Open Status

Version 1.0

Introduction

Open Status is a jQuery plug-in which detects the current date and returns a string informing the user of that day's opening hours.

How to use it

Add jquery.openstatus.js to your project, along with jQuery.
Create the element that will contain the text.
Add the following jQuery to your page, to be executed on load:

	$('#ops-trigger').openStatus({
		sunday : 'closed until Monday',
		monday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		tuesday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		wednesday : 'open from 10am until 4pm',
		thursday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		friday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		saturday : 'open from 11am until 4pm'
	});

...where #ops-trigger is a selector for the element you would like to contain the generated string, and each day string is the open status of that particular day.

A demo is available in demo.html.

Additional settings

Additional settings can be used to customise the resulting string, and should be added as parameters:

string1: The string prepended to the start of the resulting string (default Today is <strong>; must be a string).
string2: The string placed in the middle of the resulting string (default </strong>; we are ; must be a string).
string3: The string appended to the end of the resulting string (default .; must be a string).

These strings form the result in the following way:

string1 + DAY + string2 + OPENINGHOURS + string3

where DAY and OPENINGHOURS are generated based upon the current day.

An example of these in practice:

	$('#ops-trigger').openStatus({
		sunday : 'closed until Monday',
		monday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		tuesday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		wednesday : 'open from 10am until 4pm',
		thursday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		friday : 'open from 9am until 6pm',
		saturday : 'open from 11am until 4pm',
		string1 : 'It is: ',
		string2 : ' and we are ',
		string3 : '. See you soon!'
	});

Author and Acknowledgements

Written by Chris Cook

chriscook / open-status