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feat: add snek speech bubble promoting newsletter signup #340

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion _includes/footer.html
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</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-12">
<form action="https://buttondown.com/api/emails/embed-subscribe/python-deadlines" method="post" class="embeddable-buttondown-form" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url" style="margin-top: 0.75rem; display: flex; gap: 0.5rem; max-width: 420px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
<form id="newsletter-signup" action="https://buttondown.com/api/emails/embed-subscribe/python-deadlines" method="post" class="embeddable-buttondown-form" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url" style="margin-top: 0.75rem; display: flex; gap: 0.5rem; max-width: 420px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="you@example.com" required style="flex: 1; padding: 0.35rem 0.75rem; border: 1px solid #6c757d; border-radius: 0.25rem; background: transparent; color: inherit; font-size: 0.9rem;" />
<input type="hidden" name="tag" value="sub_tag_1jhefwqj9v8d7svhb8dtn13cqc" />
<input type="hidden" name="tag" value="lang-{{ site.lang }}" />
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions _includes/sneks.html
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<div class="container">
<div id="snek-speech" class="snek-speech-bubble d-none d-md-block" style="display: none" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<button type="button" id="snek-speech-close" class="snek-speech-close" aria-label="Dismiss">&times;</button>
<a href="#newsletter-signup" class="snek-speech-link">
<strong>Psst!</strong> We have a newsletter now &mdash; {% t global.subscribe %}!
</a>
</div>
<div id="left-snek" class="location-pin d-none d-md-block" style="display: none">
<div>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="40" height="62" viewBox="0 0 315 885">
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78 changes: 77 additions & 1 deletion static/css/deadlines.css
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Expand Up @@ -503,6 +503,80 @@ footer .row * {
bottom: 1rem;
}

.snek-speech-bubble {
position: fixed;
right: 2rem;
bottom: 5.5rem;
max-width: 220px;
padding: 0.6rem 1.75rem 0.6rem 0.9rem;
background: #fff;
color: #333;
border: 2px solid #646464;
border-radius: 0.9rem;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
font-size: 0.85rem;
line-height: 1.3;
z-index: 1004;
opacity: 0;
transform: translateY(0.5rem);
transition: opacity 0.4s ease-out, transform 0.4s ease-out;
}

.snek-speech-bubble.visible {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateY(0);
}

.snek-speech-bubble::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: -12px;
right: 24px;
border-left: 10px solid transparent;
border-right: 10px solid transparent;
border-top: 12px solid #646464;
}

.snek-speech-bubble::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: -8px;
right: 26px;
border-left: 8px solid transparent;
border-right: 8px solid transparent;
border-top: 10px solid #fff;
z-index: 1;
}

.snek-speech-link {
color: inherit;
text-decoration: none;
}

.snek-speech-link:hover,
.snek-speech-link:focus {
color: #4584b6;
text-decoration: underline;
}

.snek-speech-close {
position: absolute;
top: 1px;
right: 6px;
background: none;
border: none;
font-size: 1.1rem;
line-height: 1;
cursor: pointer;
color: #888;
padding: 0 0.25rem;
}

.snek-speech-close:hover,
.snek-speech-close:focus {
color: #333;
}

#right-snek.wiggle {
bottom: 2rem;
}
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/* Only show on medium screens and up (≥768px) */
@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
.location-pin {
.location-pin,
.snek-speech-bubble {
display: none !important;
}
}

/* Print styles */
@media print {
.location-pin,
.snek-speech-bubble,
.skip-nav,
.navbar,
.conference-actions,
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39 changes: 39 additions & 0 deletions static/js/snek.js
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$('#smol-snek-all').show().addClass('visible');
}, 3250);

// Speech bubble: announce the newsletter unless dismissed
var speechDismissed = false;
try {
speechDismissed = localStorage.getItem('snek-speech-dismissed') === '1';
} catch (e) {
// localStorage unavailable (private mode); show the bubble anyway
}

if (!speechDismissed) {
setTimeout(function () {
$('#snek-speech').show();
// next tick so the transition runs
setTimeout(function () {
$('#snek-speech').addClass('visible');
}, 50);
}, 4000);
}

function dismissSpeechBubble() {
$('#snek-speech').removeClass('visible');
setTimeout(function () {
$('#snek-speech').hide();
}, 400);
try {
localStorage.setItem('snek-speech-dismissed', '1');
} catch (e) {
// ignore
}
}

$('#snek-speech-close').on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
dismissSpeechBubble();
});

$('.snek-speech-link').on('click', function () {
dismissSpeechBubble();
});

// Show on scroll
$(window).scroll(function () {
if ($(window).scrollTop() > 100) {
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