width="4" height="17"></td>
	</tr>
	</table>
</div>
<!-- END POSTING FREQUENCY MOD -->

					<if condition="isset($WWU002_activitylevel)">
					<div>$vbphrase[WWU002_activity]: $WWU002_activitypercent%</div>
					<div title="$WWU002_longevityinfo">$vbphrase[WWU002_longevity]: $WWU002_longevitypercent%</div>
					<if condition="$WWU002_maxtodaylevel"><div title="$WWU002_todayinfo">$vbphrase[WWU002_activity_today]: $WWU002_todaylevel/$WWU002_maxtodaylevel</div></if>
					</if>
					<if condition="$post['field2']"><div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: $post[field2]</div></if>
					<if condition="$post['age']"><div>$vbphrase[age]: $post[age]</div></if>
					<div>
						$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
<if condition="!empty($post[Flag])">
				<div>
					$vbphrase[my_Flag]: <img src="images/Flag/$post[Flag].gif" border="0" />
				</div>
				</if>
$dmemberinfo

<!-- vbPlaza start -->
<if condition="$show['pointsinpostbit']"><br />
$vbphrase[vbbux_points]: $post[points]<br />
$vbphrase[vbbux_bank]: $post[bank]<br />
<phrase 1="$vbphrase[vbbux_points]">$vbphrase[vbbux_total_points]</phrase>: $post[totalpoints]<br />
<a href="vbplaza.php?do=donate&amp;userid=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[vbplaza_donate]</a><br />
</if>
<!-- vbPlaza end -->
					</div>
					$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts]
					<if condition="$show['infraction']"><div>$vbphrase[infractions]: $post[warnings]/$post[infractions] ($post[ipoints])</div></if>
					<if condition="$show['reputation']"><if condition="$show['reppower']">$vbphrase[reppower]: <span id="reppower_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reppower]</span> </if><div><span id="repdisplay_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reputationdisplay]</span></div></if>
					$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right]
					<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>
<!-- show awards -->
<if condition="$post[showuserawards]">
<fieldset><legend><a href="member.php?u=$post[userid]#award" title="$vbphrase[more_awards]">$vbphrase[award_showcase]</a></legend>
<div>
$post[userawards]
<br>
<a href="member.php?u=$post[userid]#award" title="$vbphrase[more_awards]">$vbphrase[total_awards]</a>: $post[num_awards]
</div>
</fieldset>
</if>
<!-- /show awards -->

<!-- vbPlaza start -->
                <if condition="$post['giftsdisplay']"><div class="smallfont">$post[giftsdisplay]</div></if>
                <if condition="$post['ribbonsdisplay']"><div class="smallfont">$post[ribbonsdisplay]</div></if>
<!-- vbPlaza end -->
				</div>
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		</table>
		<!-- / user info -->
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
	<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
	
		$template_hook[postbit_messagearea_start]
		
		<if condition="$show['messageicon'] OR $post['title']">
			<!-- icon and title -->
			<div class="smallfont">
				<if condition="$show['messageicon']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$post[iconpath]" alt="$post[icontitle]" border="0" /></if>
				<if condition="$post['title']"><strong>$post[title]</strong></if>
			</div>
			<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
			<!-- / icon and title -->
		</if>
		
		<!-- message -->
		<div id="post_message_$post[postid]">$post[message]</div>
		<!-- / message -->
	
		<if condition="$show['attachments']">
		<!-- attachments -->
			<div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
			
			<if condition="$show['thumbnailattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_thumbnails]</legend>
					<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
					$post[thumbnailattachments]
					</div>
				</fieldset>
			</if>
		
			<if condition="$show['imageattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
					<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
					$post[imageattachments]
					</div>
				</fieldset>
			</if>
			
			<if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					$post[imageattachmentlinks]
					</table>
					</fieldset>
			</if>
			
			<if condition="$show['otherattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attached_files]</legend>
					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					$post[otherattachments]
					</table>
				</fieldset>
			</if>
			
			<if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</legend>
					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					$post[moderatedattachments]
					</table>
				</fieldset>		
			</if>
			
			</div>
		<!-- / attachments -->
		</if>
		
		$template_hook[postbit_signature_start]
		
