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You have been directed to this page from WebSked if your computer has a
pop-up blocker installed that will interfere with your use of WebSked. This web
page contains these sections:
What are "pop-ups"?
Unwanted
pop-ups are intrusive windows that open within another window when you're
using the Internet. For example, you display one window and an unwanted ad opens
up (pops-up) in another window. Because unwanted pop-up ads are so
common and irritating, programs that prevent pop-ups from being displayed
have been developed. These blocking programs, know as "pop-up blockers", are
included as part of several popular programs or even in
automatically installed Windows updates. You may have one or more
popup-blockers installed on the computer you are using and not know it.
Wanted pop-ups are desired information windows that are displayed as
a needed or desirable website function. WebSked
will display only wanted pop-ups.
Why does WebSked need
to use pop-up windows?You will want to display
("pop-up") a new window within another window many times while using
WebSked. For example, if you are filling in your schedule requests and want
to add an additional explanation about your requests for your scheduler, you can click on the
Notes button at the top of the request form. WebSked will open
("pop-up") a small window containing a text box in which you can enter your
note. A pop-up blocker that prevents display of the "Notes" window will prevent
you from entering your explanation. As you can see, the problem is that popup-blockers can interfere with both wanted
and unwanted pop-ups. For that reason, any pop-up blockers on your computer
need to be turned off while you are working with WebSked (and most other
interactive web sites).
How can I safely
disable my pop-up blocker while using WebSked?
There are many pop-up blockers available on the market. If you are using
Microsoft XP with Service Pack 2 or later, your version of Internet Explorer is
equipped with a built-in pop-up blocker. Many other browsers, such as Mozilla, Firefox, and Opera, also have built-in pop-up blockers. If you use
a toolbar, such as Google Toolbar or Yahoo Toolbar, these include a built-in
pop-up blocker.
How do you turn them off? First you have to find them.
Here are some of the common pop-up blockers and instructions for disabling
them or turning them off while using WebSked. Note that the computer you are
using may be using a different version of the listed programs; screen
appearances and the specific steps that you need to take may vary, but
should be similar enough to allow you to disable the pop-up blocker.
Instructions are available below for:
Internet Explorer
FireFox
(Mac)
Google
Toolbar (Internet Explorer)
Yahoo Toolbar (Internet Explorer)
Disabling Internet
Explorer's Pop-up Blocker With the release of Microsoft’s
Service Pack 2, Pop-Up Blocking is now directly integrated into Internet
Explorer and is enabled as the default setting. To disable pop-up blocking in Internet
Explorer only while using WebSked, go to Tools...Pop-up Blocker...Pop-up Blocker Settings.... as
shown:
In the displayed Pop-up Blocker Settings window, enter http://www.websked.com as shown:
then click the Add button. If your entry is successful, Internet
Explorer should display www.websked.com in the "Allowed sites" listing as
shown:
With this pop-up blocker disabled, you should be able to make use of WebSked's
pop-up windows unless another pop-up blocker is still active on your
computer. Use the "click here to refresh this window and login to
WebSked" link at
www.websked.com to again try to display the login window. If the login window still does not appear, you have another pop-up
blocker active on your system that needs to be disabled.
Disabling
Firefox's Pop-up Blocker (Mac)
To disable pop-up blocking in Firefox only
while using WebSked, go to Firefox...Preferences as shown:
Make sure that "Content" is highlighted and
then click on the "Allowed Sites" button as shown.
In the displayed Allowed Sites window, enter http://www.websked.com as shown:
then click the "Allow" button. If your entry is successful,
Firefox should display www.websked.com in the "Site" listing as
shown:
With this pop-up blocker disabled, you should be able to make use of WebSked's
pop-up windows unless another pop-up blocker is still active on your
computer. Use the "click here to refresh this window and login to WebSked"
link at www.websked.com
to again try to display the login window. If the login window still does not appear, you have another pop-up
blocker active on your system that needs to be disabled.
Allow pop-ups
with Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
The Google
Popup Blocker can be told to remember websites so pop-up windows are
allowed to launch. This information is stored on your computer in what's known
as a "whitelist" (as opposed to a "blacklist"). The Popup Blocker uses the
whitelist to turn itself off when you visit sites whose popups you would like to
see.
To add a site to your whitelist, visit the site and press the Popup Blocker
button.
(Click on the "No popups button.")
The button
text will change to read "Popups okay," indicating that the Popup Blocker is
disabled on the site in question.
With this pop-up blocker disabled, you should be able to make use of WebSked's
pop-up windows unless another pop-up blocker is still active on your computer.
Use the "click here to refresh this window and login to WebSked" link at
www.websked.com to again
try to display the login window. If the login window still does not appear, you have another pop-up
blocker active on your system that needs to be disabled.
Allow
pop-ups for Yahoo Toolbar for Internet Explorer The
Yahoo Popup Blocker can be told to remember websites so that pop-up windows will
be able to launch. If you cannot view the login screen in WebSked, click
the Pop-up blocker button on the toolbar (the green arrow points to the button
as shown below). Select "Always Allow Pop-Ups From"... from the drop down menu.
In the Yahoo! Pop-Up Blocker window, www.websked.com will
automatically be listed in the Sources of Recently Blocked Pop-Ups text box.
Click the "Allow" button.
Click the "OK" button to always allow pop-ups from
www.websked.com as shown below:
With this pop-up blocker disabled, you should be able to make use of WebSked's
pop-up windows unless another pop-up blocker is still active on your
computer. Use the "click here to refresh this window and login to WebSked"
link at www.websked.com
to again try to display the login window. If the login window still does not appear, you have another pop-up
blocker active on your system that needs to be disabled. |
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