When the site is down or being renovated, we would need to create the curiosity and interest of the user. Possibly we can do one of the below,
- Make some animations that the site is down
- Use a game to make the user stay on your page
- Use a count down Timer until the site is re-launched
We will discuss about #3, as the others are common and frequently used. Count down timer will obviously increase the interest of the user about new feature in the site. In addition, the page can also contain the ‘subscribe for newsletter’ module, where the admin can send a newsletter once the site is renovated.
Lets get started with Timer implementation using jQuery,
Step 1: HTML Markup
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<div id="countdown" class="countdownHolder"> <span class="countDays"> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> </span> <span class="countDiv countDiv0"></span> <span class="countHours"> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> </span> <span class="countDiv countDiv1"></span> <span class="countMinutes"> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> </span> <span class="countDiv countDiv2"></span> <span class="countSeconds"> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static"></span> </span> </span> <span class="countDiv countDiv3"></span> </div> |
Step 2: jQuery Init script
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function init(elem, options){ elem.addClass('countdownHolder'); // Creating the markup inside the container $.each(['Days','Hours','Minutes','Seconds'],function(i){ $('<span class="count'+this+'">').html( '<span class="position"> <span class="digit static">0</span> </span> <span class="position"> <span class="digit static">0</span> </span>' ).appendTo(elem); if(this!="Seconds"){ elem.append('<span class="countDiv countDiv'+i+'"></span>'); } }); } // Creates an animated transition between the two numbers function switchDigit(position,number){ var digit = position.find('.digit') if(digit.is(':animated')){ return false; } if(position.data('digit') == number){ // We are already showing this number return false; } position.data('digit', number); var replacement = $('<div>',{ 'class':'digit', css:{ top:'-2.1em', opacity:0 }, html:number }); // The .static class is added when the animation // completes. This makes it run smoother. digit .before(replacement) .removeClass('static') .animate({top:'2.5em',opacity:0},'fast',function(){ digit.remove(); }) replacement .delay(100) .animate({top:0,opacity:1},'fast',function(){ replacement.addClass('static'); }); } |
Step 3: Include the appropriate CSS and Images which you can use from download
Requirement :- jQuery Framework
Demo :- http://demo.tutorialzine.com/2011/12/countdown-jquery/
License :- License Free
Download :- http://mydons.com/download/75b5411e5c83ea7e9a8f9f80d0746f21/countdown.zip