Company update banner with AJAX call to API and a JS cookie for limited views

gistfile1.txt

<!-- Update banner code using API -->

<!-- HEAD TAG: -->

<style>
#updates 
{
background-color: #fffa61;
width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 2px;
webkit-animation-delay: 0s;
webkit-animation-direction: normal;
webkit-animation-duration: 5s;
webkit-animation-fill-mode: none;
webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinite;
webkit-animation-name: animate-bg;
webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
webkit-background-size: 40px 40px;
background-attachment: scroll;
background-clip: border-box;
background-size: 40px 40px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px 1px 3px 1;
color: #ff6066;
/* display: block; 
-font-family: sans-serif; */
font-size: 16px;
text-align: center;
font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal;
height: 21px;
line-height: 15px;
outline-color: black;
overflow-y: visible;
padding: 15px;
text-shadow: grey 0px 1px 0px;
vertical-align: baseline;
}

#updates a {
color: grey;
}

#updates h3
{
color: grey;
margin: 3px 0 10px 40px;
}

#updates p
{
margin: 0;
}
</style>




<!-- HEADER HTML: -->

<!-- Make the udpate banner exist. -->
<div id="updates">
    <h2>Loading a company update . . .</h2>
    <ul></ul>
</div> <!-- /container -->



<!-- FOOTER HTML: -->

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
var cookieName = '';
var update = function() {

    jQuery('#updates').show();
    jQuery.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: 'http://api.getsatisfaction.com/companies/[companynamehere]/topics.json?style=update',
        dataType : 'jsonp',
        success: function(topics) { 
            console.log(topics);
            if (topics.total) {
                    cookieName = topics.slug;
                    var topic = topics.data[0]
                    var elem = '<a target=_blank href="' + topic.at_sfn + '">' + "Company update: " + topic.subject; + '</a>';
                    console.log(elem);
                    jQuery('#updates h2').html(elem);
            } else {
                // What should happen with no success/no results:
                jQuery('#updates').hide();
            }

        } 
    });
};

jQuery(update);

// Cookie to track visits to page (possible views)
var maxVisits= 5;
// This changes the name of the cookie so that every time there's a new update, the visit count starts over.
document.observe("dom:loaded", function() {
    var cookieValue = 0;
    // If the user has cookies enabled, show the dialog.
    if (document.cookie.split(";").length > 0)
    {
        // Check for existing cookie    
        var i,x,y,ARRcookies=document.cookie.split(";");
        for (i=0;i<ARRcookies.length;i++)
        { 
            x=ARRcookies[i].substr(0,ARRcookies[i].indexOf("="));
            y=ARRcookies[i].substr(ARRcookies[i].indexOf("=")+1);
            x=x.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
            if (x==cookieName)
            {
                cookieValue = unescape(y);
            }
        }
        jQuery('#updates').click(function(){
          maxCookie();
        })
        // If none exists, set a cookie.
        if (cookieValue == null || cookieValue == 0)
        {
            cookieValue = 1; 
        }
        document.cookie = cookieName + "=" + cookieValue + "; expires=Sat, 1 Jan 2050 20:47:11 UTC; path=/";
        if (cookieValue < maxVisits)
        {
            jQuery("#updates").hide();
            jQuery("#updates").show();
            jQuery("#updates").fadeIn("slow");
//            jQuery('#updates').live('click', function(e){
//                window.open(this.href);
//                e.preventDefault();
//            });
        }
        else
        {
            jQuery("#updates").hide();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        jQuery("#updates").hide();
    }
});
function maxCookie()
{
    document.cookie = cookieName + "=" + maxVisits + "; expires=Sat, 1 Jan 2050 20:47:11 UTC; path=/";
    jQuery("#updates").hide();
}

</script>