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Joomla Popin WindowOnce again, DART Creations is back with one of those golden Joomla nuggets. We have created a plugin which allows you to quickly and easily create a Joomla popin window. This plugin is useful to boost ypur newsletter subscriptions, to invite your users to participate in a survey, possibly to popin a window which allows users to play a sample of your music or to quicly attract attention to some new functionality of your site.
There are two versions of the plugin, a Free version (which contains an advertising link to our website which is invisible to your users), and a Pro version which does not include this link. Otherwise but versions are identical. Joomla Popin Plugin PRO - Download (€3.00)Please Register and Login to download this module.There is no difference between the PRO and the FREE version. The PRO version is a small contribution to the development (hey you can afford the price of a beer right? Especially if this module has helped you out) If you like it, please take a moment to write a small review on the Joomla Extensions site , vote for us, or link to us! Joomla Popin Plugin - Download (Free)Please Register and Login to download this module.To install go to Extensions > Install / Uninstall (or Installers > Mambots for Joomla 1.0.x) and choose the file you just have downloaded. If you like it, please take a moment to write a small review on the Joomla Extensions site , vote for us, or link to us! The plugin should be fairly easy to use, however if you find any problem while use it, please drop a line in the comments below or in the forums, and we try our best to support you. If you like it and used it, please do leave a comment with a link to your site or in the Site Showcase in the forums, it would be good to know that other people have found it useful. Please note that the plugin is session aware, i.e. it only shows only once each time you visit a site. A demo of usage of the window loads with this page or http://joomla15demo.dart-creations.com Configuration and UsageThe plugin allows you to enter your own HTML into the window, thus the possibilities of using this module are endless. Just create the HTML you would like to display in the window, go to Extensions > Plugin Manager > Joomla Popin Window (or Site > Mambots > Joomla Popin Window) and put the HTML in the parameters of the plugin. Once you have input the HTML, publish the plugin, and insert the { popin } text (remove spaces) into the article where you want the popin window to appear. Remember that plugins only get triggered once they find the { popin } text in an article. How to display on the frontpageThere are two options to always display the popin window. 1. Put the { popin } tag in an article which is displayed in your frontpage 2. With Joomla 1.0, you could just put the { popin } in a mod_custom module. Unfortunately, this is not an option in Joomla 1.5. However, there is some code adjustments which will allow you to do this. Put the following code in the index.php of your template: $miscinfo = & JTable::getInstance('content'); $dispatcher =& JDispatcher::getInstance(); Example Usage - Attract attention to new content e.g. new image galleryHi there! Have you seen our latest smilies album (picture gallery) ? A sample of the images is found below. Click on a picture to view the rest of the album.
Example Usage - Survey for your customersCreate a survey in the popin window, Create a poll using the Joomla polls component. Publish the module (temporarily). Then copy the code generated by the polls module and paste it into the HTML of the plugin. Unpublish the polls module so that it only shows in the popin window.
Example Usage - Newsletter subscriptionGet the code generated by your newsletter subscription component and paste it into the HTML of the plugin
You can customize also the look and feel of the popin window, including window size, position, resizability, and various other parameters, which are quite self-explanotory. Take a look at the screenshot of the parameters below.
Internet Explorer ProblemsIE is very intolerant with the mambot it seems. The mambot is rendering tags where there is an E.g. if you have This is a cool popin Change it to: This is a cool popin And so forth for the rest of the HTML. Eventually the mambot will be updated to fix this problem. SupportPlease post to the forums of you need help in configuring the module. Do you like this module? - Buy me a beer (€3)If you liked this module, please consider buying me a beer. Every drop counts! No guarantees that any donations will be spent on new development rather than beer, though every effort will be made to spend all donations on new developments |
One of the 3 popup extension for joomla,
I search around the Internet but only found your popup extension that has a nice work and easy configuration.
Thanks
I successful install membot but I don't know how to use. You said
"Don't forget to publish the mambot, and insert the { popin } text (remove spaces) into the article where you want the popin window to appear."
I published already but don't understand {popin} text, can you example me one, thank you
As with all mambots, you need to insert the text which triggers the mambot. In this case, you need to find the article where the popin will be displayed, and write {popin} in the content of the article.
Thus the popin will be displayed.
hi thank you for this best mambot but i have a problem.i have configured it but when i insert {popin} in my management first page and save all the popup don't appear to my website home page.can you help meplease?
thnak you simone to rome
I downloaded your plugin and when published i get the following error.
Notice: Undefined variable: mambot in /home/fiescom/public_html/mambots/content/ joomlapopin.php on line 27
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/fiescom/public_html/mambots/content/ joomlapopin.php on line 27
When I checked with hosting company they say they have upgraded the webserver to Apache 2.? something.. What do I do??
