jQuery plugin for counting character on input and textareas. Work with the lastest jQuery version.
Download jquery.charcount.js and add below jquery.js
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.charcount.js">
Create counter display with id="counter_display"
<div id="counter">Counter: <span id="display_count">0</span> characters
Applying the counter within your HTML
$('#textarea').CharCount();
by Sandi Andrian http://twitter.com/andriansandi