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Implement an exit survey

We wish to implement an exit survey on the website. We have prepared the survey as a Google Form. And would like it implemented as follows -
1. It should appear over the site in a pop-up window.
2. It should appear when a person already on the website, closes the site.
3. It should appear when a person already on the website, types another URL in the address bar.
4. It should appear when a person already on the website, clicks on a link on the site that leads to another site.

Thanks,
Aditya

Scott Fell

giveindia, take a quick look at forsee and "see" how they are doing this. http://www.foreseeresults.com/

Doing a pop over/under is going to be tough because browsers will block them. You could do a modal which is actually part of the page and will "float" on top of the page. That could be something enticing to click on, "We want your input". I think you will need to capture people while they are still on the site.

If the average time on your site is 2 minutes, then perhaps wait 45 to 60 seconds to offer the survey.

giveindia

ASKER

That is not what I am looking for. Please go ahead and close this out.

Thanks,
Aditya

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Scott Fell

I don't believe what you are looking for is possible because of the way browsers handle pop overs.

giveindia

ASKER

That is not what I am looking for. Please go ahead and close this out.

Thanks,
Aditya

Scott Fell

Taking the example from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window.open and demo http://jsbin.com/AqIhiJ/1/edit?html,output you can spawn a new window with javascript. However, this will spawn a new tab <a target="_blank" href="http://google.com">click me</a>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
  <script type="text/javascript">
var windowObjectReference = null; // global variable

function openFFPromotionPopup() {
  if(windowObjectReference == null || windowObjectReference.closed)
  /* if the pointer to the window object in memory does not exist
     or if such pointer exists but the window was closed */

  {
    windowObjectReference = window.open("http://www.spreadfirefox.com/",
   "PromoteFirefoxWindowName", "resizable,scrollbars,status");
    /* then create it. The new window will be created and
       will be brought on top of any other window. */
  }
  else
  {
    windowObjectReference.focus();
    /* else the window reference must exist and the window
       is not closed; therefore, we can bring it back on top of any other
       window with the focus() method. There would be no need to re-create
       the window or to reload the referenced resource. */
  };
}
</script>
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p><a
 href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/"
 target="PromoteFirefoxWindowName"
 onclick="openFFPromotionPopup(); return false;" 
 title="This link will create a new window or will re-use an already opened one"
>Promote Firefox adoption</a></p>
</body>
</html>

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script type="text/javascript">
var windowObjectReference = null; // global variable

function openRequestedPopup(strUrl, strWindowName) {
  if(windowObjectReference == null || windowObjectReference.closed) {
    windowObjectReference = window.open(strUrl, strWindowName,
           "resizable,scrollbars,status");
  } else {
    windowObjectReference.focus();
  };
}
</script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>padas</title>
</head>
<body>
  <!-- target blank does not work -->
  <a target="_blank" href="http://google.com">click me</a>
  <!-- this sample will open a new window -->
  <p><a
 href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/"
 target="PromoteFirefoxWindow"
 onclick="openRequestedPopup(this.href, this.target); return false;"
 title="This link will create a new window or will re-use an already opened one"
>Promote Firefox adoption</a></p>
 
</body>
</html>

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