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924<script> 925 $(document).ready(function() { 926 927 $(document).on('click', '.cookie-notice-trigger', function(){ 928 $('.cookie-notice-wrapper:not(.cn-preferences-wrapper)').addClass('active') 929 $('.cookie-notice-overlay').addClass('active') 930 }); 931 932 933 $(document).on('click', '.cn-preferences', function(){ 934 $('.cn-preferences-wrapper').addClass('active') 935 }); 936 937 938 $(document).on('click', '.toggle-wrapper.active.disabled', function(){ 939 $this = $(this); 940 $this.addClass('enabled'); 941 $this.removeClass('disabled'); 942 $this.parent().parent().attr('data-cookie', 'on'); 943 }); 944 945 946 $(document).on('click', '.toggle-wrapper.active.enabled', function(){ 947 $this = $(this); 948 $this.removeClass('enabled'); 949 $this.addClass('disabled'); 950 $this.parent().parent().attr('data-cookie', 'off'); 951 }); 952 953 954 $(document).on('click', '.cn-cookie-type-title-trigger', function(){ 955 $this = $(this); 956 if( $this.parent().parent().hasClass('open') ){ 957 $this.parent().parent().removeClass('open'); 958 } 959 else{ 960 $this.parent().parent().addClass('open'); 961 } 962 }); 963 964 965 $(document).on('click', '.cn-accept-all', function(){ 966 967 $.ajax({ 968 type : 'POST', 969 url : global_sitepath + 'components/block_cookieprompt.php', 970 data : { 971 action : 'accept-all-cookies', 972 }, 973 success : function(data){ 974 //console.log( data ); 975 $('.cookie-notice-overlay').removeClass('active'); 976 977 var cookie_type = "analytical_cookies"; 978 if(data.indexOf(cookie_type) != -1){ 979 980 // GA4: 981 gtag('consent', 'update', { 982 'analytics_storage': 'granted' 983 }); 984 985 } 986 987 } 988 }); 989 990 }); 991 992 993 $(document).on('click', '.cn-submit-preferences', function(){ 994 995 var preferences = ''; 996 $('.cn-cookie-type-item').each( function (){ 997 var prefix = $(this).attr('data-prefix'); 998 preferences += ' ' + prefix + '-' + $(this).attr('data-cookie'); 999 }); 1000 1001 preferences = preferences.substring(1); 1002 1003 $.ajax({ 1004 type : 'POST', 1005 url : global_sitepath + 'components/block_cookieprompt.php', 1006 data : { 1007 action : 'accept-cookie-preferences', 1008 preferences : preferences, 1009 }, 1010 success : function(data){ 1011 1012 var cookie_type = "analytical"; 1013 if(data.indexOf(cookie_type) != -1){ 1014 // GA4: 1015 gtag('consent', 'update', { 1016 'analytics_storage': 'granted' 1017 }); 1018 } 1019 1020 $('.cookie-notice-overlay').removeClass('active'); 1021 } 1022 }); 1023 1024 }); 1025 1026 1027 }); 1028</script>
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