/*! * Dialogs Manager v4.9.3 * https://github.com/kobizz/dialogs-manager * * Copyright Kobi Zaltzberg * Released under the MIT license * https://github.com/kobizz/dialogs-manager/blob/master/LICENSE.txt */ (function($, global) { 'use strict'; /* * Dialog Manager */ var DialogsManager = { widgetsTypes: {}, createWidgetType: function(typeName, properties, Parent) { if (!Parent) { Parent = this.Widget; } var WidgetType = function() { Parent.apply(this, arguments); }; var prototype = WidgetType.prototype = new Parent(typeName); prototype.types = prototype.types.concat([typeName]); $.extend(prototype, properties); prototype.constructor = WidgetType; WidgetType.extend = function(typeName, properties) { return DialogsManager.createWidgetType(typeName, properties, WidgetType); }; return WidgetType; }, addWidgetType: function(typeName, properties, Parent) { if (properties && properties.prototype instanceof this.Widget) { return this.widgetsTypes[typeName] = properties; } return this.widgetsTypes[typeName] = this.createWidgetType(typeName, properties, Parent); }, getWidgetType: function(widgetType) { return this.widgetsTypes[widgetType]; } }; /* * Dialog Manager instances constructor */ DialogsManager.Instance = function() { var self = this, elements = {}, settings = {}; var initElements = function() { elements.body = $('body'); }; var initSettings = function(options) { var defaultSettings = { classPrefix: 'dialog', effects: { show: 'fadeIn', hide: 'fadeOut' } }; $.extend(settings, defaultSettings, options); }; this.createWidget = function(widgetType, properties) { var WidgetTypeConstructor = DialogsManager.getWidgetType(widgetType), widget = new WidgetTypeConstructor(widgetType); properties = properties || {}; widget.init(self, properties); return widget; }; this.getSettings = function(property) { if (property) { return settings[property]; } return Object.create(settings); }; this.init = function(settings) { initSettings(settings); initElements(); return self; }; self.init(); }; /* * Widget types constructor */ DialogsManager.Widget = function(widgetName) { var self = this, settings = {}, events = {}, elements = {}, hideTimeOut = 0, baseClosureMethods = ['refreshPosition']; var bindEvents = function() { var windows = [elements.window]; if (elements.iframe) { windows.push(jQuery(elements.iframe[0].contentWindow)); } windows.forEach(function(window) { if (settings.hide.onEscKeyPress) { window.on('keyup', onWindowKeyUp); } if (settings.hide.onOutsideClick) { window[0].addEventListener('click', hideOnOutsideClick, true); } if (settings.hide.onOutsideContextMenu) { window[0].addEventListener('contextmenu', hideOnOutsideClick, true); } if (settings.position.autoRefresh) { window.on('resize', self.refreshPosition); } }); if (settings.hide.onClick || settings.hide.onBackgroundClick) { elements.widget.on('click', hideOnClick); } }; var callEffect = function(intent, params) { var effect = settings.effects[intent], $widget = elements.widget; if ('function' === typeof effect) { effect.apply($widget, params); } else { if ($widget[effect]) { $widget[effect].apply($widget, params); } else { throw 'Reference Error: The effect ' + effect + ' not found'; } } }; var ensureClosureMethods = function() { var closureMethodsNames = baseClosureMethods.concat(self.getClosureMethods()); $.each(closureMethodsNames, function() { var methodName = this, oldMethod = self[methodName]; self[methodName] = function() { oldMethod.apply(self, arguments); }; }); }; var fixIframePosition = function(position) { if (! position.my) { return; } var horizontalOffsetRegex = /left|right/, extraOffsetRegex = /([+-]\d+)?$/, iframeOffset = elements.iframe.offset(), iframeWindow = elements.iframe[0].contentWindow, myParts = position.my.split(' '), fixedParts = []; if (myParts.length === 1) { if (horizontalOffsetRegex.test(myParts[0])) { myParts.push('center'); } else { myParts.unshift('center'); } } myParts.forEach(function(part, index) { var fixedPart = part.replace(extraOffsetRegex, function(partOffset) { partOffset = +partOffset || 0; if (! index) { partOffset += iframeOffset.left - iframeWindow.scrollX; } else { partOffset += iframeOffset.top - iframeWindow.scrollY; } if (partOffset >= 0) { partOffset = '+' + partOffset; } return partOffset; }); fixedParts.push(fixedPart); }); position.my = fixedParts.join(' '); }; var hideOnClick = function(event) { if (isContextMenuClickEvent(event)) { return; } if (settings.hide.onClick) { if ($(event.target).closest(settings.selectors.preventClose).length) { return; } } else if (event.target !