Find in forumhome template:

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="{contenttablewidth}" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">
$unregwelcomemessage
<tr valign="bottom">

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above it place:

$vbpopup

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This makes it to where it will only be called up when a guest enters the main forum page!

bad ass hack :)

I didn't say this but this integration still requires you to upload vBpopup like regular!!

The day we have to start running POP-UPS on Sportbike World is the day I shut the server down. I would never register at a site that sent me pop-ups begging me to join.

nice website sportbikeworld. congrats. :)

Thanks. :)

We plan on using your VBHome hack (and drop VBPortal) as soon as you make the pro version available. Great job on the "lite" version.

I think people need that little bit of encouragement - for my site advertisers keep it alive - advertisers want to see numbers - if 50% are inactive and just registered because of the popup that doesn't hurt the forum - we still have quality members but when it comes to choosing a place to advertise the mass of people do count - the other thing I feel is that after a member registers they become involved in the forum - I have had people tell me they were just passing through and then when encouraged to register took the chance and are now very active! Iwas against a popup too at first but the numbers don't lie!!

After visiting your site and checking out your pop-up I do have to admit that is the best looking pop-up I have ever seen. :)

My only worry is that some people might think that registration is required to just read the forum.

We are getting ready to hit 16,000 members, so I really don't think we would need this hack. But I must admit it is a good idea for smaller forums looking to build their userbase.

Yeah I agree - as soon as the forum gets a good user base I will take it off - seen your site looks great!

First, great hack ! Thanks, nakkid!

And thanks John for sharing your great reg form!

I've got some questions for you, John.

First... let's say someone's cookies expired, or they're logging in on another computer. Maybe there should be a place to login on your form. Or a little X to close it. Something.

A close ability would reduce the annoyance for non-members and members alike. A way to login (Already a member? [Username Field] [Password Field] [Login! button]) or a link to the login area would help.

Also... your colors are hard coded. I think you can use vB variables to automatically integrate your colors, so they'll automatically change should you change your forum colors. And, of course, it'd make it more of a snap for people here installing your awesome template. Heh. A bit of a selfish suggestion, I know. :)

Thanks again, guys. This is great work. Good stuff, good stuff.

Well vBpopup does close after a set time - I had to raise it to a minute so that guests would have time register - I do like the idea of the colors though - it wouldn't take anything to change and your right it would make it alot easier to use in the future - I could definently put in a link to sign in - that way I wouldn't p-off members with it! Thanks for the great pointers!

OK I have alot of members complaining about the popup when they come in to log in - why they refuse the board to use cookies is beyond me - can anyone help me put up a quick log in box to add to the popup window?

Ok I added a login box at the bottom - I had alot of members complaining about it so now you can either login or register. Here is the updated vbpopup template:

JUST INSTALLED It :) GREAT !
check it at :
http://forum.devilsmania.com

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still fixing something ;)

Is there anyway to make $vbpopup Global?

Hey devilsmania - great lookin forum!

Wow.. Looks like a great hack. Suprised I hadn't seen it before.

Question though.. My board is a closed board. No new registrations at all so it's kind of moot to use this in the current way, but.... I forsee another use for it.

I currently use this hack : vbPopup Messaging

Works great, but it looks horrible IMO. I would like to make it so it looks like it does here but contains a message I send out.

Is that possible?

Also, I only want it to show once like it does on the hack above.

Thanks

Josh

Just take the hack from above and take out the form for the registration - now your just left with you message! Hope this helps

Thanks John, but what I need to be able to do is dynamically create the message.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Josh

nice hack

:p I think it's a division, not a popup/

Nice work.

thanks!

Works great (I use usergroupid)!

does this hack work with 2.2.9?

I definitely agree. Its all in what your forum is all about. I run a system that I know has a number of people just lurking around without much opinion or input on the board... some might not even know what registration does.

However, I'm not a fan of the popups on any system. And, my popup cop seems to be taking care of this popup no problem.

I'm going to give my fairly new board some time before doing anything like this, but it could come in handy if/when needed and I thank the author for taking the time.

Popup Cop cannot kill it because is not a window what you see there.

Hmmm.. then something else must be doing it. THe window tries to come up, i hear a POP! and I see nothing...

Something is killing it, sure seems to be popup cop. Maybe mine is more trained than yours :nervous:

Aha, who knows. :)
The window is just a html code, like a table that you insert in the page, the only difference is that it will overlay it, not insert it directly into.

I think that after i installed this i got 2 footers displayed instead of one, weird but i noticed that after installing this hack :(

http://www.vgcity.com/forum

What should i do? :(

]reinstalled hack... found out I had too many guests anyway, why not irritate them a bit? :)

thank you again TECK

install this one too

teck i am using this excellent hack on my board but i need some assistance if you have time..

the thing is i have your other brill hack vbhome light and would like this to appear on the home page also (or instead of the forumhome) i have tried to modify the php to fit into the homelight global.php i also tried to get it into the index.php but i am only just staring to learn this and have run up against a brick wall could you give me a pointer as to what modification would be needed..

thanks
phill

Teck - I've been looking for something like this to let people know about certain things on the board, such as a new quiz. Can your code be altered so that:

1. Its not just for guests
2. It is based on a cookie so that if they've seen the popup once they don't see it again?

Thx.

thx so much 4 that hack!

iam using this to announce specials events like in this case the formular 1 competition today :)

see it in action: www.sportboard.de/v2

Great Hack!!!! Anyway, I know this was mentioned, but I don't see the code. Is there anyway of adjusting it so the people who signed up but did not send back their email confirmation will get the popup as well?

Great Hack!
installed without problems in 2.3.0
Exactly what i need to get some people registrated.
i also out the $popup in the showthread template hehe....

What i would need would be an add on which overcomes pop up filters.
do u think that is possible?

Pfft, we need this for vB3 now :P

Hi Teck,

cool hack, but i get this error

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/glo/public_html/forums/global.php:383) in /home/glo/public_html/forums/admin/functions.php on line 1683

Line 1683 is

setcookie($name, $value, $expire, $cookiepath, $cookiedomain, $secure);

What can i do???
(using vB2.3.0)

Thanks

Teck, can you clarify about placing the $vbpopup at the bottom of the "Showthread" template? as i have placed it below $footer.

thanks.