XF 1.1 Overlay for opt-in form

[fredrikse]

Hi,

Is it possible to create an overlay for an opt-in form in Xenforo?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Yes it's possible.

XenForo's API lets you do this:

<a href="LINK" class="OverlayTrigger">TEXT</a>

That will open the link in an overlay. But the content of the linked page must be suitable for an overlay which means:

1) The background should be opaque.

2) The content template should have a single top-level element (e.g. everything contained in one parent div).

 

[fredrikse]

That's great news! What I really would like is what you just described plus some mechanism that randomly makes the overlay pop up and let the user sign up for a newsletter (opt-in code for the form is done). Is that possible?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Possible, yes. You need a programmer though.

You can post a request:

https://xenforo.com/community/forums/resource-and-add-on-requests.68/