The links open in a pop up window. If nothing pops up for you (when you click on a city) it is probably because you have installed a pop up blocker. Please disable pop up blocking and then you will be able to view the links. The most common pop up blocker is the google toolbar. Go into options and turn off pop up blocking. If have multiple tool bars like yahoo and msn, make sure they are all not blocking pop ups from our site.

Turn Off Pop-ups when you have Service Pack 2 installed

Let's first confirm that the Blocker is installed and check if it is enabled (switched on).  At the top of the browser window, you will see the menu bar: this normally contains the following entries: File; Edit; View; Favourites; Tools; Help.  If you left click on the word "File", a menu will drop down (see illustration, below) and if you roll your mouse down across the listed items in this menu, a side menu will pop out when you roll over the word "Pop-up Blocker" - as illustrated.

 

If your menu shows the words "Turn Off Pop-up Blocker" - as the one illustrated, above - then we are pretty certain we have found a potential browsing problem.  If the Blocker is already turned off - which should prevent any problems - the menu will look like this instead:

 

Note that in this case the sub-menu carries the option "Turn On Pop-up Blocker" - the logical alternative to the currrent state of the blocker being turned "Off".

If the above checks show that your system has the Pop-up Blocker switched "On" then for a "quick and dirty" solution to the problem, you could simply turn the Pop-up Blocker Off by clicking on the appropriate line in the sub-menu, as highlighted, below.

 

For a rather more sophisticated solution, which permits free browsing over The ToolPost (and other selected sites), yet which retains the protection against unwanted Pop-ups, The ToolPost can be made a "Trusted Site", following the simple process described below.  This is arguably a better solution than simply switching the Pop-up blocker Off: only your own browsing experience will guide you as to whether you typically suffer from large volumes of such Pop-ups spoiling your browsing experience.  It must be said that it seems to be sites with adult content that are by far the most prevalent and indiscriminate users of Pop-ups for spontaneous advertising.

Firstly, click on the sub-menu item "Pop-up Blocker Settings", as shown below:-

 

This will cause the Pop-up Blocker Settings window to appear, which should look like this:-

 

We now proceed to make The ToolPost a trusted site.  Firstly, note that the URL of The ToolPost is www.toolpost.co.uk .  In the block entitled "Address of Web site to allow", type the URL www.toolpost.co.uk.  The window should now appear thus:-

 

Having typed in the URL, simply click on the button marked "Add" to add The ToolPost to the list of trusted sites.  The URL www.toolpost.co.uk will now appear in the large box entitled "Allowed Sites".  Other sites you wish to make allowed sites may be added in a similar manner.  Should you wish to find out more about Pop-up Blockers and Pop-up windows, there is a link at the foot of the window which takes you to a brief FAQ on the subject.  Otherwise, click on the "Close" button to finalise the task.

 

Your browser is now set up to allow Pop-up Windows to open on our site only. (Top)

Does this make my system vulnerable to attack?

In a word, No!  All that these settings do is permit Pop-up Windows to open when you are on The ToolPost website.  The instructions here do not permit Pop-ups to appear when you visit other sites.  They do nothing to alter or compromise the basic security offered by the browser itself - such as it is.  The settings have no effect on your email system nor on any Anti-Virus software that you may (and should) have installed.