Dealing with Pop-ups

Enabling Pop-ups in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge

To allow pop-ups for specific websites please follow these steps:

In the examples for UAS Courses below, you'll want to add "https://online.uas.alaska.edu" and "https://classes.alaska.edu".

Google Chrome

Google Chrome prevents pop-ups from automatically appearing and cluttering your screen. Whenever the browser blocks pop-ups for a site, an icon appears on the top-right in the address bar. Click the icon, and check 'Always allow pop-ups from 'website address'. To see blocked pop-ups for a site, follow the steps listed below.

1. Type the following into the address bar in Chrome: chrome://settings/content/popups
2. In the Allow section, click the Add button
3. Enter the website address, then click Add

Firefox

1. Access the page that generates the pop-up and click the link
2. Firefox creates a prompt at the top of the page: "Firefox prevented this site from opening a pop-up window"
3. Click the Options button on the right
4. Select "Allow pop-ups for online.uas.alaska.edu"

Safari

Safari only allows you to have the pop-up blocker turned on or off.

1. Open up your Safari Web browser,
2. While on https://online.uas.alaska.edu, go to the Safari menu and choose Preferences,
3. Then Websites and open Pop-up Windows,
4. Under 'Currently Open Websites' open the drop-down menu next to https://online.uas.alaska.edu and select 'Allow'
5. Click on the red circle located in the upper left-hand corner to close the window.

Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge and click the three dots in the upper right corner,
2. Click on "Settings" and then search "Pop-ups and redirects" in the settings menu,
3. Click on "Pop-ups and redirects" and then click the "Add" button next to "Allow".
4. In the site bar enter "https://online.uas.alaska.edu" and press "Add".
5. Repeat the above steps to add "https://classes.alaska.edu" as well.