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770<script> 771 $(document).ready(function() { 772 773 $(document).on('click', '.cookie-notice-trigger', function(){ 774 $('.cookie-notice-wrapper:not(.cn-preferences-wrapper)').addClass('active') 775 $('.cookie-notice-overlay').addClass('active') 776 }); 777 778 779 $(document).on('click', '.cn-preferences', function(){ 780 $('.cn-preferences-wrapper').addClass('active') 781 }); 782 783 784 $(document).on('click', '.toggle-wrapper.active.disabled', function(){ 785 $this = $(this); 786 $this.addClass('enabled'); 787 $this.removeClass('disabled'); 788 $this.parent().parent().attr('data-cookie', 'on'); 789 }); 790 791 792 $(document).on('click', '.toggle-wrapper.active.enabled', function(){ 793 $this = $(this); 794 $this.removeClass('enabled'); 795 $this.addClass('disabled'); 796 $this.parent().parent().attr('data-cookie', 'off'); 797 }); 798 799 800 $(document).on('click', '.cn-cookie-type-title-trigger', function(){ 801 $this = $(this); 802 if( $this.parent().parent().hasClass('open') ){ 803 $this.parent().parent().removeClass('open'); 804 } 805 else{ 806 $this.parent().parent().addClass('open'); 807 } 808 }); 809 810 811 $(document).on('click', '.cn-accept-all', function(){ 812 813 $.ajax({ 814 type : 'POST', 815 url : global_sitepath + 'components/block_cookieprompt.php', 816 data : { 817 action : 'accept-all-cookies', 818 }, 819 success : function(data){ 820 //console.log( data ); 821 $('.cookie-notice-overlay').removeClass('active'); 822 823 var cookie_type = "analytical_cookies"; 824 if(data.indexOf(cookie_type) != -1){ 825 826 // GA4: 827 gtag('consent', 'update', { 828 'analytics_storage': 'granted' 829 }); 830 831 } 832 833 } 834 }); 835 836 }); 837 838 839 $(document).on('click', '.cn-submit-preferences', function(){ 840 841 var preferences = ''; 842 $('.cn-cookie-type-item').each( function (){ 843 var prefix = $(this).attr('data-prefix'); 844 preferences += ' ' + prefix + '-' + $(this).attr('data-cookie'); 845 }); 846 847 preferences = preferences.substring(1); 848 849 $.ajax({ 850 type : 'POST', 851 url : global_sitepath + 'components/block_cookieprompt.php', 852 data : { 853 action : 'accept-cookie-preferences', 854 preferences : preferences, 855 }, 856 success : function(data){ 857 858 var cookie_type = "analytical"; 859 if(data.indexOf(cookie_type) != -1){ 860 // GA4: 861 gtag('consent', 'update', { 862 'analytics_storage': 'granted' 863 }); 864 } 865 866 $('.cookie-notice-overlay').removeClass('active'); 867 } 868 }); 869 870 }); 871 872 873 }); 874</script>
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