Fixed position is re-selected after save

@caspercas – Strange this is the opposite of a bug we just fixed. Though this is the only the second report (unless you posted to github also) so I’m not 100% what would cause that.

I can tell you that the new Triggers API is nearly done for v1.4 and it completely overhauls the entire trigger system. No longer will there be a wall of settings.

PS. I have thouroughly tested the checkbox functionalites on this new framework. This issue should be no more in the next version.

You can see progress and screenshots of what we are doing here https://github.com/PopupMaker/Popup-Maker/issues/160

@danieliser Sounds good. I will just wait for the update then. Thanks for the reply.

@caspercas – Not a problem. If you take a look at that link above and have any thoughts we would love to hear them now while we can make changes easily. Just leave them there or here if you do.

Have you concidered adding a timer that automatically disables the popup? Like the cookie expiration, you could put in a date and time, for when the popup would expire.

Hi, I confirm the same problem.

This is a critical issue since the longer popup form I want to use does not fit on many screen sizes and it cannot be scrolled on top of the web page.

An update is much needed indeed.

Plugin Author can confirm whether this is a quick fix:

.popmake.fixed {
    position: absolute;
}

Hi, facing the same issue here. Unchecking the fixed positioning and save but the checkbox is checked again. Looking forward to a solution to this! ??

@janeojy – We are adressing this at the root of the problem in v1.4. We are 100% rewriting the settings/editor interface. The main focus is to remove any logic from the creation of settings/fields. All of that will be handled by the same functions, that way if a checkbox is broken, all will be broken, but more importantly if one is working all are.

This means we can add new options/change existing options without having to be sure that the checkbox is gonna show up checked afterwards.

In a nutshell the issue won’t exist in v1.4.

@danieliser – Looking forward to it!

MY SOLUTION

The 2 Problems
Popups taller than screen size when vertically centered would disappear off the screen (including the close button), and popups weren’t scrollable because position was permanently set to fixed. My client had recently run an instagram promotion and their retail website was being inundated with mobile users who couldn’t close the popup nor scroll to view all of the contents including a mailchimp signup form, and would eventually have to just leave the website.

To view the working popup in action now you can visit https://www.alcapparel.com

Display Settings

• Change the popup size from responsive to custom.
• For width enter the same % value you had under responsive.
• Auto Adjusted Height is unchecked.
• Scrollable Content is unchecked.
• For height enter 100%. If you have margin or padding set you may need to adjust it down. I didn’t need to though.

If you had a max-width setting to your popup don’t worry. We’re going to fix that below in the CSS.

Position

• Location is set to Top Center.
• Fixed Positioning is obviously still set to fixed.
• Top distance is set to 30px. Change to suit your own website design.

CSS
If you don’t have a child theme, or Appearance > Custom CSS built into your theme, install a free plugin called Custom CSS.

.popmake {
margin: 0 auto; max-width: 800px !important;
 }

.popmake, .popmake.fixed, #popmake-11602 {
top: 30px !important; position: static !important;
 }

NOTES:

CHANGE ‘#popmake-11602’ in the CSS to reflect the number used on your own website.

Use iphone4simulator.com and iphone5simulator.com when playing around with these settings as just resizing your chrome browser or using firefox’s built in mobile view does not accurately show what happens on mobile.

I believe it’s a great plugin, and will try to convince any future clients to purchase the premium version, and I think everyone else should too. ??

Okay now the popup appears underneath the entire page content, and below the overlay. Sorry it was working for a while. Might delete everything, make sure those database tables are clear, then reinstall and see if things clear up. There’s been over 100 revisions since I started toying so it’s possible there’s something going on with the db.

As a side note I’ve noticed that checking the option that you’ve loaded your own css and not to use the plugin’s css, and then saving, and then unchecking that option, and then saving, will often cause the plugin to recognise that there is new css coming from somewhere.

I really feel like I’m battling this on multiple fronts at the moment.

@orchid Design – All of these issues will be addressed in the upcoming update. I just finished a set of changes that will wrap each popup in its own overlay with scroll bar independent of the pages. This fixes the fixed position issue as well as it is no longer needed if popup is smaller than the screen size.

Here is a fix for the fixed position checkbox. https://gist.github.com/danieliser/c15fedc08848137796e9

If you would like to try out the current state of the v1.4 beta feel free to grab it here https://github.com/PopupMaker/Popup-Maker/tree/v1.4-general. This includes the new trello like method of rendering long popups, new trigger & cookie management that is 10x easier to learn & equally more versatile. For instance set up your trigger to look for multiple cookies including those set by other plugins etc.

A couple notes:

Currently on mobile screen sizes the fixed class does nothing. IE it reverts to absolute by default. https://github.com/PopupMaker/Popup-Maker/blob/master/assets/css/site.css#L123

Fixed position can be unchecked and saved successfully, but it always renders as checked, see the patch above.

For better results on a complicated issue set try submitting a ticket at https://wppopupmaker.com/support/

Hi Daniel – I’m also having the same issue as mentioned above. I’d like the popup to NOT be fixed (i.e. when I scroll, the popup should scroll as well) and the “fixed position” box is always checked. Even after I uncheck the box and hit save, it’s checked again. I’m currently on version 1.3.9 of your plugin – which is the latest version available. I’ve updated the plugin. I’ve even deleted and reinstalled the plugin and nothing seems to work.

I also tried the solution that you mention in https://gist.github.com/danieliser/c15fedc08848137796e9
However, I cannot find the file “popup-maker/includes/admin/popups/metabox-display-fields.php” in the plugin editor.

Any help would be greatly appreciated since I’d like to use your popup plugin! Right now the fixed position issue is making my webpage look so unprofessional that I have deactivated your plugin and I’m being forced to look for alternative popup plugins.

Thanks!

Annie

Hi Daniel … I would like to confirm 2 things:

– I have the same problem with fixed position (ver 1.3.9)
– the SOLUTION (line 277) DOES WORK! Thank you very much for this tip

@anniewang83 : so you didn’t try the solution, since you haven’t find it ?? … you need to go to the FOLDER(s) where your WORDPRESS is installed. There you go to WP-CONTENT/PLUGINS/popup-maker/includes/admin/popups/metabox-display-fields.php. I’m afraid, you won’t be able to find it through the “plugin editor”. Once you change the line for the one Daniel suggested on GITHub- you don’t have to look for alternatives ??

All best …

@zholy9 – Thanks for the confirmation.

@anniewang83 – You might try https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-editor/. It allows checking deeply nested folders.