ClickCounter jQuery Plugin

jquery.click-counter.plugin.js

/**
 * clickCounter Plugin
 * counts clicks
 *
 * @events: "panel-loader-clicked", "panel-loader-complete"
 * @requirements: jQuery 1.7, bbq
 * @author: Chris Markle
 *
 */
(function($) {

	var ClickCounter = function(options, element) {

		var	selector = options.itemSelector,
			highlight = options.highlight,
			color = options.textColor,
			count = 0;

		function clickIt(thisElement) {
			count += 1;
			if (highlight === true) {
				$(thisElement).css({ "color" : color});
			}
			console.log(highlight);
		}

		function getClicked() {
			return count;
		}

		// click handler
		$(element).on("click", selector, function(e) {
			e.preventDefault();
			clickIt(this);
			$(element).trigger("paragraph-clicked");
		});

		$(document).on("ready", function() {
			// initialize
			$(element).css({ "cursor" : "pointer" });
		});

		return {
			getClicked: getClicked
		};

	};

	///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// clickCounter plugin
	///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

	$.fn.clickCounter = function(options) {

		options = $.extend({
			itemSelector: "p",
			highlight: true,
			textColor: "#BADA55"
		}, options || {});

		return this.each(function() {
			var clickCounter = new ClickCounter(options, this);
			$(this).data("clickCounter", clickCounter);
		});

	};

})(jQuery);