This is a modification of the Pass Meter plugin made by David Esperalta: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/passmeter
The basics stay the same to use the plugin. The only modification is that you can use the plugin to display the strength meter outside the password input.
If you want to use the meter outside of the input, add the option:
var options = { outsideElt = '#myelt' }; $('input#mypassword').attachPassMeter(options);
where #myelt could be the class of your element or the id.
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