Christmas Pop-up with Countdown Timer and Falling Snow For Websites

Posted: 13 Dec 2017 01:27 PM PST

jQuery Christmas pop-up for websites Welcome your website visitors with falling snow and a count down timer this Christmas 2017. An easy to add jQuery pop-up for Christmas greetings that can be added to any simple webpage, WordPress blog or Blogger blog.

To keep our tradition alive, we are releasing our premium set of jQuery Pop-ups as Holiday gift to all MBT readers. This Popup plugin is specially designed and developed with Five Unique Features! It is completely customizable, has a countdown timer that can be set to any date and time, has 3 different animations, 2 attractive Christmas Background themes and most importantly it is the first popup plugin of its kind introduced for blogger blogs that comes with HTML5 sessionStorage functionality to set cookie in order to control the popup display. You can decide whether to show the popup only once to your visitors or on every new visit. It is perfectly compatible with all major browsers. Interesting part of it is that the scripts are stored on our servers so no headache on your part thus making the installation extremely easy. You can add it easily to your blogger blog or Wordpress blog or on any webpage you may have. Lets view a Live demo first on Blogger and then on two simple webpages.

Blogger: LIVE DEMO - fadeAndPop

Simple Webpage: DEMO 1 - fade DEMO 2 - none

Note: The above demos show each animation style. In order to check whether cookies are stored or not, simply refresh the page and you will find that the popup doesn't appear again. We are using session cookies here. The popup will display again only if the user closes the browser and revisits your blog or if the visitor visits your blog in a new browser tab. If you want to prevent the popup from appearing again after the browser is closed, then you can use localstorage instead of session storage. All details have already been discussed on HTML5 cookies series.

Looking for a New Year Popup? Check this! Gold Plated New Year Popup

Add Christmas Pop-up to a BlogSpot blog

Go to blogger > Template
Backup your template
Click "Edit HTML"
Paste the following code just above </head>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tools.mybloggertricks.com/mbt-popup.js"></script> <script type='text/javascript'> //<![CDATA[ //Setting Time TargetDate = "12/25/2017 12:00 AM"; CountActive = true; CountStepper = -1; LeadingZero = true; DisplayFormat = "%%D%% days: %%H%% hrs: %%M%% mins: %%S%% secs"; FinishMessage = "It is finally here!";

//Hiding snowfall $(document).ready(function() { $('a.close-reveal-modal').click(function() {$(document).snowfall('clear');}); //Setting cookie if(sessionStorage.getItem("Hide-MBT-Popup") == 1) { $(document).snowfall('clear'); $(document).snowfall.hide(); $("#myModal").hide(); } sessionStorage.setItem("Hide-MBT-Popup", 1); }); $(function() { // Setting Animation $('#myModal').reveal({ animation: 'fadeAndPop', //fade, fadeAndPop, none animationspeed: 300, //how fast animtions are closeonbackgroundclick: false, //if you click background will modal close? dismissmodalclass: 'close-reveal-modal' //the class of a button or element that will close an open modal }); //Revealing Snowfall $(document).snowfall({deviceorientation : true, round : true, minSize: 1, maxSize:8, flakeCount : 250}); }); //]]> </script> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>

You can customize almost anything in the above count from flake count till animation style but I will only discuss what is relevant in order to keep things simple:

Set time and date by editing : 12/25/2017 12:00 AM I have set it to default Christmas time. The demo shows time for Christmas in 2017. Just to keep the popup alive! :)
You can set the CountDown timer text display by editing: %%D%% days: %%H%% hrs: %%M%% mins: %%S%% secs . Make sure not to change the variables starting dn ending with %%. You can choose to display just hours/minutes/seconds or Days/hours/minutes. Edit it as you prefer.
Once the countdown timer reaches the target date, it will instead display some message. You can choose to write anything by replacing It is finally here!
You can select a different animation style out of the available three by replacing fadeAndPop with fade or none. The animation names are case-sensitive. Make sure you type it as stated above.
You can choose to control the snowballs size, speed, count and shape by editing: deviceorientation : true, round : true, minSize: 1, maxSize:8, flakeCount : 250 By setting round to false, you can display square shape snow balls. I would recommend to keep it as it is for natural snowfall effect. flakecount refers to the number of snowballs falling at a time.
If you wish to display the popup only once to a visitor and never again in his lifetime then replace sessionStorage with localStorage. This variable appears twice so replace it twice.

