Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Auto-Popup Frequency Reduction

Reduced the enquiry modal's repeat frequency on a client project landing page — the popup opened too often and was annoying visitors. Spaced visits out to 8s, then 23s, then every 2 minutes while keeping submitted-form guards.

Frontend Deployment

First Popup

23s

Second Prompt

2 min

Repeat Interval

Task Summary

Changed auto-popup from 8s-then-every-10s (setInterval) to 8s, then a one-off 23s alarm, then every 2 minutes
Retained existing guards: skip if form already submitted (flag variable) or modal open/suspended
Deployed via paramiko deploy script to the root public_html/index.php and verified live

Technical Details

Implementation

The trigger sequence changed from a repeating interval to a staggered step-down approach: an initial 8-second delay, a single 15-second secondary delay (8s+15s = 23s), then a 120000ms interval for recurring visits — drastically reducing interruption for frequent visitors.

commit 84c689a | 2026-09-02 15:50 +0530 | index.php +8 / -2

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