jQuery SyoTimer Plugin

jQuery plugin of countdown on html page

Demo

Examples of usage jQuery SyoTimer Plugin

Features

• Periodic counting with the specified period
• Effects of change of indications of the countdown
• The correct declension of nouns next to numeral numerals
• An opportunity to add the language of countdown signatures which isn't included in the standard version of the plugin
• Callback after the end of the countdown timer with the possibility of changing the structure of the timer
• Custom formatting and styling timer

Usage

Include the JavaScript file which you can find in the build folder. Then call the method syotimer:

<div class="your_selector_to_countdown"></div>  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.syotimer.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">     jQuery(function($) {         $('.your_selector_to_countdown').syotimer();     }); </script>

Markup

Classes is named by BEM methodology

<div class="syotimer">     <div class="syotimer__head"></div>     <div class="syotimer__body">         <div class="syotimer__item syotimer-cell syotimer-cell_type_day">             <div class="syotimer-cell__value">1</div>             <div class="syotimer-cell__unit">day</div>         </div>         <div class="syotimer__item syotimer-cell syotimer-cell_type_hour">             <div class="syotimer-cell__value">1</div>             <div class="syotimer-cell__unit">hour</div>         </div>         <div class="syotimer__item syotimer-cell syotimer-cell_type_minute">             <div class="syotimer-cell__value">1</div>             <div class="syotimer-cell__unit">minute</div>         </div>         <div class="syotimer__item syotimer-cell syotimer-cell_type_second">             <div class="syotimer-cell__value">1</div>             <div class="syotimer-cell__unit">second</div>         </div>     </div>     <div class="syotimer__footer"></div> </div>

Options

Methods

The use of the methods has the following syntax:

$('.your_selector_to_countdown').syotimer(nameOfMethod, param1, param2, ... , paramN);

setOption

setOption - assigns a value to the option

Parameters:

1. Name of option
2. Value

Code examples:

$('.your_selector_to_countdown').syotimer('setOption', 'effectType', 'opacity');

Localization

Default languages

By default the supported plugin languages:

Adding new language

It is very simple to execute localization of a plugin under the language. You need to add the translations of signatures to timer elements as the parameter of an object of $.syotimerLang. Then you need determine a new language in the syotimer options. For example we will add support of Spanish (though this language is supported by default):

$.syotimerLang.spa = {     seconds: ['segundo', 'segundos'],     minute: ['minuto', 'minutos'],     hour: ['hora', 'horas'],     day: ['dia', 'dias'] };  $('.your_selector_to_countdown').syotimer({     lang: 'spa' });

Inducement of a noun after a numeral

At the majority of languages a simple algorithm of determination of inducement of a noun after a numeral. If numeral is equal 1 then need input first element from array. Otherwise - second element.

But there are languages in which more difficult rules of determination of the correct inducement of nouns after a numeral (for example, Russian).

For example, consider a completely synthetic language (let it be called "Nenglish"). It is very similar to English but there are significant differences in the spelling of nouns after numerals. Namely, the difference in the suffixes of these nouns:

• if the number ends with the digit 1 then to the noun added the suffix "one" (21 secondone, 1 minuteone, ...);
• if the number ends with the digit 5 then the suffix is equal "five" (35 hourfive, 5 secondfive);
• otherwise the suffix is equal to "s" (24 minutes, 3 days).

To add a Nenglish in Syotimer need first add all possible variants of a writing of the captions of the items of the plugin. The abbreviated name of the language will take "neng":

$.syotimerLang.neng = {     second: ['secondone', 'secondfive', 'seconds'],     minute: ['minuteone', 'minutefive', 'minutes'],     hour: ['hourone', 'hourfive', 'hours'],     day: ['dayone', 'dayfive', 'days'],     handler: 'nengNumeral' };

The "handler" must contain a name of method that receive the one argument is a number. This method should return the array index that determines the correct variant of the noun:

$.syotimerLang.nengNumeral = function(number) {     var lastDigit = number % 10;     if ( lastDigit === 1 ) {         return 0;     } else if ( lastDigit === 5) {         return 1;     } else {         return 2;     } };

Then only have to specify the language when you create the instance Syotimer:

$('.your_selector_to_countdown').syotimer({     lang: 'neng' });

About summer/winter time

In some countries, there are the division between summer and winter time. This artifact may affect the correct operation of the countdown when the difference between the current time and the deadline is very large.

For example, used a timer with a period of one day, for which the deadline set on the winter time. Then for users from New York in the summer this timer will produce an error for 1 hour.

To exclude these cases set ignoreTransferTime to false.

Requirements

jQuery SyoTimer Plugin has been tested with jQuery 1.7+ on all major browsers:

• Firefox 2+ (Win, Mac, Linux);
• IE8+ (Win);
• Chrome 6+ (Win, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone);
• Safari 3.2+ (Win, Mac, iPhone);
• Opera 8+ (Win, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone).

Version History

• 2.0.0 2017-06-24

  • redesigned the structure of a plugin
  • effectType applies to all units
  • added possibility to sets an order of layout of units of the timer
  • added possibility to add new language
  • rename CSS classes by BEM methodology

• 1.1.0 2016-07-30

  • added time zone support
  • added support of the time transfer on summer/winter time
  • added methods support
  • added method of set value to option
  • added minified version of plugin

• 1.0.1 2015-02-24

  • added option for change effect of counting
  • added documentation
  • added examples

• 1.0.0 2014-12-10

  • first use timer on real web-site

Gratitude to Yuri Danilchenko and Elena Levin.