I’ve been looking around for a good falling snow script, as I’m a sucker for cheesy holiday javascript, but everything seems to be from the era of Netscape 6. I even found one on my own domain, but it doesn’t seem to work in Firefox. So where’s the state-of-the-art snow script for web 2.0? Time is running out! ¶
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Thomas Clausen | December 23rd, 2007 @ 2:11 am |
How about this Wordpress plugin: http://wpplugins.info/8/snowfall-plugin-compatibility-revisited/
Haven’t tried it, but it looks like it’s working on the site
Jeffro2pt0 | December 23rd, 2007 @ 2:22 am |
Matt, have you checked out http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/ ? It’s currently being used by a buddy of mine on http://www.ohmike.com I like this snow script better than the other one’s I’ve seen.
iRonnie | December 23rd, 2007 @ 2:37 am |
hi Matt!
i saw one at Dynamic Drive.
Robin | December 23rd, 2007 @ 3:12 am |
Good plan! Let’s see some randomly generated alpha-translucent SVG snowflakes
Morghus | December 23rd, 2007 @ 3:14 am |
Now that you mention it I’m kind of fond of those too. A snow-plugin would be really awesome.
… wow…a weatherplugin having your background reflecting the weather where you are… *stops there before he never stops*
Yeah. Looks like a good vintage that script!
Chris | December 23rd, 2007 @ 3:16 am |
There’s http://www.altan.hr/snow/index.html which I’ve seen used on forums… it’s not the best I’ll admit, but I’m sure it can be tweaked easily.
Nicolas | December 23rd, 2007 @ 3:16 am |
http://journal.marisaduma.net/2007/12/22/add-falling-snow-to-your-wordpress-blog/
Works great for me – Merry Christmas!
VinnyJ | December 23rd, 2007 @ 3:24 am |
I managed to find one here:
http://wpplugins.info/category/plugins/snowfall/
Tried it out, works nicely, had to disable other plugins to remove an error I had at the top of the screen.
livibetter | December 23rd, 2007 @ 3:32 am |
I changed two lines in snow.js
Line 48:
obj.left=left + ‘px’;
obj.top=top + ‘px’;
Jan | December 23rd, 2007 @ 3:33 am |
My suggestion: http://www.schillmania.com/
Click “play” at the top of the page and then choose “Snowstorm”.
Merry Christmas
Ufuk Polat | December 23rd, 2007 @ 4:15 am |
This snow scripts are so out…
John Lloyd | December 23rd, 2007 @ 5:37 am |
That’s a problem with this proliferation of semi-compliant browsers, no? …sigh.
Amit Bhawani | December 23rd, 2007 @ 6:00 am |
Hey, i have recently blogged out on Christmas , check these out :
1. Christmas Wordpress Themes : http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/best-free-christmas-wordpress-themes-download/
2. Christmas Snowfall Plugin :
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/christmas-special-snowfall-plugin-falling-snow-on-your-blog/
Hope it helps you out!
Amit
Martin | December 23rd, 2007 @ 6:15 am |
Been looking for the same thing over the past couple days.
Flo | December 23rd, 2007 @ 6:18 am |
I like this one: http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/
More state-of-the-art than most other snow scripts.
AryG | December 23rd, 2007 @ 6:19 am |
How about http://www.hypergurl.com/snowmaker.html
Seems to work 4 me
Martin | December 23rd, 2007 @ 6:28 am |
Update try this script, not a plugin but it works good…
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex3/snow.htm
step21 | December 23rd, 2007 @ 6:49 am |
These below all work in firefox 2.0. Personally I like the first one best, because it’s not too obstrusive.
http://www.hypergurl.com/snowmaker.html
http://javascript.about.com/library/blsnow1.htm
http://www.hooverwebdesign.com/snoweffect.html
http://www.altan.hr/snow/index.html
koen | December 23rd, 2007 @ 7:50 am |
http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/
Brent | December 23rd, 2007 @ 7:51 am |
Here is one that I have used for one of my websites, Matt:
http://www.altan.hr/snow/index.html
See it in action here.
It is verycheesy (what you say you want, right?). Hope this helps!
Btw, Merry Christmas!
Matt B. | December 23rd, 2007 @ 7:59 am |
Matt, you can always try Snowy – it generates snowflakes for WordPress.
Vernon Trent | December 23rd, 2007 @ 8:03 am |
Hi Matt,
check this one
http://www.xoverip.info/download/3/
it works with FF, IE, Flock, Opera, NS
Cheers & Happy Christmas
VT
Sean | December 23rd, 2007 @ 8:08 am |
Hey Matt. I have one that’s cross browser and you can add a little holiday message too:
http://www.idunzo.com/snowing/
Just view source and copy the information. Be sure to copy the style sheet and 4 images called from the style sheet too.
Enjoy.
lilian | December 23rd, 2007 @ 8:22 am |
I am using Andy Beard’s version.
http://wpplugins.info/category/plugins/snowfall/
The plugin works with WP 2.3.1 but it depends on the theme and also the browser. Hope this bring the snow you want.
steve | December 23rd, 2007 @ 8:44 am |
I kinda like this one: http://journal.marisaduma.net/2007/12/22/add-falling-snow-to-your-wordpress-blog/
Douglas Karr | December 23rd, 2007 @ 9:07 am |
I’ve got a Flash version… you could do some magic and embed the flash file in your header.