== this) { return; } self.hide(); }; var isIgnoredTarget = function(event) { if (! settings.hide.ignore) { return false; } return !! $(event.target).closest(settings.hide.ignore).length; }; var hideOnOutsideClick = function(event) { if (isContextMenuClickEvent(event) || $(event.target).closest(elements.widget).length || isIgnoredTarget(event)) { return; } self.hide(); }; var initElements = function() { self.addElement('widget'); self.addElement('header'); self.addElement('message'); self.addElement('window', window); self.addElement('body', document.body); self.addElement('container', settings.container); if (settings.iframe) { self.addElement('iframe', settings.iframe); } if (settings.closeButton) { if ( settings.closeButtonClass ) { // Backwards compatibility settings.closeButtonOptions.iconClass = settings.closeButtonClass; } const $button = $('', settings.closeButtonOptions.attributes), $buttonIcon = $(settings.closeButtonOptions.iconElement).addClass(settings.closeButtonOptions.iconClass); $button.append($buttonIcon); self.addElement('closeButton', $button); } var id = self.getSettings('id'); if (id) { self.setID(id); } var classes = []; $.each(self.types, function() { classes.push(settings.classes.globalPrefix + '-type-' + this); }); classes.push(self.getSettings('className')); elements.widget .addClass(classes.join(' ')) .attr({ 'aria-modal': true, 'role': 'document', 'tabindex': 0, }); }; var initSettings = function(parent, userSettings) { var parentSettings = $.extend(true, {}, parent.getSettings()); settings = { headerMessage: '', message: '', effects: parentSettings.effects, classes: { globalPrefix: parentSettings.classPrefix, prefix: parentSettings.classPrefix + '-' + widgetName, preventScroll: parentSettings.classPrefix + '-prevent-scroll', }, selectors: { preventClose: '.' + parentSettings.classPrefix + '-prevent-close', }, container: 'body', preventScroll: false, iframe: null, closeButton: false, closeButtonOptions: { iconClass: parentSettings.classPrefix + '-close-button-icon', attributes: { role: 'button', 'tabindex': 0, 'aria-label': 'Close', href: '#', }, iconElement: '', }, position: { element: 'widget', my: 'center', at: 'center', enable: true, autoRefresh: false, }, hide: { auto: false, autoDelay: 5000, onClick: false, onOutsideClick: true, onOutsideContextMenu: false, onBackgroundClick: true, onEscKeyPress: true, ignore: '', }, }; $.extend(true, settings, self.getDefaultSettings(), userSettings); initSettingsEvents(); }; var initSettingsEvents = function() { $.each(settings, function(settingKey) { var eventName = settingKey.match(/^on([A-Z].*)/); if (!eventName) { return; } eventName = eventName[1].charAt(0).toLowerCase() + eventName[1].slice(1); self.on(eventName, this); }); }; var isContextMenuClickEvent = function(event) { // Firefox fires `click` event on every `contextmenu` event. return event.type === 'click' && event.button === 2; }; var normalizeClassName = function(name) { return name.replace(/([a-z])([A-Z])/g, function() { return arguments[1] + '-' + arguments[2].toLowerCase(); }); }; var onWindowKeyUp = function(event) { var ESC_KEY = 27, keyCode = event.which; if (ESC_KEY === keyCode) { self.hide(); } }; var unbindEvents = function() { var windows = [elements.window]; if (elements.iframe) { windows.push(jQuery(elements.iframe[0].contentWindow)); } windows.forEach(function(window) { if (settings.hide.onEscKeyPress) { window.off('keyup', onWindowKeyUp); } if (settings.hide.onOutsideClick) { window[0].removeEventListener('click', hideOnOutsideClick, true); } if (settings.hide.onOutsideContextMenu) { window[0].removeEventListener('contextmenu', hideOnOutsideClick, true); } if (settings.position.autoRefresh) { window.off('resize', self.refreshPosition); } }); if (settings.hide.onClick || settings.hide.onBackgroundClick) { elements.widget.off('click', hideOnClick); } }; this.addElement = function(name, element, classes) { var $newElement = elements[name] = $(element || '
'), normalizedName = normalizeClassName(name); classes = classes ? classes + ' ' : ''; classes += settings.classes.globalPrefix + '-' + normalizedName; classes += ' ' + settings.classes.prefix + '-' + normalizedName; $newElement.addClass(classes); return $newElement; }; this.destroy = function() { unbindEvents(); elements.widget.remove(); self.trigger('destroy'); return self; }; this.getElements = function(item) { return item ? elements[item] : elements; }; this.getSettings = function(setting) { var copy = Object.create(settings); if (setting) { return copy[setting]; } return copy; }; this.hide = function() { if (! self.isVisible()) { return; } clearTimeout(hideTimeOut); callEffect('hide', arguments); unbindEvents(); if (settings.preventScroll) { self.getElements('body').removeClass(settings.classes.preventScroll); } self.trigger('hide'); return self; }; this.init = function(parent, properties) { if (!