dane wrote:
Now saying 34,606?
Oh ffs, this is sitting the page source for anyone to see (albeit not everyone will get it):
Code:
<script>
// Ash wants a live counter - let's do it!
var counterTarget = 35027;
var counterValue = 35026;
if (counterValue == 0) {
counterValue = counterTarget - (Math.floor((Math.random() * 100)) + 100);
if (counterValue < 0 ) counterValue = 0;
}
function setNewCounterValue() {
counterValue += Math.floor((Math.random() * 6) + 1);
if (counterValue >= counterTarget) {
counterValue = counterTarget;
} else {
$('.animate-number').numerator({
duration: 1500,
toValue: counterValue,
delimiter: ',', // This causes the whole thing to get sloppy
onComplete: function(){
Cookies.set('counterValue', counterValue);
setTimeout(setNewCounterValue, Math.floor((Math.random() * 15000) + 3000));
}
});
}
}
setNewCounterValue();
</script>
Basically that code animates the counter by making it roll through from a random number below the total (but above a starting point), to the actual number (as I wrote this post, someone has changed the counterTarget value from 0 to 35,026, hello CFC staff member).
If the counterTarget value is zero, it will spaz about like we've been seeing, but if someone is regularly punching in the updates correctly, it will perform a little differently. So the figure is still being manually updated, rather than being retrieved from their membership database (which could be safely done if they knew how to code for it).
So without a figure close to the current total, it's basically comes across as a sales trick to look like there's more activity than there is, but the good news is the total is actually higher than we all thought: 35,027.I did a quick check via LinkedIn, Ash is likely referring to Ashley Aidone, CFC's Sales Manager.
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