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Adding trusted sites to Firefox Pop-Up Blocker

  1. When you visit a website that brings out the pop-up window such as circuitcity.com, you will be notified by the following dialog box.

    Firefox prevented this site from opening a pop-up window.

  2. Click on the Options button. A small menu will appear.

  3. If you trust this site select "Allow pop-ups for www.circuitcity.com". Future pop-ups will appear next time you visit circuitcity.com.

    OR

    If you want to view the blocked pop-up, select the last option, "Show...".

    Information bar pop up menu image

  4. Firefox will then open up the pop-up.

    Information bar pop up menu image

  5. You can also have selected "Edit Pop-up Block Options...". If you lost the menu you can still access it by going to the Firefox menu » Tools » and select Options. The Options window will open.

  6. Click on the Content button. Next to the Block pop-up windows checkbox, click the Exceptions button.

    Popup blocker settings window image

  7. You may want to manually add the sites you want to allow the popup windows. For example, you can use asterisk (*) to include all sub-sites within Cal State L.A. like *.calstatela.edu.

    Popup blocker settings window image


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