EU Cookie Consent

Use this tiny jQuery plugin to display a bottom bar to inform your visitors about your cookie policy.

Developed by Electric Word PLC. You can see it in action in the blog.

Features

Tiny

• JS 2KB minified
• JS 1KB minified & gzipped
• CSS 2KB minified
• CSS 0.7KB minified & gzipped

Accept on Scroll
Accept on Any Click
Responsive CSS
Animated
2 themes: dark / light
Multiple ways to hook your custom JavaScript or initialize it.
Easily add Geo localization

localStorage

This is a pure JavaScript solution. This plugin uses localStorage and because of not using cookies, it fits better for high anonymous traffic websites with caching systems like Varnish.

You won't be able to detect from the server if the user accepted or not the cookies usage.
A nice extra feature is that if user consent the usage of cookies in one browser tab, the message will be hidden in other already opened tabs.

Installation

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<script src="jquery.eu-cookie-consent.min.js"></script>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jquery.columntoggle.min.css" />
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Usage

See the init() method. This gives you a better control of the plugin. See the Full example at the bottom.

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$.EUCookie({
    'acceptBtn' : 'Ok!',
    'message': 'We use cookies. Check {{ link_1 }} to find out more.',
    'links' : {
      'link_1' : '/cookie-policy',
      'link_1_text' : 'our cookie policy'
    }
  }).init();
...

This is not a traditional jQuery plugin. Don't use it as jQuery('selector').EUCookie()

Options

message: Default: 'This website uses cookies. By using this website we assume you are ok with this.' You can use HTML and placeholders {{link_1}} and {{link_2}} to be replaced with your own links.

links: Default {}. Object that optionally can contain these 4 keys: {{link_1}}, {{link_1_text_}}, {{link_2}}, {{link_2_text}}. See examples on how to use it.

acceptBtn: Default 'Ok'. Text on the Accept Button.

theme: Default 'dark'. Theme of the cookie message. 'dark' or 'light'

expiryDays: Default 365. Number of days until the message is displayed again.

hideOnAnyClick: Default true. Hide on any click on the website.

hideOnScroll: Default true. Hide on Scroll.

scrollDelay: Default 3000. Initial delay (in milliseconds) until the scroll starts to be tracked. It prevents that accidental (or browser-initiated) scrolling hides the message without the user noticing. Default value: 2000 (2 seconds)

beforeShowFn: Default: function() { return true; } . Function where you can hook any logic before message is shown. Must return true to give permission to show the message.

afterShowFn: Default: $.noop . Function where you can hook any logic after message is shown

debug: Default: false . If debug is enabled, it won't store (persist) the user consent, displaying again after a page refresh.

Full Example

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// Save the instance in a variable, so later we decide if we need to initialize it
var $EUCookie = $.EUCookie({
    'acceptBtn': 'Ok!',
    'message': 'We use cookies to give you the best personalised experience. Check {{ link_1 }} and {{ link_2 }} _to find out more.'
    'links' {
        'link_1' : '/cookie-policy' 
        'link_1_text' : 'our cookie policy'
        'link_2' : '/terms'
        'link_2_text' : 'terms and conditions'
    }
    'theme': light',
    'expiryDays': 180,
    'hideOnAnyClick': false,
    'hideOnScroll': true,
    'scrollDelay': 4000,
    'beforeShowFn': function($el){
       // Notice, the first argument is the element, wrapped as a jQuery object.
       $el.addClass('EUc--metro'); // gives a Windows metro style button
       
       // return true to show the message. Otherwise
       return true;
    },
    'afterShowFn': function($el){
       // you can trigger here some analytics ? or add your own events 
       $el.find('.EUc__btn').on('click', function() {
         // user clicked the Ok button
       });
    },
    
});

// Check if user is in EU (users who are actually subject to the cookie law)
// Other free services: commando.io, maxmind geocity lite, ip2location, eurekAPI, DB-IP, ip-api.com, ipinfo.io, 
// Check their terms and conditions, before using a Geo location service. 
$.get("http://freegeoip.net/json/", function (response) {
    var EU_COUNTRY_CODES = ['AT', 'BE', 'BG', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'EE', 'GR', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'HU', 'IE', 'IT', 'LV', 'LT', 'LU', 'MT', 'NL', 'PL', 'RO', 'SK', 'SL', 'SE', 'SI', 'GB'];
    if (response.country_code && $.inArray(response.country_code), EU_COUNTRY_CODES) > 0) {
       $EUCookie.init();
    }
}, "jsonp");




// Other public methods:
// --------------------------

// $EUCookie.remove();  // hides the message 
// $EUCookie.destroy(); // hides the message and deletes the persistent localStorage key

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