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]

well, i'm glad i didn't go to 4am in the morning to bed for nothing. thanks lionel.

[Prince]

I hate pop-ups, and this thing would annoy me when I am not logged in, so I am sure it would annoy every one else.

[James Cridland]

This is a good idea: though the current pop-up is highly annoying!

But it got me thinking. Instead, then, I've written an "ad banners if not registered" 'hack' here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=222819 (It's not a hack, actually, just a template edit).

It looks like this:

Once a user registers, the ad banners disappear.

[nafae]

I really like that idea, definately would be a good convincer...

Originally posted by James Cridland
This is a good idea: though the current pop-up is highly annoying!

But it got me thinking. Instead, then, I've written an "ad banners if not registered" 'hack' here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=222819 (It's not a hack, actually, just a template edit).

It looks like this:

Once a user registers, the ad banners disappear.

[nafae]

By the way, you folks should be nicer... He made this hack thinking some people would use it, and THEY DID. So it is a success. Why talk bad about his hack if noone is forcing or asking you to use it? Just say something like "I like the idea of getting people to register but not via a popup, because I think they are somewhat annoying"

It is depressing to see that some of these people can't just relax and, if they don't like a hack, don't read about it.

[TECK]

James, my hack it's fully customizable so you can edit the template the way it suits better for your forums, i mentioned this in the start thread, so you make it the way you want good mod you have there.. however, your hack only adds a table at the top, mines scroll down while the user browse the board and you can edit vbpopup template to look the same as yours.

nafae, thanks...

[James Cridland]

No worries, thanks for that.

The nice thing about this board is that it makes you think: I'm not claiming mine's any better than yours, just suits me better, that's all.

It was your idea: and a good idea, too.

[xug]

Nakkid, I love this Hack and installed it.

"Don't bother ignorant people"

I have tried to change the location, but without any result.

What do I need to do to let it popup at the bottom in the center?
Please, show me with params.

[TECK]

Originally posted by xug
What do I need to do to let it popup at the bottom in the center?
Please, show me with params.

01. open vbpopup.js and locate the line:

  adDiv.left=documentWidth-250;adDiv.top =documentHeight-150;

change the -250 and -150 set of values to suit your needs.

02. in headinclude template, edit #vbplocation, more exacly the top and left locations.

experiment until you achieve the result you like.
hope that helped you.

James, i really like your mod. getting jelous.. hehe great job and soo easy. i made the popup size to look closer to yours.
less editing for people...

[xug]

Super, Thank you so much Nakkid !