Popup Message Box

jimyhuang - October 20, 2008 - 04:10

Drupal has perfect status/error message collect process, but only have a basic UI. This tiny module will improve user experience when they try to using drupal.

The default drupal messages display on the top of content, many user will ignore them when they don't want to wait page loading and scroll down to see what's new of site. So this module provide a popup box to tell user "the status/error message is here!", lock the scroll of window before they close the box. Box will auto close in seconds. And user can see messages any time they click bottom sticky notice bar.

Features summary:

Popup box to attract user's eye.
Transparent background.
Auto close in customizable seconds.
Notice bar will fixed position in the bottom of page when ever user scroll.
Graceful degrade if JS not enabled
Cross browser - Tested in ie6+, ff3.0+, google chrome, safari 3.1+

This module is written in jquery based to keep it tiny and useful, and stable for common drupal usage. Also welcome for any useful feature suggestion.