(parent instanceof DialogsManager.Instance)) { throw 'The ' + self.widgetName + ' must to be initialized from an instance of DialogsManager.Instance'; } ensureClosureMethods(); self.trigger('init', properties); initSettings(parent, properties); initElements(); self.buildWidget(); self.attachEvents(); self.trigger('ready'); return self; }; this.isVisible = function() { return elements.widget.is(':visible'); }; this.on = function(eventName, callback) { if ('object' === typeof eventName) { $.each(eventName, function(singleEventName) { self.on(singleEventName, this); }); return self; } var eventNames = eventName.split(' '); eventNames.forEach(function(singleEventName) { if (!events[singleEventName]) { events[singleEventName] = []; } events[singleEventName].push(callback); }); return self; }; this.off = function(eventName, callback) { if (! events[ eventName ]) { return self; } if (! callback) { delete events[eventName]; return self; } var callbackIndex = events[eventName].indexOf(callback); if (-1 !== callbackIndex) { events[eventName].splice(callbackIndex, 1); } return self; }; this.refreshPosition = function() { if (! settings.position.enable) { return; } var position = $.extend({}, settings.position); if (elements[position.of]) { position.of = elements[position.of]; } if (! position.of) { position.of = window; } if (settings.iframe) { fixIframePosition(position); } elements[position.element].position(position); }; this.setID = function(id) { elements.widget.attr('id', id); return self; }; this.setHeaderMessage = function(message) { self.getElements('header').html(message); return self; }; this.setMessage = function(message) { elements.message.html(message); return self; }; this.setSettings = function(key, value) { if (jQuery.isPlainObject(value)) { $.extend(true, settings[key], value); } else { settings[key] = value; } return self; }; this.show = function() { clearTimeout(hideTimeOut); elements.widget.appendTo(elements.container).hide(); callEffect('show', arguments); self.refreshPosition(); if (settings.hide.auto) { hideTimeOut = setTimeout(self.hide, settings.hide.autoDelay); } bindEvents(); if (settings.preventScroll) { self.getElements('body').addClass(settings.classes.preventScroll); } self.trigger('show'); return self; }; this.trigger = function(eventName, params) { var methodName = 'on' + eventName[0].toUpperCase() + eventName.slice(1); if (self[methodName]) { self[methodName](params); } var callbacks = events[eventName]; if (!callbacks) { return; } $.each(callbacks, function(index, callback) { callback.call(self, params); }); return self; }; }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.types = []; // Inheritable widget methods DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.buildWidget = function() { var elements = this.getElements(), settings = this.getSettings(); elements.widget.append(elements.header, elements.message); this.setHeaderMessage(settings.headerMessage); this.setMessage(settings.message); if (this.getSettings('closeButton')) { elements.widget.prepend(elements.closeButton); } }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.attachEvents = function() { var self = this; if (self.getSettings('closeButton')) { self.getElements('closeButton').on('click', function(event) { event.preventDefault(); self.hide(); }); } }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.getDefaultSettings = function() { return {}; }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.getClosureMethods = function() { return []; }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.onHide = function() { }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.onShow = function() { }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.onInit = function() { }; DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.onReady = function() { }; DialogsManager.widgetsTypes.simple = DialogsManager.Widget; DialogsManager.addWidgetType('buttons', { activeKeyUp: function(event) { var TAB_KEY = 9; if (event.which === TAB_KEY) { event.preventDefault(); } if (this.hotKeys[event.which]) { this.hotKeys[event.which](this); } }, activeKeyDown: function(event) { if (!this.focusedButton) { return; } var TAB_KEY = 9; if (event.which === TAB_KEY) { event.preventDefault(); var currentButtonIndex = this.focusedButton.index(), nextButtonIndex; if (event.shiftKey) { nextButtonIndex = currentButtonIndex - 1; if (nextButtonIndex < 0) { nextButtonIndex = this.buttons.length - 1; } } else { nextButtonIndex = currentButtonIndex + 1; if (nextButtonIndex >= this.buttons.length) { nextButtonIndex = 0; } } this.focusedButton = this.buttons[nextButtonIndex].trigger('focus'); } }, addButton: function(options) { var self = this, settings = self.getSettings(), buttonSettings = jQuery.extend(settings.button, options); var classes = options.classes ? options.classes + ' ' : ''; classes += settings.classes.globalPrefix + '-button'; var $button = self.addElement(options.name, $('<' + buttonSettings.tag + '>').html(options.text), classes); self.buttons.push($button); var buttonFn = function() { if (settings.hide.onButtonClick) { self.hide(); } if ('function' === typeof options.callback) { options.callback.call(this, self); } }; $button.on('click', buttonFn); if (options.hotKey) { this.hotKeys[options.hotKey] = buttonFn; } this.getElements('buttonsWrapper').append($button); if (options.focus) { this.focusedButton = $button; } return self; }, bindHotKeys: function() { this.getElements('window').on({ keyup: this.activeKeyUp, keydown: this.activeKeyDown }); }, buildWidget: function() { DialogsManager.Widget.prototype.buildWidget.apply(this, arguments); var $buttonsWrapper = this.addElement('buttonsWrapper'); this.getElements('widget').append($buttonsWrapper); }, getClosureMethods: function() { return [ 'activeKeyUp', 'activeKeyDown' ]; }, getDefaultSettings: function() { return { hide: { onButtonClick: true }, button: { tag: 'button' } }; }, onHide: function() { this.unbindHotKeys(); }, onInit: function() { this.buttons = []; this.hotKeys = {}; this.focusedButton = null; }, onShow: function() { this.bindHotKeys(); if (!this.focusedButton) { this.focusedButton = this.buttons[0]; } if (this.focusedButton) { this.focusedButton.trigger('focus'); } }, unbindHotKeys: function() { this.getElements('window').off({ keyup: this.activeKeyUp, keydown: this.activeKeyDown }); } }); DialogsManager.addWidgetType('lightbox', DialogsManager.getWidgetType('buttons').extend('lightbox', { getDefaultSettings: function() { var settings = DialogsManager.getWidgetType('buttons').prototype.getDefaultSettings.apply(this, arguments); return $.extend(true, settings, { contentWidth: 'auto', contentHeight: 'auto', position: { element: 'widgetContent', of: 'widget', autoRefresh: true } }); }, buildWidget: function() { DialogsManager.getWidgetType('buttons').prototype.buildWidget.apply(this, arguments); var $widgetContent = this.addElement('widgetContent'), elements = this.getElements(); $widgetContent.append(elements.header, elements.message, elements.buttonsWrapper); elements.widget.html($widgetContent); if (elements.closeButton) { $widgetContent.prepend(elements.closeButton); } }, onReady: function() { var elements = this.getElements(), settings = this.getSettings(); if ('auto' !== settings.contentWidth) { elements.message.width(settings.contentWidth); } if ('auto' !== settings.contentHeight) { elements.message.height(settings.contentHeight); } } })); DialogsManager.addWidgetType('confirm', DialogsManager.getWidgetType('lightbox').extend('confirm', { onReady: function() { DialogsManager.getWidgetType('lightbox').prototype.onReady.apply(this, arguments); var strings = this.getSettings('strings'), isDefaultCancel = this.getSettings('defaultOption') === 'cancel'; this.addButton({ name: 'cancel', text: strings.cancel, callback: function(widget) { widget.trigger('cancel'); }, focus: isDefaultCancel }); this.addButton({ name: 'ok', text: strings.confirm, callback: function(widget) { widget.trigger('confirm'); }, focus: !isDefaultCancel }); }, getDefaultSettings: function() { var settings = DialogsManager.getWidgetType('lightbox').prototype.getDefaultSettings.apply(this, arguments); settings.strings = { confirm: 'OK', cancel: 'Cancel' }; settings.defaultOption = 'cancel'; return settings; } })); DialogsManager.addWidgetType('alert', DialogsManager.getWidgetType('lightbox').extend('alert', { onReady: function() { DialogsManager.getWidgetType('lightbox').prototype.onReady.apply(this, arguments); var strings = this.getSettings('strings'); this.addButton({ name: 'ok', text: strings.confirm, callback: function(widget) { widget.trigger('confirm'); } }); }, getDefaultSettings: function() { var settings = DialogsManager.getWidgetType('lightbox').prototype.getDefaultSettings.apply(this, arguments); settings.strings = { confirm: 'OK' }; return settings; } })); // Exporting the DialogsManager variable to global global.DialogsManager = DialogsManager; })( typeof jQuery !== 'undefined' ? jQuery : typeof require === 'function' && require('jquery'), (typeof module !== 'undefined' && typeof module.exports !== 'undefined') ? module.exports : window ); Guest Posts, A Mighty Tool For Creators

