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Facebook like Beeper for Alerting Notifications Live
Posted by Praveen Gowda I V in Facebook, Jquery, Others, Tutorials, Web Design on December 11, 2011
Whenever you are online on Facebook and if there are any notifications then you would have noticed the small blue box on the left bottom alerting you the notification live, this is what Facebook calls as the beeper.
In this tutorial I am going to teach you to create such a beeper found on Facebook.
If you are still wondering on what beeper I am talking about, then look at the below image to know what we are going to create at the end of this tutorial

Bepper Found In Facebook

Notification Box In Facebook
We are going to use CSS and jQuery to create the notification box.
Check out the live demo or download the source code if you are in a hurry ( it is heavily commented) or else check how the code works below.
Now Let Us Look at the Source Code:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Live Demo Of Creating Facebook like Beeper Tutorial | http://blog.geotitles.com</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
<script src="jquery.facebookBeeper.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center" class="main">
<p>This is the live demo of creating <strong><a href="http://blog.geotitles.com/2011/12/facebook-like-beeper-for-alerting-notifications-live">Facebook like Beeper Box</a></strong><a href="http://blog.geotitles.com/2011/12/facebook-like-beeper-for-alerting-notifications-live"> for Alerting Notification</a> on <strong><a href="http://blog.geotitles.com">Geo Web Station</a></strong><br /><br />
Click <strong><a href="http://blog.geotitles.com/2011/12/facebook-like-beeper-for-alerting-notifications-live">Here</a></strong> For The <strong><a href="http://blog.geotitles.com/2011/12/facebook-like-beeper-for-alerting-notifications-live">Tutorial Link</a></strong> To Have A Look At The <a href="http://blog.geotitles.com/2011/12/facebook-like-beeper-for-alerting-notifications-live">Tutorial </a>And Download The Source Code </p>
<p>
Click Below To Display Beeper
</p>
<a href="#" class="control" id="control">DISPLAY BEEPER</a>
</div>
<div id="BeeperBox" class="UIBeeper">
<div class="UIBeeper_Full">
<div class="Beeps">
<div class="UIBeep UIBeep_Top UIBeep_Bottom UIBeep_Selected" style="opacity: 1; ">
<!-- Below Is The Link To Which Bepper Will Point To (replace # with the required link) -->
<a class="UIBeep_NonIntentional" href="#">
<div class="UIBeep_Icon">
<i class="beeper_icon image2"></i>
</div>
<span class="beeper_x"> </span>
<div class="UIBeep_Title">
<span class="blueName">Praveen Gowda</span> likes your comment on <span class="blueName">Hitherto Web Labs</span>.
</div>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS
@charset "utf-8";
body{
/* body*/
font-size: 11px;
font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;
color: #333;
line-height: 1.28;
text-align: left;
direction: ltr;
}
.main{
/* style for the div with control button*/
font-size:15px;
width:670px;
margin:30px auto;
height:80%;
padding:15px;
font-weight:normal;
/*border-radius*/
-webkit-border-radius:15px;
-moz-border-radius:15px;
border-radius:15px;
background:white;
border:1px solid #E5E5E5;
/*box-shadow*/
-webkit-box-shadow:rgba(200,200,200,0.7) 0 4px 10px -1px;
-moz-box-shadow:rgba(200,200,200,0.7) 0 4px 10px -1px;
box-shadow:rgba(200,200,200,0.7) 0 4px 10px -1px;
}
.control{
color:#666;
width:150px;
font:bold 75% arial,sans-serif;
text-decoration:none;
padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;
display:inline-block;
text-align:center;
/*Background*/
background:#f3f3f3;
background:-webkit-gradient(linear,0% 40%,0% 70%,from(#F5F5F5),to(#F1F1F1));
/*linear-gradient*/
background:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,from(from(#F5F5F5)),to(to(#F1F1F1)));
/*@@prefixmycss->No equivalent*/
