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The nuisance of pop-up windows has largely been suppressed in recent years with pop-up blockers now being built into search engines and third-party toolbars like Google and Yahoo!. Unfortunately, these pop-up blockers can prevent the use of pop-ups that we actually desire. 

For example, in WebCATS there are a variety of useful pop-ups that users need to access. WebCATS pop-ups are extremely important, and are used in a number of different places throughout the program to provide you with extra information or to prompt you to make choices. The following steps identify the procedure for enabling pop-ups in WebCATS when using Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Chrome, as well as Google Toolbar and Yahoo! Toolbar.

Note: There may well be other applications that have been installed on your system that prevent pop-ups from appearing. This article does not guarantee that pop-ups will work, but addresses the applications that we see in use most of the time. If you continue to find that your pop-ups are blocked in WebCATS after following these instructions, then please contact your on-site IT staff.

Allowing Pop-ups in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Launch Internet Explorer and access your WebCATS login. If you see a warning message on the login page of WebCATS indicating that your system is blocking pop-ups, then follow these steps:

1. Copy your WebCATS site address from the address bar. From the menu bar, select Tools|Pop-up Blocker|Pop-up Blocker Settings.



2. Paste the URL for your WebCATS page into the "Address of website to allow" text box and click Add.
3. Click Close.

Allowing Pop-ups in Firefox

From an open browser page in Firefox, complete the following steps to enable pop-ups for WebCATS:

1. Select Tools|Options and select the Content tab from the open window.
2. Click Exceptions to the right of the "Block pop-up windows" box.
3. Enter the URL of your WebCATS site in the "Address of web site" text box and click Allow.
4. Click Close.

Note: If you wish to enable pop-ups for all web pages, deselect the "Block pop-up windows box" in Step 2 and click OK.

Allowing Pop-ups in Safari

At this time, Safari only offers the option of enabling pop-up blockers for all sites and does not maintain a list of approved sites, while blocking others. In order to verify that pop-up blockers are not enabled in Safari, go to Safari|Block Pop-up Windows and make sure the selection is not checked.

Allowing Pop-ups in Chrome

In order to allow pop-ups in Chrome, follow these steps:

1. Click the wrench icon|Options.
2. From the "Under the Hood" tab, click Content Settings.
3. Select "Pop-ups" in the Features box and select "Do not allow any site to show pop-ups" and click Exceptions.
4. In the Pop-up Exceptions window, click Add and enter the URL for your WebCATS page into the text box labeled "Pattern".
5. Make sure the Action is marked as "Allow" and click OK.

Note: If you wish to enable pop-ups for all web pages, at step 2 select "Allow all sites to show pop-ups" and click Close.

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