POSTED ON December 10, 2009 // Sharing Best Practices // 102 Comments

Christmas Gifts from CJ Santa!!

As people around the globe prepare to cease the year with the colors of festivities and joy, we at CSSJockey, would like to take this opportunity to wish everybody, all the very best for the years and years to come.

Well well well, we aren’t here just to convey our wishes through words we got you some nice presents too. After all, we love our community and are always working to make it a better place for us all. With this wish, we present to you a token of our good wishes and loads of love: A Christmas Twitter Background, to color your twitter page with the Season’s best colors and gifts and a CJ Christmas Message Plug-in, to welcome your user’s with a custom message/news for the season. Now, whether you’re ready for this Christmas or not, it’s raining gifts already!!!

As someone truly said, It is Christmas in your heart, that puts Christmas in the air! We’ve put together our hearts and soul to flaunt your screens and websites with the season’s best festive spirit. Hoping you enjoy this season to the best and get everything you wish for yourself or your loved ones, here’s where you can download our gifts.

CJ Christmas Message WordPress Plug-in:

If you love to spread the Christmas cheer around, we’re sure you’d wanna get your hands on this first. This plug-in helps you setup a custom message with cool graphics for all your visitors. This message can be a welcoming season’s greetings or may be a news flash for the new attractions on your website.

It’s like putting up a placard and be assured to grab your visitor’s attention. It will leave your visitor’s smiling and looking for more on your web-site. The beauty of this plug-in is, once a visitor has come across this message they will not be given the same surprise every time they visit the same page. However, they will see this surprise message the next day they visit the same page. This is because the cookies are set to expire in 24 hours.

So, let us not stop you anymore, go ahead and be the first to flaunt it to your visitors.

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Extract the Plugin Folder from the downloaded ZIP file.
Upload cj-xmas-message folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin from the “Plugins” page in your Dashboard.
Configure the plugin from Settings > CJ X-mas Message options page.

Important: For trouble free execution, this plugin requires your theme to have wp_head() and wp_footer() functions.

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Report any Bugs or Request more Features at our Support Forums.

Be nice and don’t hesitate to share these goodies with your friends and peers. Remember Santa loves nice people