background:-webkit-linear-gradient(linear,0% 40%,0% 70%,from(#F5F5F5),to(#F1F1F1));
background: -moz-linear-gradient(linear,0% 40%,0% 70%,from(#F5F5F5),to(#F1F1F1));
background: -o-linear-gradient(linear,0% 40%,0% 70%,from(#F5F5F5),to(#F1F1F1));
background: linear-gradient(linear,0% 40%,0% 70%,from(#F5F5F5),to(#F1F1F1));
border:solid 1px #dcdcdc;
/*border-radius*/
-webkit-border-radius:2px;
-moz-border-radius:2px;
border-radius:2px;
margin:25px auto;
}
.control:hover{
color:#333;
border-color:#999;
/*box-shadow*/
-webkit-box-shadow:0 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2) -webkit-box-shadow:0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2) -moz-box-shadow:0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
box-shadow: 0 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2) box-shadow:0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}
.UIBeeper{
width:230px;
left:15px;
bottom:30px;
position:fixed;
z-index:99;
display:none;
}
.UIBeeper .UIBeeper_Full{
background-color:#E1E6EE;
border:1px solid #99A8C7;
/*border-radius*/
-webkit-border-radius:3px;
-moz-border-radius:3px;
border-radius:3px;
margin:0;
padding:3px;
}
.UIBeeper .UIBeeper_Full:hover{
/* change background color on mouseover */
background-color:#CAD1DE;
}
.UIBeeper .UIBeep_Bottom{
border-bottom:none;
}
.UIBeeper .UIBeep_Selected{
background:#CAD1DE;
}
.UIBeeper .UIBeep_Top{
padding-top:0;
}
.UIBeeper .UIBeep_Bottom{
padding-bottom:0;
}
.UIBeep{
background:#E1E6EE;
border-bottom:1px solid #BFCADE;
overflow:hidden;
padding:3px 0;
clear:right;
}
a, a:hover{
cursor:pointer;
color:#3B5998;
text-decoration:none;
}
.UIBeep .UIBeep_NonIntentional .UIBeep_Icon{
float:left;
width:20px;
height:20px;
text-align:center;
margin:5px 5px;
}
.UIBeep_Selected .UIBeep_Icon{
margin-right:2px;
}
.image2{
/* icon within the beeper */
background-image:url(images/like.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
display:inline-block;
height:16px;
width:16px;
}
.UIBeeper .UIBeep .UIBeep_NonIntentional .beeper_x{
/* close button */
float:right;
height:16px;
width:16px;
margin-top:6px;
background:url(images/close.gif) no-repeat;
visibility:hidden;
}
.UIBeep .beeper_x:hover{
/* close button on mouseover */
background:url(images/closehover.gif) no-repeat !important;
}
.UIBeep_Selected .beeper_x{
display:block !important;
visibility:visible !important;
margin-left:4px;
}
.UIBeep .UIBeep_NonIntentional .UIBeep_Title{
margin:0 20px 0 30px;
}
.UIBeep .UIBeep_Title{
padding:5px 0;
}
JavaScript
We use jQuery to:
- display the beeper on clicking on the button
- hide the beeper after five seconds
- prevent the hiding of beeper on mouseover
- hide the beeper after five seconds of mouseout
$(document).ready(function () {
// set the time for the beeper to be displayed as 5000 milli seconds (5 seconds)
var timerId, delay = 5000;
var a = $("#BeeperBox"),
b = $("a.control");;
//function to destroy the timeout
function stopHide() {
clearTimeout(timerId);
}
//function to display the beeper and hide it after 5 seconds
function showTip() {
a.show();
timerId = setTimeout(function () {
a.hide();
}, delay);
}
//function to hide the beeper after five seconds
function startHide() {
timerId = setTimeout(function () {
a.hide();
}, delay);
}
//display the beeper on cliking the "show beeper" button
b.click(showTip);
//Clear timeout to hide beeper on mouseover
//start timeout to hide beeper on mouseout
a.mouseenter(stopHide).mouseleave(startHide);
$('.beeper_x').click(function () {
//hide the beeper when the close button on the beeper is clicked
$("#BeeperBox").hide();
});
});
I believe that the Facebook Beeper is one of the most effective way to grab the attention of visitors to your website, and everyone is free to use our script any of your projects. Do let us know in what way this tutorial has helped you by commenting below:
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