Meerkat, a JQuery Plugin created by Jarod Taylor, can be used as a simple promotional tool, a roost for advertisements, or even as an alternative to a splash or entry page. Meerkat slides or fades in from the top or bottom of the browser window and remains in its fixed position while the rest of the page is scrolled normally. It’s unobtrusive, cross-browser compatible, and degrades gracefully if Javascript has been disabled.

Features include:

• Slide / Fade in from Top/Bottom of the page
• Option to set the animation speed (‘slow’ or ‘fast’)
• close option – closes Meerkat until the page has been reloaded
• dontShow option – close Meerkat until the browser session has ended, or for a set amount of days, depending on the options you have defined
• Options to set background color and height