• Other Ways to Communicate as a Class
• Web Conferencing
• Voice Tools
• Common Browser Functions
• Popup Blockers
• Important Maintenance
• HTML Basics

Enabling Specific Sites for Pop-ups

Instead of globally allowing pop-up blockers, you can instead allow specific sites to have pop-ups. Some ways to do so are listed below.

These are the three sites for which pop-ups need to be enabled:

http://hebrewcollege.blackboard.com
http://www.hebrewcollege.edu
http://208.185.32.61 (this is the Live Classroom site)

Please choose the pop-up blocker you have installed from the list below:

Browsers	Toolbars	Other
Netscape/Mozilla	Google Toolbar	Norton
Firefox	Yahoo Toolbar	Clear Cache
	AOL Toolbar
	MSN Toolbar

Netscape/Mozilla Pop-up Blocker

1. Load http://hebrewcollege.blackboard.com
2. In the tab label, click on . The site controls for this site will display.
3. Click on the radio button next to I Trust This Site in the Trust Settings tab.
4. Click on the Advanced tab.
5. Under Web Features, choose Allow unrequested pop-up windows.
6. Click Done.
7. Repeat for the other two sites listed above.

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Firefox Pop-up Blocker

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2. Click on the Content icon.
3. Click on Allowed sites beside Block Pop-up Windows.
4. Enter each Web address and click Allow.
5. Click Close.

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Google Toolbar

1. Load http://hebrewcollege.blackboard.com
2. Click on the button that displays how many pop-ups you have blocked. For example:
   The display changes to:
3. Repeat for the other two sites listed above.

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Yahoo Toolbar

Currently the pop-up blocker is only available for Internet Explorer. If you don't see the pop-up icon (shown below), you don't have it.

If you do have it, here's how to set pop-ups for the three sites above.

1. Load http://hebrewcollege.blackboard.com
2. Click the pop-up icon or popup message bar at the top near the toolbars.
3. Select Always Allow Pop-ups From.
4. Select the site from the Sources of Recently Blocked Pop-ups list.
5. Click Allow.
6. Repeat for the other two sites listed above.

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AOL Toolbar

1. Click on
2. Click on Set Pop-up Controls Preferences.
3. Enter each Web address under Allow Web pop-ups from these sites.
4. Click Add after entering each address.
5. Click Save when you're done.

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MSN Toolbar

1. Click on the drop-down menu for the pop-up blocker.
2. Click on Options.
3. Enter each of the three addresses above and click Add in the Allow list.
4. Click OK when done.

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Norton Internet Security/Anti-Spam

You cannot set individual sites to allow pop-ups. Your only choice is to disable pop-up blocking as described in the Disable Pop-up Blocking section.

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Clearing the Cache

Sometimes changing a setting will not automatically fix the problem. You may need to clear the cache before the site will display properly. See Important Maintenance for instructions.

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