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I figured out how to get done what I wanted!
First, in the pop-up code, I still have to include header.php. It's not used for much, but it populates all the important Smarty variables
And ... I added this to the header in my pop-up theme:
<{if $xoops_themecss}>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" title="Style sheet" href="<{$xoops_themecss}>" />
<{/if}>
The CSS assignment of styles to blocks and content seems to vary by theme, so I am finding that I can't use specific classes if I want the popup to work with most themes.
Once again, smarty saves my rear again. :)
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