I installed the Mambot and it works fine for me in the latest version of Firefox. However, in IE7 on a Vista machine, I get an error that says:
Internet Explorer cannot open the site nolinkspls://zzz.pageusingthemambot.com
Operation Aborted
There might be problems with Internet Explorer due to whitespace within the HTML. Please remove any whitespace between HTML tags, and Save the module. This should solve the problems.
Hey guys, can someone help me out.
I can't change the title text.
Is stays Joomla Popin Window.
Anne,
I believe there was a slight bug, you can re-download and re-install the mambot to fix this.
Marsal,
yes you can show adsense banners, but you have to make sure there are no newlines within the adsense code. When you publish and look at the HTML source of the page, if you find any BR, that means you have a newline and you'll have to remove it.
Hi folks, I have tried to install mambot but continue to get error message when installing to Mambots.
File xxx/media/install_47a73c688fdb0/joomlapopin.php does not exist!
Any thoughts?
It's really useful and simple to use.
It would be great it if it could do rounded corners and have a colour picker in the admin.
I installed the mambot and the most unusual thing happened, my fireboard forum lost formatting when reading replies.
When I disable the mambot the problem goes away.. So great item but it can mess with fireboard
Mike, are you sure you didn't insert some HTML code, which breaks the fireboard forum. What if you remove all the HTML, does the problem still happen?
i have tried to install this mambot. But unable to install. Please help
hello mate
how can i put a picture inside this popin mambots?
i think, the presence of picture will let this thing mush more interesting.
regards
faizulman, you can put in pictures into the plugin too, since you can put in any html... You need to put in the relevant html for an image to show. I am restricted from entering HTML here but basically you will need to use and IMG tag with the relevant parameters.
hi bro dart!
it's work! thanx a tonne!!!
hehe.. ;-)
come and visit my faculty website
nolinkspls://fkmp.uthm.edu.my
When I put the { popin } in my text article, all my text dissapears and "wasalt aw?" appears instead with the title below it. All text is gone.
Orialis, there was some testing code left from the development phase. This has been removed and the plugin updated. Please download again and test. If necessary get in touch via the Contact page.
Thanks
Hello. I would like to have a pop-up always appearing if a surfer exit my website! Is that possible???
Btw: in this pop-up I would like to ask him why he did not joined the community. All that just to improve my services. Advanced question: would it be possible to just pop-up if he/she did not subscripe to a newsletter/bought something??
BIG THX 4 ur respond
Keep on the excellent work
At the moment this is not possible. However if you have the skills, you can change the event which brings up the popup, to happen when the user exits the site.
Advanced answer: I would recommend you send a survey to those people who bought, and ask how to better improve the services, rather than the other way round.
Installed it very easily on Joomla version 1.5.3. took me a little while to figure out that the content ID was on the right hand side of the article list and not the left hand side of the list (I'm a beginner at Joomla), but the nice message when I'd put invalid numbers in was better than some obscure code. Works nicely now.
Everything works great I just don't understand how to make spaces between text ?!...I entered the text as you showed...it is separated when I edit the plugin...but when it shows up on the main page all of the text together...
For example if I enter:
Hello,
I would like to welcome U!
Author
It will show up as:
Hello,I would like to welcome U!Author?
Please help...Great work u did
Pera,
you need to use normal HTML. For a new line you need to use a br tag etc etc.
I have installed this to the letter, the plugin is published and I inserted the tag { popin } no space, into an article and publish the article on the fronpage, but nothing shows up. I have no < br> into the html field, I just inputed > in there just to see, but nothing shows up.
If you can help me, it would be great.
Thanks
Quezo, you need to input valid HTML. A > is probably interpreted as invalid HTML and thus not shown. Can you try something else such as inserting some test text only. Once that works you can start inserting what you require.
Hey, with activated Plugin I get am big mistake. IE brake loading and open a window ""Site xxxxID=yyy" can't load".
Any idea?? FF and Opera are OK
hi,
my idea is to use a shoutbox from chatwo.com inside the popin box..but if the user closes it once and then wanna re-open it,how? how to re-open the popin.if its session aware, it cant be opened even by refreshing. i was thinking to give a new page with {popin} but it also failed. please help how to have a popin window that can be re-opened even with session aware...
I'm running Joomla 1.5.3 and installed via dir, it's installed successfully but can't find the module on the system?
Thanks
Daz
Since this is a Joomla plugin, you can find it under Extensions > Plugin Manager. You need to enable it and then insert {popin} in your content to view it.
