you guys know what i'm talking about... the sort of popups that don't bring up a new window. like the new aweber ones? anyway, does anybody know a good tutorial that I can read or some script to make one for myself. I can learn php or java if its not too complicated.
A good generator is hovClick.com. They use this type of unblockable popup technology for the lightbox effect. If you wanted a more custom way, check out jquery. I think there are some easy tutorials on it.
We use the jQuery fancybox class along with advanced placement capabilities (by keywords detected in content, referrer, by post id, throttling, etc) for self hosted wordpress installs through the WPTrafficTools plugin. Here's a video that shows what the unblockable popover looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ682y2udA&list=UUoMtrbcQuQXvo_jWUfXhqyg&index=1&feature=plcp