Set a jQuery cookie to show popup only once

Question

I'm an absolute newbie in jQuery. I'm learning, but there is a Christmas message that I need to get up and running within no time.

I've included these in the header of the page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery-1.7.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery.cookies.2.2.0.min.js"></script>` 

Then follows the message using a jQuery popup. Here it is:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {  
        var id = '#dialog';

        //Get the screen height and width
        var maskHeight = $(document).height();
        var maskWidth = $(window).width();

        //Set height and width to mask to fill up the whole screen
        $('#mask').css({'width':maskWidth,'height':maskHeight});

        //transition effect     
        $('#mask').fadeIn(1000);    
        $('#mask').fadeTo("slow",0.7);  

        //Get the window height and width
        var winH = $(window).height();
        var winW = $(window).width();

        //Set the popup window to center
        $(id).css('top',  winH/2-$(id).height()/2);
        $(id).css('left', winW/2-$(id).width()/2-220);

        //transition effect
        $(id).fadeIn(2000);     

    //if close button is clicked
    $('.window .close').click(function (e) {
        //Cancel the link behavior
        e.preventDefault();

        $('#mask').hide();
        $('.window').hide();
    });     

    //if mask is clicked
    $('#mask').click(function () {
        $(this).hide();
        $('.window').hide();
    });     

});

</script>

In the body I've put the message:

<div style="top: 199.5px; left: 200px; display: none;" id="dialog" class="window">  
XMAS MESSAGE
<a href="#" class="close">Shut this popup.</a>
</div>

So far so good. The next step would be not to bore my returning visitors with the same message over and over (postpone for sixty days would be good enough).

So I want to set a cookie using the jQuery cookie plug-in:

function setCookie() {
    $.cookie('test_status', '1', { path: '/', expires: 60 });
    return false;
}

Which is then found the next time a visitor hits the same page and the Christmas message is not shown till the message expires.

Now if-else statements are the higher kind of jQuery I'm not familiar with just yet. So, could anyone explain it to me?

Answer 1

Something of this kind might be of help:

$(document).ready(function(){
   if ($.cookie('test_status') != '1') {
    //show popup here
    $.cookie('test_status', '1', { expires: 60}); }
   });

Answer 2

First include the jquery library.

After include the below script for cookies in jquery.

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-cookie/1.4.1/jquery.cookie.min.js"></script>

Now put the below code into the footer :

$(document).ready(function() {
       // initially popup is hidden:
        $('#stay-in-toch.popup-outer').hide();
        // Check for the "whenToShowDialog" cookie, if not found then show the dialog and save the cookie.
        // The cookie will expire and every 2 days and the dialog will show again.
        if ($.cookie('whenToShowDialog') == null) {
            // Create expiring cookie, 2 days from now:
            $.cookie('whenToShowDialog', 'yes', { expires: 2, path: '/' });

            // Show dialog
             $('#stay-in-toch.popup-outer').show();       
        }
    });

Answer 3

You can try this

$(document).ready(function() {  
    if ($.cookie('test_status')) {
        return;
    }

    //Rest of your code here
});