drop-in iframe popover - once per browser session?

[Mylnda]

Hi there! Newbie here, learning this coding stuff as I go. I'm seeking your brilliance here... please provide any ideas in super simple, easy to understand, step-by-step wording so that I can understand ;-)

Does anyone have any ideas on how to alter the code below to have the iframe popover appear once per browser session, and with a drop-in effect? I had to use an iframe popover because I've got some flash objects on my page, and the I cannot get the regular popover to appear in front/above the flash.

OK - I found the following iframe dhtml popover here: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...htmlwindow.htm.


I've put this in the header:

<script>

//DHTML Window script- Copyright Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
//For full source code, documentation, and terms of usage,
//Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...htmlwindow.htm

var dragapproved=false
var minrestore=0
var initialwidth,initialheight
var ie5=document.all&&document.getElementById
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

function iecompattest(){
return (!window.opera && document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function drag_drop(e){
if (ie5&&dragapproved&&event.button==1){
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left=tempx+event.clientX-offsetx+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=tempy+event.clientY-offsety+"px"
}
else if (ns6&&dragapproved){
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left=tempx+e.clientX-offsetx+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=tempy+e.clientY-offsety+"px"
}
}

function initializedrag(e){
offsetx=ie5? event.clientX : e.clientX
offsety=ie5? event.clientY : e.clientY
document.getElementById("dwindowcontent").style.display="none" //extra
tempx=parseInt(document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left)
tempy=parseInt(document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top)

dragapproved=true
document.getElementById("dwindow").onmousemove=drag_drop
}

function loadwindow(url,width,height){
if (!ie5&&!ns6)
window.open(url,"","width=width,height=height,scrollbars=0")
else{
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.display=''
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.width=initialwidth=width+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.height=initialheight=height+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left="30px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=ns6? window.pageYOffset*1+30+"px" : iecompattest().scrollTop*1+30+"px"
document.getElementById("cframe").src=url
}
}

function maximize(){
if (minrestore==0){
minrestore=1 //maximize window
document.getElementById("maxname").setAttribute("src","restore.gif")
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.width=ns6? window.innerWidth-20+"px" : iecompattest().clientWidth+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.height=ns6? window.innerHeight-20+"px" : iecompattest().clientHeight+"px"
}
else{
minrestore=0 //restore window
document.getElementById("maxname").setAttribute("src","max.gif")
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.width=initialwidth
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.height=initialheight
}
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left=ns6? window.pageXOffset+"px" : iecompattest().scrollLeft+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=ns6? window.pageYOffset+"px" : iecompattest().scrollTop+"px"
}

function closeit(){
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.display="none"
}

function stopdrag(){
dragapproved=false;
document.getElementById("dwindow").onmousemove=null;
document.getElementById("dwindowcontent").style.display="" //extra
}

</script>


And I've put this in a code box (in the body - 'to front'):

<div id="dwindow" style="position:absolute;background-color:#EBEBEB;cursor:hand;left:0px;top:0px;display:none" onMousedown="initializedrag(event)" onMouseup="stopdrag()" onSelectStart="return false">
<div align="right" style="background-color:navy"><img src="http://www.richlife.ca/image/close.gif" onClick="closeit()"></div>
<div id="dwindowcontent" style="height:100%">
<iframe id="cframe" src="" width=100% height=100%></iframe>
</div>
</div>

<script>
//Use below code to load DHTML Window as page loads 
if (ns6) window.onload=new Function('loadwindow("http://www.richlife.ca/indexinstructions.html",458,508)')
else
loadwindow("http://www.richlife.ca/indexinstructions.html",458,508)
</script>

The above works great, except I'm wondering if there's a way to enable the popover to appear once per browser session, and with the drop-in effect as this example: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici.../dropinbox.htm Any ideas on how I might go about incorporating these two features into the above script?

~ Mylnda ('melinda')

[Mylnda]

Another add-on question to my post above...

Is there also a way to add a minimize feature (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/abox2.htm) to the iframe popover script above?

[Mylnda]

Also, is there a way to get rid of the beveled look around the iframe in the iframe popover above? It would be nice if there were no visual boarder/bevel around the iframe. ;-)

[Mylnda]

That's all of my questions and requests for help regarding this script. My most pressing request is to get the iframe popover to drop-in and display only once per browser session. Secondary to that would be to eliminate the beveled boarder around the iframe, and lastly to see if there is a way to minimize the popover?

I appreciate all your efforts and suggestions with this - thank-you in advance!

[ddadmin]

For the once per browser session feature, that's relatively easy. Just replace the script of Step 2:

<script>
//Use below code to load DHTML Window as page loads 
if (ns6) window.onload=new Function('loadwindow("http://www.google.com",600,400)')
else
loadwindow("http://www.google.com",600,400)
</script>

With the below instead:

<script>
if (document.cookie.indexOf("alreadyloaded")==-1){
//Use below code to load DHTML Window as page loads 
if (ns6) window.onload=new Function('loadwindow("http://www.google.com",600,400)')
else
loadwindow("http://www.google.com",600,400)
document.cookie="alreadyloaded=1"
}
</script>

That should do the trick. Unfortunately for the drop in animation, that's a lot more involved.

[Mylnda]

Thank-you much!

[downtron]

Hey ddadmin,

I know this thread is quite old now but I just stumbled upon it through a google search 'cause I desperately need it.

I'm just wondering if you can also provide a script for us to set the iframe popover to appear once every 24 hours (any hour or minutes for that matter).

I'm a noob when it comes to javascript programming so I'm really hoping you could help me out...