Advanced DHTML Popup Newsletter

November 2009

November 28, 2009

Advanced DHTML Popup Pro Version 2.51 is released to the subsciber group today and will be live in a few days. The Transparent Flash Player Version 3.1 is now live and available for download from the users area. A new plugin for ADP has been developed and has also been released on offer to the subscriber group - footer ads! All plugins have been converted to setup exe's to automate the installation.

In this months issue we cover:

• Advanced DHTML Popup Pro 2.51 - live
• Plugins converted to setup exe's - you must upgrade
• The Transparent Player Version 3.1 - live
• New ADP plugin - footer ads!

Several key internal changes have been made to accomodate the new plugin installers and the new footer plugin. The modal mask plugin is now redundant and this functionality is included in the GUI of Advanced DHTML Popup Pro.

To automate the installation process and avoid confusion over exactly where to unpack the plugin packages to we have re-released all plugins as setup exe's. You will be able to find these in the user area on entering the code provided in the newsletter (you must upgrade to ADP 2.51 first using the link provided). When ADP 2.51 is live this will not be necessary.

Continuing the extension of an already remarkably powerful script we have released the latest revision which includes 2 new templates for custom content and YouTube content.

At last we have version 1.0 ready (released early to the subscriber group on offer and soon to be generally released). See here for the details and screenshots.

October 2009

October 07, 2009

Advanced DHTML Popup Pro Version 2.50 is released today with the first step taken towards a complete GUI driven multiple layers output. The Transparent Flash Player Version 3.0 is now live and available for download from the users area. See the June entry for the powerful new features of the player. A new plugin for ADP has been developed and will be released in a few days - footer ads!

In this months issue we cover:

• Advanced DHTML Popup Pro 2.50 - live
• The Transparent Player Version 3.0 - live
• New ADP plugin coming - footer ads!

Today we are happy to release a version of ADP Pro which at last begins to cover the multiple layers aspect from within the application, instead of users having to manually edit and configure the generated files themselves.

Its only the first step, but its a powerful one because now the contents for different layers can be created all within the same project using a new form. The next revision will bring in the API functions to the application interface so that the necessary API calls to swap contents, change sizes, locations of multiple layers on one page can all be done before compilation. Powerful!

In addition (and see all changes here) perfect scrolling in the page has been extended to pages viewed in IE7+ (assuming a compliant doctype). See the footer ad on this page as an example.

After spending months in beta, the player version 3.0 is released and available for download to new and existing subscribers of Transparent Flash Player . The power of this product now for the display of multiple videos embedded in different ways in your pages is unprecedented. It is a completely new product from the early versions, re-written from the ground up and worth every cent.

Due to huge demand and the complexity of designing the HTML and CSS yourself, we outsourced this design to a Professional website design service and created a series of beautiful footer ads with an optional optin form inside. Transparent png images can be used such as the one on this page. There are a range of pre-supplied images or you can use your own (does not have to be png format), also a range of background images are available to choose from. Available in a few days - the newsletter will announce its release.

June 2009

June 30, 2009

The Transparent Flash Player Version 3.0 is now in private beta and will be released for public beta to existing subscribers by the end of July. Below are some of the many new features. A small update to the "WordPress Popup System" in the standalone version has also been released, with much more planned just as soon as the player beta is out. There are also some comments on the current and future versions of Advanced DHTML Popup pro worth checking out.

In this months issue we cover:

• The Transparent Player Version 3.0
• WordPress Popup System Update
• Advanced DHTML Popup Pro news update

This latest development push has taken the player to a completely new level of sophistication. It has already become one of the most well known and useful players, but with this release it is set to completely revolutionize the way video is displayed on web pages.

Below is a list of some of the new enhancements in version 3.0 - see earlier newsletters for all the features (Flash video player update & making transparent video and The Transparent Player V2.0 release)

	All configuration done from single config file containing all videos & global variables including direct embedded videos
	Single script line in web page controls everything (plus a css file)
	Remote hosting capabilities extended
	Cookie (show once) function now uid dependent (can be applied to individual videos or all)
	Appear on exit - either multiple exits or multiple videos on single exit
	Multiple simultaneous videos and /or generic content layers, with independent stream-end function calls
	Generic content layers (you design the content)
	Closing one video can now close all optionally
	Modal mask option
	Title & close button options with global color settings
	Extended options for type of window opened with vLink, iLink & on stream end redirect
	Looping of video option
	Keep control bar visible at all times option
	Double the size of the control bar for larger videos/tutorials
	Delay the start of any video by some seconds
	Enhanced dhtml script library with greater API controls for advanced users

The "WordPress Popup System" has been upgraded to version 1.02 - a minor upgrade which fixed some small bugs and added onclick capability in the standalone mode.

