Popup when entering a page

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James Ivey

I just installed Spawn, and its not really what I'm looking for.

I would like a popup as the new page loads. For example, when some clicks
the link newpage.htm, as they are entering newpage.htm a popup appears "on
top of" newpage.htm

Suggestions?
 
Hmmm~ not sure WHY you'd want to do this - you may have a legit reason,
but it sounds a lot like what popup advertising sites do,
by having it come up at the same time as the main page - you might be
seen as forcing something upon the visitor,
popup windows are generally, imo, for... perhaps to view a larger
image of a photo....
but that's under visitor choice to do so - click and up it comes...
the way your suggesting is taking away that choice,
and that's the kind of thing - as I say - is popup(or under) for
advertising purposes -
and those I generally close before they hardly get a chance to display
their contents.
 
yeah... I see what you mean. I've got a Registration page where members
sign up for a convention, and I was just looking for a way to make sure they
realize that they're on the right page. Something that would get their
attention.

Kind of gimmicky, I guess. Plus, it sounds like exactly the kind of thing
pop-up blockers are designed to block, right? javascript popups onload?

I can live without it.

James
 
James said:
I think I figgered it out... this is what I'm after

http://www.iampeth.com/2007_convention/registration_GOOD_OLD.htm

here's the code:
<body topmargin="0" onload="javascript:
window.open('../window.htm','mywindow','height=300,width=400')">
Click to expand...

Yeah and my browser said "pop-up blocked".

This is the behaviour pop-up blockers are designed to detect

Isn't there another way to get your visitor's attention?
Perhaps put a large area on the page which says
"This is the registration page. Click here to close this message "

This area could be a <div>, and the click action hides the <div>

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Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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Thanks Trever. Good idea. Definately workable. Here's what I found:

http://www.iampeth.com/2007_convention/registration_GOOD_OLD.htm

Anything I'm missing?


Trevor L. said:
James said:
I think I figgered it out... this is what I'm after

http://www.iampeth.com/2007_convention/registration_GOOD_OLD.htm

here's the code:
<body topmargin="0" onload="javascript:
window.open('../window.htm','mywindow','height=300,width=400')">
Click to expand...

Yeah and my browser said "pop-up blocked".

This is the behaviour pop-up blockers are designed to detect

Isn't there another way to get your visitor's attention?
Perhaps put a large area on the page which says
"This is the registration page. Click here to close this message "

This area could be a <div>, and the click action hides the <div>

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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Click to expand...
 
I think I figgered it out... this is what I'm after

http://www.iampeth.com/2007_convention/registration_GOOD_OLD.htm

here's the code:
<body topmargin="0" onload="javascript: window.open('../window.htm','mywindow','height=300,width=400')">
Click to expand...

All pop-up blockers will block this. There's a reason why they do.
Because it annoys people. ;) That's also why I explicitly designed
Spawn without this capability. Not only do people not like it, but
most people won't even see the pop-up.

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James said:
Thanks Trever. Good idea. Definately workable. Here's what I found:

http://www.iampeth.com/2007_convention/registration_GOOD_OLD.htm

Anything I'm missing?
Click to expand...

T'rific

Just what I was thinking.
I think this should do the job.

But also see Jim Cheshire reply. He wrote Spawn.

Using Spawn, you would have a button to click on the entry page to bring up
the Registration Form. If you don't click it, it won't appear and so won't
be filled out.
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Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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