I love this tool. Nicely done! Only question is this... if I wanted to have more than one of these is there any way to do it? I'm not aware of a way to "copy" a Mambot. I would like to be able to have different messages running simultaneously in different areas of the site.
Mackie,
this is currently not available, however it is one of the most requested features and we will endevour to implement it asap.
Hi Guys
I would like to integrate the Letterman module into it.
How Can I do that?
Many thanks in advance.
Regards
ZeanClod
I have inputted {popin} into one and more than one article on my front page with no luck in the popup appearing. I have even tried inputting {popin} in other pages with no luck either. There are no breaks () and only two spaces...
I have inputted {popin} into one and more than one article on my front page with no luck in the popup appearing. I have even tried inputting {popin} in other pages with no luck either. There are no breaks "< br>" and only two spaces...
"...scriptSPACEtype="text/ javascript"SPACEsrc=..."
which I did try removing to no effect.
Any suggestions?
Are you sure you have enabled the Popin in Mambots / Plugins? If you view the HTML source of your page, do you see the HTML you input. Also, try putting {popin} in one article only.
Hi there,
Installation went fine, no problems, but:
- my home page is a Virtuemartshop version 1.1. stable in Joomla 1.5.3. stable
When people go to my shop, how can I make Popin work on this page? For example to use it for announcing a holiday closure off my webshop. Other suggestions are also welcome.
Regards,
Gabriël - Rotterdam, Netherlands
If I put any html into the popin it crashes my IE6. I am just trying to add a image with a link if the user clicks it. Works great in FF3 but cannot add it to my homepage till I figure out how to make it cross browser compatible. Any ideas? I took out all spaces already. Great job ith the development do far!
Im looking how to add text inside the popin window that will close it (other than using the X on the top right of its window). Is this possible? Thanks
I have automated content (3-10 posts per day) that is posted to my front page. Would like to always have popin window initially display a "Sign Up for Free Newsletter" window without having to type {popin} in every article.
Any ideas?
Create a small custom HTML module, which you display always on the frontpage, or use one you already have for displaying something else. In this module put in your {popin}, and this will get executed each time without you having to create it in each article.
Hello i have some problem whith my flash content couse, the popin windows always is showing behind all the flash content in the website
how can i configure it to show over all the website?
Great plugin. I am looking to create a terms and conditions pop up that the user has to accept to use the site. This works great would I be able to put accept or close site buttons within the html code?
I created a custom HTML module (in Joomla 1.5) but when I type in {popin} it literally places "{popin}" on the page. Please advise.
pqekypk2, you might need to change the code slightly to change the z-index such that it is on the top.
Jasonm, you can put anything you want, it takes any kind of HTML.
piyapan, you need to make sure you have enabled the plugin correctly.
Hi am trying to create an accept and decline T&C pop up. The decline is fine as the window.close(self) parameter closes the main browser window but what code would I use to just close the pop up
FORM
INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Accept" onClick="window.close(self)"
INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Decline" onClick="window.close(self)"
/FORM
"
Well, the window's javascript has a close function, which closes the window. You would need to call its function, the same way as if you were clicking on the X button of the window. I'm not sure how you'd need to call it though. Possibily dhtmlwindow.close()?
I tried
INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Accept" onClick="divwin.close()"
and
INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Accept" onClick="dhtmlwindow.close()"
with no luck. I will let you know if I work it out.
Thanks
Can you place a link to your site or send it via Contact Us page?
You simply need to place the {popin} tag in one of your frontpage articles or a permanent frontpage module, and any HTML you put in the module will get displayed in the popin window.
Рlagin cant support UTF-8 text. If I enter not-еnglish symbols in the coding utf-8 a popin window ceases to be displayed on page. Symbols of a Latin, figures and spesial symbols are accessible only.
DART, it's great work but not usable for me.
Рlagin cant support UTF-8 text. If I enter not-еnglish symbols in the coding utf-8 a popin window ceases to be displayed on page. Symbols of a Latin, figures and spesial symbols are accessible only.
DART, it's great work but not usable for me.
onehero, we'll check what it take to makde the plugin support UTF8 characters.
Hey, the mod don't work with IE7. The first time the mod load, second time "error, site cant load". When you delete the cache its loading one time and so on
its possible to use multiple popin defines
{popin 1}{popin 2} or to use an article as popin {popin alias=chatlogin} ?
its a problem to use PHP code in the html-place?
Multiple popins are not possible at the moment. PHP code is not supported either because the plugin expects client side script.
okay. different popin instead of multiples? that possible?
No, not possible though it is one of the most requested features, so we'll try to give it a shot in the near future.
I installed this Pop up.
