A little popup help please!

Ok,

I'm trying to tweak some JS code that will open a popup when the visitor tries to exit the page.

When the user tries to exit the page they get a popup however at the same time I'd like the page behind the popup to automatically redirect to a specified URL.

Any suggestions please?

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function PopIt() { return "Are you sure you want to leave?"; }
    function UnPopIt()  { /* nothing to return */ }
    $(document).ready(function() {
        window.onbeforeunload = PopIt;
        $("a").click(function(){ window.onbeforeunload = UnPopIt; });
    });
</script>

Code (markup):

 

<script type="text/javascript">
function PopIt { alert("Are you sure you want to leave?");
window.location = "Redirect URL Here";
}

$(document).ready(function() {
window.onbeforeunload = PopIt;
}
</script>

Code (markup):

This should work but I'm rather tired so maybe not.

 

may be you can try using .unload() of jquery.... You'll have to use a older version of jquery though (<1.8)... I don't think it'll work, but worth a try...

 

I don't think that you can do this. If the user wants to leave they will leave. You can set a message to confirm they want to leave but not redirect them.

 

This is definitely possible with a llittle tweak in the code uploaded by you. The message can definitely be set but redirecting them to the respective page as defined certainly needs a good hand at programming.

 

Which programming would accomplish this? I'm sure browsers do not allow you to redirect a user when they try to leave.