Add a "popup" notice or warning upon site entry

[LJLachance]

When a user enters the site for the first time, I want to have a popup notice, similar to the GDPR that would be viewed and clicked to close.  It would need to be one that may be changed according to circumstances.  For instance, maybe for the month of January, I have a Happy New Year popup and then in February I have a popup making a plea for users to add their family information, or even a popup to fundraise.  Preferably it would only pop up once each time the site is entered, be centered at the top of the screen and be small enough (max 375px wide) to fit mobile device screens. 

The container would need to hold text and an image. 

Has this been discussed before?  I have not seen it and apologize if it has.  

Short of a popup box, I'd be happy to with adding a custom button to link to an outside page at the bottom of the home page above the footer.  I'll take the easy way out, probably a button, but a pop up, as aggravating as they are, would be most desired.

If anybody has suggestions OR if there's a mod to do this please help.

Thanks

[LJLachance]

On 2/22/2023 at 8:32 AM, LJLachance said:

I'm still looking for a solution to this popup message question.  Anybody out there who might know how I can do this?  Thanks...

 

[Chris Lloyd]

Hotjar tracking may enable you to do this

[Rob Severijns]

How about the Who_is_online_mod by @Michel KIRSCH

You can get an email notification if a user logs in or when a login fails.

There's also a notification in the menubar that shows you the number of connected users and active users.

[LJLachance]

Chris, I believe your suggestion may work BUT, there's added cost it seems and it has a lot more to offer than I am trying to accomplish.  I'm trying to keep it simple.

Rob, it appears (although maybe I'm mistaken) this mod is for "logged in users".  I simply want a one-time popup message when anybody visits a page.  With the right settings, I believe it may be based on session cookies so that it only pops up once when anybody, registered user or otherwise, visits.

Thanks for the replies though, it gives me food for thought...

Larry

[Rob Severijns]

Larry,

My guess is that the popups you want are not working in a sence that most users/visitors just click the X and move on.

What you could do is redirect users/visitors to another page where the are presented with the information you want to share and from there they can enter the familytree.

But even that isn't a guarantee people will read it. They'll probably read it the very first time and than move on to the familytree.

Unless of course you present it in such a way that people will want to read it or are forced to read it before they can continue.

You can have a look at my website to see it in action. https://www.severijns.family/Severijns

It's in Dutch but you will get the picture.

I think the way I solved the login is easier to implement than a popup with session cookies but who am I? For sure not someone that can make mods.

[LJLachance]

28 minutes ago, Rob Severijns said:

Unless of course you present it in such a way that people will want to read it or are forced to read it before they can continue.

I like the idea of a redirect ... and yes, I am aware of the problem of simply closing a popup.  Actually I find them irritating myself but, If I find a way to do this, it will be selective, meaning I'll only have it activated during special times and, knowing me, I'll force them to read it before they continue. 🤣

Thanks for the insight.