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Pop Up Software: Pop - Up Pages

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You probably already are very familiar with Popup Pages. But for those who aren't, they are separate pages that popup usually when you either enter a site or exit a site.

In fact some people hate them so much they have installed software on their computer to prevent pop-ups popping up!

I had read how some people really lived for pop-ups. They stated they increased their subscriber numbers and / or sales dramatically.

This doesn't mean I am going to put dozens of pop-ups all over my site.

On the contrary. From my research, people generally do not seem to mind 1 simple popup page about a quarter to a third the size of a normal page. It's when the popups get out of control that people get angry.

You have all probably seen those pages where another 3 full pages popup immediately behind the site you entered. These types of sites will annoy just about anybody.

But one simple pop-up page off the homepage getting subscribers to subscribe to a newsletter has worked like "magic" for me.

Here’s how to get the free popup script.

Pop - Up Pages

There are basically 4 steps involved...

Step 1. Design a basic page that will offer your giveaway, prize or free gift. Save the page and upload it to your site. When you design your popup page, be sure to keep the content limited since you'll be sizing down the popup box that the content will appear in.

Step 2. Next, you'll need to copy the code from the email we send you and paste it into the page you want to activate your popup from.

Copy the javascript code below, and paste it into your web page, right after <head>

<!-- Begin
var expDays = 1; // number of days the cookie should last

var page = "poppy.htm";
var windowprops = "width=280,height=320,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no";

function checkCount() {
var count = GetCookie('count');
if (count == null) {
count=1;
SetCookie('count', count, exp);

window.open(page, "", windowprops);

}
else {
count++;
SetCookie('count', count, exp);
}
}
// End -->
</script>

Step 3: After you paste the code into your web page, change poppy.htm in the code, to the name of the file you created in step one. You can also change other parameters if you wish, such as the way your popup window looks. Make adjustments in the code to control other parameters.

Step 4: Next, decide if you want your pop up to activate when the page is entered, or exited. I've found the latter to be more effective. You control this with a small piece of code. Here's how...

Find the code <body in your web page. Then add the following code directly after it...

OnUnLoad="checkCount()"

For instance, my own code was changed from:
<body bgcolor="#003399">

To:
<body OnUnLoad="checkCount()" bgcolor="#003399">

Using this OnUnLoad command will make your popup display upon exit from your page.

That's it! Just save your web page (I suggest saving it as a new file so you can test everything before going live) then upload the page you've added that code to.

It's a good idea to turn cookies off in your own browser before testing so you don't have to wait a day to see how your changes will appear.