This document discusses politics news and U.S. elections coverage from ABC News. It contains code for dynamically loading news bulletin items, displaying item details, and handling interactions like expanding text. The code also handles sharing links and checking for updated data.

1. Politics News and U.S. Elections Coverage
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newsbulletin.nbFooter = ""
//append widget header
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer").append("");
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer").append(newsbulletin.nbContainer);
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer").append(newsbulletin.nbFooter);
newsbulletin.nbDiv = document.getElementById('nbItemContainer');
nbjsId = 0;
newsbulletin.load = function()
//alert(newsbulletin.baseloc+'/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=14635979twOverride=lpos='+newsbulletin.
lpos+'section='+nbjsId)
//to try and handle caching in webkit browsers
dynamicJS.load('newsBulletin'+nbjsId,
newsbulletin.baseloc+'/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=14635979twOverride=lpos='+newsbulletin.lpos2+
'section='+nbjsId);
//dynamicJS.load('newsBulletin','http://preview.abcnews.go.com/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=13564505'
);
//display items
newsbulletin.displayItems = function(nbItemObj)
//check if status update
this.isStatusUpdate = (nbItemObj.label == 'Status Update')?true:false;
//item type class
this.itemTypeClass = (this.isStatusUpdate)?'orange':'blue';
//bg position
this.itemBgPos = '100% 55%';
if(nbItemObj.bgPos != null)

2. this.itemBgPos = nbItemObj.bgPos;
//author image
this.nbItemStyle = '';
this.nbH4Class = 'class=nbheader';
this.nbH4Style = '';
this.nbItemStyleAuthor = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorimage != null nbItemObj.authorimage != '')
this.nbH4Style = ' style=width:210px;';
this.nbItemStyle = 'background:url('+nbItemObj.authorimage+') no-repeat bottom right'//+
this.itemBgPos;
this.nbItemStyleAuthor = ' nbItemContentsAuthor'
//title
this.title = '
'+nbItemObj.title+'
';
if(nbItemObj.link != null nbItemObj.link != '')
this.title = ''
//text
this.text = '';
this.textCapped = '';
this.morelink = 'More'
if(nbItemObj.text != null)
this.text = nbItemObj.text;
//if item is not expanded display capped text if applicable
if(nbItemObj.isExpanded != true)
if(nbItemObj.text.length 63)

3. this.textCapped = nbItemObj.text.substring(0, 63);
this.text = this.textCapped + '...';
if(this.isStatusUpdate)
this.text = this.textCapped + '... ' + this.morelink;
//social
this.social = '';
this.socialStyle = '';
this.authorBlock = '';
this.divider = '';
this.fb = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorfb != null nbItemObj.authorfb != '')
this.fb = ''
this.twitter = '';
if(nbItemObj.authortwitter != null nbItemObj.authortwitter != '')
this.twitter = ''
this.bio = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorbio != null nbItemObj.authorbio != '')
this.bio = ''+nbItemObj.author+''
this.authorBlock = '
'+this.bio+'
'
if(nbItemObj.author != null nbItemObj.author != '')else
this.social = '';
this.textStyle = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorimage != null nbItemObj.authorimage != '')
this.textStyle = ' style=width:208px;';

4. else nbItemObj.author == '')
this.textStyle = ' style="padding-bottom:2px; margin-bottom:5px;"';
this.categoryTag = '';
this.nbTextOverride = '';
this.rowTemp = ''+this.authorBlock+'
'+nbItemObj.date+'
'+this.title+'
'+this.text+'
'+this.social+'
';
if (nbItemObj.notes)
nbNotes = nbItemObj.notes;
nbNoteStr = '';
nbNoteDivider = '';
$.each(nbNotes, function(idx)
nbNote = nbNotes[idx];
this.noteAuthorBlock = '';
this.notefb = '';
if(nbNote.noteAuthor.facebook != null nbNote.noteAuthor.facebook != '')
this.notefb = ''
this.notetwitter = '';
if(nbNote.noteAuthor.twitter != null nbNote.noteAuthor.twitter != '')
this.notetwitter = ''
this.notebio = '';
if(nbNote.noteAuthor.bio != null nbNote.noteAuthor.bio != '')
this.notebio = ''+nbNote.noteAuthor.name+''

5. this.noteAuthorBlock = '
'+this.notebio+'
'
this.notesocial = '';
this.noteSocialStyle = '';
if(nbNote.noteAuthor.name != null nbNote.noteAuthor.name != '')
if(this.notefb != '' else
this.notesocial = '';
if (idx == nbNotes.length-1)
nbNoteDivider = '';
this.nbNoteDiv = '
'+nbNote.noteHeadline+'
'+this.noteAuthorBlock+'
'+nbNote.noteOverview+'
'+this.notesocial+'
';
nbNoteStr += this.nbNoteDiv;
);
this.rowTemp += nbNoteStr;
return this.rowTemp;
function showMoreText(id)
//grab old item height
var oldItemHeight = $('#nbItem_'+id).height();
//retrieve the content from the array
$('#text_'+id).html(contentObject[id])
//store id a list of opened objects

