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736 var premium_filter = false; 737 var player_position = "above"; 738 739 //lets create widget bar 740 741 var colWidth = 12; 742 743 function escapeHtml(text) { 744 return text 745 .replace(/&/g, "&") 746 .replace(/</g, "<") 747 .replace(/>/g, ">") 748 .replace(/"/g, """) 749 .replace(/'/g, "'"); 750 } 751 752 //load more on bottom of page 753 $(window).scroll(function () { 754 755 if(!lockScroll){ 756 if ($(window).scrollTop() >= $(document).height() - $(window).height() - 60) { 757 758 lockScroll = true; 759 760 var requestUrl = "https://sonnybrownbreakdown.com/"; 761 requestUrl += "/page/"+ (page_filter + 1); 762 763 if(text_posts_only){ 764 requestUrl += "/podcast/blog"; 765 } 766 else if(premium_filter){ 767 requestUrl += "/search/is_premium"; 768 } 769 else if(text_filter != ""){ 770 requestUrl += "/search/"+ text_filter; 771 } 772 else if(month_filter != 0) { 773 requestUrl += "/"+ year_filter +"/"+ month_filter; 774 } 775 else if(year_filter != 0) { 776 requestUrl += "/" + year_filter; 777 } 778 else { 779 requestUrl += (category_filter != "" ? 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'-video' : '') + ' libsyn-item-' + item.premium_state + ' libsyn-item-'+ item.item_id +'" data-id="'+ item.item_id +'">'; 839 840 if(isTextOnly){ 841 html += '<div class="col-lg-12" col-md-12 left-side libsyn-item-'+ item.item_id +'">'; 842 html += '<h2 class="section-heading"><a href="'+ item.full_item_url +'">'+ item.item_title +'</a>'; 843 html += '</h2>'; 844 html += '<p class="date">'+ item.release_date +'</p>'; 845 html += '<p class="lead">'+ item.item_body_short +'</p>'; 846 html += '<div class="row"><div class="col-md-12 text-right show_more">'; 847 html += '<a href="'+ item.full_item_url +'">Read More</a></div></div>'; 848 html += actionButtonsRow; 849 html += '</div>'; 850 } else { 851 852 //player 853 var playerSide = '<h2 class="section-heading"><a data-iframe-id="embed_'+item.item_id+'" class="read_more" href="'+item.full_item_url+'">'+item.item_title+'</a>'; 854 playerSide += '</h2>'; 855 if(item.premium_state == "premium" && !premiumAuthorized){ 856 playerSide += '<h3><i class="fa fa-lock"></i> This is a Premium Episode</h3>'; 857 } else { 858 859 if(item.primary_content.file_class == "pdf"){ 860 playerSide += '<a href="' + item.primary_content.url_secure +'" download class="pdf-download"><i class="fa fa-file-pdf-o" title="Download PDF"></i> Download PDF</a>'; 861 } else { 862 playerSide += item.player; 863 } 864 865 playerSide += actionButtonsRow; 866 } 867 868 //description 869 var descriptionSide = '<p class="date">'+item.release_date+'</p>'; 870 descriptionSide += '<p class="lead">'+item.item_body_short+'</p>'; 871 descriptionSide += '<div class="row"><div class="col-md-12 text-right show_more">'; 872 descriptionSide += '<a data-iframe-id="embed_'+item.item_id+'" class="read_more" href="'+item.full_item_url+'">Read More</a></div></div>'; 873 874 html += '<div class="col-lg-'+colWidth+' col-md-'+colWidth+' col-sm-12 left-side">'; 875 html += player_position == "above" ? playerSide : descriptionSide; 876 html += '</div>'; 877 878 html += '<div class="col-lg-'+colWidth+' col-md-'+colWidth+' col-sm-12 right-side">'; 879 html += player_position == "above" ? descriptionSide : playerSide; 880 html += '</div>'; 881 } 882 883 884 html += '</div>'; 885 html += '<hr>'; 886 887 //add to container 888 $(".item-container").append(html); 889 890 } 891 892 page_filter++; 893 adjustPlayerWidth(); 894 lockScroll = false;
895 } else { 896 lockScroll = true; 897 } 898 }, 899 error:function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown){ 900 console.log(errorThrown); 901 } 902 }); 903 } 904 } 905 }); 906 907 908 $("#btn-send-contact").click(function(event){ 909 event.preventDefault(); 910 911 var error = ""; 912 //validate 913 var valid = true; 914 $('#podcast-page-contact-form').find(':input:not(button)').each(function(){ 915 var name = $(this).attr("name"); 916 var value = $(this).val(); 917 if (typeof name != 'undefined' && value == ""){ 918 valid = false; 919 return false; 920 } 921 }); 922 923 if(valid){ 924 //submit form 925 var datastring = $("#podcast-page-contact-form").serialize(); 926 $.ajax({ 927 type: "POST", 928 url: "https://web-support.libsyn.com/contact/submit", 929 data: datastring, 930 dataType: "json", 931 success: function(data) { 932 if(data == false){ 933 error = "<strong>Error</strong> Your message could not be sent at this time. Please try again later."; 934 $("#podcast-page-contact-form-error").html(error).fadeIn().delay(5000).fadeOut(); 935 } else { 936 $('#podcast-page-contact-form').find(":input").val("").hide(); 937 $('#podcast-page-contact-form').fadeOut(); 938 $("#podcast-page-contact-form-success").show(); 939 } 940 }, 941 error: function() { 942 error = "<strong>Error</strong> Your message could not be sent at this time. Please try again later."; 943 $("#podcast-page-contact-form-error").html(error).fadeIn().delay(5000).fadeOut(); 944 } 945 }); 946 947 } else { 948 error = "<strong>Error</strong> Please fill out all fields and submit again."; 949 $("#podcast-page-contact-form-error").html(error).fadeIn().delay(5000).fadeOut(); 950 return false; 951 } 952 953 }); 954 955 956 957 var playerStatusRequestSent = false; 958 var href = null; 959 /* $(document).on('click', ".read_more", function (e){ 960 var iframeId = $(this).data("iframe-id"); 961 if (document.getElementById(iframeId).contentWindow) { 962 e.preventDefault(); 963 href = $(this).attr("href"); 964 965 var addColon = $("#"+iframeId).attr("src").indexOf(":") == -1 ? ':' : ''; 966 967 var iframeHref = 0 + $("#"+iframeId).attr("src"); 968 var receiver = document.getElementById(iframeId).contentWindow; 969 window.addEventListener('message', receiveMessage); 970 receiver.postMessage('player_status_request', iframeHref); 971 playerStatusRequestSent = true; 972 } 973 }); */ 974 975 function receiveMessage(e) { 976 977 if(playerStatusRequestSent){ 978 try { 979 var playerData = JSON.parse(e.data); 980 if(typeof(playerData.elapsed) != "undefined" && playerData.elapsed != "00:00:00"){ 981 localStorage.setItem(href, JSON.stringify(playerData)); 982 } 983 if(href !== null){ 984 window.location = href; 985 } 986 } catch (e) { 987 return false; 988 } 989 } 990 } 991 992 993 994 </script>
994 995 996</body> 997 998</html> 999
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