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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T11:29:47+00:00 2026-05-31T11:29:47+00:00

hy all, i tryed to use this code as seen on a tutorial, but

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hy all, i tryed to use this code as seen on a tutorial, but it didn’t work..any ideas what could be the problem

My html file:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">  
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr">  
<head>  
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />  
    <title>yensdesign.com - How to create a stuning and smooth popup in jQuery</title>  
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="general.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />  
    <script src="jquery-1.2.6.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  
    <script src="Popup.js" type="text/javascript"></script>  

</head>  
<body>  
    <center>  
        <a href="http://www.yensdesign.com"><img src="logo.jpg" alt="Go to yensdesign.com"/></a>  
        <div id="button"><input type="submit" value="Press me please!" /></div>  
    </center>  
    <div id="popupContact">  
        <a id="popupContactClose">x</a>  
        <h1>Title of our cool popup, yay!</h1>  
        <p id="contactArea">  
            Here we have a simple but interesting sample of our new stuning and smooth popup. As you can see jQuery and CSS does it easy...  
            <br/><br/>  
            We can use it for popup-forms and more... just experiment!  
            <br/><br/>  
            Press ESCAPE, Click on X (right-top) or Click Out from the popup to close the popup!  
            <br/><br/>  
            <a href="http://www.yensdesign.com"><img src="logo.jpg" alt="Go to yensdesign.com"/></a>  
        </p>  
    </div>  
    <div id="backgroundPopup"></div>  
</body>  
</html> 

My CSS :

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em,  
font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody,  
tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {  
border:0pt none;  
font-family:inherit;  
font-size:100%;  
font-style:inherit;  
font-weight:inherit;  
margin:0pt;  
padding:0pt;  
vertical-align:baseline;  
}  
body{  
background:#fff none repeat scroll 0%;  
line-height:1;  
font-size: 12px;  
font-family:arial,sans-serif;  
margin:0pt;  
height:100%;  
}  
table {  
border-collapse:separate;  
border-spacing:0pt;  
}  
caption, th, td {  
font-weight:normal;  
text-align:left;  
}  
blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after {  
content:"";  
}  
blockquote, q {  
quotes:"" "";  
}  
a{  
cursor: pointer;  
text-decoration:none;  
}  
br.both{  
clear:both;  
}  
#backgroundPopup{  
display:none;  
position:fixed;  
_position:absolute; /* hack for internet explorer 6*/  
height:100%;  
width:100%;  
top:0;  
left:0;  
background:#000000;  
border:1px solid #cecece;  
z-index:1;  
}  
#popupContact{  
display:none;  
position:fixed;  
_position:absolute; /* hack for internet explorer 6*/  
height:384px;  
width:408px;  
background:#FFFFFF;  
border:2px solid #cecece;  
z-index:2;  
padding:12px;  
font-size:13px;  
}  
#popupContact h1{  
text-align:left;  
color:#6FA5FD;  
font-size:22px;  
font-weight:700;  
border-bottom:1px dotted #D3D3D3;  
padding-bottom:2px;  
margin-bottom:20px;  
}  
#popupContactClose{  
font-size:14px;  
line-height:14px;  
right:6px;  
top:4px;  
position:absolute;  
color:#6fa5fd;  
font-weight:700;  
display:block;  
}  
#button{  
text-align:center;  
margin:100px;  
}  

MY JAvascript file:

<script type="text/javascript">
    //SETTING UP OUR POPUP  
//0 means disabled; 1 means enabled;  
var popupStatus = 0;
    //loading popup with jQuery magic!  
        alert(popupStatus);
    function loadPopup(){  
    //loads popup only if it is disabled  

    if(popupStatus==0){
        alert(popupStatus);
    $("#backgroundPopup").css({  
    "opacity": "0.7"  
    });  
    $("#backgroundPopup").fadeIn("slow");  
    $("#popupContact").fadeIn("slow");  
    popupStatus = 1;  
    }  
    } 
    //disabling popup with jQuery magic!  
    function disablePopup(){  
    //disables popup only if it is enabled  
    if(popupStatus==1){  
    $("#backgroundPopup").fadeOut("slow");  
    $("#popupContact").fadeOut("slow");  
    popupStatus = 0;  
    }  
    }  
        //centering popup  
    function centerPopup(){  
    //request data for centering  
    var windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth;  
    var windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight;  
    var popupHeight = $("#popupContact").height();  
    var popupWidth = $("#popupContact").width();  
    //centering  
    $("#popupContact").css({  
    "position": "absolute",  
    "top": windowHeight/2-popupHeight/2,  
    "left": windowWidth/2-popupWidth/2  
    });  
    //only need force for IE6  

    $("#backgroundPopup").css({  
    "height": windowHeight  
    });  

    }  
        $(document).ready(function(){  
    //following code will be here  
    //LOADING POPUP  
    //Click the button event!  
    $("#button").click(function(){  
    //centering with css  
    centerPopup();  
    //load popup  
    loadPopup();  
    });  

        //CLOSING POPUP  
    //Click the x event!  
    $("#popupContactClose").click(function(){  
    disablePopup();  
    });  
    //Click out event!  
    $("#backgroundPopup").click(function(){  
    disablePopup();  
    });  
    //Press Escape event!  
    $(document).keypress(function(e){  
    if(e.keyCode==27 &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; popupStatus==1){  
    disablePopup();  
    }  
    });  

    });  


</script>  

I usually get problems about the js file when i copied it right from the source, so i dunno what to do

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    Editorial Team
    2026-05-31T11:29:48+00:00Added an answer on May 31, 2026 at 11:29 am

    Replace your code with mine.

