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!

[gmarik]

I like to like it!

[mello_mike]

Originally Posted by PET

i don't see why is this so awansome ! It's a POPUP ! USERS HATE POPUP's...

Speak for your own users. My users actually made a topic saying how kool it was.

[enginethatcan't]

nice hack! *installs* works fine

[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>

[LordJMann]

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>

Hello ryan,

1. If you absolutely wanted it in the middle of the page there are CSS tutorials out there that allow for this. Though using <br> or <p> should work fine.

2. I have tried this and it did not turn out well in conjunction with the original javascript. So its up to you on this one.

Thanks for the questions.

[Boofo]

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>

Where's the thumbnail? All I see is a 0 where the thumbnail should be.

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by LordJMann

Hello ryan,

1. If you absolutely wanted it in the middle of the page there are CSS tutorials out there that allow for this. Though using <br> or <p> should work fine.

2. I have tried this and it did not turn out well in conjunction with the original javascript. So its up to you on this one.

Thanks for the questions.

Thanks,
The animated gif works perfectly. It hits "0" and then closes. If you change the timer, however, it obviously will not work :-)

Thanks for a great hack

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Where's the thumbnail? All I see is a 0 where the thumbnail should be.

The 0 is the thumbnail. It counts from 10 - 0 then stops so if you reload the page and scrool down you will see it counting down.

[himerus]

Installed...

However, if I try to change the chance of it popping up, the window appears in the upper left hand corner, and never closes...

I tried values 1-10, and 1 was the only one that worked.

[himerus]

And how can I make the window semi-transparent?