Choose Popup Type

The General Settings tab consists of four sections with controls used to set up the most general Popup features.

General Settings tab -> Choose the Popup Type section

Here you can setup the Popup type. You may choose between five different types.

DHTML Popups.
Popup Toolkit supports DHTML popups based on JavaScript, CSS and other Modern Web Technologies. These popups are not blockable by the current popup blocking software. The DHTML technological approach lets Popup Toolkit produce extremely effective popups with a large number of effects and exceptional design flexibility. DHTML popups are shown in the web browser window. They possess titlebar, close and minimize buttons, border, content area and shadow. All these elements except the content area can be switched on and off. Various attributes of the DHTML popup window may be set up and adjusted. Attributes are divided into four user interface tabs - see User Interface.

Standard Popups.
Except the DHTML type of popups, the software is capable of generating Standard (Regular) Popups. These are blockable by popup blockers. They support a limited Looks design and Behavior capabilities compared to DHTML Popups. For example they support only the jumping and the sliding behavior effect. When you choose Standard Popup all features and controls in the user interface that are not supported will be disabled to let you know which features are available for this popup type.

Although blockable and with limitations, you may always need a standard popup - it opens in a new browser window and thus isn't "connected" with the web page opening it. It stays alive after closing the main web page. If you need, you can always "backup" your standard popup with a DHTML one. See "If the popup gets blocked..." checkbox.

Standard Popunders.
Popunders are a well known type of popups. The only difference from the Standard Popups is that right after opening, the Popunder goes behind all other windows and stays there for the user to see later.

Imposing Popups.
Imposing Popups are the so called Modeless Popups supported by Internet Explorer. They are very alike with the Standard Popups with two differences. The Imposing Popup will pass through some popup blockers. The Imposing Popup will always stay Over the main page. Thus it imposes itself to be better observed. The Imposing Popup will hide when the main page is hidden (minimized) and will close when the main page is closed. In other browsers different from IE, the Imposing Popup is automatically substituted with a Standard Popup, so you don't have to worry about compatibility.

Like with the Standard Popup, if you need, you can always "backup" your standard popup with a DHTML one. See "If the popup gets blocked..." checkbox.

Super-Imposing Popups
Super-Imposing Popups are similar to Imposing Popups. They are the so called Modal Popups and are supported by Internet Explorer. The difference between the Imposing and the Super-Imposing Popup is that Super-Imposing Popups tend to grab the focus on themselves. They do not let the user work with the main web page (the page opening the popup). Thus they draw even more attention than the Imposing ones. Super-Imposing popups have limitations. They may use only an external web page as content and allow no Bahavior Effects. Again, in other browsers different from IE, the Imposing Popup is automatically substituted with a Standard Popup, so you don't have to worry about compatibility.

"If the popup gets blocked, display a DHTML popup instead" checkbox
This is the special Popup Type feature mentioned above. You may set up your popup as a non-DHTML type (Standard, Standard Popunder, Imposing or Super-Imposing), but if it gets blocked by a popup blocker a similar DHTML popup will open instead. This is very useful when you need the capabilities of the Standard and Imposing popups but would like all visitors to see your popup even if they have a popup blocker installed.