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10-03-2011 05:52 AM #1 lavish (Member)
Best Pop Up Optin Plugin For WordPress?

Hey guys,

As the title suggests, just looking for the best Pop Up Optin Plugin for WordPress that you guys know... for use with aWeber?

Thanks!

10-03-2011 06:24 AM #2 liane (Member)

I don't know about best or nothin'...

But some guy keeps emailing me this one:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1fdc40p8aj4xrh5

It's called popup domination 2.5...I believe that's the latest update.

I assume it works with aweber, but I could be wrong.

I've never ever used it.

I believe you can just install that through your WP admin by uploading the zip.

Let me know if it's awesome or if it sucks.

10-03-2011 07:04 AM #3 Mr Green (Administrator)

Popup Domination is solid and easy to use. Haven't tried any others though.

10-03-2011 07:15 AM #4 heavyt (Senior Member)

i use popup domination of my blog

10-03-2011 07:42 AM #5 tijn (Moderator)

as a user and visitor of IM blogs i despise the thing! Its slow and annoying.

Im sure that you get great optins with it though.

10-03-2011 08:06 AM #6 lavish (Member)

Thanks for the replies guys (and girls )!

I'll be sure to give you some feedback on Popup Domination liane!

Cheers.

10-03-2011 11:14 AM #7 paul1107 (Member)

pop up domination is great, being using it for sometime on most of my blogs, it does a great job of getting email address and you can use with aweber too which is a big benefit!

10-03-2011 05:21 PM #8 coop (AMC Alumnus)

I use Popup Domination as well - solid and easy to setup.

10-06-2011 05:55 AM #9 lavish (Member)

Ok guys, just as an update:

I bought PopUp Domination (liane - thanks for the link, but I needed a license key too ).

I'm having trouble getting my aWeber list to capture the data from PopUp Domination. Right now I'm creating a web form in aWeber with the basic template, removing all superfluous fields like the header etc so it's just the name and email field with a submit button.

I copy the raw HTML from aWeber to the PopUp Domination Mailing List HTML. Set the template up in terms of content. Then I turn it on... the PopUp comes on my blog and asks for the details...

I pass through some information BUT after I've finished it redirects to my home page (http://www.myblog.com) and tells me there is a 404 error - which I find strange considering if it's redirecting to my HOME page it should just show the page as is, with no error.

I check aWeber and there is no one subscribed. I check my email and I get sent nothing.

When I pass information through the aWeber form as is then everything is okay.

I've also tried this on two different blogs with two different lists and I get the same problem.

I don't want to keep bugging paul1107 in private so I thought I'd bug him in public Oh and I've emailed support but they've been pretty slow in getting back to me so far.

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers.

10-06-2011 06:29 AM #10 paul1107 (Member)

sorry you're having this trouble @lavish. it works for me on 4-5 worpdpress blogs...

reading your post, the only thing I can think of is whether you have set your Aweber list up correctly, as you need to have a list set up to link to the email form you're using. (I know you've probably done this, but it is worth checking)

After you enter an email it should send you to the opt in page for confirmation, and you desribe that you're getting a 404.

Check to see if the optin is set up on your email list that you're using for this project, this is in "my lists" step 3 (confirm opt in), if you haven't completed this step, the email form that you're using on your blog is superfluous, but that's the only thing I can think of.

let me know how you get on and I'll look into my account and see if there is anything that I'm missing?

10-06-2011 06:33 AM #11 paul1107 (Member)

@lavish, in the plugin page, have you got anything in the form url firls underneath the html paste box in "mailing list html"? if you haven't try adding this "http://www.aweber.com/scripts/addlead.pl" (without quotations)

10-06-2011 06:49 AM #12 lavish (Member)

Hey Paul,

Quote Originally Posted by paul1107 View Post
sorry you're having this trouble @lavish. it works for me on 4-5 worpdpress blogs...

reading your post, the only thing I can think of is whether you have set your Aweber list up correctly, as you need to have a list set up to link to the email form you're using. (I know you've probably done this, but it is worth checking)

After you enter an email it should send you to the opt in page for confirmation, and you desribe that you're getting a 404.

