Homeless Pop-under Experiment:

Sharing VHJ Visitor's
with the
Bringing America Home Campaign
during this coming season of giving


In the spirit of what the Internet and especially Blogging gave birth to as well as the coming season of giving, today begins an experiment in sharing visitors who come to the VHJ blog as well as the VHJ Essays Blog with the Bringing America Home Campaign via what are known as Pop-under windows.


Bringing America Home: the Campaign


"This national, broad-based initiative is dedicated to the goal of ending homelessness. The Campaign is founded on the principles and action of public education, grassroots organizing and support for progressive policies and legislation. It is founded on the principles that people need affordable housing, livable incomes, health care, education, and protection of their civil rights."

Initially I was going to begin this homeless experiment using the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) Website for the next couple of weeks.

Then, as I was checking out the NCH Website, I noticed the link for the Bringing America Home Campaign and it was an easy decision to start off with that particular Website first.

In about two weeks or so, I most likely will change it to direct to the NCH Website. After a couple of weeks of hosting that site in this way, I will probably change it to feature local (Vermont) Websites focusing on homelessness as well of course, for roughly the same time period more or less.

This homeless experiment, in sharing visitors to this blog with other Websites that are focused on ending homelessness, will last until the New Year (January 1, 2004).


Pop-under Windows?


Pop-under windows are vastly different than those intrusive popup windows. With a Pop-under window, when the host site is visited, it is found in a second window underneath or alongside the window of the Website the host wants to share with its visitors.

While Internet surfing one day recently, I came across mention of the Pop-under window at Weblog Central within their Weblog Resources List. Actually their link led to the PopUnder Project found on another Webpage.

If you are interested in following suite, the script for this originally came by way of the following and can also be found at: Cut & Paste Pop-under window

Credit: JavaScript Kit

Description: Pop-under windows are becoming increasing popular as a less intrusive alternative to popup windows. Use this script to add a pop-under window to your page; simply input the page/address to pop under, and off you go!


*Make sure to note* that you will have to change the Web address for the site you want to host (i.e., having your blog or Website pop-under the other site).

In addition you may want to adjust the frequency. My setting is 1 (in this specific instance, the number equals: yes), making it only engage once during any given windows session. As using 0 (in this specific instance, the number equals: no), would enable it to pop-under or re-engage each time the host blog or Website is refreshed.