turning the more fuction into a popup…

  • Okay.. Im trying to get it so that when I use the <!–more–> fuction so that when you click on the link, there is a pop up which displays the post (the whole thing, but having the spot where they left off targeted) as well as the comments underneath. This seems reasonable, so I think there should be a way to do it – i just don’t know how.. does anyone know how I could go about doing this?

    (Sorry if this has been posted before, I did search, but because of ‘popup’ the only thing I really got in return was posts relating to comments, and not what I wanted to do.)

    Thanks in advance!

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  • If I understand what you want, having the “more” link generate a new window, it is considered “bad form”. It takes away control of the browser from the user. There are arguments all over the place that say that using this technique on external links (links which open another website) might be okay, since it leaves your site still open, but there are a lot MORE people who say “let people learn to use the back button”.

    When you have a lot of windows popping up on people’s computer, it is really messy. More importantly, WinXP, Firefox, and a lot of software is out there that stop popups, so encouraging them goes against the popular vote.

    All that said, someone here might have an answer for you on how to abuse your users ;-). I took a look at how the link tag works and also couldn’t figure it out. It may take some special PHP coding and template tags to get it to work.

    I’m looking for the exact same capability as the parent poster… It’s unfortunate that the only reply was a generic condemnation. :-/

    Not all sites are for all people. Using Pivot, my community blog has been around for two years, and I’ve never heard a single complaint about the popups.

    I’m considering switching to WordPress, and would like to retain this functionality. Now, with wp1.5, can this be done?

    Thank you in advance for any help!

    Edit: you can see my wordpress-in-progress at https://www.paradoxdruid.com/wordpress/ and the Pivot template I’m seeking to emulate at https://www.paradoxdruid.com . I think the layout and popups look nice, and would love to keep them.

    paradoxdruid

    (@paradoxdruid)

    I’ve had quick and dirty success by modifying the “the_excerpt_reloaded” plugin, adding the onclick javascript tag to it’s output to open the link in a new window (You can see at https://www.paradoxdruid.com/wordpress/ ). Now, to remove that and modify “the_content” (or, preferably, copy the code and replace with a plugin).

    Just posting this in case anyone else is interested. I’ll also post the final process.

    Beel

    (@beel)

    Consider this your first complaint ?? clicking links and closing popups is very annoying on your site. Can’t read a post or a comment without waiting for a pop-up.

    Glad, though, that you got it to work because you are right – not all sites are for all people. I am sure you’ll find some who come to your site just for the popups ??

    Thanks Paradoxdruid! This is exactly what I need (using WP in existing site).
    You said: I’ll also post the final process.
    Can you explain this to a “designer”, not a programmer ?
    Thanks a lot in advance ??

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