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single popup window

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by sonwander, Nov 8, 2014.

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    Hello , everyone. Was wondering if you can put a single popup that could appear to many visitors to a site at the same time , regardless of the page you 're browsing . Is there a chance to do it in JavaScript or another language ? How could i do it? Iappreciate the help .
     
    sonwander, Nov 8, 2014 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Yes, do you mean like everyone gets it at exactly 10am with some sort of announcement?

    Essentially you just need something in the header to say when it's X o'clock show the popup, save a cookie saying they've seen it and don't show again if the cookie has been saved. Have a listener checking the time so that it pops for pages open already
     
    sarahk, Nov 8, 2014 IP
  3. sonwander

    sonwander Peon

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    Sarahk, first of all, thanks for your help. My problem is that the popup window will appear randomly in the page. What can i do to make all visitors see that window at the same time?
     
    sonwander, Nov 8, 2014 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Have a javascript listener that checks for the time when the page loads and then issues a wait for the required amount of time. If the page is still open when the wait is over then the pop shows.
     
    sarahk, Nov 8, 2014 IP
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    sonwander Peon

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    I appreciate your help. I"ll try do this.
     
    sonwander, Nov 8, 2014 IP
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    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    The potential problem is this:
    Do you want all users to see the content at the same time, regardless of local timezone? If so, no problem, just listen for a server-timestamp.
    Do you want all users, regardless of timezone, to see the popup at 10:00 am? Then it gets complicated...
     
    PoPSiCLe, Nov 9, 2014 IP
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    Hey, PoPSiCLe, i haven't thought about that. I wanted everyone to see the popup at the exact same time. Better think on something else. Thanks.
     
    sonwander, Nov 9, 2014 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    I'm not sure why that's put you off. The server time or the local time are equally accessible.

    Most scripts that do a countdown (to an event/product launch/new year) essentially get a time when the page loads and work from there

    So if you need to run at a certain local time you use javascript to get the time
    If you need to run at a certain server time you can embed the current time into the html that gets sent by the server to the browser.
     
    sarahk, Nov 9, 2014 IP
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    deathshadow Acclaimed Member

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    My question would be why do you want to piss off all your visitors at the same time?
     
    deathshadow, Nov 14, 2014 IP
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