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const BF_TARGET = new Date('2025-11-28T23:59:59-05:00'); // New York (EST) target const BLOCKED_DOMAINS = [ "gmail.com","yahoo.com","hotmail.com","outlook.com","aol.com","icloud.com", "protonmail.com","zoho.com","ymail.com","live.com" ]; // IDs const FORM_WIDGET_ID = 'tb-form'; // your Form widget CSS ID (you set this) const FORM_PLACEHOLDER_ID = 'tb-form-container'; const H_ID = 'tb-hours', M_ID = 'tb-minutes', S_ID = 'tb-seconds'; // --------- Move the form widget into the placeholder ------------ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { try { // find the widget container and the placeholder const widgetContainer = document.getElementById(FORM_WIDGET_ID); const placeholder = document.getElementById(FORM_PLACEHOLDER_ID); // if both exist, move the whole widget (keeps Elementor markup & styles) if (widgetContainer && placeholder && !placeholder.contains(widgetContainer)) { placeholder.appendChild(widgetContainer); } // find the actual
element inside the widget (Elementor structures vary) const formEl = (widgetContainer && (widgetContainer.querySelector('form') || widgetContainer.querySelector('.elementor-form'))) || null; if (!formEl) return; // ---------- Countdown ---------- function updateCountdown() { const now = new Date(); const diff = BF_TARGET - now; if (diff <= 0) { const h = document.getElementById(H_ID), m = document.getElementById(M_ID), s = document.getElementById(S_ID); if (h) h.textContent = '00'; if (m) m.textContent = '00'; if (s) s.textContent = '00'; return; } const hours = Math.floor(diff / 36e5); const minutes = Math.floor((diff % 36e5) / 6e4); const seconds = Math.floor((diff % 6e4) / 1000); const hEl = document.getElementById(H_ID), mEl = document.getElementById(M_ID), sEl = document.getElementById(S_ID); if (hEl) hEl.textContent = String(hours).padStart(2,'0'); if (mEl) mEl.textContent = String(minutes).padStart(2,'0'); if (sEl) sEl.textContent = String(seconds).padStart(2,'0'); } setInterval(updateCountdown, 1000); updateCountdown(); // ---------- Validation: only work email ---------- // find first email input inside form const emailInput = formEl.querySelector('input[type="email"]'); // create inline error node if not present let errNode = null; if (emailInput) { const parent = emailInput.parentNode; errNode = parent.querySelector('.tb-error-inline'); if (!errNode) { errNode = document.createElement('div'); errNode.className = 'tb-error-inline'; errNode.style.display = 'none'; parent.appendChild(errNode); } } // intercept submit formEl.addEventListener('submit', function (ev) { if (!emailInput) return; const val = (emailInput.value || '').trim().toLowerCase(); // basic format const basic = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/.test(val); const domain = val.split('@')[1] || ''; const isPersonal = BLOCKED_DOMAINS.includes(domain); if (!basic) { ev.preventDefault(); if (errNode) { errNode.textContent = 'Please enter a valid work email.'; errNode.style.display = 'block'; } emailInput.focus(); return; } if (isPersonal) { ev.preventDefault(); if (errNode) { errNode.textContent = 'Please use a work email — personal emails (Gmail/Yahoo/Outlook/etc.) are not accepted.'; errNode.style.display = 'block'; } emailInput.focus(); return; } // passed validation: hide error and allow submit if (errNode) errNode.style.display = 'none'; // optionally show submitting state const submitBtn = formEl.querySelector('[type="submit"], .elementor-button'); if (submitBtn) { submitBtn.dataset.origText = submitBtn.textContent; submitBtn.disabled = true; submitBtn.textContent = 'Submitting…'; } // restore button after short delay (Elementor will do the actual actions) setTimeout(() => { if (submitBtn) { submitBtn.disabled = false; submitBtn.textContent = submitBtn.dataset.origText || submitBtn.textContent; } }, 3000); }); // hide any leftover inline errors when user types if (emailInput && errNode) { emailInput.addEventListener('input', () => { errNode.style.display = 'none'; }); } } catch (e) { console.warn('BFCM popup script error', e); } }); // ---------- Close popup (used by your close button) ---------- function closePopup() { const overlay = document.getElementById('tb-overlay'); if (!overlay) return; overlay.style.transition = 'opacity .25s ease'; overlay.style.opacity = '0'; setTimeout(() => { if (overlay && overlay.parentNode) overlay.parentNode.removeChild(overlay); }, 260); }