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Popups: a message that opens over your pages

Make a popup that opens over chosen pages for a set period: its message, size, place on the screen, dates, pages, and optionally a background picture or one of your forms.

Watch it done: a short silent video with captions · 0:54. The steps below show the same thing picture by picture.

Before you start

  • Log in as the site owner.
  • Open ADMIN › Advertising. The Popups tab is first.

Make a popup

Step 1. The Popups tab lists your popups. Click Add new Popup.

Step 1: The Popups tab lists your popups. Click Add new Popup.

Step 2. Active: Yes shows the popup; No keeps it saved but does not show it.

Step 2: Active: Yes shows the popup; No keeps it saved but does not show it.

Step 3. Title: the heading of the popup.

Step 3: Title: the heading of the popup.

Step 4. Message (required): what the popup says, written in the usual editor.

Step 4: Message (required): what the popup says, written in the usual editor.

Step 5. Size: Regular, Wide or Full Screen.

Step 5: Size: Regular, Wide or Full Screen.

Step 6. Placement: Center or Top of the screen.

Step 6: Placement: Center or Top of the screen.

Step 7. Active from and Active to: the first and last dates the popup is shown.

Step 7: Active from and Active to: the first and last dates the popup is shown.

Choose the pages

Step 8. Pages: at first All is ticked, so the popup would appear on every page. Untick All…

Step 8: Pages: at first All is ticked, so the popup would appear on every page. Untick All…

Step 9. …then tick only the pages it should appear on (here a demonstration page).

Step 9: …then tick only the pages it should appear on (here a demonstration page).

Step 10. Background: Upload adds a background photo (only the last one applies). Form: choose one of your forms to show inside the popup. Both are optional.

Step 10: Background: Upload adds a background photo (only the last one applies). Form: choose one of your forms to show inside the popup. Both are optional.

Save and check

Step 11. Click Save.

Step 11: Click Save.

Step 12. "Changes Saved Successfully". The popup is listed with its placement, size, dates and number of pages, with Edit, Clone and Delete.

Step 12: "Changes Saved Successfully". The popup is listed with its placement, size, dates and number of pages, with Edit, Clone and Delete.

Step 13. A visitor who opens that page sees the popup, with a × to close it. (The demonstration popup and page were deleted afterwards.)

Step 13: A visitor who opens that page sees the popup, with a × to close it. (The demonstration popup and page were deleted afterwards.)

Check it worked

Open one of the chosen pages in a private window: the popup should open. You do not see it while you are logged in as the owner.

Good to know

  • Check the Pages list before saving: with All ticked, the popup opens on every page of your site.

Related help

Shown on the 2026 version of the SoNET Web Engine. Last checked 9 November 2026. Something different on your screen? Tell us through the Contact page.