Check to see if the optin is set up on your email list that you're using for this project, this is in "my lists" step 3 (confirm opt in), if you haven't completed this step, the email form that you're using on your blog is superfluous, but that's the only thing I can think of.

let me know how you get on and I'll look into my account and see if there is anything that I'm missing?
That's the strange thing - the aWeber form passes the info with no problem. I also don't have it set to double optin so it shouldn't actually do anything apart from removing the pop up window so I have no idea why it's giving me a 404 error, especially when the domain reads as myblog.com

@lavish, in the plugin page, have you got anything in the form url firls underneath the html paste box in "mailing list html"? if you haven't try adding this "http://www.aweber.com/scripts/addlead.pl" (without quotations)
This could be a problem. When I first add the raw HTML over and update the changes it'll give me that link automatically but then that field goes empty. I tried copying that in manually and updating the changes but the same thing - the field goes empty after I save. Does yours remain empty?

Thanks again Paul!

10-06-2011 07:04 AM #13 paul1107 (Member)

Just going through in my mind what it might be, and I could just be clutching at straws here Johnny, but is it a new blog, and have you got any other pages showing? all I'm getting at is if it could be the .htaccess file of your blog? is there one?

Only if you have the home page up it may not be noticable, but then add another page and it shows a 404, normally that points to the permissions need changing for wordpress to update automatically?

Again just a suggestion as its sounds as if your aweber is set up correctly.

cheers

Paul

10-06-2011 07:10 AM #14 paul1107 (Member)

Johnny, I'm sure you know it as well as I do, but in terms of wordpress, theer could be a some conflicts, so maybe try....
1. deactivating and then reactivatin the plugin and setting it up again to see if that changes anything
2. disabling all your plugins other than the pop up domination and seeing if it works then?

I know this is basic stuff and more likely you have carried out, but thought I would mention it just incase?

10-06-2011 07:10 AM #15 lavish (Member)

Hmmm... these are all old blogs that have been around for a while with numerous posts so the permissions for .htaccess SHOULD be set up correctly...

Appreciate the help dude. In the meantime, I'm going to see if I can get someone on fiverr to set it up for me.

10-06-2011 07:16 AM #16 paul1107 (Member)

Also, try using the code for the form in your side bar to see if the form works without pop up domination, then you can identify whether its aweber, or the plugin

10-06-2011 07:17 AM #17 lavish (Member)

Actually Paul - when setting up the webform in aWeber are you using the inline form option or something else.. eg, lightbox, popup etc?

10-06-2011 07:18 AM #18 paul1107 (Member)

Hmmm... these are all old blogs that have been around for a while with numerous posts so the permissions for .htaccess SHOULD be set up correctly...

Appreciate the help dude. In the meantime, I'm going to see if I can get someone on fiverr to set it up for me.
sorry for the hassle

10-06-2011 07:28 AM #19 paul1107 (Member)

Actually Paul - when setting up the webform in aWeber are you using the inline form option or something else.. eg, lightbox, popup etc?
I'm using "inline"

10-06-2011 07:37 AM #20 lavish (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by paul1107 View Post
I'm using "inline"
Okay, same here. And no need to apologize - I'm the one hassling you!

I've just sent out a request on fiverr and am going to email support again. When I figure it out I'll post up what happened on here.

Thanks again man.

10-07-2011 03:09 AM #21 liane (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by lavish View Post
Ok guys, just as an update:

I bought PopUp Domination (liane - thanks for the link, but I needed a license key too ).
lol - sorry 'bout that :-) - had no idea! Like I said, never used it!

10-07-2011 03:37 AM #22 polarbacon (Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by tijn View Post
as a user and visitor of IM blogs i despise the thing! Its slow and annoying.

Im sure that you get great optins with it though.

Its funny that so many use it...I find it very annoying as it loads slow and hangs sometimes...maybe thats the key to its success....

10-07-2011 06:39 AM #23 a1m_ (Member)

I came across Premium List Magent and it has been great for me. My only issue is that I can't add html to the slide up, slide down.

It does pop ups very well.

http://premiumlistmagnet.com/

10-12-2011 04:17 PM #24 lavish (Member)

Just in case anyone has the same issues or runs into it in the future, the workaround is this:

In the form HTML.... there will be a piece of code looking like this:

<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.aweber.com/thankyou-coi.htm?m=text" id="redirect_e9b03495c349058cd9405e03" />

You'll have to change it to this:

<input type="hidden" name="redirect" id="redirect_e9b03495c349058cd9405e03" value="http://www.aweber.com/thankyou-coi.htm?m=text" />

Basically you have to put the id variable before the value and it'll pass the information correctly. I saw a few issues that were the same as my problem on Google and no one had a solution so here it is!

10-12-2011 04:56 PM #25 paul1107 (Member)

credit to you @lavish that you got that working, how did you get the solution in the end?

10-13-2011 03:45 AM #26 lavish (Member)

A lot of back and forth with their (relatively slow) support Cheers dude.

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