102 Comments on Christmas Gifts from CJ Santa!!

Jun 11, 2012 / Donya27:
thanks for site Man. Reply
Jun 11, 2012 / Donya27:
Thanks for uploading this Man,... Reply
Oct 24, 2011 / Matt:
Are these still available? I only ask because some of the imagesdon't seem to work here... Reply
Oct 21, 2011 / websites:
enjoying the themes and plug ins here, a bit of tweaking can make a big difference to the look and feel of a website, well worth the effort thanks for the plug ins. Reply
Jul 05, 2011 / ray ban wayfarer sunglasses:
it totally worthit,man Reply
Jul 03, 2011 / custom writing:
Some of them look really cool, especially those Merry Christmas ones ))) Reply
Jun 02, 2011 / 5 htp benefits:
Though we are way past Christmas, I would like to thank you for creating the plugging. Reply
Jun 02, 2011 / Patty:
I wonder if I couldn't use the plugin for all kinds of holidays...just editing the css to show appropriate colors and such.Hmm....I think I will be playing with this later! Reply
Jun 01, 2011 / Sam:
Awesome Twitter background! I can't wait for Christmas so I can use it :) Reply
1. Jun 04, 2011 / CSSJockey:
  Thanks Sam, I am glad you like it. Reply
May 13, 2011 / Rosacea Wrinkles:
I like the twitter background, I tried it in mine just for the sake of checking if it shows the design... I'll use this next christmas but with y photo on. Reply
May 02, 2011 / Sally:
Great plugins! I've bookmarked this so I can use them next Christmas. Thanks! Reply
Apr 29, 2011 / Jack:
I've been looking for a great Christmas plugin for a couple of years. Just found yours. Looks like what I've been looking for. Is it compatable with the new version of wordpress or is there a recently updated version.Thanks Reply
1. May 07, 2011 / CSSJockey:
  It works with the current version, let me know if you face any issues. Reply
Apr 26, 2011 / Daniel:
I used the plugging on Christmas time with excellent result. Though we are way past Christmas, I would like to thank you for creating the plugging. Sadly, I did have similar problems with the pluging when I updated to version 3.0.3. Reply
Dec 23, 2010 / 100driiine:
In fact I checked in my template and I have the functions you mention in the header and footer files... I would love you to help me.... thankssss Reply
Dec 23, 2010 / 100driiine:
Hey Mohit, Thanks for this crazy plugin, I like using your plugins (like the coming soon one)... and i wanted to add the xmas one on my website, I'm on WP 2.9 and it seems to not work (i'm sad...). My website is http://www.streetlove.fr I looked on the WP.org plugin page and it says: "For trouble free execution, this plugin requires your theme to have wp_head() and wp_footer() functions." which i don't really understand... Can you help me? Many thanks :) And keep up your great work!! Cheers Reply
Dec 21, 2010 / jan:
There is an update now, but it still doesn't work in WP 3.0.1. I upgraded to 3.0.3 and still it doesn't work header and footer functions are present, but no santa appearing !!I am using wpXmas now. Reply
Dec 21, 2010 / Christopher Roberts:
I think that this plugin is a fantastic idea, I will try to find the time to trial it on my philosophy blog :)Thanks for a great plugin!!! Reply
Dec 09, 2010 / Federico:
Ups sorry:theme header.php:footer.phpignore "-" i put this in the comment for else the line dispairSorry my bad english xD Reply
Dec 09, 2010 / Federico:
No work for me "CJ Christmas Message WordPress Plug-in", my wordpress is v3.0.2 and mi theme have this:header.php:footer.php:i'ts fine :S?sorry for my bad englihs xD Reply
Dec 03, 2010 / humor:
may be pretty late but am in time for this Christmas...advanced merry Christmas...thanks for the info Reply
Nov 24, 2010 / jan:
Hi,First thanks for the nice Christmas plugin. I have used it last year on my website and liked it a lot.Now I have upgraded my WP to the most recent version 3.0.1 , and the plugin doesn't work anymore. Is there a way to fix it ?my website: http://expatinthephilippines.comThanksJan Reply
1. Nov 24, 2010 / CSSJockey:
  Hey Jan, Thank you for using this tiny little Santa plugin.. I'll test this in a week and upload an upgraded version as soon as possible... Reply
  1. Nov 24, 2010 / jan:
    Thanks for your reply.It is the best plugin I have found on the whole internet for Xmas message. My readers liked it a lot last year. So i would like to use it again.I hope you are able to fix it because I would like to have it running at least two weeks from now (if possible). Let me know when it is ready for testing.Thanksjan Reply
    1. Nov 30, 2010 / CSSJockey:
      Sure Jan, I'll check this one and fix if any issues found. Reply
