jQuery Plugin: odoTicker
Say hello to odoTicker, the latest jQuery plugin from Electric Easel. We were looking to create a solution that would use an “odometer-like” ticker to show a number on a page, but that you didn’t have to wait through to see the number. I mean really, who wants to sit there and watch your counter go from 0 to 2986 just to know how many twitter followers you have? Not me. So we created odoTicker to do just that. Check out a demo here.
It’s also SUPER easy to implement, just include the main js in the head of your document (after jQuery is included), and then add this:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.element').odoTicker({number: 123456});
}
You can download odoTicker v2.1 here. Give it a try, and let us know what you think and if you have any suggestions for the future development. Also, send us a link to your site if you implement it.
Some suggestions for use:
- Show your twitter follower count
- Show your RSS subscribers
- Show number of users on your site
- Show amount of money raised for your fundraiser
- and many, many more
I like the look of this ticker a lot. My only problem is that my background is very light (almost white) so the comma of the included numbers.gif file does not seem to be there.
Of course, I know I can create my numbers.gif file to fix this, but it would be awfully nice to have a dark and a light version.
In any case, thanks a lot for this plugin. It’s awesome.
What a great plugin. I was able to customize it and theme it for my website without a hitch. Thank you for sharing it!
Thanks! I’m glad you like it and were able to use it on your site. BTW – I love you implementation.
Hi the download link is not working. Where can I download this plugin?
Sorry Thien. The jQuery Plugins Repository had a major problem a while back, and lost a lot of information. Apparently we were a casualty of that.
If you email me at don @ this domain I will send it over.