vbPopup for vB3

What does this hack do?
This hack will display a dhtml popup box with a message for unregistered users.
You can adjust the length of time that the popup box appears and the chance that the box will appear.

A dhtml popup is not a new window. It stays in the current window but acts like a popup box, it will disappear after a set amount of time and is not affected by popup stoppers. The popup box appears for all unregistered users and can be re-designed to your liking.

Hack Details
Version: 1.1

Installation Overview
Files to edit: 1
Files to upload: 1
Templates to edit: 2

Install time: 2 minutes

I would personally like to hand all credit to the original author of this hack in vB 2.x, TECK. Again, this hack is inspired by a dhtml script located here.

Check out the original thread here.

Updates
2-17-04
Converted the popup box code into a template.

PLEASE CLICK INSTALL IF YOU LIKE THIS HACK!

[slinky]

Originally Posted by ryancooper

Installed and works nicely. 2 Questions.

1- How can I put the box in the middle of the page instead of at the top. I tried to play with the settings in 'FORUMHOME' top:0; left:0; } but it didn't work? Right now I added some <p> before the table to push it down.

2- Is it possible to ad a countdown like "This window will close in 10 - 9 -8 etc seconds" ?

Thanks for the great hack!

If anyone is interested in doing a 10 sec. countdown I made a small animated gif you can use for the countdown.

and change the template to something like
<font class="smallfont">(This window will close automaticly in <img src="images/countdown.gif"> seconds)</font>

I'm interested in the countdown and would be nice to see it. To change the location, change the variables in the vbpopup template of "top" and "left."

[slinky]

<a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/abox2.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/abox2.htm</a>

This is an even better popup box. It features an attractive close window button and MOST IMPORTANTLY an ability to have it display only once per session. I use this as a "latest news" popup or important announcements. It's simple -- just add the code as stated on the page above into the forumhome template. Make sure that the path to the popup javascript in step one is correct src="clientscript/popup.js" and also that you don't have any return characters in your box.

Enjoy.

[xtreme-mobile]

i cant seem to get this hack to work

im not getting any pop ups

at the bottom left of my browser it says, error on page, when i click it says something about vbpoup template is NULL and not an object

any ideas?

[xtreme-mobile]

problem solved

[detalhe]

Originally Posted by xtreme-mobile

problem solved

What was wrong? Just installed it and it doesn't show either :ermm:

[buffness]

is this suppost to work for vb 3.0.6 as well?

[BillyD]

Any success in 3.0.7? I have not yet tried it.

[jluerken]

Originally Posted by BillyD

Any success in 3.0.7? I have not yet tried it.

Working fine with 3.0.7

[NiROE]

Really nice hack :nervous:

Thanks

[CnB]

how about 3.5 RC3 ?