Aug 27, 2010 / Anthony Hunter:
I happen to find your post by shear luck if you would like to call it that. It is a great feed though. thanks for the valuble information. Anthony Reply
Apr 16, 2010 / Eldon Holmstrom:
Hey, i came across your url on youtube and i think it's great! Reply
Mar 18, 2010 / real estate:
thanks, this is what i was looking for. Reply
Mar 08, 2010 / Marek:
Hello, How I adapt this plugin to my website? www.szuwarygoniadz.pl My website use from this: Magazine Basic theme designed by c.bavota Reply
1. Mar 08, 2010 / CSSJockey:
  You can add this plugin to your site as you normally add other plugins, Upload the folder on wp-content/plugin folder and activate this under Plugins » Installed Menu. You can update the settings under Settings menu. Let me know if you need more help in this. Reply
2. Mar 14, 2010 / Marek:
  On motive Word Press Default 1.6 your plugin is works correctly. But on Magazine Basic theme designed by c.bavota not. What should I do? Reply
  1. Mar 14, 2010 / CSSJockey:
    Please check if the theme has wp_footer() and wp_head() functions in footer.php and header.php. This plugin require these two default functions to work. Reply
    1. Mar 15, 2010 / Marek:
      yes, I have both function Reply
Dec 30, 2009 / Phương:
happy new year Reply
Dec 30, 2009 / Resul AYDOĞDU:
Thanks and Merry Christmas. Reply
Dec 29, 2009 / Zura:
Trying to use your Christmas message plugin but not having any luck. All installed ok but no message appears. Can you help? Reply
Dec 25, 2009 / technshare:
nice.mohit Reply
Dec 24, 2009 / Kevin:
Good looking plugin but how the heck do you turn it off, stuck on screen even on this site, needs a action to turn it off. PS i use a netbook Reply
1. Dec 24, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  There's a close link which will disable the panel for number of days you set for cookies, or you can also disable the plugin from settings as well.If you are facing issues with the resolution and placement of the panel, you can edit the styles to set its position from the top. Reply
Dec 23, 2009 / Jsay:
Trying to use your Christmas message plugin but not having any luck. All installed ok but no message appears. Can you help? Reply
1. Dec 24, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Sure, Please submit your details and errors you are getting in our support forums. http://support.cssjockey.com Reply
Dec 22, 2009 / Tim:
Love your background.Applied it to my website, looks great! Reply
Dec 20, 2009 / peter:
nice backgound for twitter. thank you Reply
Dec 20, 2009 / Stelios:
Hi there, i have the same problem as the others, everything is saved fined and my themes (tried this on 2 different sites) have wp_head() and wp_footer() functions.Tried it without success at: http://bit.ly/8w9C9a and http://bit.ly/7FPgvF .It looks really cool in your site, i hope to have this up and running and customizing soon.Please advice. Reply
Dec 17, 2009 / Nego:
Hi,Nice script, but it`s not working for me. i do have both wp_ functions (footer, head) but no luck. I`m running on a wordpress 2.8.4 with thematic theme, simplecart and wp-ecommerce plugin.any idea how to make it work? Reply
Dec 16, 2009 / Dan:
I am enjoying your plug-in as a nice little greeting box - easy to change graphic! Thanks!! Maybe after Dec 25 you can modify the plug-in (create new) that is a super charged greeting box with lots of options, rotating messages, etc. Reply
1. Dec 16, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Thanks, A brand new plugin is almost ready to display welcome message with a lot of options. Will release it next year :) Reply
Dec 14, 2009 / tamer:
hi , i hope to make in ie6 it like ie7 and firefox thanks Reply
Dec 14, 2009 / blogging for cash:
I just blogged about the Christmas Message Plugin on my blog: BloggerSum.Com. This plugin is compatible with the free WP plugin: Let it Snow - that lets snowflakes fall on your blog. See it in action on my blog if interested.I also updated my Twitter template into the Christmas theme offered here and I'm now definitely in the festive Christmas cheer mood!Great free offers - Christmas themed Wp plugin + Twitter - thanks for sharing. Reply
Dec 14, 2009 / Igor Kheifets-Mastermind Internet Marketing:
Hey, you made a very cool plugin.I am gonna customize my Christmas Cheer right now!Igor Reply
Dec 14, 2009 / Jose Freitas:
Hi. Congratulations. Very nice plugin! One question: it's possible to change the cookie to expire in two days, instead of one day? Best regards. Reply
