Ajax Loader
HTML 
<div class="wrapper">
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<div class="wrapper">
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  <h1>Textarea Character Count</h1>
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  <textarea name="the-textarea" id="the-textarea" maxlength="140" placeholder="Enter Your Text Here"></textarea>
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  <div id="the-count">
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    <span id="current">0</span>
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    <span id="maximum">/ 140</span>
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  </div>
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</div>
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<script class="cssdeck" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
 
CSS 
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,700,300italic);
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@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,700,300italic);
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*, *:before, *:after { box-sizing: border-box; }
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html { font-size: 100%;  }
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body {
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  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
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  font-size: 16px;
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  background: tomato;
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  color: #fff;
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}
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.wrapper {
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  max-width: 65%;
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  margin: auto;
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}
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h1 {
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  color: #fff;
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  margin: 3rem 0 1rem 0;
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  padding: 0;
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  font-size: 1.5rem;
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  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
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  font-weight: 400;
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  display: block;
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  text-align: Center;
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}
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textarea {
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  width: 100%;
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  min-height: 100px;
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  resize: none;
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  border: 1px solid #ddd;
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  outline: none;
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  padding: 0.5rem;
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  color: #666;
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  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0.25rem #ddd;
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  &:focus {
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    outline: none;
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    border: 1px solid darken(#ddd, 5%);
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    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0.5rem darken(#ddd, 5%);
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  }
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  &[placeholder] {
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    font-style: italic;
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    font-size: 0.875rem;
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  }
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}
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#the-count {
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  float: right;
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  padding: 0.1rem 0 0 0;
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  font-size: 0.875rem;
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}
 
JavaScript 
$('textarea').keyup(function() {
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$('textarea').keyup(function() {
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  var characterCount = $(this).val().length,
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      current = $('#current'),
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      maximum = $('#maximum'),
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      theCount = $('#the-count');
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  current.text(characterCount);
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  /*This isn't entirely necessary, just playin around*/
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  if (characterCount < 70) {
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    current.css('color', '#fff');
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    current.css('font-weight', 'normal');
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  }
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  if (characterCount > 70 && characterCount < 90) {
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    current.css('color', '#eee');
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    current.css('font-weight', 'normal');
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  }
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  if (characterCount > 90 && characterCount < 100) {
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    current.css('color', '#793535');
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    current.css('font-weight', 'normal');
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  }
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  if (characterCount > 100 && characterCount < 120) {
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    current.css('color', '#841c1c');
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    current.css('font-weight', 'normal');
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  }
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  if (characterCount > 120 && characterCount < 139) {
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    current.css('color', '#8f0001');
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    current.css('font-weight', 'bold');
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  }
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  if (characterCount == 140) {
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    maximum.css('color', '#8f0001');
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    current.css('color', '#8f0001');
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    theCount.css('font-weight','bold');
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  } else {
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    maximum.css('color','#fff');
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    theCount.css('font-weight','normal');
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  }
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});
 

Character Count

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