Sometimes you just want a simple modal dialog box that works in most browsers without too much to do about it. Jquery makes it so easy.

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1. Identify a div tag that contains the content you want to popup and display.
In this case, we have a div tag called dialog_betamode.
We also have an element called floating_betamode that we will click to launch the dialog.

2. Put this in your initialization area
$(function () {
    var dlg = $("#dialog_betamode").dialog({
        autoOpen: false,
        show: "blind",
        modal: true,
        resizable: false
    });
});
$("#floating_betamode").click(function () {
    $("#dialog_betamode").dialog("open");
    return false;
});

3. Take out modal:true if you want the user to be able to do other things while it’s displayed.