1. Dec 14, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Added an option to set number of days to expire the cookie from plugin settings page, Please upgrade to the latest version and enjoy!! Reply
Dec 13, 2009 / Crystal Martin:
Hi again , it seems to conflict with the plugins 'Smooth Slider' and 'Pretty Photo'. They stop working when I enable yours. ??? thanks! Reply
Dec 13, 2009 / henk:
Must be:and see in the header.php for example: Reply
Dec 13, 2009 / henk:
Hello, You made a nice message, thank you, but it is not working for me. I Installed the plugin Christmas messages. But i am new to this all (Wordpress) but I do like it. The problem is that the message does not come up. Everything is funcioning normal. I do not know what the problem is. i use atahualpa as theme, have about 6 plug-ins installed.Then you say: For trouble free execution, this plugin requires your theme to have wp_head() and wp_footer() functions. But i do see in the header.php for example:So, i really do not know how to change this that the message is working. I need some help, please. henk Reply
1. Dec 15, 2009 / Harald Witt:
  I have the same problem and the same theme. Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / Σχολή Χορού:
Very handy pluggin and very relevant too. Thanks and Merry Christmas. Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / ashish:
Hello!Nice plugin, Just wanna know can we set by default when visitor first see offer then it won't pop up again.Means no need to forcefully click on "close" Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  You can modify the jQuery in the plugin file however the display is controlled by cookies so once the user click on close link the popup won't show again the same day. Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / PLnet:
very nice packages for christmas.Thanks Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / PLnet:
  help me Reply
  1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
    Please let me know how can I help Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / Monika:
Hi I was searching your site - you know I'm a woman and "curiosity" is my second name .I have to close 5 times the pop up and thats is nerving.is there a way to say: hi pop up if there is a visitor you have to pop up only one time ?I hope you understand my meanings ;)thanks a lotregards Monika Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  I think you don't have cookies enabled on your browser. This plugin stores a cookie which restrict the pop up to display again once its closed. Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / Tiagirl:
Hm...my Santa puts him self behind an embedded video? Could I fix that to somehow? Just noticed that. Now I'm going to find out how I can put him on top so I could close it...here I still can and write behind him! *s* Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  You can update the styles for #xmas{} placed in cj-xmas-message/theme/style.css with the following code:#xmas{ position:fixed; width:500px; height:430px; top:100px; // Specify the top position in pixels left:50%; margin-left:-250px; overflow:hidden; z-index:99999; // This will bring the Santa on top } Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / Stew:
Nice idea but doesn't work for me. No message shows and I don't see any code in the page source. Tried it with JQ theme and with default and a couple others. Tried with Firefox, IE8 and Chrome.I have these plugins installed: Akismet, AStickyPostOrderER, Fast and Secure Contact Form, Google Analyticator, Lightbox Plus, SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam.Nothing too esoteric but some javascript that might be conflicting I guess. All plugins are up to date and so is WP. Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / Stew:
  Forgot to say: Settings seem to be saved OK. Plugin is activated and message is activated in plugin settings. I disabled all other plugins and still didn't work. Not seeing any error messages. Just seems that the plugin just isn't being called for whatever reason. Reply
  1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
    Make sure your theme is coded right and has wp_head() and wp_footer() functions in header.php and footer.php files. Reply
    1. Dec 12, 2009 / Stew:
      Like I said: Tried it with default theme and several others. Plugin is not being called and therefore does not do anything. Reply
      1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
        I hope you have the cookies enabled on your browser, this plugin requires cookies enabled and wp_head() and wp_footer() functions to work. Reply
        
