Feckie's code still works on vBulletin 4.2.3!
AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manger (http://i.imgur.com/iXCi07K.png) -> Forum Home Templates -> FORUMHOME (edit) (http://i.imgur.com/mb7EAJb.png):
Find:
<p>{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_our_newest_member_x, {vb:link member, {vb:raw newuserinfo}}, {vb:raw newuserinfo.username}}</p>
Add The Following After:
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
//modified by Feckie December 10th 2005 (to show years)
//modified by Feckie Jan 18th 2006
//fixed years problem
//rewrite math
//account for leapyear
//account for year/years text
/* ?![CDATA[ */
function setcountup(theyear,themonth,theday){
yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday
}
//////////CONFIGURE THE countup SCRIPT HERE//////////////////
//STEP 1: Configure the date to count up from, in the format year, month, day:
//This date should be less than today
setcountup(2004,10,24)
//STEP 2: Configure text to be attached to count up
var displaymessage="since $vboptions[bbtitle] - Forums came online!"
//STEP 3: Configure the below 5 variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countup area
var countupwidth='95%'
var countupheight='20px' //applicable only in NS4
var countupbgcolor='alt1'
var opentags='<span class="smallfont">'
var closetags='</span>'
//////////DO NOT EDIT PASS THIS LINE//////////////////
var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
var crosscount=''
function start_countup(){
if (document.layers)
document.countupnsmain.visibility="show"
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countupie") : countupie
countup()
}
if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('<span id="countupie" style="width:'+countupwidth+'; background-color:'+countupbgcolor+'"></span>')
window.onload=start_countup
function countup(){
var today=new Date()
var todayy=today.getYear()
if (todayy < 1000)
todayy+=1900
var todaym=today.getMonth()
var todayd=today.getDate()
var todayh=today.getHours()
var todaymin=today.getMinutes()
var todaysec=today.getSeconds()
var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy+" "+todayh+":"+todaymin+":"+todaysec
paststring=montharray[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr
dd=Date.parse(todaystring)-Date.parse(paststring)
var daysInYear
if ((todayy % 4)==0)
{
daysInYear=366;
}
else
{
daysInYear=365;
}
years=Math.floor(((((dd/1000)/60)/60)/24)/daysInYear)
compDays=Math.floor((((dd/1000)/60)/60)/24)
days=Math.floor(((((dd/1000)/60)/60)/24)-(years*daysInYear))
compHours=Math.floor(((dd/1000)/60)/60)
hours=Math.floor((((dd/1000)/60)/60)-(compDays*24))
compMinutes=Math.floor((dd/1000)/60)
minutes=Math.floor(((dd/1000)/60)-(compHours*60))
compSeconds=Math.floor(dd/1000)
seconds=Math.floor((dd/1000)-(compMinutes*60))
var yearText=""
if (years > 1 || years < 1)
{
yearText="years";
}
else
{
yearText="year";
}
if (document.layers){
document.countupnsmain.document.countupnssub.docum ent.write(opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds "+displaymessage+closetags)
document.countupnsmain.document.countupnssub.docum ent.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+years+ " "+yearText+", "+days+ " days, "+hours+" hours, "+minutes+" minutes, and "+seconds+" seconds "+displaymessage+closetags
setTimeout("countup()",1000)
}
/* ]]? */
</script>
Note:
You can edit that parts in red. You can edit more than that, but I wouldn't recommend it if you don't know what you're doing.