Introducing jwAnnounce

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I was recently asked on Twitter if I was aware of a simple announcement plugin for jQuery – where a little bar is posted at the top of a website informing the user that some important news/update is taking place. I’m sure you’ve seen them plenty of times. With jQuery, we can create a wrapper for this effect easily and quickly.

Hit the download link below to view examples, download the source, and watch a screencast to learn how to build it yourself!

Comments

  1. DollarGeneralG said...

    Thanks! I am currently at school and twitter is blocked :( but thanks very helpful.

    posted on November 3, 2009

  2. Aimad said...

    You Are The favorite for me .
    thanks other time Jeffrey

    posted on November 3, 2009

  3. admin said...

    Thanks! :)

    posted on November 3, 2009

  4. Kyle Cotter said...

    Thanks! Really helpful. Was actually contemplating how to show an “offline” or “updating” message. This will work. Now I don’t have to shut the whole site down, but just let users know I’m working on it. Thanks again!

    posted on November 3, 2009

  5. Marcelo Kanzaki said...

    Jeff,
    I guess no one can have anymore excuses for not start creating jQuery plugins now. Congratulations! =)

    posted on November 3, 2009

  6. Justin said...

    I like the idea, but shouldn’t there be some cookie integration involved? As in..if someone closes out of it, and goes to a page with the same notification, what was the point in closing it if it shows up again?

    Just my two cents.

    Love your work.

    Thanks!
    -Justin

    posted on November 11, 2009

  7. admin said...

    Oh sure there should. This was a really quick plugin – created to answer a Twitter question. It could be improved quite a bit. I might implement the cookie plugin next week if I have time. :)

    posted on November 11, 2009

  8. kunal said...

    This looks very useful. However, I get the following error in Firebug:
    ‘missing } after property list’

    I am a newbie to JS so please bear with me. The website where I am using this is http://buzzr.in.

    posted on November 25, 2009

  9. Jeffrey Way said...

    @Kunal – I just checked your site, but it looks like you’ve since removed the plugin. If you add it back in, I’d be happy to take a look.

    posted on November 25, 2009

  10. kunal said...

    Jeffrey,

    Thanks for getting back to me. Sorry I just checked this right now (is there a way to subscribe to these comments?).

    I have activated the plugin again (with the same error). Please have a look.

    Regards,
    Kunal

    posted on November 30, 2009

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