However as soon as i add the {popin}
It makes the whole page unviewable. It comes up with an error message.
Is this because it is conflicting with something else?
I haven't been able to replicate this problem although it has been described a number of times. Can you paste the HTML you are using in the Forums of this site, and which Browser you are using please.
I advise againts answering questions here, use the forums! so is easier to check for common problems.
My questions is:
Is it possible to load a module on the popin window?
I want to load an input box so people can suscribre to my newsletter.
Notice: A session had already been started - ignoring session_start() in /zzz/700megs.com/c/l/a/clandsk/htdocs/plugins/ content/joomlapopin.php on line 41
i have that problem.......
The code has been updated to eliminate this warning.
Hi, I've just installed 1.0 version, there is no Minimize or Close options on the pop up!! _ and X buttons are not there.
ya figured it out, DART your 1.0 package has refrences to .js and .gif that are in a worng folder structer. its the folder structer for 1.5 . you sure you did not uplaod 1.5 as 1.0?
How I can put images inside popin?? i don not how is it!! please help me!!
Easy way - make a FREE account at photobucket.com and upload your images there. You can then just copy the provided image code from photobucket and paste in the module.
otherwise, use the code below and change the image url to one of your site piks:
nolinkspls://zzz.crashwrestling.com/promo/ index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection& id=1&Itemid=27
Sorry the code was stripped out. I thought I'd get to preview the code first and change it if needed but it posted directly without a preview so I added the link above. Hopefully it will stay put :p
I've instaled the Joomla Popin Mambot, it's excelent, it shows a flyer that I designed for my Website (zzz.itsmotul.edu.mx) but when I can't configure the parameters, I mean, I change the values, when I save the changes and go to the frontpage, it shows the same thing than before, so then I tried to configure it again, but it happens the same thing. Help please.
messenger: jmanzanilla@itsmotul.edu.mx
Do you have caching switched on by any chance? Do the new params get saved, and not refreshed on the front end, or are they not saved at all?
Cool use of the window by the way. I like it 
I would like use popin into a component virtue mart... but i don't understand... If i place {popin} into shop.index (my home page), the module don't start... and it write {popin}
Thanx...
Make sure that the popin is enabled as a plugin. Also, you need to insert the { popin } in Joomla content, not in any templates or html files, because it won't work that way. This is standard Joomla plugin functionality.
Ok thank's... I have another question... in popin configuration there is "Session Aware=yes" that mean "If session started, and i reload the page, the popin block should not be reload it". But when i refresh the page the popin block start again
Session aware means, that if you load the page from the same browser, you won't get the popin again. However, if a new browser is opened, that is a new session, so you will get the popin again. Typically your users won't need to re-open a browser, and thus get it only once.
Ok... but when i reload a page without closing broswer, window popin restart...
For Ex
Popin start in homepage, i go in section contact us, and when return in homepage poipin restart
Thanx
It isn't impossibile because the site is located in a server on local network... But when reload this page (The page of forum popin), restart it...
Ps. I use a Firefox 3 under MAC OS X 10.5
might be a template problem... i'm using JaPurity, but IE7 crashes for me, and there's no way to use your plugin.
IE7 doesn't work correctly and looks horrible. Please fix it guys else I may have to move on to something else. Thanks
The latest version handles CSS in a separate file and thus fixes the IE7 problem
I wan to create joomla popin using flash file. Could anyone inform me to do it on my joomla site ?
thanks in advance.
nolinkspls://joomlapanel.com
This should not be a problem. You just need to use the HTML code to insert the flash into the plugin parameters.
Followed instructions but can't get it to show -
zzz.c-m-a.com.au
Used your example code with the smileys and placed {popin} in my front page article...nothing happened? Any ideas?
Cheers Kel
Great utility. Flexible for lot's of applications you may imagine...
However I did not manage to show a playlist from zzz.deezer.com in a continuous/seamless stream along all the site, even including the code in the .php of the template.
The popin is intended for a single page, and is a layer, thus it will be recreated on each page it is displayed. Its going to be difficult to achieve what you want with our popin window.
Hello,
I was wondering if it would be possible to make the popup appear after a given time of page load? eg. after 20 seconds.
The reason I ask, I want to allow my users a given time to absorb the first paragraph of my website before it is obtruded by the popup.
Thanks
Paul
Paul, not at the moment, though please do post this in the Feature Requests on the Forums, so that we'll think about its implementation in the next round of development.
The popin works fine with Joomla 1.0, any specific help you need?
Go to Installers > Mambots and choose the file you have downloaded.
Then go to Mambots > Site Mambots, enter the HTML and publish. Then go to your articles and insert the popin tag, like the instructions above.