Iva | December 23rd, 2007 @ 9:13 am |
Time is running out, you’d simply wish you had a Christmas according to the Julian calendar like some of us do.
This thing worked for my personal, my project and my work domains last year:
http://wpplugins.info/category/plugins/snowfall/
And it still works in Firefox!
ChaosKaizer | December 23rd, 2007 @ 9:36 am |
I found one that work in firefox without image. Its old script thought. http://c.istalker.net/snowpx.js → demo
Robert Accettura | December 23rd, 2007 @ 9:43 am |
I wonder if I could find time to cook one of these up an a Firefox extension? Then falling snow everywhere!
Aaron | December 23rd, 2007 @ 9:48 am |
These seem to work, I’ve tried them both. No image js and <a href=”http://www.peters1.dk/webtools/javascript/sne.php?sprog=en”using images js. Hope it helps!! Merry Christmas!!!
BCSEEATI | December 23rd, 2007 @ 9:54 am |
Ask.com homepage has one.
alper | December 23rd, 2007 @ 10:01 am |
how IE3 of you
Matt | December 23rd, 2007 @ 10:10 am |
Wow, the Ask.com implementation is beautiful.
Damien | December 23rd, 2007 @ 12:22 pm |
I put the DD one up on my blog. Thanks for the snow reminder Matt. Fun stuff.
Elad | December 23rd, 2007 @ 1:15 pm |
I got the Snow Falling Plugin working on my site.
BlackFox | December 23rd, 2007 @ 1:45 pm |
http://softarray.es/2007/12/14/efecto-de-nieve-para-blog/
The one I use in one of my blogs. You can replace “*” (the thint that simulates the snow) with what you want.
trench | December 23rd, 2007 @ 9:06 pm |
I’ve had great success with http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/
Merry Christmas everyone!
Mark | December 24th, 2007 @ 1:19 am |
I just installed the one that Jeff suggested. Totally easy, and I think it looks the best!
Matt | December 24th, 2007 @ 2:52 am |
That plugin on wpplugins.info is horribly coded, I wouldn’t recommend people use it.
Rune | December 24th, 2007 @ 3:02 am |
Hmmm, Nice falling snow script, but it does make it kinda difficult to click on any links. I’ve problems with Safari 3.0.4, Camino (latest) and FF (latest) on a mac.
btw; Merry Christmas!
-
RG
filosofo | December 24th, 2007 @ 6:07 am |
The parent div of the snowflakes is making it impossible to click any links in your posts.
James Dimick | December 24th, 2007 @ 8:00 am |
Woah! Which one do you have implemented right now? Because I can’t interact with anything on your page while it’s on. I had to disable JavaScript before I could even click the comments link to this entry. Not sure if it’s doing that for other people but it is for me.
Brent | December 24th, 2007 @ 8:22 am |
So which one did you decide on Matt? I like how the snowflakes look, and I would love to use this on my sites as well, if possible. Could you please share a link or some code?
Big Dog | December 24th, 2007 @ 11:07 am |
So, how did you do it?
Big Dog | December 24th, 2007 @ 11:08 am |
Are you aware that the links above the snow line are not clickable?
Derek | December 24th, 2007 @ 11:21 am |
Matt, in Firefox 2.0 I can see the falling snow script/plugin you currently have running, but it makes the links in your posts inaccessible (not so in IE 7). I guess I’m missing your point or something, because I don’t get why you’re asking the community where the cross-browser snow scripts are and still running one that’s non-compliant to a large segment of us…?
Quiglag | December 24th, 2007 @ 12:02 pm |
So I see now you are using the one from ask.com, It looks good.
Matt | December 24th, 2007 @ 12:10 pm |
Yep it was the Ask one, but the invisible DIV totally broke the site. Back to the drawing board…
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morad | December 25th, 2007 @ 12:31 am |
it works, there is no problem in the script file. but you should check http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ web site. here has have to many script file like this.
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Mike | December 25th, 2007 @ 6:53 pm |
Hey buddy. I came across your site before. I love the design!
http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/ is the best I’ve seen so far. I used it on my site and it looks quite nice. Not too intensive on the CPU, since it works on my old P3 also.
Aen | December 26th, 2007 @ 7:53 am |
I turned Scott Schiller’s script into a plugin.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/let-it-snow/
Merry Christmas!
Nastasshea@Nesh | December 27th, 2007 @ 1:48 am |
Hey if you visit my blog you can see the leaf falling. I’m not sure if it fits your requirements but you can find snow/leaf fall scripts at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex3/
Hope it helps!
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Raz | December 27th, 2007 @ 4:55 am |
Here is my wp-flake plugin, give it a try: http://raz-soft.com/display-english-posts-only/decorative-purposes-plugin-snow-effect-on-your-wp-blog-wp-flake/
Or search for wp-flake plugin on wordpress, I’ve just added it
Merry Christmas!
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