6. fullTextList.push(id.toString());
var newContainerHeight = $("#nbItemContainer").height() + ($('#nbItem_'+id).height()-
oldItemHeight);
$("#nbItemContainer").css('height', newContainerHeight);
//reinitialize scroll
window.api.reinitialise();
lastNBObjStr = '';
function isNewData(data)
isNewTemp = false;
currNBObjStr = '';
$.each(data.updates, function(ind)
currNBObjStr = currNBObjStr + data.updates[ind].objId + data.updates[ind].date;
);
//console.log('x'+currNBObjStr);
//console.log('y'+lastNBObjStr);
if(currNBObjStr != lastNBObjStr)
isNewTemp = true;
else
//console.log('no refresh');
lastNBObjStr = currNBObjStr;
return isNewTemp;
isHeaderLinkLoaded = false; // flag to check if the header link is loaded
isShareLinkLoaded = false; // flag to check if the share link is loaded
isDoneLoading = false; // flag to check if the html is done loading in the jScrollPane
function newsBulletin(data)
if(data)

7. isNewDataFlag = isNewData(data);
if(isNewDataFlag)
//clear contents first
newsbulletin.nbDiv.innerHTML = '';
//console.log('refresh');
updates = data.updates;
headerLink = data.widgetLink;
shareLink = data.shareLink;
if (headerLink != '' headerLink != null !isHeaderLinkLoaded)
var twitterImg = " "
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer .widget_head").append("");
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer .widget_head .twitterLink a .twitterContent").append("" +
twitterImg + "");
isHeaderLinkLoaded = true;
//clear the author cutouts array
newsbulletin.authorCutouts = [];
// check to see if there is a height set for container, if so clear it
// prevents cacheing
var hasHeight = $('#nbItemContainer').attr('style');
if (typeof hasHeight != 'undefined')
$('#nbItemContainer').removeAttr('style');
$.each(updates, function(ind)
var itemDetails = new Object();
it = updates[ind];
//populate the itemDetails object
itemDetails.id = it.objId;

8. itemDetails.title = it.title;
itemDetails.objType = it.objType;
itemDetails.link = it.link;
itemDetails.date = it.date;
itemDetails.label = it.label;
itemDetails.author = it.author.name;
itemDetails.authorbio = it.author.bio;
itemDetails.authorfb = it.author.facebook;
itemDetails.authortwitter = it.author.twitter;
itemDetails.feed = it.feed;
itemDetails.category = it.category;
//set defaults if item is a status update
if(itemDetails.label == 'Status Update')
if(it.author.image == '')
it.author.image = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/abc_news_logo_84x84.png'
if(it.author.name == '')
itemDetails.author = 'ABC News'
itemDetails.authorfb = 'http://www.facebook.com/abcnews'
itemDetails.authortwitter = 'http://twitter.com/abc'
//only pass the author image if it's not displayed in any of the items yet
if($.inArray(it.author.image, newsbulletin.authorCutouts) == -1)
itemDetails.authorimage = it.author.image;
//add to ignore list
if(it.author.image != '' ($.inArray(it.author.image, newsbulletin.authorCutouts) == -1))
newsbulletin.authorCutouts.push(it.author.image);
if(it.text != '')

9. itemDetails.text = it.text;
else
itemDetails.bgPos = 'bottom right';
if (it.notes)
itemDetails.notes = it.notes;
//build a name value pair list of id/text
contentObject[itemDetails.id] = itemDetails.text
itemDetails.isExpanded = ($.inArray(itemDetails.id, fullTextList) -1) ? true : false;
//build markup
$("#nbItemContainer").append(newsbulletin.displayItems(itemDetails));
);
$("#nbItemContainer").append('');
//set the height of container div
$("#nbItemContainer").css('height',$("#nbItemContainer").height());
if (shareLink != '' shareLink != null !isShareLinkLoaded)
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer .nbFooter").css("height":"35px", "border-top":"1px solid #d5d5d5",
"border-bottom":"border-bottom:1px solid #eaeaea");
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer .nbFooter").append("");
isShareLinkLoaded = true;
if($.browser.msie)
if ($.browser.version .midcontainer .nbFooter").css("display":"none");
var timeoutId = setTimeout(function()
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer .nbFooter").css("display":"block");
clearTimeout(timeoutId);
, 3000);
dynamicJS.unload('newsBulletin'+nbjsId,
newsbulletin.baseloc+'/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=14635979'+nbjsId);

10. isDoneLoading = true;
if ($.browser.webkit)
if(nbjsId .midcontainer .nbFooter").css("display":"none");
var timeoutId = setTimeout(function()
$("#newsbulletin .midcontainer .nbFooter").css("display":"block");
clearTimeout(timeoutId);
, 3000);
7500)
setInterval(
function()
window.api.getContentPane().html(
newsbulletin.load()
);
,
60000
);
setInterval(function()
// we could call "pane.jScrollPane(settings)" again but it is
// more convenient to call via the API as then the original
// settings we passed in are automatically remembered.
// Initialization of the container should be done after all the markup has been loaded
// since there is no listener that could be passed into reinitialise() for callback
if (isDoneLoading)
window.api.reinitialise();
isDoneLoading = false;
, 5000);

11. ;
addOnload(newsbulletin.load());
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