>Go to Installers > Mambots and choose the file you have downloaded.
There is an error about:
can't find install script
When I close the window it does not open again until I clean the cache and reload the page, but I need the pop up to show every time I reload the page, noy when the cache is clean. what can I do?
Is the Session Aware setting On or Off? It should be Off in your case!
Is it possible to add a button (or checkbox, etc.) to disable the splash message? Something like "Do not show this again"
Not at the moment there isn't, however, we'll try to implement this function on the next round of improvements.
This is probably one of those silly questions, but I paid for the Popin but I'm not sure were to download it. I don't seem to have an acct. Please let me know what to do!
Thanks!
Brad
You'll need to register before downloading, can you get in touch through the Contact Us above and we'll send it to you by email though no worries 
I am working on a project where I need to encode some links (hyperlinks) and when visitors click on any of those links, the popup will appear with whatever contacnt I set. This one particualr page would have up to 30 different links. Is this doable?
I'm sure you would be able to do it, but you'll need a lot of tweaking to the actual code.
I have tried to put the said code in index.php but it went blank. so tell me is there ne specific place to put this
You don't need to put it in the index.php, you should put { popin } in the articles where you want the popin to appear.
how to disable the back form or page while the popin appear
I love this popin "toy"
Worked for me right out of the box.
Only issue I have now is that I want my publishers to be able to update the content in the popup.
Problem with that is they have no access to the actual back-end.
Would it be possible to add a button to chose a article from inside joomla making only the chosen page show in the popup?
I tried using a iframe but I cannot make the iframe show only the wanted page, it shows the entire site.
Not sure I get this trough but what I generaly want is to allow my publishers to edit a article, then show that article inside the popup.
Once more, I totally love this plugin
I am using a Rocket Theme, Joomla 1.5, and I put the php code into index.php of my template, and { popin } into the article.
Site displays {popin} at the top left of the site, rendered in text, but no actual popin window?
Happens in both IE and FF on a PC.
thanks for any help!
Looks like a great plugin
install sourcer [url]nolinkspls://extensions.joomla.org/ extensions/edition/custom-code-in-content/5051/ details[/url]
you can make a module that displays on any page wou want.
this was placed in a html blank module, now anywhere i want this to show up I put it in a user box and hey presto. GREAT PLUGIN!!!! 
Hi,
I don't know to solve the problem.
- I trigger the plugin, and I write the html code
- I insert {popin} in a content
but, when I open the content from my site, joomlapopin don't start.
Why? What's my error?
Thanks, daino78
Are you sure the plugin is enabled? Also make sure that your Editor is not interfering with the popin trigger code...
Hi, thanks for the great plugin!
It helped me a lot!! 
But i have just one question, how i change the Title area color???
As in your screenshots that area is grey, and mine are red. 
Thanks in advance!
I am really sorry but I have tried everything possible to get this plugin to work. I am sure it is me because I am a novice. I just don't think I understand what to do.
1. I downloaded the plugin to joomla 1.5.
2. I enabled it.
3. I put my html in the parameters. I assume that is what I want the popin to display.
4. I tried making a new article which published on the frontpage and I put { popin } (without the spaces) by itself and with the text that I wanted displayed.
Still, nothing happens. 
I have read the forum but I truly think I am misunderstanding something. Is there more detailed instructions for those of us who are really new to this or can someone help me PLEASE. 
Two things:
1. Make sure the Plugin is enabled (Extensions > Plugin Manager
2. The popin typically only shows up once. Then you'd have to close your browser completely and open it again.
Make sure the { popin } text is not getting displayed in the article.
Hi.
Its posible to have center the popin window on the page? not 100px left just in the middle of the website.
Thanks
Probably if you know enough CSS you should be able to tweak it enough to do it...
Wow.. this is the awesome technique to get the popin window nuggets. These nuggets tutorials given by the dart-creation are almost very easy to learn. I like its tutorials.
[url]nolinkspls://zzz.truckzcar.com/usedtrucks[/ url]
how to change the color of popin window? its coming red by default, i want to change it to green. is it possible?
when i vote the sondage installed in popin, the answer is "invalid token"
(like in demo)
Can you explain to me?
(new site in work)
As others have asked before...
How do you change the color of the popin window header. Although red is a pretty color the company's site is blues and oranges.
I am a newbie so any assistance with what code to place in the html section would be extremely helpful...and may get me to donate to your cause
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Love it! I have another mambot that allows me to show certain content for guests and other content for registered users. Is there any way to install the popin mambot twice so that I can have different popin windows for guests and registered users? I can be reached at bgarland@simplot.com. Thanks!