vbPopup - will determine your guests to register

vbPopup will determine your guests to signup to your forums in an elegant way.
If a guest visit your forum (or a specific area of it), a popup will show (for a setable period of time) a message (you decide what you want, from hotest info in your forum, or simply an advertising banner) and an option to register. The great part of this hack is that it cannot be disabled by classic popup killers.

The hack is designed to make the popup show only to guests.
You can set the timer value by modifying vbpopup.js parameters and the popup's look by editing the vbpopup template. Also, all you have to add in your templates (the ones you want the popup to show) is: $vbpopup, so it doesn't take alot of time to edit the forums look. I recommend you to insert it only in showthread template, but that is up to you.

ESTIMATED INSTALL TIME: 4 minutes

A 'vbpopup' template installer is included in the package. I tried to make your life easy.
IMPORTANT: Run the template installer in root/forum/admin.

FILES TO MODIFY:
- root/forum/global.php
- headinclude template

A screenshoot is shown below. I recommend you to keep small the popup window size. In this way the newcommers will not get annoyed by the popup.

Comments, likes, dislikes are welcome. Fell free to post them all here. Also, post a link to your forums to show off your vbPopup integration (it might give ideas to others).

NOTE: The java code was inspired and modified to suit the VB needs from this script (you can see it in action). My hack will produce a similar efect on the forums pages. The only difference is a cleaner code to improve the load time and integration of VB variables.

UPDATE
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Ok, I eliminated the confusion in readme.txt file about the template installer.
The hack is attached in Post #9.
It seems to be a problem updating the attachments here. Anyway, I fixed this issue by reposting the .zip file below. Sorry about the inconvenience.

UPDATE
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As I said before, this hack is extremly easy to adjust to suit your forum needs. A good example is shown below:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...821#post222821

[TECK]

the idea was started from show_nopermission. i agree that popups are annoying. but if you do it in a different way, by displaying the hottest thread for example in it, it might catch the attention of people who only want to read your forums as guests. let me know what you think. ty

[voogru]

now thats annoying

[Sal Collaziano]

I don't think this is such a bad idea.. Maybe if the popup only lasted 2 or 3 seconds - just to soughta say, "Hey! Register. Okay?".. That wouldn't be so bad...

Thanks,

[Lionel]

I had installed this dhtml on my site two weeks ago. It was giving me a java error for the registered guest, as the code in head include was looking for a non existant popup. I fixed by creating another template called ad_nopopup and place a blank table of 1x1 in it. This way the dhtml script was fooled by popingup that blank popup.

[nafae]

how can you make this LESS annoying.. does it let you set the size of the box and the reletive position on their screen? for instance right at the very bottom of the browser window?

A small, thin message...

[Sharp]

Aghh....making me go nuts!!

Well I still think its a great hack, not to annoying....looks professional..(minus my leaping monkey)

[TECK]

Originally posted by nafae
how can you make this LESS annoying.. does it let you set the size of the box and the reletive position on their screen? for instance right at the very bottom of the browser window?

A small, thin message...

is very easy. all you have to do is configure your vbpopup template the way you want it. i intended to use this window to post interesting information on it that will stimulate the user to signup. i'm gonna add a mod that will display random content in the popup, content that you will edit easy in a text file.

Sal Collaziano the popup will show the time you want. this option is setable.

[mondaynightmike]

Hum.... i see most thread will now include this little thing firefly did. I do wish {bbusername} would stop mis-using it. Anyway i have your money here {bbusername}

Great hack by the way

[TECK]

Originally posted by Lionel
I had installed this dhtml on my site two weeks ago. It was giving me a java error for the registered guest, as the code in head include was looking for a non existant popup. I fixed by creating another template called ad_nopopup and place a blank table of 1x1 in it. This way the dhtml script was fooled by popingup that blank popup.

in my hack is fixed this problem. as i said, it is adapted to VB usage. the java script code and html combination is designed to be error free. give it a try, and let me know what you think.

[Lionel]

Originally posted by Martz
Thats super lame - are you trying to get people to leave your forums?

Sorry - but I wouldn't install this, nor would I register anywhere which runs it.

totally disagree! Some forums do not even allow guests to browse. How will you entice new membership if you lock the door altogether? This is a smart way to let people take a peek inside without giving it all. I gain 131 new members since I installed this hack!
And I have my popup set at 20 full seconds. Granted, your forums must be appealing to do so.
{bbusername}, try to install this one, you'll like it. Do not keep your forum locked. That is even worst lame!