cookiebanner.js

gistfile1.txt

// Based on code by Robert Kent, James Bavington & Tom Foyster
 
var dropCookie = true;                      // false disables the Cookie, allowing you to style the banner
var cookieDuration = 1;                     // Number of days before the cookie expires, and the banner reappears
var cookieName = 'Covid19';        // Name of our cookie
var cookieValue = 'on';                     // Value of cookie
var cookieDivId = 'xxxx';
var cookieCloseButtonClass = 'yyyy';
 
function displayCovid19Banner() {
    // TODO insert code to display the banner
    $('#'+window.cookieDivId+' .'+window.cookieCloseButtonClass).click(function() {
        createCookie(window.cookieName,window.cookieValue, window.cookieDuration); // Create the cookie
        // TODO insert to hide the banner
    });
}
 
function createCookie(name,value,days) {
    if (days) {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000)); 
        var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString(); 
    }
    else var expires = "";
    if(window.dropCookie) { 
        document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/"; 
    }
}
 
function checkCookie(name) {
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
    }
    return null;
}
 
function eraseCookie(name) {
    createCookie(name,"",-1);
}
 
window.onload = function(){
    if(checkCookie(window.cookieName) != window.cookieValue){
        displayCovid19Banner(); 
    }
}