		<if condition="$post['signature']">
		<!-- sig -->
			<div>
				__________________<br />
				$post[signature]
			</div>
		<!-- / sig -->
		</if>
		
		$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]
		
		<if condition="$show['postedited']">
		<!-- edit note -->
			<div class="smallfont">			<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
				<em>
				<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>.
				<if condition="$post['edit_reason']">$vbphrase[reason]: $post[edit_reason]</if>
				</em>
			</div>
		<!-- / edit note -->
		</if>
	
		<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="$stylevar[right]">
			<!-- controls -->
<!-- panic button by jdsinclair -->
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[field8] == On"><a href="$bbuserinfo[field9]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/panic.gif" border="0" alt="Boss Key" /></a></if>
<!-- end of panic button -->
			<if condition="$post['editlink']">
				<img style="display: none" id="progress_$postid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/progress.gif" alt="$vbphrase[loading_editor_please_wait]" />
				<a href="$post[editlink]" name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">
				<a href="$post[forwardlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/forward.gif" alt="$vbphrase[forward_message]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$post['replylink']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['multiquote_post']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/multiquote_<if condition="$show['multiquote_selected']">on<else />off</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multi_quote_this_message]" border="0" id="mq_$post[postid]" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['quickreply'] AND !$show['threadedmode']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" id="qr_$post[postid]" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickreply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[quick_reply_to_this_message]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['moderated']">
				<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['deletedpost']">
				<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[deleted_post]" border="0" />
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['redcard']">
				<a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/redcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_infraction]" border="0" /></a>
			<else />
				<if condition="$show['yellowcard']">
					<a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/yellowcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_warning]" border="0" /></a>
				</if>
			</if>
			$template_hook[postbit_controls]
			<!-- / controls -->
		</div>
		
	<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
	
	</td>
</tr>
</table>
$template_hook[postbit_end]

<!-- post $post[postid] popup menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none;">
	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
	<tr>
		<td class="thead">$post[username]</td>
	</tr>
	<if condition="$show['profile']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[view_public_profile]</a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['pmlink']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['emaillink']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mailmember&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_email_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['homepage']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['search']">
		<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[find_all_posts_by_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	<if condition="$post['userid'] AND $show['member']">
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addlist&amp;userlist=buddy&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_x_to_buddy_list]</phrase></a></td></tr>
	</if>
	$template_hook[postbit_user_popup]
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->

Rs06 Ant · #37 12-18-2007, 05:32 PM

Same as above! Doesnt work for me either.

Mosh · #38 12-19-2007, 06:16 AM

Support

I work full time and have limited time to provide free support for this free hack.
So members who have NOT clicked Mark as Installed will recieve NO support at all.

silver surfer · #39 12-19-2007, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdsinclair

Support

I work full time and have limited time to provide free support for this free hack.
So members who have NOT clicked Mark as Installed will recieve NO support at all.

erm...i CLICKED installed directly AFTER i installed it.
So if you can help to get this hack working it would be VERY nice of you

Mosh · #40 12-19-2007, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silver surfer

erm...i CLICKED installed directly AFTER i installed it.
So if you can help to get this hack working it would be VERY nice of you

Have you enabled it in your UserCP? Because it is set to be switched off for users to start with.

Your postbit template looks fine, it is in the correct place within the template. Are you using postbit legacy or just the normal postbit?

If you have done everything and rechecked the work, then I can not see what is wrong without taking a look at your site.

[S]So, if want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, an temp admin user (with admin permissions - Can Administer Users for editing User Profile Fields and Can Administer Styles for editing templates) without these I cannot 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, if your site is not in English (I only read/write in English), so it is up to you what you want to do.[/S]

silver surfer · #41 12-20-2007, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdsinclair

Have you enabled it in your UserCP? Because it is set to be switched off for users to start with.

Your postbit template looks fine, it is in the correct place within the template. Are you using postbit legacy or just the normal postbit?

If you have done everything and rechecked the work, then I can not see what is wrong without taking a look at your site.

So, if want me to take a look then feel free to PM me your site address, an temp admin user (with admin permissions - Can Administer Users for editing User Profile Fields and Can Administer Styles for editing templates) without these I cannot 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, if your site is not in English (I only read/write in English), so it is up to you what you want to do.

yes, i did all that. i created an admin account for you and pmed you the details.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for trying to help me out.

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