Installed and seems to be okay!! I had to save a phrase to, in order to get all the text to show up!!

This module works very well for me on 3.6.4. I did need to rebuild the phrases in order for it to display properly. It's also important to enable the countdown timer for each usergroup, as appropriate.

For the benefit of others trying to get this to work, be careful not to use the ampersand symbol (&) or quotes in the event name or end message, as this will cause the countdown timer to not display. And, of course, user's must have signatures for the countdown timer to display, too.

Additionally, you can get spaces in between the numbers and phrases (i.e., 15 hours instead of 15hours) by editing the necessary phrases.

Anyone know what this error means?

Removing (remains of) pevious install.... DONE

Performing database alteration for new install....
Fatal error: Could not open public_html/includes/xml/bitfield_vbulletin.xml in /includes/class_bitfield_builder.php on line 126

I'm getting it when trying uploading the .xml file via VB.

Ok I got it up and running however has anyone tried to hack in the seconds as well?

Can it be done?

Once i did this it worked perfectly :)

I installed this and thought it worked fine. However who's time frame does it use for the countdown? I set a countdown to something at 7pm tonight (which was 5 hours away), and it said 1 day 1 hour to the event. That's obviously wrong...

Nah, this dont work for me, i have installed it a few times and various different bits are missing, either text or options.

I have now uninstalled.

ive tried it all
no workie :(

Thank you, had to do the phrase fix and now it's working great! Thanks for those who figured out how to fix that and for those who explained how to do that!

Hi all,

Worled first time for me on 3.6.4 will quite a lot of changes. BUT... I need to know what it is looking for in the template as it shows twice for me in the profile as I have a save button up the top of my profile and a svae button at the bottom and its puttng one box after each one!

Love to have this, please advise.

AO

it didnt work. nothing shown in the usercp edit options.

ive installed it with no probs, but no text is showing..imsure ill be able to figure it out but some members may not be able to

edit: the text doesnt show anywhere,not even on the countdown itself, only shows what i put in the boxes

This says it is supported, but I have asked that I am wanting to know what it is looking for in my template as I get two show up as I have two save buttons, any help lads?

what i done to get text to show up is goto admincp/language phrases/phrase manager/ add phrase

type = global
product = user countdown
varname = usercountdown
text = usercountdown
add phrase

works for me

though it only works if you have a sig otherwise don't seem to show up

you got to allow it in usergroup permissions


*edit just noticed times are in CMT i had to adjust the time by putting it forward 1 hour to suit my event.

can we not get this in gmt?

Hack is workin fine and showing in usergroups

Regards
Wengi

thanks, i took it off but will try again!

EDIT: did that and works perfectly, thanks!

no worries ;)

Not really painless. It's definitely not as simple as those two steps, and I couldn't get it to work. Gave up.

Work it on 3.6.5??

I got it to work, check it out: http://www.doubleyellowcard.com/othe...html#post24992

Installed this & it works perfectly :)

Is there any way to bold & add some spaces to the date output?

"83days 17hours 6minutes"

Works like a charm on 3.6.7

thanks:)

nice mod but did not install...:(

In Admin CP > Languages & Phrases > Search in Phrases

Make sure the product dropdown says "User Countdown" and do the three searches: "hours," "minutes," and "days."

Replace, for example, the word "day" with the word " day" ("day" with a space in front of it).

Works for me in 3.6.7:

http://www.pb5th.com/Polar_Bear_Fat/...5714#post35714

thanks installed ;)

Yur stuff worked great. Where do you fix the box so you can put a ZERO for a year month or even day and also have the dropdown field be wider so you can see the day

I've been mucking around, but can't find it.

Ok after facing some of the same problems most users experienced we took everyones suggestions an added something to get it to look and work a little better.

I made a couple of changes to the plugins_usercountd.php

INSTALLED AND TESTED ON VB 3.67PL1 Corrected php file is attached at the bottom

The fields are the width of the phrase and you cant see the day, month or year unless you change the text to something other than day, year or month.


Find:
Replace with:
Find:
Replace with:
Find:
Replace with:
Find:
Replace with:
Save the file and upload the files as in the original instructions and then import the modified plugins_usercountd.php file. If you already have this installed then select to overwrite.

Goto admincp/language phrases/phrase manager/ add phrase

type = global
product = user countdown
varname = usercountdown
text = usercountdown
add phrase


In order for this mod to show you MUST go to the Manage User Groups and edit each group you wish to have access to this feature. It is located at the very bottom of the User Group Permissions. And each user must go to their UserCP and enable the countdown timer and have a signature enabled (it can be simple text but I suggest you add a couple <BR><BR> to give a few spaces between you signature and the countdown timer)

Enclosed are 3 screenshots of what it should look like in the UserCP, Group Permissions and the forum signature. I also included the fixed php file. <-- did not know if it was ok to do that and if not admin will remove I am sure.

thanks mtalks1 ;)

Great, thanks. Is there a way to give a user a signature by default?

That way, when they set the countdown up it appears immediately.

mtalks1 - I followed your directions, i think, but still have the problem with setting the dates. Can't see anything in the dropdowns besides the slider bar. see pic.

Would also like an automatic space added before the "My Countdown" signature starts. I don't have html enabled in sigs, so users can't put <br> spaces in their sig.

edit

Yes im getting the same thing..

the post did quite make sense to me, it asked to edit the plugins_usercountd.php file and upload it then down load another plugins_usercountd.php file and upload that ?

shouldnt your attached file be the product-hc_usercountdown_vb36b1.xml ?

I believe he applied the edits to the php file for us (even though he laid them out in his post) and attached that so we wouldn't have to do that. however, there appears to be a disconnect between it and the XML now or something. Something like the phrases aren't right anymore or something. I dunno - I'm a complete php noob.

But i would like to get this to work. :( It would be so useful for my forums, counting down to the end of a dieting cycle or something.

Ok I couldnt work out mtalks1 edit so I changed the edits back and went to the AdminCP - Languages & Phrases - Language Manager - Edit / Translate English (US) Phrases

and found the ones to change

day - change to - Select a day

month - change to - Select a month

year - change to - Select a year

that basicly did the same thing and fixed it perfect

cheers

To put the gap between the signature and the countdown go to

Admin CP - Styles & Templates - Search in Templates

Search for - usercountdown_display

Change from;

To;

then click save

Awesome - you can ignore my PM. I sent it before seeing your post here. Let me try this tonight and see if that fixes it for me. I bet it does.