    • You had syntax error in your javascript code.
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr">
    <head>
      <meta name="generator" content=
      "HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 11 February 2007), see www.w3.org" />
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" />
    
      <title>yensdesign.com - How to create a stuning and smooth popup in jQuery</title>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="general.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
      <script src="jquery-1.2.6.min.js" type="text/javascript">
    </script>
      <script src="Popup.js" type="text/javascript">
    </script>
      <style type="text/css">
    /*<![CDATA[*/
      html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em,  
      font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody,  
      tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {  
      border:0pt none;  
      font-family:inherit;  
      font-size:100%;  
      font-style:inherit;  
      font-weight:inherit;  
      margin:0pt;  
      padding:0pt;  
      vertical-align:baseline;  
      }  
      body{  
      background:#fff none repeat scroll 0%;  
      line-height:1;  
      font-size: 12px;  
      font-family:arial,sans-serif;  
      margin:0pt;  
      height:100%;  
      }  
      table {  
      border-collapse:separate;  
      border-spacing:0pt;  
      }  
      caption, th, td {  
      font-weight:normal;  
      text-align:left;  
      }  
      blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after {  
      content:"";  
      }  
      blockquote, q {  
      quotes:"" "";  
      }  
      a{  
      cursor: pointer;  
      text-decoration:none;  
      }  
      br.both{  
      clear:both;  
      }  
      #backgroundPopup{  
      display:none;  
      position:fixed;  
      _position:absolute; /* hack for internet explorer 6*/  
      height:100%;  
      width:100%;  
      top:0;  
      left:0;  
      background:#000000;  
      border:1px solid #cecece;  
      z-index:1;  
      }  
      #popupContact{  
      display:none;  
      position:fixed;  
      _position:absolute; /* hack for internet explorer 6*/  
      height:384px;  
      width:408px;  
      background:#FFFFFF;  
      border:2px solid #cecece;  
      z-index:2;  
      padding:12px;  
      font-size:13px;  
      }  
      #popupContact h1{  
      text-align:left;  
      color:#6FA5FD;  
      font-size:22px;  
      font-weight:700;  
      border-bottom:1px dotted #D3D3D3;  
      padding-bottom:2px;  
      margin-bottom:20px;  
      }  
      #popupContactClose{  
      font-size:14px;  
      line-height:14px;  
      right:6px;  
      top:4px;  
      position:absolute;  
      color:#6fa5fd;  
      font-weight:700;  
      display:block;  
      }  
      #button{  
      text-align:center;  
      margin:100px;  
      }  
      /*]]>*/
      </style>
     </script>
      <script type="text/javascript">
    //<![CDATA[
        //SETTING UP OUR POPUP  
      //0 means disabled; 1 means enabled;  
      var popupStatus = 0;
        //loading popup with jQuery magic!  
            alert(popupStatus);
        function loadPopup(){  
        //loads popup only if it is disabled  
    
        if(popupStatus==0){
            alert(popupStatus);
        $("#backgroundPopup").css({  
        "opacity": "0.7"  
        });  
        $("#backgroundPopup").fadeIn("slow");  
        $("#popupContact").fadeIn("slow");  
        popupStatus = 1;  
        }  
        } 
        //disabling popup with jQuery magic!  
        function disablePopup(){  
        //disables popup only if it is enabled  
        if(popupStatus==1){  
        $("#backgroundPopup").fadeOut("slow");  
        $("#popupContact").fadeOut("slow");  
        popupStatus = 0;  
        }  
        }  
            //centering popup  
        function centerPopup(){  
        //request data for centering  
        var windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth;  
        var windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight;  
        var popupHeight = $("#popupContact").height();  
        var popupWidth = $("#popupContact").width();  
        //centering  
        $("#popupContact").css({  
        "position": "absolute",  
        "top": windowHeight/2-popupHeight/2,  
        "left": windowWidth/2-popupWidth/2  
        });  
        //only need force for IE6  
    
        $("#backgroundPopup").css({  
        "height": windowHeight  
        });  
    
        }  
            $(document).ready(function(){  
        //following code will be here  
        //LOADING POPUP  
        //Click the button event!  
        $("#button").click(function(){  
        //centering with css  
        centerPopup();  
        //load popup  
        loadPopup();  
        });  
    
            //CLOSING POPUP  
        //Click the x event!  
        $("#popupContactClose").click(function(){  
        disablePopup();  
        });  
        //Click out event!  
        $("#backgroundPopup").click(function(){  
        disablePopup();  
        });  
        //Press Escape event!  
        $(document).keypress(function(e){  
        if(e.keyCode==27 && popupStatus==1){  
        disablePopup();  
        }  
        });  
    
        });  
    
    
      //]]>
      </script>
    </head>
    
    <body>
      <center>
        <a href="http://www.yensdesign.com"><img src="logo.jpg" alt=
        "Go to yensdesign.com" /></a>
    
        <div id="button">
          <input type="submit" value="Press me please!" />
        </div>
      </center>
    
      <div id="popupContact">
        <a id="popupContactClose" name="popupContactClose">x</a>
    
        <h1>Title of our cool popup, yay!</h1>
    
        <p id="contactArea">Here we have a simple but interesting sample of our new stuning
        and smooth popup. As you can see jQuery and CSS does it easy...<br />
        <br />
        We can use it for popup-forms and more... just experiment!<br />
        <br />
        Press ESCAPE, Click on X (right-top) or Click Out from the popup to close the
        popup!<br />
        <br />
        <a href="http://www.yensdesign.com"><img src="logo.jpg" alt=
        "Go to yensdesign.com" /></a></p>
      </div>
    
      <div id="backgroundPopup"></div>
    </body>
    </html>
    
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