pop up windows for a FrontPage website

ambreeze · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 19

I have read the section provided here regarding pop-up windows... I have a couple of questions though.

#1. I want to make a pop up in FrontPage that will show a larger view of various things - will I be making ONE popup window (they'll all be the same size) and then just assign a .jpg or .gif to that window for just THAT particular instance, then each additional image will use that same window, just swapping images... OR, will I have as many actual popups as I have pictures?

#2. I'm going to use an image that has an assigned address, what do I put in the URL line... the complete address (http.......), or something else?

I haven't really been able to find much help on how to do this using frontpage, but I can get to the html part and edit the code... so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Terri

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:00 am

Welcome to the forums Terri.

You will need to use a javascript. I usually place an image inside an HTML page & then have the pop-up point to that HTML page.

Check out this wizard to help make a pop-up

ambreeze · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 19

Thanks Corey,

I downloaded the software offered from the 'wizard' and will try it this afternoon. I'm thinking that from what you've said that I'll just make a normal page and the popup window will maintain the size I want?

Anyway, after I try this, I'll probably be back with more questions... thanks!

Terri

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:52 am

Anytime. I like the wizard that was there. When I tested the software a few months back - I had some problems with it. But the wizard worked great!

And yes - you can create the sizes that you want thru the wizard.

ambreeze · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 19

OK, I'm doing something really wrong. I've tried both the wizard and free software to make these popups. Here are the problems I'm having...

I can click on the link that the software creates, and it DOES pull up a popup - BUT - I get the old 'can't find the page' thing message.

Also, I don't want the link the software creates to be stuck just anywhere either, Would actually like to place it underneath the picture I'm plannin/hoping to enlarge!

For example, the html page that contains the graphic that I'd like to enlarge is called: C:\Documents and Settings\Buddy\Desktop\merrill-new\popup_test.htm

I put that in the PopUp URL dialog box. I click 'generate code' and it does. I select and copy the first group of code and put it into the <head> portion of the page that will launch the popup (in this case it's the index page). Then I select and copy the code that the bottom window generates and paste it into the <body> portion of the index page. It creates a link on that page (index) , but when I test it from my frontpage "preview in browser", it will give me a popup window with nothing but the white page error message - can't find.......

What is wrong?

Thanks,
Terri

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:30 pm

You cannot point to C:\Documents and Settings\Buddy\Desktop\merrill-new\popup_test.htm - this is on your local machine. You need to point to something like popup_test.htm - depending on the location of the other pages in your website.

Also do you have an URL to this? Thanks!

ambreeze · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 19

Oh,...
So, while I'm working on this in FrontPage on my local machine, I can leave off all of the extranious location stuff and just put in the name of the page that is supposed to become the popup? Or do I actually have to publish this to the web to test it?

And what about the linked text... will the software assign the correct address or do I need to right click on it and do it myself?

Thanks,
T.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:18 pm

Well I have not used the software, I use the wizard. If the software is like the wizard, you enter the correct URL or path to the HTML page (or JPG). I would think the software does not know the path to the page so it depends on what you enter.

If you have this pop-up link on the index page & the pop-up HTML page, then the path would be popup_test.htm.

ambreeze · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 19

This is still not working - with or without the wizard.

Is it possible to do this locally from my machine, or does this entire web with all of its files need to be on an internet server - NOT on my computer - for this to work?

Anytime I put in the location/path as it is on my local machine where I'm working on this, I get the 'cannot find server' error, or the wizard tells me there's an error on the page(re: the path -) How do I have a URL address on my local machine?

Sorry to be so obtuse...
Terri

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 6:40 am

It should work on your local machine - but not thru FP "browser", thru IE's browser.

Can you copy & paste the code you have? Is a pop-up coming up?

ambreeze · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 19

Yes, a pop-up comes up, but its got the usual white page that tells you that it can't find the page/address you're looking for.

I CAN copy and paste both the first group of code (the pop-up making script) and the second group of code (the code that makes the link to the pop up).

When I preview the page that contains the link, it is in Microsoft EI browser - and it will successfully show the page that contains the link - just as if it were on the web. But when I click the link to go to the pop-up, that's when the empty pop-up comes up.

This is telling me that it's not finding the htm page to put into the pop-up, right? Where it asks for the URL, I've tried putting the complete path as it exists on my computer - starting with the C: etc. but the wizard doesn't like that... I know that I'm giving it the accurate path because I copy and paste it right out of the EI browser when I just preview the "hosting" page.

Any ideas?
T.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:11 am

ambreeze · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 19

This is insane!

I can go to a webaddress that I've created that is live. I can use that address in the wizard, and it'll make a popup.

I use the local address on my machine: C:\My Websites\wolverine\merrill-new\popup.htm with the popu.htm being the page that should become the popup - and I get the 'can't find server error'.

I'm wondering if I'm having a local server problem? This shouldn't be so difficult!

Is there a way to check to see if my local server is running? I'm only asking this because I saw an icon that said 'server idle' and I'm not sure where that came from...
T.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:44 am

Well Javascript is client side, not server side - so that should not matter.

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 402 Location: Nova Scotia

what server are you using on your local machine?