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Posted by valerakushnir
valerakushnir
2,265 Points

Code a pop-up for a give away.

Hey guys,

I am trying to understand how easy/difficult is to code a pop up on the website that would allow a user to enter their email for a give away.

I have attached screenshot examples.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22201594/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.48.07%20AM.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22201594/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.48.15%20AM.png

3 Answers

Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points
Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points

Not so difficult, but you need javascript for opening this popup and some server side language to handle saving entered email to database or mailed to you.

So the best thing would be to start learning some javascript if you're happy with your html already.

JLN CRML
JLN CRML
30,362 Points
JLN CRML
JLN CRML
30,362 Points

Hi, there are several ways to do this. But you need JavaScript in order to code the action. A simple method would be the prompt method in Javascript, or a div overlay in HTML with CSS design, if you want it to look better. If you want to store the mail in a database, you need e.g. PHP with MySQL, so there are several parts, not that difficult, but a bit to learn. :)

Christian Kroul
Christian Kroul
9,849 Points
Christian Kroul
Christian Kroul
9,849 Points

Well you need to know More than html to make a pop up