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RE: Pop Unders - Why and How to

by "Katherine Pollara" <kpollara(at)home.com>

 Date:  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:31:14 -0500
 To:  "'Basics HWG'" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
 In-Reply-To:  yahoo
  todo: View Thread, Original 
Tom,
thanks for the enlightenment.  I believe you are right, that if used
respectfully, this can be an effective tool.  I do a non-profit site that
could use this for encouraging membership.
Kate Pollara

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of Thomas Rumley
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:09 PM
To: Basics HWG
Subject: Pop Unders - Why and How to


It seems that everyone wants to give their opinions on pop unders but no one
is saying how to do it.

so...

My opinion first...

Pop unders (called blur consoles) have long been used in the adult industry
to attract customers. They are a valid method of attracting customers and
they DO NOT trap potential customers. No more than a television commercial
traps the viewer.

Blur consoles do not have a fabulous click through rate, but they do garner
some click thrus that may result in sales. The important part is that the
blur console opens onto ONE site and ONLY one site. You do not want to anger
your visitor by creating a pop-up that will make them remember your site as
a place to NOT re-visit.

One blur - console is not going to bother anyone to the point that they ex -
communicate you.

How to do it?

You've made an additional provision for the blur console. You don't want it
to show up until the visitor leaves the site, not just the current web page
that they are viewing. I'm going to be showing code here so pardon the
length of the post.

To solve the problem of the console not popping up until the site is left,
you need to use the * target="_blank" * attribute for any links that are in
the site's home page. What this will do is open a new browser window when
anyone clicks on a link in the site's home page. This will insure that your
home page stays on screen until your visitor is really ready to leave the
site.

It may be a good idea as well to make your newly opened windows kiosks.
Meaning that they have no address toolbar, scrolling bars, or other controls
available to the visitor. You don't want them to be able to do anything but
go to another place in your site or close the opened window.

So then, the code:

We're going to do this with JavaScript.

In the body tag of your web page put this:

<BODY onUnload="popit()">

When the onUnload command does is to execute the JavaScript function "popit"
when the user has done something to close out the site. The function we
create will open the blur console and move it behind the main window.

function popit()
    {
     window.open("the name of your file","the name of the new browser
window","width=300,height=toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,me
nubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizeable=no");
     new_windowname.blur;
    }

When the popit function is executed it will do 2 things. the first is to
open a new browser window and set it up according to the settings that
you've placed in the JavaScript statement. This statement must all be on one
line. If your editor wraps the line that's fine, but don't hit the enter key
yourself to break up the line. If you do, the script may not work.

The width and height statements set the size of the window that is to be
popped. Make sure that it is small enough so that it will fit behind the
current window but large enough that there 's room to show whatever message
you're trying to convey.

The first set of quotes within the braces hold the name of the file that you
are wanting to place in the new browser. Note the comma between the first
set of quotes and the second set of quotes. The second set of quotes holds
the name of the new browser. You need this to make any reference to the new
window. Since were shooting a command to the new window with the next
statement, you need to include a window name here. The name you use should
comply with the normal naming conventions. Note that there is a comma
between the second set of quotes and the third.

If you don't put these commas and quotes in the statement the JavaScript
will not work.

The items within the next group of quotes are the controls for the window.
Make sure that you DO NOT put spaces between the different controls.
Additionally, note that there are not quotes between each control now. Only
at the beginning and end of *this* control list.  If you put spaces in, or
add extra quotes, you will break the statement and the function will not
work.

The second thing that this function does is to arrange what window the
visitor is going to see. This part of the function tells your computer to
blur the popped window. What this means is that the browser will move its
focus to the main browser and shove itself to the back of the screen.

And that's all there is to it. Hope this worked and Hope to have helped.

Tom Rumley




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