[release] Clock

[filburt1]

Author: filburt1
Description: Graphical clock
Demo: http://www.webdesignforums.net/?styleid=3
Screenshot: Attached to this post.

If you use this mod, you MUST put the following text in your footer:

Graphical clock by filburt1.

I put a lot of work into this seemingly simple mod and it's the least you can do :)

This is basically a graphical cloc. Configure the following variables within the file clock.php to make it match your forums:

$backgroundimage = "background.jpg"; // filename of background
// image (must be a .jpg); omit to make a
// 300x300 blank black image. The image must be
// square (i.e., 1:1 ratio)
$outercutoff = 9; // nothing will be drawn outside this padding threshold

// Following are cutoffs relative to $outercutoff
$minutescutoff = 10; // smallest distance the minute hand will ever be from the edge
$hourscutoff = 20; // smallest distance the hour hand will ever be from the edge
$realistichourhand = 1; // make the hour hand shift according to the minute when 1
$realisticminutehand = 1; // make the minute hand shift according to the second when 1
$minutescolor = "666666"; // hex color to use for minute hand, omit for white
$hourscolor = "666666"; // hex color to use for hour hand, omit for white
$tickscolor = "777777"; // hex color to use for the ticks, omit to omit the ticks
$textcolor = ""; // hex color to use for the text, omit to omit the text


You need PHP with the GD library to use this.

The files and instructions are coming up in the next post.

[edit] just adding in your copyright text - loo]

[filburt1]

Instructions:

[0zeo]

Thanks.

I like this hack

[CannonFodder]

very, very nice. must say, good job. this is a must have for me

[alkatraz]

Looks great!

[Rose]

Many thanks again! *clicks install*

[Bad Bunny]

I missed this somehow.

[Rose]

I've a question - My server time is set to EST, which is what the clock is accordingly set to. However, almost ALL of my users are in CST. Is there a way to configure the clock to add/subtract an hour from the server? I've given a good look over clock.php, but I'm afraid I can't figure it out.

[filburt1]

Try this (untested):

Find:

if ($hourspercent > 12) $hourspercent -= 12;

Before that, add:

$hourspercent += your GMT time shift;
if ($hourspercent >= 24) $hourspercent -= 24;

[Rose]

Sweet. It worked.

/me curtseys

[SSJ4Gohan]

Awsome hack you have here. I love it I might even put on my forum :p

[phill2003]

i tried this but i just get a broken image do you think this means i dont have the gd library on my host

[filburt1]

Possibly.

[UraniumPearl]

i tried this but i just get a broken image do you think this means i dont have the gd library on my host


Which version of PHP are you using?

[phill2003]

4.1

[filburt1]

What's your forums' URL?

[imported_subu1]

hi sorry my englisch is bad, and i live in Europe/Bonn. Who can i install this Hack. I dont understand the installation

greetz subu

[filburt1]

Well I only know a bit of Spanish so good luck with that.

[Delmon]

hi

my local time is 7:45 and the clock is giving me 11:15

how can i fix it please

[Delmon]

where are you filburt1 ?

[filburt1]

I'm not a god and on all the time and seeing every post...

Look at the fix I gave Rose.

[Delmon]

$hourspercent += your GMT time shift;
if ($hourspercent >= 24) $hourspercent -= 24;


what do you mean by this (your GMT time shift)

[imported_MALIGNO]

Yo lo instale sin cambiarle nada y me funciono, lo que lo quite por que me ocupaba bastante espacio, pero solo has de subir el clock.php a tu directorio del foro y poner el codigo <img src="clock.php?outputimage=1">
Las variables son de colores y demas.

saludos

[filburt1]

No hablo espanol mucho, solo hablo ingles.

[Vb-Hispano]

No importa aqui me teneis si me necesitais, antes como MALIGNO ahora como Vb-Hispano ;)

[imported_Someguy]

hi

my local time is 7:45 and the clock is giving me 11:15

how can i fix it please

Change your time offset in your User CP? Seriously, I bet you tried that, and maybe the server's time is off.

[filburt1]

The clock only goes by server time.

[Gary W]

I can't seem to get this to work. I have php_gd.dll loaded, but it still doesn't show up (I just get a box with the red X).

Any idea?

[filburt1]

If you installed the mod and the GD library correctly, the mod will work. 'Nuff said. :)

[Gary W]

Didn't know you were around :p

Anyways, I got it fixed; I just didn't have a background.jpg and I left $backgroundimage = "background.jpg"; there :rolleyes:

It's all good now :D

[Prankster]

i have a problem , and i dont know to fix them.

lokk a the attachment to see the Poblem.

greets Prankster

[filburt1]

What's the problem?

[Black Vivi]

k00l
wud be better to be an active one tho...
i got an active one, just it made in JavaScript, and it doesn't show a clock, just the digits

[Prankster]

the problem is , that the numbers are not on the right position.

Did you not see this :D

in the clock.php i edit the hexcolors.

[dstruct2k]

The numbers are in the best place they could be. If they were anywhere else they wouldn't be correct. If they bother you, disable them. I'm sure your users can live without them, and It might look better with no digits.

[imported_subu1]

@Prankster wie hast Du das Ding eingebaut, hier steht doch nirgends ne vern?nftige Anleitung :mad:

hier hatte noch jemand Dein Problem, vielleicht kannst Du Ihm ja helfen;)

http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5914

bis demn?chst :D

[Loyalty4Life]

This isn't working for me. GD is installed and running. The problem is I don't know what to edit in clock.php. What am I supposed to do? Just upload clock.php into my directory? I don't have a background.jpg image BTW.

Any help is appreciated.

Also, I'm using vB3 Gold, FWIW.

[filburt1]

Look at the large block of PHP code in the first post with comments describing each variable.

[Loyalty4Life]

I did. I read the instructions. Do I have to edit anything in clock.php? Can I just upload it then put it in my header? Does this work for vB3?

[Loyalty4Life]

Filburt?

[filburt1]

You should not have to edit anything.

Yes, it works for vB3.

[Loyalty4Life]

I uploaded clock.php into my forum direcory, and put <img src="clock.php?outputimage=1"> in my header. It does not work for vB3.

[peterska2]

nice one

* me clicks install

[Bounce]

I uploaded clock.php into my forum direcory, and put <img src="clock.php?outputimage=1"> in my header. It does not work for vB3.

Take out the background.jpg


$backgroundimage = ""; // filename of background

It will work after that :D

[peterska2]

I just followed the instructions exactly when I did it and it worked first time. I created a clear gif 100x100 for the background.gif image so it will go with all my styles.