ReportNet and Popup Blockers
When you first run a report in ReportNet, you’re looking at HTML by default. In order to generate a non-HTML page, such as Excel or Acrobat, ReportNet uses a “pop-up” window. A pop-up window should be harmless except aggressive advertisers have gone overboard and can literally fill your screen with dozens of annoying pop-up windows. To combat this most web browsers come with active “pop-up blockers”.
Your desktop computer may have several pop-up blockers in different areas – browsers, toolbars, and firewalls. The object is NOT to totally disable your pop-up blockers, but rather to enable pop-up windows for certain trusted websites. To allow for pop-ups in Browsers and Toolbars, follow the instructions below.
Google Toolbar
The pop-up blocker can be told to remember these sites so pop-up windows are allowed to launch. This information is stored on your computer in what's known as a "white list". The pop-up blocker uses the white list to turn itself off when you visit sites whose pop-ups you don't mind viewing.
As you find sites that have pop-ups you want to see, click the pop-up blocker button to add that site to your white list. (The white list is never actually displayed.) Repeat this process as you find websites where you want to see pop-ups.
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Yahoo Toolbar
Add the source of the pop-up window to your Allowed List by doing the following:
Click the Pop-Up Blocker menu.
Select "Always Allow Pop-Ups From".
Select the site from the "Sources of Recently Blocked Pop-Ups" list.
Click "Allow".
This allows all pop-ups from this web site to appear without further action.
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Internet Explorer (Windows)
Tools Menu
Choose Pop-up Blocker Settings
Add the web site you want to allow pop-ups from
Firefox (Windows, Macintosh)
Go to Tools -> Options (for Mac OS X: Firefox menu -> Preferences)
Click Web Features or Content
Click Allowed Sites
Add websites you want to allow pop-ups from
Safari (Macintosh)
The Safari browser does not allow you to selectively allow pop-ups from individual web sites. There are two ways to disable Safari's pop-up blocker.
Go to the Safari menu and un-check the option to “Block Pop-up Windows.” You may also use the 
-K Keyboard shortcut.
Go to the Safari menu and select the “Preferences…” option. Click on the “Security” icon, find the “Web Content” section, and then un-check the box next to “Block pop-up windows.”
Netscape/Mozilla (Windows, Macintosh)
Open the Preferences menu
Using a PC, the Preferences menu is in the Edit menu
Using a Mac, the Preferences menu is in the Netscape/Mozilla menu
Open the Privacy and Security Menu
Select Pop-Up Windows and un-check “Block un-requested pop-ups”
Other pop-up blockers
Other pop-up blockers
For other pop-up blockers, we recommend either (i) setting an option that blocks only un-requested pop-ups, or (ii) setting an option that blocks all pop-ups but allows for some websites to be specified as exceptions. The Help for your blocking software should tell you how to do this.
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If you are unsure of which type of popup blocker you have, how to disable it, or you need additional assistance please contact IRTHelp@stthomas.edu.