        Dec 13, 2009 / Stew:
        All cookies accepted in 5 different browser types. It's not a browser issue. Nothing of the plugin gets to the browser.wp_head() and wp_footer() functions are present in most of the themes I tested it with.No idea what the problem is. I give up on this one. Good luck with your plugin anyway. Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / Harry:
Hi Mohit,.. very nice packages for christmas.Thanks Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / Dan:
What controls how many times a user will see the greeting? Are there ways to control that? Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Its controlled by cookies via jQuery and expires in one day. Reply
Dec 12, 2009 / Sunny Bhasin:
I was expecting the buzz of this plugin from you to me before launching it anyways nice plugin and well built . This plugin can be used for some announcements or contests other than only christmas :) :)Off topic : How do you create so clean and neat boxes for the images in your post?? Is there any plugin for that ?? Pls let me know?? ;) Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Due to festive season there's a lot of pressure from clients to finish the sites asap and managing your own site with this time schedule is really not easy :)The images are stylized via CSS only. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Ruben:
The settings are being saved properly and there also seems to be no error or something like that, it just won't actually show up on my website. I installed it on a friend's weblog and it also wouldn't work with him...Sorry for all the hassle but I appreciate your help! Reply
1. Dec 12, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Please check if you theme has wp_head() function in the header and wp_footer() function in the footer.php if not please include them to make your theme compatible to most of the plugins. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Crystal Martin:
Thank you for the great background and plugin, we're using both! Reply
1. Dec 11, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Thanks!! I am glad you like it. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / burak:
Warning: stripslashes() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in C:\Program Files\Wamp\www\test_gunlugu\wp-content\plugins\christmas-message\cj-xmas-message.php on line 332can you solve this problem for me? Reply
1. Dec 11, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Please check if its saving the settings in the plugin settings page. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Ruben:
It still won't work, neither when using it with the default theme nor when activated one by one... Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Harald Witt:
I installed the plugin and activated including the page in settings, but it does not show up when I open the site. The site is only in test on localhost so it is difficult to share at the moment. Any idea where to look or any known conflicts with other plugins? Reply
1. Dec 11, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Try using it with default theme and try activating the plugins one by one, please let me know if you find anything interesting. Reply
  1. Dec 14, 2009 / Harald Witt:
    I tried all suggestions here but still does not show up. Looks like I have the same problem as Ruben. Would like so much to make it work since I love the plugin. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Ruben:
Great plug-in! But it just won't show up on my website... I tried everything and reinstalled it a couple of times, enabled and disabled it. Still, it won't work... Can you please help? Reply
1. Dec 11, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  I just checked your site and I don't see the code on the page, You may have it deactivated however you can try using it with default theme and try activating other plugins one by one, please let me know if you find anything interesting. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Romeo:
Hi,first thanks a lot for this plugin :) I have one question. It will be nice if you make your plugins compatible with WPMU too. I have a site in WPMU and wanted to use this plugin as a Greading message to all my visitors but as i install it, it shows in the Contol Panel but when i activate it, it wont work on main site.. :( Reply
1. Dec 11, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Hi Romeo, It works on WPMU however site wide activity feature is not available, will try to add this in new versions and future plugins. You can activate the plugin on WPMU for each blog as I did on the plugin demo site: http://plugins.cssjockey.com/xmas-message/I hope it solves the problem for now and I'll try to implement this in future for sure.Thanks for your support!! Reply
  1. Dec 11, 2009 / Romeo:
    Hi Mohit,thanks for the answer. My Main Blog Template uses other JavaScript and maybe this is the reason why the plugin isn't showing.Is there any shortcode or php function to call the plugin? so i can put it manually somewhere in the footer.Thanks a lot for your answer.. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Engin:
Very nice plugin, thanks for sharing Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
@All Thanks for the love!! We would love to see your twitter profiles and the messages on your site so please share your twitter and website links here.. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Tiagirl:
Nice! Then I will install it right now and change some code's!! Merry Christmas! :) Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Tiagirl:
I can see that it is a "closed-button" BUT!! i've got a really small laptop and the santa is locked! To the bottom and I cant close it, I dont see the button, I cant scroll it, and now I dont even see what I am writing!!! This kind of laptops are really popular in Sweden, a lot of my readers have those. Is it possible to put the Santa higher up so all people could se the close-button? Hihi... I have no idea how I spell now, write behind the big santa! Reply
1. Dec 11, 2009 / Mohit Aneja:
  Sure you can change the style.css file placed in plugins theme folder. Update the top value of #Xmas. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Shanker Bakshi:
again a good gift from CJ, Well i will definitely install this plugin and yes since i can tweak the code a little bit and can do some "Photoshoping" so i will be using this plugin to wish my readers for many other occasions.Merry Christmas CJ. Reply
Dec 11, 2009 / Krama Studio:
It surely grabbed my attention! I think it's very clever idea and very funny Santa. I'll share it . Reply

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