The plugin will be coming up soon for a major round of development in which the standalone mode will include many much requested features such as the lightbox and exit effects.

Version 2.49 of ADP Pro has been quite exciting - although on the surface it appears that only a few things have changed, the reality is that the extensive core changes have made a lot of difference to users, especially those using it for multiple layers on a page, or dynamically changing a single layer.

The new API extensions (adpPlace(), adpTitle(), adpScroll()) and the dynamic updating of the positions of multiple layers with browser resizing have helped a lot of projects so far.

We wanted to comment on how the application will be even further extended in upcoming revisions, the work for which is about to start. The key focus of 2.50 will be new forms for the automation of the process of creating multiple layers and the content for them. Many people use this feature but find the current editing required rather tedious.

Also, the code for anchoring a layer to an HTML element (currently available as a demo on request) will be automatically generated as an option. Templates will be updated and extended to and these will be available for download on the site. Many more things are planned, to be announced soon.

One of the most important areas - documentation - will also be the focus of new effort, with updated, downloadable demos (many of which are already done for users but not publicly downloadable), "rough & ready" video tutorials and more.

May 2009

May 31, 2009

A solid development period for the The Transparent Flash Player Version 3.0. All the enhancements from the core extensions to ADP are now being implemented into the player script. The player itself is also being enhanced with several new flashvars. An updated feature list will follow in the next months.

April 2009

April 30th, 2009

The latest in the series of updates to Advanced DHTML Popup Pro is ready - Version 2.49. We had to divert to this in order to complete the The Transparent Flash Player Version 3.0, which required some enhancements to the core libraries. This has resulted in some major improvements to ADP as described below.

In this months issue we cover:

• Advanced DHTML Popup Pro Version 2.49

This is being released initially to the newsletter subscriber list, to be followed in a few days on the site. It is the third of the recent series of revisions and much of the development is focused on the core script. Major changes are:-

	New CSS code gives flawless scrolling of single & multiple layers in Firefox/Safari/Opera etc (used to be jerky in non-IE browsers)
	Follow page scrolling extended to multiple layers
	Browser resize handling extended to multiple layers in absolute positioning (top-right etc)
	API & CSS extended to include individual title control of multiple layers
	API extended to include dynamic control of absolute positions
	New compile option to automatically stop audio stream when video layer closed

March 2009

March 5th, 2009

Two main threads of development are close to completion - a new product "ADV Direct" and Version 3.0 of The Transparent Flash Player.

In this months issue we cover:

• Advanced DHTML Video Direct
• The Transparent Flash Player Version 3.0

Announcing the imminent release of a new product ADV-Direct, a purely script & template driven plug & play product for immediate deployment of dhtml based content in your pages.

With one line of script placed in the header the user can then add content via single line calls to the script which contain all common parameters for each of the templates. Advanced configuration can be modified via a simple config file.

Currently templates exist for YouTube, The Transparent Player & Generic (user controlled) content. Methods available are scrolling, modal (lightbox) effect, on-exit, 9 different locations in the page & more. Multiple layers with different kinds of content can simultaneously co-exist.

This product, begun originally as something for the Macintosh users but available to anyone as a lightweight yet powerful addition to ADP, will revolutionize the way in which users can add content to web pages. It will be the focus of a strong development drive over the next few months.

The latest version of the The Transparent Flash Player will be available shortly. Integrated with the modal and exit methods, it is now far easier to use the powerful script that controls the movements of the player in the page and its triggering of other videos.

February 2009

February 5th, 2009

The second of a series of powerful upgrades to Advanced DHTML Popup Pro has been released. Version 2.48 completes the plugin implementation. Last month we announced the modal script (lightbox effect) is now a real plugin, fully automated. This month the overlay images pack and the video script are both integrated. But the real bonus is the video plugin, more on that below. More scripted templates, slide-up & slide-out methods and more.

