HTML for pop up ads not working

[davyboy70]

I have a sports streaming website which i monetize with pop up ads. The html code on the website builder works with popads or amazon but when I try other pop up services (popcash and propellor ads) it doesn't work. The html code for popcash and propellor ads works fine with my blogger sites but not with my godaddy website for some reason. I contacted popcash to see if they could see the problem, and they said it looked like some of the code needed was removed. Why would the html part of the goddady remove parts of code?

[MrVapor · Accepted solution]

@davyboy70 

To Website Builder, no. Unfortunately, javascript is a bit of a mule on the modern internet due to the ease with which you can plant malware in it. Designers have been moving away from javascript for years now and most browsers block it out of hand. In order to use the popups you want to use, I think it'll take a change of platform.

[MrVapor]

@davyboy70 

I'm not 100% positive on this one, so one of the devs might want to chime in to correct me, but I'm going to guess that those popup add services use code that is incompatible with the platform. For example, if it uses javascript, I don't think it can run those.

[davyboy70]

Thanks, I think you are correct

[davyboy70]

Hi, do you (or anyone else) know how to add javascript code to website builder?

[MrVapor · Accepted solution]

@davyboy70 

To Website Builder, no. Unfortunately, javascript is a bit of a mule on the modern internet due to the ease with which you can plant malware in it. Designers have been moving away from javascript for years now and most browsers block it out of hand. In order to use the popups you want to use, I think it'll take a change of platform.

[JesseW]

@davyboy70 @MrVapor It is possible to occasionally get javascript to run in one of the HTML sections in Websites + Marketing. However, it often doesn't work. One of the main reasons is many scripts try to reference additional scripts/libraries that are located outside of your website. Since the HTML section uses an iframe to encapsulate the script, it won't let you do that. If you can find a script that runs entirely within a single iframe, it may work. Hope that helps. 

[MrVapor]

@JesseW 

Thank you. That is a better way of putting it. It CAN work, but I've never got it to work reliably. Also, Javascript is the devil.

[davyboy70]

Thanks guys

[ChristineL · Accepted solution]

The HTML widget uses an iframe, so pop-ups won't work. (We have pop-up banner on our roadmap.).  The HTML widget will support javascript within an iFrame.