Guest Posts, A Mighty Tool For Creators

We live in a world where people make millions of dollars making content, for themselves or others, it doesn’t matter. To be a successful creator, let it be in the field of content creation or video creation, you need apt marketing.

 

Guest posts can help you sell your articles, sell TikTok shoutouts, and help you increase your revenue on your content. They are indeed a powerful tool, here’s a small guide on how to use them.

The Importance

The number of users on the internet is not something to be scoffed at, neither are the websites that exist over the vast plains of these online fields. Reaching out to every user is nigh impossible, but you can reach out to multiple websites to direct the maximum amount of traffic to your pages.

 

This traffic can be really important to the revenue you are earning, as it is usually based on views and clicks generated. This form of marketing has been in trend for the past few years and you should feel free to jump on to this trend.

The How-to’s

You should be clear on how to market, be clear on your strategies. You can get your articles posted on high-traffic websites like BuzzFeed or Forbes, invest all your money there, or invest your money in multiple small websites. You can sort this out using various websites and social media, and reach out to a huge audience.

You should be able to communicate with your users freely and should be able to guide them to other blogs by you and other videos by you. It should be able to help you to create brand awareness and get your consumers to get an idea about your content. This gets your website to blow up amongst your users.

The Advantages

Guiding website traffic to your content has various advantages. These include:

  • It is a perfect way to attract potential customers and subscribers to your platform, after all, that’s what directing traffic to your content means.
  • As mentioned in this article earlier, it helps create a brand image and awareness, which is very necessary if you’re going to monetize your content.
  • It’s quite affordable. Many websites let you do guest posts for free because it means that they would be getting the traffic too, which would then be directed to your website. Some big websites take payment for guest posts, but it’s a worthy investment, which guarantees traffic to your content.
  • It helps increase the SEO, which is the search engine output, which means as your website would get more clicks, the more likely it is to appear on related searches. As you can imagine, this is the best way to increase your reach naturally.

Conclusion

In conclusion, to highlight the importance of guest posts, the best analogy would be a dam. Guest posts are like a reservoir of website traffic that lets users trickle down to your content website, generating a lot of revenue in the process. It’s highly efficient, highly productive, and an investment worth making.