5. Next search for ]]></b:skin> and just above it paste the following styles:

If you wish to display a popup as shown in DEMO1 then use this CSS code:

/* -------------------------------------------------- Christmas Popup DEMO1 -------------------------------------------------- */
    #mbt-counter {         padding: 10px;         font-family: oswald, verdana;         background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)!important;         color: #FFF!important;         position: absolute;         left: 53%;         top: 68%;         font-size: 17px; }

.reveal-modal h1 {         position: absolute;         left: 45%;         font-size: 3em;         color: #FFEA00;         font-family: oswald;         top: 30%;         text-shadow: 2px 4px 12px #000;

        }         .reveal-modal h2 {         position: absolute;         left: 57%;         top: 20%;         font-family: oswald, arial;         font-size: 1.7em;         text-shadow: 2px 4px 10px #000;         color: #FFF; }          .reveal-modal-bg {         position: fixed;         height: 100%;         width: 100%;         background: rgba(0,0,0,.8);         z-index: 100;         display: none;         top: 0;         left: 0;         }         .reveal-modal {         visibility: hidden;         left: 50%;         top:170px;         margin-left: -300px;         width: 550px;         height: 305px;         background: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0) url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVB8_5l3OcaKKBmbAbuEpzlAh7EqQA3_qz1NTFob7uTcMD7l6qSkXZm8kslw2RpOajToHFKr1n0tmUvvNnzcLLrjY6eT2N3f9wxT7UdWjLY0VKw3STNrrQnJOY4DLErZWI0FPBbFUP7s/s1600/christmas.png) no-repeat -17px 0px;         position: absolute;         z-index: 101;         padding: 30px 40px 34px;         -moz-border-radius: 8px;         -webkit-border-radius: 8px;         border-radius: 8px;         color: #FFF;         }             .reveal-modal.small         { width: 200px; margin-left: -140px;}     .reveal-modal.medium         { width: 400px; margin-left: -240px;}     .reveal-modal.large         { width: 600px; margin-left: -340px;}     .reveal-modal.xlarge         { width: 800px; margin-left: -440px;}         .reveal-modal .close-reveal-modal {         font-size: 32px;         line-height: .5;         position: absolute;         top: 25px;         right: 25px;         color: #bebebe;         text-shadow: 0 -1px 1px rbga(0,0,0,.6);         font-weight: bold;         cursor: pointer;         }                 .reveal-modal .close-reveal-modal:hover {             color:#2d2d2f;         }

Or If you wish to display a popup as shown in DEMO1 then use this CSS code:

/* -------------------------------------------------- Christmas Popup DEMO2 -------------------------------------------------- */
    #mbt-counter {         padding: 10px;         font-family: oswald, verdana;         background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)!important;         color: #FFF!important;         position: absolute;         left: 5%;         top: 49%;         font-size: 17px; }

    .reveal-modal h1 {         position: absolute;         left: 5%;         font-size: 3em;         color: #FFEA00;         font-family: oswald;         top: 15%;         text-shadow: 2px 4px 12px #000;