In this months issue we cover:

• The video plugin - first player template finished
• The overlay & close images integrated
• New methods: slide-up & slide-out
• Add your own custom scripted templates
• New templates including popular optin forms
• Joomla compatible
• Tips on using styles in content

What was previously a script that had to be manually edited is now a new form in ADP - see the details here. This is the first of a series of forms to come, each dealing with a different player, including the hugely popular, powerful & lightweight Transparent Player.

The plugin comes with a demo video, and is accessed by a new template under the "videos" folder under templates. On opening this, all attributes can be modifed via the form. The just save & compile as normal.

For those wanting to make their own transparent Flash® Video we recommend only one source of information that we know is complete, and completely trustworthy, from Josh Anderson at totalwebvideo.com

Now this set of beautiful images is added properly to the templates folder under "overlays", and each template corresponding to the images compiled as any other project.

In demand for some time we have added a new entry method slide-up from the bottom edge (people always wanted full-width small height popups that discreetly slide-up from the bottom), and a new exit method slide-out to the right. Depending on requests the other obvious combinations may be implemented also. Examples for this will be added to the examples page by tomorrow.

The backend of the templates has been re-engineered so that users may add their own templates. This was always possible if the template was just a simple basic content popup, but now, using the right naming conventions, images (such as overlays or background images) will be copied automatically when saving, iframe'd content also. Instructions on how to do this will be available shortly. JavaScripts will be copied also in the next revision (for now they can be a part of iframe'd content)

The existing templates have been revised and extended as the first stage of a multi-stage extension. New templates have been added for Aweber & GetResponse Optin forms, a "sign-up then don't show again" template so that an optin is shown only until it is filled out. A "mouse-out of content and disappear" template, and a couple of sample overlay templates have also been added.

Due to a considerable number of requests for information on how to use ADP within a Joomla! site we set one up and put some demos with instructions here. You will also see examples of the hugely popular, powerful & lightweight Transparent Player.

All the ADP templates use in-line CSS for styling the content, but it is also possible to use both an external file or a CSS style block, such as you would normally declare in the head section of your page. To do this though requires (thanks to IE's handling of the dhtml content layer) a trick.

Either place the style block or link to external sheet after the html of the content, or use a special (and by itself redundant) line at the top <input type="hidden"/>. The example shows both a style block and a link at the top of the content:

<input type="hidden"/> <link href="css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .pophead { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold; color: #CC0000; } --> </style> <p class="orange">hello</p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="pophead">Hello there!</td> </tr> </table>

January 2009

January 12th, 2009

As promised the first of a series of powerful upgrades to Advanced DHTML Popup Pro has been released. Version 2.47 has the Exit-popup functionality that is in such great demand these days. In additional the modal script (lightbox effect) is now a real plugin, fully automated and installed in a couple of simple steps.

In this months issue we cover:

• Exit Popup Functionality
• Modal Popup (Lightbox effect) script fully integrated as a plugin

In such demand for a while now, this functionality has been full developed for use with ADP Pro 2.47. It can be selected like any other method and used in combination with most of the other methods, as normal. All positioning options may be chosen from and best of all, it can now be combined with the modal plugin to produce "Modal Exit (lightbox effect) Popups".

See the examples page for special demos of these functions (by 13-Jan).

What used to be a separate script is now a plugin, all that needs to be done is to copy the folder into the new "addins" folder under the root installation of ADP, restart ADP and the option to use it will be enabled.

The demo & instructions that has always been supplied with the package are still there, and linked to from the menu for the sake of users who need to understand the few API calls available, for more complex needs.

December 2008

December 30th, 2008

This is a turning point for us, we can finally turn the larger part of attention for a while to some development of the flagship product Advanced DHTML Popup, where you will see significant enhancements released over a series of revisions up to version 2.50. In addition and in parallel a server side version of ADP will be released shortly for beta testing. This will allow Macintosh users to finally use the product.

In this months issue we cover:

• WordPress Popup System - special offer
• The Transparent Player V2.0 release 
• Advanced DHTML Popup Development phase
• Server-side ADP

We are looking to build a list of user links and testimonials to working examples on your blog(s) as part the launch of our new product. We will give away both the transparent flash embedding script and the modal script (both of which will be plugins for ADP Pro shortly instead of add-ins) in exchange. If you already have these, contact us to arrange something else. This offer ends on 7 January.

We are getting some great feedback from our WordPress Popup System and will be releasing version 1.10 soon, which will include greater method selection in the Lite version as well as modal and exit popups in both the Pro and Lite versions.

