Hey Wes,
I completely understand how frustrating it can be to be working with something shiny and new, but then find out it doesn't quite work the way you want. Keep in mind that the Pop Up functionality is new and it is very difficult to expect all modules and skins to work perfectly within this new paradigm. Personally, for my own site and modules, I would prefer that everything appeared the same after I performed an upgrade. If I had a custom registration module that was designed for a specific a page, I would be a little upset if the upgrade forced it into a popup that didn't fit my form properly.

There have been many changes throughout the CTP's, Beta's and the RC. I can safely say that all of these changes were made based upon overall user feedback and only after considerable thought and consideration. I know there has also been other posts about how to implement popups along with ideas for future enhancements. One thing is for certain, users like this feature and we certainly have potential to make it even better.

I know I haven't spoken at all to the actual issue you are reporting. I did some basic testing and it looks like the behavior is exactly what you described. I'm fairly certain that this is the intended behavior in order to maintain backwards compatibility. this sounds like a good feature request either for the Portal settings area where you define the custom page or for the skin object that actually renders those links on the page.

Thanks,
Will

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Will Morgenweck
VP, Product Management
DotNetNuke Corp.

Hi Wes,

Though Will hit everything right on the button, I'll just add some insight to this.

The login popup was forced in early CTP's and Betas, but upon doing so, we received feedback that existing custom login pages that were being forced in the popup were simply unusable. We then decided to take the approach of only popping up the default login and registration pages, ensuring we don't break existing custom login and registration pages.

Simply put, the popups currently only work for the default login and default registration pages.

Having said that, I definitely like your suggestion of being able to define a popup setting for the custom login and registration pages. The best thing to do is to log it in Gemini and we'll take it from there.

Best of luck with your new client,

-- vince.