How to Allow Pop-Ups in your Web Browser

In Google Chrome:

  1. Go to the page that has pop-ups blocked for you.
  2. In the address bar, click Pop-up blocked. Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)
  3. Click the link for the pop-up window you'd like to see.
  4. To always see pop-ups for the site, select Always allow pop-ups from [site] and then Done.

Note: If the network administrator at your school set up the pop-up blocker for you, you won't be able to change this setting yourself. 

To access the pop-up blocker settings outside of the steps above: 

  1. Click on the menu icon Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)in the top right and choose Settings
  2. Scroll down and click Advanced
  3. Click Content Settings
  4. Click Popups
  5. Under Allow, click ADD to the right.
  6. Type in this exactly: [*.]whooosreading.org
  7. Click Add

More Information about Google Chrome Pop-Up Blockers
 

In Mozilla Firefox: 

When blocking a pop-up, Firefox displays an information bar (if it hasn’t been previously dismissed – see below), as well as an icon 

Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

in the address bar.Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

When you click either the Preferences button in the info bar or the icon in the address bar, a menu is displayed. Choose the "Allow/Block pop-ups for this site" option.

 

To access the pop-up blocker settings in Firebox outside of the options above:

  1. Click the menu button Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)and choose Preferences.
  2. Select the Privacy & Security panel.
  3. Click on Exceptions to open a dialog box with a list of sites that you allow to display pop-ups.
     

In Safari

There isn't any exception list to allow pop-ups for specific websites in Safari. It's an all-or-nothing, unfortunately. 

To allow all pop-ups in Safari: 

From the Safari menu, choose Preferences:

Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

Click the Security tab.

Ensure the Block pop-up windows option is not checked. Unchecking this option will allow pop-ups.

To block pop-ups again later, re-check the Block pop-up windows checkbox. It is highly recommended to re-enable the pop-up blocker.


If you need any assistance with allowing pop-ups, please reach out to the Tech Support team at 515-965-7300

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Article ID: 7721
Created
Tue 7/26/22 10:50 AM
Modified
Wed 9/27/23 4:51 PM