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Pop-up configuration

Some of the Moodle courses use pop-up windows, therefore you will need to disable pop-up blockers in your browser. Some blockers may be turned off on Windows by right clicking an icon on the system tray, next to where the clock resides.

Firefox

  1. Go to Tools > Options.
  2. Click Content tab.
  3. If Block pop-up windows is checked, then click Exceptions button near it.
  4. Enter the address of Web site to allow, e.g. "http://fe.themanchestercollege.ac.uk"
  5. Click Allow, click Close, click OK.

Internet Explorer’s Built-In Popup Blocker

  1. Go to Tools: Popup Blocker. At this point you can either just turn the pop-up blocker off, or continue with the settings below.
  2. Select Popup Blocker Settings.
  3. Enter the address of Web site to allow, e.g. "http://fe.themanchestercollege.ac.uk"
  4. Click the Add button.
  5. Click the Close button.
  6. Close and restart Internet Explorer.

Netscape 7.1 or 7.2

  1. If you are using Netscape 7.1 or 7.2, select Popup Windows.
    1. Either uncheck Block unrequested sites or continue with the steps below.
    2. Click the Allowed Sites button.
    3. Enter the address of Web site to allow, e.g. "http://fe.themanchestercollege.ac.uk".
    4. Click Add.
    5. Click OK.
  2. Select OK.

Yahoo! Toolbar 

  1. Go to your moodle course
  2. Click the Yahoo! Toolbar Pop-Up Blocker button.
  3. Click Always Allow Pop-Ups From...
  4. Click moodle.ccm.ac.uk.
  5. Click the Allow button.
  6. In response to the Always allow pop-ups from moodle.ccm.ac.uk dialog box, click the OK button.
  7. Click moodle.ccm.ac.uk
  8. Click the Close button.

Google Toolbar

  1. Go to your Moodle course.
  2. Once you have entered the course, in the Google Toolbar click the button which shows the number of pop-ups that have been blocked. The button will now say "Popups okay."

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