I have a list of elements that need to have a corresponding pop up for each element. This is not a pop up where the background is blacked. This is more like a javascript alert
I suggest you to use Colorbox for pop-up systems. Fırst of all; it is easy to learn and use.
And most importantly: Colorbox won't create conflicts with your other plugins (sometimes fancybox does that).
Some Features:
What about http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#modal-confirmation
or http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#modal-message
You can easily do this without using jQuery Plugins.
I put together a little example.