        }     .reveal-modal h2 {         position: absolute;         left: 5%;         top: 5%;         font-family: oswald, arial;         font-size: 1.7em;         text-shadow: 2px 4px 10px #000;         color: #FFF; }          .reveal-modal-bg {         position: fixed;         height: 100%;         width: 100%;         background: rgba(0,0,0,.8);         z-index: 100;         display: none;         top: 0;         left: 0;         }         .reveal-modal {         visibility: hidden;         left: 50%;         top:170px;         margin-left: -300px;         width: 550px;         height: 305px;         background: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0) url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqsAZnOsfXoK48ubdE3D-XZ1pnlEUCptk3jpdnzQGTr0BhvHxJuMhyphenhyphenDKqaiGCwmfXFLdqkD1rGBxj4JBKPgAvm85rAJ6hFRCxGutU4QxgPTNlROH0V06kkjOR68ZlPh1BgQwquu-jQFQ/s1600/christmas1.png) no-repeat -17px 0px;         position: absolute;         z-index: 101;         padding: 30px 40px 34px;         -moz-border-radius: 8px;         -webkit-border-radius: 8px;         border-radius: 8px;         color: #FFF;         }             .reveal-modal.small         { width: 200px; margin-left: -140px;}     .reveal-modal.medium         { width: 400px; margin-left: -240px;}     .reveal-modal.large         { width: 600px; margin-left: -340px;}     .reveal-modal.xlarge         { width: 800px; margin-left: -440px;}         .reveal-modal .close-reveal-modal {         font-size: 32px;         line-height: .5;         position: absolute;         top: 25px;         right: 25px;         color: #bebebe;         text-shadow: 0 -1px 1px rbga(0,0,0,.6);         font-weight: bold;         cursor: pointer;         }                 .reveal-modal .close-reveal-modal:hover {             color:#2d2d2f;         }

6. Finally paste the following HTML code just below <body>

<div id="myModal" class="reveal-modal" > <h2>Count Down Begins!</h2> <h1>Happy holidays!</h1> <script type='text/javascript' src="http://tools.mybloggertricks.com/mbt-counter.js"></script> <a class="close-reveal-modal">×</a> </div>

You can replaced the bolded text with any message you like.

7. Save your template and you are all done!

Visit your blog to see a beautiful message popping up to wish you Happy Winter holidays! :)

You are most welcomed to share it with your readers by attaching an attribution link back to this page.

Need Help?

I hope this popup proves useful for most of you. Its not just attractive but too light in weight and load time perspective. It's time you may welcome your visitors with some winter greetings! :)

Kindly let me know if I could be of any help. Peace and blessings buddies. :)

Create a Christmas Countdown Timer Widget In BlogSpot

Posted: 13 Dec 2017 01:13 PM PST

christmas countdown widget Add a Christmas count down timer widget to your blogger blog to welcome your blog visitors and wish them happy Christmas. This countdown timer widget counts down to 25 December 2017 and in military time format by counting days, hours, minutes and seconds left for the coming Christmas event. It also alerts and wishes Christmas by generating a pop-up once the count down ends. The JavaScript is provided by dynamic drive and it is customized and enhanced by MBT. This widget will be shared on each event here may it be EID, Holi or New Year. I hope you find it useful. It is extremely easy to install and customize it. The best thing about it is that it contains no ads because we are utilizing a free script provided by dynamic drive and storing it on blogger. Lets get to work then!

Live Demo

Add Christmas CountDown Timer Gadget To Blogspot

Go To Blogger > Design
Choose HTML/JavaScript widget
Paste the following code inside it,

<style style="text/css">
.lcdstyle{ /*Example CSS to create LCD countdown look*/
background-color:fff;
color:#FF3333;
font: bold 20px arial;
padding: 15px;
border:5px solid #0080ff;
border-radius:15px;
-moz-border-radius:15px;
-webkit-border-radius:15px;
box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #CCCCCC;

}
.lcdstyle sup{ /*Example CSS to create LCD countdown look*/
font-size: 120%
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
/***********************************************
* Dynamic Countdown script- © Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/
function cdtime(container, targetdate){
if (!document.getElementById || !document.getElementById(container)) return
this.container=document.getElementById(container)
this.currentTime=new Date()
this.targetdate=new Date(targetdate)
this.timesup=false
this.updateTime()
}
cdtime.prototype.updateTime=function(){
var thisobj=this
this.currentTime.setSeconds(this.currentTime.getSeconds()+1)
setTimeout(function(){thisobj.updateTime()}, 1000) //update time every second
}
cdtime.prototype.displaycountdown=function(baseunit, functionref){
this.baseunit=baseunit
this.formatresults=functionref
this.showresults()
}
cdtime.prototype.showresults=function(){
var thisobj=this