Remember - all upgrades are free, but the price will not stay so low for long, so get it now while its cheap!

This player (for any flash, not just transparent), is just SO cool - and now with h.264 support we can stream .mov .mp4 and .flv formats! Have you seen it yet? Check out the examples on the blog here - The Transparent Player examples.


Here are the new features of Version 2.0 - available here: The Transparent Player

	h.264 and flashplayer 9+ video formats playback support!
	Stream .mov .mp4 and .flv format videos in one player
	Clickable video feature for "click me" type videos
	Redirect web page in same or new window at end of play
	Wordpress blog and Joomla compatible
	Code perfect for use with rebrandable embedded affiliate videos
	Use any Web 2.0 start button style image you want
	See a full list of all features and demos here: The Transparent Player

Starting with the imminent release of 2.47 we will be working hard to push Advanced DHTML Popup Pro to a new level altogether at version 2.50. A whole series of additions is planned, including a range of powerful new scripted templates & better engineering of the templates backend to allow easy installation of new ones provided by us, or created by users.

	A range of powerful new scripted templates This will be a very powerful extension to the application because it will allow for rapid growth of the number of available templates, in many cases these are prompted by users who have particular needs and great ideas to solve them. In one recent case we developed a template we called "On sign-up don't show again" which is a combination of the "don't show again" template and an optin form. The submission button does the same job as ticked the checkbox, so that having opted-in the visitor never sees the optin popup again. In our files we have about 25 such ideas all just waiting to be developed and added into the application, either bundled with it or as a separate package. Why not give us your ideas for new templates - if they can be developed, we will develop them!
	Simplification of the whole process of creating multiple popups The creation of multiple content sets for multiple popups per page is, at the moment, somewhat clumsy. This will be re-engineered to simplify the whole process. New forms will be added for this functionality, and the contents will be automatically added to the compiled output.
	DHTML Exit Popups By popular request, the exit popup will be included as an option as early as 2.47. This is already developed and it remains simply to extend the application interface to include it.
	Integration of current add-ons as plugins The transparent (or otherwise) flash embedding script and the modal script will be plugins activated from the application, like any other plugin. All output required for them will be automatically generated. This is already in 2.46, an interim non-public version.
	Expansion of API functions and power Re-engineering of the core library will allow far greater precision control of the popup design in real time for those who need that, and the existing 3 main API functions for controlling the size, location and content of the popup(s) will be extended.
	And much more... This is a brief summary of the enhancements coming to Advanced DHTML Popup, lookout for the new releases and the what's new list for more details coming over the next few weeks.

There is a considerable need, even for Windows users, for a server-side version of ADP. Thanks in part to the great effort already made with the WordPress Popup System (WPS) front end, we can now start to realize this long awaited goal.

The WPS in its standalone mode already has many of the features of ADP Pro built into its web interface, and we will start from this to create a beta version for testing.

When this is available it will be announced here, and we already know of several people who would like to use it and provide valuable feedback in exchange, as usual, for free entry and free updates for life.

November 2008

November 28th, 2008

There is just one major announcement in this months newsletter, and we are very excited about it. We want you to know straight away that your links to real examples are wanted using the "WordPress Popup System" and those that provide them will benefit from growing page-rank of the new site.

In this months issue we cover:

• The "WordPress Popup System" Version 1.0 Release

Finally we made it to a stable version 1.0 which has now been extensively tested by our network of valuable beta testers. We wanted, as always, to provide something which is a little out of the ordinary, and in this case believe we have accomplished that.

What we have, with the "WordPress Popup System", is much more than just a plugin for WordPress, but a system that allows great flexibility, customization and power for the user to control a whole system of dhtml content layers on as many blog posts and pages as desired.

Here are some of the broader features:

Major Features

	Simple to install, easy to use, multiple popup system for WordPress
	Upload or create your own content, adjust design as desired and display
	Include your normal Web Stats tracking code on all blog posts & pages
	Multiple display options - home page, all pages with exclusions, single page
	Templates provided as fast starting points - e.g. Aweber, GetResponse
	Standalone mode & Advanced mode for use with Advanced DHTML Popup
	Optionally enter an external URL of your choice for the content
	All popup projects stored automatically in the WordPress database
	Instantly change any popup design or page/post display setting
	Easily make edits to the content as desired and publish instantly
	Set a cookie for once only viewing per visitor
	Choose colors, border, size etc., with many new features coming
	And of course... much much more!