$(document).ready(
function(){
// see if the scrolling tweets box is present, if so start scrolling
if ($('#scrolling_tweets')) {
if (0 == $('#scrolling_tweets_no_resize').length) {
// only resize if element #buzz_no_resize not found
var new_height = 200;
if ($('#scrolling_tweets_size').val()) {
new_height = new Number($('#scrolling_tweets_size').val())
}
$('#scrolling_tweets').height(new_height);
}
setInterval(doScrollTweets, 8000);
//doScrollTweets();
}
}
);
// Tweet class to hold info
function Tweet(quote, username, uri) {
this.uri = uri;
this.username = username;
this.quote = quote;
}
// global var to hold tweets
var tweets = getTweets();
var tweet_index = 0;
var tweets_seen = Array();
function doScrollTweets() {
//tweet_index++;
// 10 tries to find an unseen tweet
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
tweet_index = Math.round(Math.random() * tweets.length);
if (tweet_index >= tweets.length) {
tweet_index = 0;
}
if ( ! hasSeen(tweet_index)) {
break;
}
}
// add to seen array
tweets_seen.push(tweet_index);
if (tweets_seen.length >= tweets.length) {
// seen a lot of tweets. clear out the tweets_seen array.
// note: this doesn't guarantee all tweets have been seen,
// since the above only has 10 tries to find a unique tweet.
tweets_seen = Array();
//alert("clearing seen " + tweets_seen.length);
}
if (0 == $('#scrolling_tweets_no_resize').length) {
// only resize if element #buzz_no_resize not found
var new_height = 200;
if ($('#scrolling_tweets_size').val()) {
new_height = new Number($('#scrolling_tweets_size').val());
}
$('#scrolling_tweets').height(new_height);
}
$('#scrolling_tweets div.tweet_body').fadeOut(1500, doUpdateTweetText);
}
function hasSeen(tweet_index) {
for (var i = 0; i < tweets_seen.length; i++) {
if (tweet_index == tweets_seen[i]) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
function doUpdateTweetText() {
var tweet = tweets[tweet_index];
$('#scrolling_tweets').html('"' + tweet.quote + '"
');
$('#scrolling_tweets div.tweet_body').fadeIn(1000);
}
// tweets to display
function getTweets() {
var tweets = Array();
// keep this as the first tweet, since it is hard coded on the site.
tweets.push(
new Tweet("American Library Association Goes Mobile with Mosio for Annual Conference: Mosio's Text a Librarian is partnering...",
'stksthailand',
'http://tinyurl.com/mxyfrj')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet("Mosio does it again. Text-a-librarian hits the ALA conference in the form of Text-an-ambassador http://tiny.cc/8CQQL #ala2009",
'animated_me',
'http://twitter.com/animated_me/status/2427695886')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet("I think the text-a-librarian feature for #ala2009 is totally rad. Thank you thank you thank you!!",
'leahlibrarian',
'http://twitter.com/leahlibrarian/status/2426397887')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Texted a librarian and renewed my book online. Yay!',
'thekeyofv',
'http://twitter.com/thekeyofv/status/2389238073')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('I just Text-A-Librarian (@FreeLibrary) and got my answer in 1 minute! Very cool. Send text to 66746 with the keyword askfree and ur question',
'camillereads',
'http://twitter.com/camillereads/statuses/1991411971')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('@stanford37b: #sla2009 Interesting. ALA convention will have a "Text a Librarian" service. Per Resourceshelf and http://tinyurl.com/nh3w45',
'sla2009',
'http://twitter.com/sla2009/statuses/2018457465')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('@hugeinjapan, do you want to write a jingle about how great it is to text your questions to a librarian? ;)',
'rockityroll',
'http://twitter.com/rockityroll/status/2182208670')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet("will be taking a webinar on how to use Text a Librarian tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. Never hurts to learn new library tools",
'loofrin',
'http://twitter.com/loofrin/status/2179779740')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('just back from exhibits. textalibrarian looks very easy to implement and use. #alamw09',
'kongtemplation',
'http://friendfeed.com/kongtemplation/7b98cd30/just-back-from-exhibits-textalibrarian-looks')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Mosio text a librarian service - VERY impressive! #librarians',
'millerlibrarian',
'http://explore.twitter.com/millerlibrarian/status/1485970267')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('RT @Carleen: In a Text a Librarian Webinar http://www.textalibrarian.com/ - SMS integration for libraries. Awesome!',
'JSW_EdTech',
'http://twitter.com/JSW_EdTech/status/1284091764')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Text a Librarian at ALA Annual in Chicago.',
'sljournal',
'http://bit.ly/fxFSC')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('We just launched our new service Text-a-Librarian. Get answers on your cell.',
'FreeLibrary',
'http://bit.ly/1abtxR')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Text a librarian just got best question yet - about tv show featuring cop sent back from hell. & staff answered in 5 minutes. So proud.',
'rockityroll',
'https://twitter.com/rockityroll/status/1672346873')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('checked out the "text a librarian" service yesterday via Gabe\'s webinar. Nice job - hoping to participate if others agree.',
'gailgolderman',
'http://twitter.com/gailgolderman/statuses/1649110853')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('LOVE the marketing materials -- makes life so much easier. Thanks!',
'Text a Librarian Facebook Comment',
'http://tinyurl.com/d2vwpz')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Impressed with the Text a Librarian interface #hhlib',
'librarybazaar',
'http://twitter.com/librarybazaar/statuses/2934683461')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Seeing the text-a-librarian interface. Nice. They also use encryption and handle the cell carrier stuff. #hhlib',
'scottchilders',
'http://twitter.com/scottchilders/statuses/2934641638')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Switching to the Launching a Text a Librarian Service. #hhlib',
'greaterumbrage',
'http://twitter.com/greaterumbrage/statuses/2934312595')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('I <3 Text a librarian. Its so cool! #Ala2009',
'chelliemo',
'http://twitter.com/chelliemo/statuses/2584220937')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('In an excellent webinar with 30 students and Jamieson from Text a Librarian',
'mstephens7',
'http://twitter.com/mstephens7/statuses/4059073712')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('hee, so many ppl using our @textalibrarian svce sign off with <3 They <3 the library!',
'Rockityroll',
'http://twitter.com/rockityroll/status/4151353754')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Attending a webinar on Text a Librarian texting service. Really cool features.',
'Korenic',
'http://twitter.com/korenic/statuses/4059378088')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet("@textalibrarian we're up and runnin with ya at IUPUI had some pos. feedback already for users.",
'loofrin',
'http://twitter.com/loofrin/status/3559541978')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Over 370 students used our new Text a Librarian service during New Student Orientation.',
'DavidsonCollLib',
'http://twitter.com/DavidsonCollLib/status/3492554489')
);
tweets.push(
new Tweet('Text a Librarian stats were good in August. I think the teens have finally discovered it.',
'refchef',
'http://twitter.com/refchef/status/3700423000')
);
return tweets;
}