pcel:loading

A beautiful loading splash screen (please-wait + spinkit bundle)


License
MIT
Install
meteor add pcel:loading@=1.0.3

Documentation

loading

A beautiful loading splash screen for your Meteor app

This is a bundle of PleaseWait.js + SpinKit CSS Spinners packaged for Meteor

PleaseWait.js
"A simple library to show your users a beautiful splash page while your application loads."
https://github.com/Pathgather/please-wait

SpinKit
"A collection of loading indicators animated with CSS."
https://github.com/tobiasahlin/SpinKit

Install

meteor add pcel:loading

Demo

loading.meteor.com and demo source here

Usage

Template
<template name="loading">
</template>
Javascript (pleaseWait demo/docs here)
Template.loading.rendered = function () {
  if ( ! Session.get('loadingSplash') ) {
    this.loading = window.pleaseWait({
      logo: '/images/Meteor-logo.png',
      backgroundColor: '#7f8c8d',
      loadingHtml: message + spinner
    });
    Session.set('loadingSplash', true); // just show loading splash once
  }
};

Template.loading.destroyed = function () {
  if ( this.loading ) {
    this.loading.finish();
  }
};

var message = '<p class="loading-message">Loading Message</p>';
var spinner = '<div class="sk-spinner sk-spinner-rotating-plane"></div>';
CSS (SpinKit spinners: here)
.loading-message {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 25px;
  font-weight: 300;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

.sk-spinner-rotating-plane.sk-spinner {
  background-color: #fff;
}
Use with iron-router
Router.configure({
  loadingTemplate: 'loading'
});