Make an Subscription Pop-Up

A lot of writers stated that the subscription pop-up very useful in growing the amount of subsriber . Some writers for example Johnchow use subscription pop-as much as show his new books and request for subscription from visitors .As you can tell ,the amount of customer in Johnchow website is extremely impressive .
Pop-up bad or good ? I don't pointed out here
In this publish ,I have would like to demonstrate steps to make a regular membership pop-up for the blog . This pop-up can look in the first-time you visit also it only appear again when you re-visit (you can change it up to you want). Live Demo

Here are steps for making a pop-up in Blogspot

1,Open template file by go to Blogspot Dashboard ->Design ->Edit HTML . Check the box "Expand widget templates"

2,Add this CSS code right before ]]></b:skin>

#popupContactClose{
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration:none;
}
#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;
}

3,Add this HTML code right before </body>
<div id="popupContact">
         <a id="popupContactClose">x</a>
         <h1>Pop-up title goes here</h1>         
         <p id="contactArea">
             your pop-up content and subscription form ... goes here
         </p>
     </div>
     <div id="backgroundPopup"></div>

This is HTML code of your subscription pop-up .
Replace the text in bold with title of pop-up and pop-up content .
To make this popup becomes a subscription pop-up ,you can add Feedburner subscription code into pop-up content . Like this

<div id="popupContact">
         <a id="popupContactClose">x</a>
         <h1>Subscription to The Blogger Design</h1>         
         <p id="contactArea">
             <form style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;" action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=SabaydlKhmerMusic', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">
                 <p>Enter your email address:</p>
                 <p><input type="text" style="width:140px" name="email"/></p>
                 <input type="hidden" value="Simplex" name="uri"/>
                 <input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US"/>
                 <input type="submit" value="Subscribe" />
             </form>
         </p>
     </div>
     <div id="backgroundPopup"></div>

The text in bold is the code of Feedburner subscription form .

You might ask me : how to get Feedburner subscription form ?
It's very easy .If you are using Feedburner ,login to your feedburner account -> click on your blog feed ->click on Publicize tab -> Click on Email Subscriptions -> Active this service -> code of subscription form is in text box .

If you do not use Feedburner ,you can add other code to pop-up content ....

4, Now it's time to add Jquery code . This code will make the pop-up work .
Add this code right before </head>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.0/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>   
<script src="http://dinhquanghuy.110mb.com/jquery.cookie.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
         var popupStatus = 0;


//loading popup with jQuery magic!
function loadPopup(){
    centerPopup();
    //loads popup only if it is disabled
    if(popupStatus==0){
        $("#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 windowscrolltop = document.documentElement.scrollTop; 
    var windowscrollleft = document.documentElement.scrollLeft; 
    var popupHeight = $("#popupContact").height();
    var popupWidth = $("#popupContact").width();
    var toppos = windowHeight/2-popupHeight/2+windowscrolltop;
    var leftpos = windowWidth/2-popupWidth/2+windowscrollleft;
    //centering
    $("#popupContact").css({
        "position": "absolute",
        "top": toppos,
        "left": leftpos
    });
    //only need force for IE6
    
    $("#backgroundPopup").css({
        "height": windowHeight
    });
    
}




//CONTROLLING EVENTS IN jQuery
$(document).ready(function(){
    if ($.cookie("anewsletter") != 1) {    
        
        //load popup
        setTimeout("loadPopup()",5000);    
    }        
    //CLOSING POPUP
    //Click the x event!
    $("#popupContactClose").click(function(){
        disablePopup();
        $.cookie("anewsletter", "1", { expires: 7 });
    });
    //Click out event!
    $("#backgroundPopup").click(function(){
        disablePopup();
        $.cookie("anewsletter", "1", { expires: 7 });
    });
    //Press Escape event!
    $(document).keypress(function(e){
        if(e.keyCode==27 && popupStatus==1){
            disablePopup();
            $.cookie("anewsletter", "1", { expires: 7 });
        }
    });


});
</script>

pay attention to this line setTimeout("loadPopup()",5000);
5000 is the delay time in millisecond . You can set another value if you want .
That's all . I hope this update can fill your requests and make the subscription pop-up more profesional. You can check it out yourself and see the result .