Popups on RefTown

Adminstrator functions depend heavily on "pop-ups." It is quite possible that you may have a program installed on your system that blocks annoying pop-ups/ads from many sites. You will either need to disable that program or, more likely, add RefTown to a list of sites allowed to have pop-ups.

For specific instructions to disable, configure or remove some of the most common pop-up blockers and toolbars, select the appropriate section below:

• Internet Explorer browser
• Mozilla Firefox browser 
• Google Toolbar
• Yahoo Toolbar
• MSN Toolbar
• AOL Toolbar
• Ask Toolbar with Popswatter 
• Ask.com, FunWebProducts, or MyWebSearch Toolbar
• Crawler Toolbar

Note: Toolbars may be hidden but still functioning.  To view a hidden toolbar, go to the top of your Internet browser and select View > Toolbars > click to check the desired toolbar. Only the checked toolbars in the list will be visible in your browser. 

Internet Explorer Integrated Pop-Up Blocker

Beginning with Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, pop-up blocking has been integrated into Internet Explorer and is enabled by default. To configure IE's pop-up blocking:

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click Tools > select Pop-Up Blocker 
3. To disable pop-up blocking in IE, select "Turn Off Pop-up Blocker"
4. To allow pop-ups on approved sites, select "Pop-up Blocker Settings"
   
   • In "Address of Web Site to allow" box, type reftown.com
   • Click the Add button. The website *.reftown.com should appear under Allowed sites.
   •  Click the Close button.

If pop-up blocking is turned on in Internet Explorer, it will generate an "Information Bar" the first time you go to a website that uses pop-ups or graphical code resembling pop-up code. Click where indicated inside the Information bar and select one of the following:

1.  "Temporarily Allow Pop-Ups" to view blocked information just during the current session
2. "Always Allow Pop-ups from this Site" to always see pop-ups at this web site 
3. "Settings" to allow pop-ups on multiple sites you specify. 

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox blocks pop-ups by default. To configure Firefox's pop-up blocking:

1. Open Firefox
2. Select Tools > Options > Content
3. To disable pop-up blocking, un-check "Block pop-up windows" > click OK.
4. To allow pop-ups on approved sites, verify that "Block pop-up windows" is checked and click the “Exceptions” button beside it. This opens the Allowed Sites-Pop-ups window
   
   • In "Address of Web Site" box type www.reftown.com
   • Click the Allow button. The website www.reftown.com should appear under Site with an "Allow" Status.  
   • Click the Close button.

Google Toolbar

To stop the Pop-Up Blocking feature in Google Toolbar, either:

1. Click on the Pop-Up Blocker icon   in the toolbar to allow pop-ups on this site , or 
2. Right-click on the toolbar and un-check Google in the Drop Down menu to temporarily disable blocking pop-ups.

Yahoo Toolbar

To disable the Pop-Up Blocking feature in the Yahoo Toolbar:

1. Click the Down arrow beside the Pop-Up Blocker icon  
2. To disable the blocker, un-check "Enable Pop-Up Blocker" in the Drop Down menu
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3. To configure the blocker, check  "Enable Pop-Up Blocker" and select "Always Allow Pop-Ups from..." on the same Drop Down menu
4. In the Yahoo! Pop-Up Blocker dialog screen, select reftown.com in the "Sources of Recently Blocked Pop-Ups"
5. Click the Allow button and then the Close button.

In Windows XP or earlier:

1. Open or Run the uninstall.html file and follow the prompts
2. In Windows Vista or Windows 7,
3. Save uninstall.html file
4. Double-click on the saved file and select the appropriate options
5. Close all web browser screens to clear the add-on out of memory. If the add-on persists, restart Windows. 

1.  
   
2. Select the "Services Settings" tab
3. Check the box beside Popup Blocker and click the Settings button
    
4. Under the General tab select Disable 
5. Click the Apply button and then the OK button

To configure the Pop-Up Blocking feature in the Crawler Toolbar:

1. Go to the Crawler Toolbar Settings 
2. Select the "Services Settings" tab
3. Check the box beside Popup Blocker and click the Settings button
4. Select the Advanced tab
5. Click the Add Website button
6. Enter www.reftown.com as the "Site host name"
7. Click the Apply button and then the OK button

To Uninstall the Crawler Toolbar either use Add/Remove Programs in Windows Control Panel, or:

1. Click on the "Crawler" button, select the "Help" and then the "Uninstall" option
2. Select the component(s) to remove and click the Uninstall button
3. Click Yes to close IE windows
4. Click Yes to reboot windows.

Crawler Toolbar

Like Ask.com/FunWebProducts, the "sponsor supported" Crawler toolbar is included with thousands of FREE downloadable products (such as screensavers, wallpaper, animated cursors, desktop weather or traffic utilities, radio & MP3 players, online games, smileys, eCards and IE skins). 

To disable the Pop-Up Blocking feature in the Crawler Toolbar:

1. Go to the Crawler Toolbar Settings

 MSN Toolbar

1. Click the Down arrow beside the Pop-Up Blocker icon  
2. Check "Allow Pop-ups" in the Drop Down menu
    

AOL Toolbar

To stop the Pop-Up Blocking feature in AOL Toolbar, click on the Pop-Up Blocker in the toolbar to toggle it to allow pop-ups .

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Ask Toolbar with Popswatter

To disable the PopSwatter popup blocker in the Ask Toolbar:

1. Display the Ask Toolbar if not visible (at the top of your Internet browser select View > Toolbars > click to check "Ask Toolbar") 
2. Click the PopSwatter icon (looks like a yellow flyswatter) on the Ask Toolbar
3. Click Disable PopSwatter.

To configure PopSwatter to allow pop-ups on selected sites such as reftown.com:

1. Go to the web site (www.reftown.com)
2. Click the PopSwatter icon on the Ask Toolbar
3. Click "Change Preferences"
4. Add the site to the "Safe List" (click "Safe List" tab > Allow Popups for www.reftown.com > click Allow > X to close).

Ask.com, FunWebProducts, MySearch Toolbar/browser add-on

The Ask.com, FunWebProducts, or MySearch toolbar/browser add-ons are embedded in many FREE downloadable products (such as Smiley Central, Cursor Mania, My Mail Signature, My Mail Stamp, and Popular Screensavers). These toolbars may then be activated whenever a new browser window is opened automatically—such as when viewing linked MLS documents, IDX search screens, tutorial movies, or calendars.

To remove the Ask Toolbar from Internet Explorer:

1. Close all browser screens
2. Go to the Start menu and click on Control Panel
3. In the Control Panel, double-click on Add/Remove Programs
4. Select Ask Toolbar from the Programs list
5. Click the Change/Remove button to uninstall.

To remove the Ask Toolbar from Firefox:

1. Click on Tools near the top of your Firefox browser window
2. Select Extensions or Add-Ons
3. Select the Ask Toolbar
4. Click Uninstall to remove (or click Disable to temporarily disable), then click OK.

If you continue to experience problems with the Ask.com, FunWebProducts, or MyWebSearch browser add-on (after completing the above removal steps):