var timediff=(this.targetdate-this.currentTime)/1000 //difference btw target date and current date, in seconds
if (timediff<0){ //if time is up
this.timesup=true
this.container.innerHTML=this.formatresults()
return
}
var oneMinute=60 //minute unit in seconds
var oneHour=60*60 //hour unit in seconds
var oneDay=60*60*24 //day unit in seconds
var dayfield=Math.floor(timediff/oneDay)
var hourfield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay)/oneHour)
var minutefield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay-hourfield*oneHour)/oneMinute)
var secondfield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay-hourfield*oneHour-minutefield*oneMinute))
if (this.baseunit=="hours"){ //if base unit is hours, set "hourfield" to be topmost level
hourfield=dayfield*24+hourfield
dayfield="n/a"
}
else if (this.baseunit=="minutes"){ //if base unit is minutes, set "minutefield" to be topmost level
minutefield=dayfield*24*60+hourfield*60+minutefield
dayfield=hourfield="n/a"
}
else if (this.baseunit=="seconds"){ //if base unit is seconds, set "secondfield" to be topmost level
var secondfield=timediff
dayfield=hourfield=minutefield="n/a"
}
this.container.innerHTML=this.formatresults(dayfield, hourfield, minutefield, secondfield)
setTimeout(function(){thisobj.showresults()}, 1000) //update results every second
}
/////CUSTOM FORMAT OUTPUT FUNCTIONS BELOW//////////////////////////////
//Create your own custom format function to pass into cdtime.displaycountdown()
//Use arguments[0] to access "Days" left
//Use arguments[1] to access "Hours" left
//Use arguments[2] to access "Minutes" left
//Use arguments[3] to access "Seconds" left
//The values of these arguments may change depending on the "baseunit" parameter of cdtime.displaycountdown()
//For example, if "baseunit" is set to "hours", arguments[0] becomes meaningless and contains "n/a"
//For example, if "baseunit" is set to "minutes", arguments[0] and arguments[1] become meaningless etc

function formatresults(){
if (this.timesup==false){//if target date/time not yet met
var displaystring=arguments[0]+" days "+arguments[1]+" hours "+arguments[2]+" minutes "+arguments[3]+" seconds left until December 25, 2017 18:25:00"
}
else{ //else if target date/time met
var displaystring=""
}
return displaystring
}
function formatresults2(){
if (this.timesup==false){ //if target date/time not yet met
var displaystring="<span class='lcdstyle'>"+arguments[0]+" <sup>days</sup> "+arguments[1]+" <sup>hours</sup> "+arguments[2]+" <sup>minutes</sup> "+arguments[3]+" <sup>seconds</sup></span> "
}
else{ //else if target date/time met
var displaystring="" //Don't display any text
alert("Christmas is here!") //Instead, perform a custom alert
}
return displaystring
}
</script>

<h1 style="color:#0080ff; margin:0;">Happy Holidays!</h1>
<div id="countdowncontainer"></div>
<br />
<div id="countdowncontainer2"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var futuredate=new cdtime("countdowncontainer", "March 23, 2009 18:25:00")
futuredate.displaycountdown("days", formatresults)
var currentyear=new Date().getFullYear()
//dynamically get this Christmas' year value. If Christmas already passed, then year=current year+1
var thischristmasyear=(new Date().getMonth()>=11 && new Date().getDate()>25)? currentyear+1 : currentyear
var christmas=new cdtime("countdowncontainer2", "December 25, "+thischristmasyear+" 0:0:00")
christmas.displaycountdown("days", formatresults2)
</script>

Make these changes to its colors and font if you wish:

To change the color of happy holidays edit color:#0080ff
To change the rounded blue border colour and size edit border:5px solid #0080ff
To change the Count Down text colour edit color:#FF3333

4. Save your widget and say bingo!

Visit your blogs to see it working just perfectly.

Want to CountDown till New Year?

Simply change December 25 to December 31 and change Christmas is here! to HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS!

If you know basic CSS then you add more flavour and color variation to it. I hope you may find this cool new widget worth using. If you wish to share it with your readers then kindly attach attributes to MBT and dynamic drive. Do let me know if you needed any further help. Peace pals! :)

5 Types of Software Almost Every Business Needs

Posted: 30 Nov 2017 09:16 AM PST

Long before the computer became commonplace, many companies used software programs to enhance their business. The tech industry may be the first thing that comes to mind, but those companies just make the software.

Early software programs like Excel are very basic by today's standards; however, back then, they opened possibilities that were previously impossible. The same holds true for software that's created today. The latest software uses advanced technology to process big data, connect remote employees and keep you one step ahead of your customers.

1. Project Management Software

Virtually any business can benefit from a project management system. Software for project managers is designed to help users organize projects, prioritize tasks, assign tasks and monitor progress within one program. It provides a 1,000-foot view of the projects that are underway, but you can also drill down to details to see all of the specifics.

Another benefit of this type of software is that employees can collaborate together on a project and keep others posted on their progress. This is ideal for companies that have remote employees who contribute to team projects.

2. Search Engine Optimization Software

At one point, search engine optimization (SEO) was something that specialists and consultants handled for a high price. New SEO software programs are making it easier for businesses in all industries to improve search performance on their own.

Companies large and small are bringing SEO in-house with software that analyzes technical issues and optimizes the frontend and backend of websites. Since SEO is a long-term, ongoing process, software can make it much more affordable over time. The program does the legwork of gathering data and information, since it continuously runs in the background.

Some SEO software programs are comprehensive, while others are specialized. Programs can be developed to analyze competitor SEO efforts, find the best keywords, monitor backlinks or do everything at once.

3. Customer Relationship Management Software

The customers you've already won over are extremely valuable. The White House Office of Consumer Affairs has noted that a loyal customer is typically worth about 10x their original purchase. They'll come back for repeat business on their own. Marketing Metrics has found that the profitability of an existing customer is 60-70%, but just 5-20% for a new prospect.

Once you get a customer, it pays to nurture the relationship and keep your brand at the top of their mind. Customer relationship management (CRM) software can do just that. The program can be synced with your website, online forms, email and phone systems. Any time a lead or customer provides their information, it's captured by the CRM.

If that's all a CRM could do, it would be nothing more than an automatic, online Rolodex. But CRM software goes much further. Managers and sales agents can create email campaigns that are automatically triggered when a new lead comes in. They can analyze the data and create reports to learn more about the customer base. They can also keep track of every touchpoint, so that customers aren't overwhelmed and turned off by constant contact.

Customer relationship management is something that big businesses have invested in for years. Software has leveled the playing field so that even small companies with a few employees can manage contact information in a way that creates loyal customers.

4. Reputation Management Software

Another piece of software that just about any business can use is reputation management software. Before the invention of the Internet, forums and social media sites, word of mouth was restricted to who you knew personally. Today, people can hear the opinion of customers all over the world.

Keeping customers happy and managing the online conversation is a full-time job, unless you have the right software. There are a number of programs that can continuously monitor when a brand name is mentioned online. Any time someone discusses your company, the software will send an alert. This allows companies to quickly intervene if there's a complaint, as well as find out who talks about their products the most (whether positively or negatively).

5. Inventory Management Software

Companies that sell products have a lot of moving pieces to manage. From international corporations to one-man shops operating out of a house, without inventory management, productivity and profitability is going to suffer.

Inventory management software doesn't just track the number of units that are available for purchase. It can track a particular item through the entire delivery process, automate some inventory tasks and help you track orders. The information that's gathered can also help a business identify weaknesses in the supply chain.

With a few key pieces of software, almost any company can learn more about their business and the customers they serve. As technology keeps advancing, you can expect the software options out there to keep expanding right along with it.

Let me know which tool are you using and how is it helping your business grow! :)

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