Countdown BB Code
 

Description

This is a countdown hack that allows users to put a custom countdown using BB Code.

Example:
The countdown will count down till it reaches the date then it will show the text in the option after the date. The param is the text before the countdown.

The date is in the format of m/d/yyyy h:mm AM.
m is for month.
d is for day.
y is for Year with 4 digits like 2008 not 08.
h is for the hour.
The last m is for minute and needs to be 2 digits.
The AM can be AM or PM.

Features


* Processing is done by Javascript.
* There can be multiple countdowns on a page without effecting the other countdowns on the page.

Installation With Product


1. Upload everything in the upload folder.
2. Login to your Admin Control Panel
3. Go to Plugins & Products -> Manage products
4. Click on Add/Import product
5. Browse for product-countdown37.xml and click import.
6. Edit your headinclude template and put this code at the bottom.Installation without Product

1. Upload everything in the upload folder.
2. Login to your Admin Control Panel
3. Edit your headinclude template and put this code at the bottom.
   Quote:

   <!-- Begin Countdown Javascript code --> <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/countdown.js"></script> <!-- End Countdown Javascript code -->

4. Create new BB Code with these settings.
   Title: Countdown (You can make this whatever you want)
   Tag: countdown
   Replacement:
   Code:

   ---

   <span id="cntdwn"></span>
<script type="text/javascript">
init_countdown("{param}", "{option}");
</script>

   ---

   Example:
   Quote:

   [countdown=12/31/2020 5:00 AM;It is finally here]Count down:[/countdown]

   Use {option}: Yes

Version Changes

• 1.1 Fix countdown only showing when using quick reply.

Installing it now!

Sorry, problem with this instruction I can't find that template? I've done a search and manually looked and can't find it.

I can however find headinclude. Is it that one?

Woohoo! It's perfect!!! Thank you so much :)

Is there a way to remove the '.' after the seconds please? I'd rather it wasn't there for my particular usage.

Ok, have to uninstall for now. If i have it in my signature, and use Quick Post, every time you enter a message and hit post/ok (to submit the message) the next page it shows is the ticker countdown (blank page, with just the ticker code on it).

Can't wait for an update though to fix this!

Very interesting. Can we see a screenshot of this?

I notice soon after I release this. I will try to get a fix out for it soon but you should just be able to refresh your page and it should work.

I added a screenshot.

Actually, there is another one. I have it somewhere on my test forum running.

Thanks :) I look forward to the update :)

Hi there, any fix yet? I'm hanging out to use this, but don't want to tell every member they hvae to refresh LOL so just waiting for the fix!

Yeah sorry, it started to get crazy again on my website I work on.

No worries :) Happy to wait, thanks so much for dealing with this one! Been wanting it so long!

Hi,

sorry but i dont find this template!

Installation


1. Upload everything in the upload folder.
2. Login to your Admin Control Panel
3. Go to Plugins & Products -> Manage products
4. Click on Add/Import product
5. Browse for product-countdown368.xml and click import.
6. Edit your headinclude template and put this code at the bottom.

<!-- Begin Countdown Javascript code -->

<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/countdown.js"></script>

<!-- End Countdown Javascript code -->

These three lines where must entry???

Please help me... :confused:

THX

Cu
Sandra_T

It's actually called 'headinclude' - however as per my messages above, if you install it you have to refresh every time you send a message. I am waiting for a fix, i advise you to do the same until it's fixed!

Version 1.1 has been released and includes the fix. Make sure to reupload all the files including the mod in the Admin CP.

Hello friends,

Iam so sorry but the programm don`t work. :(

Here ist a picture, please tell me if this settings are right or wrong. :confused:

http://my-pic.ath.cx/bilder/datei_1205424951.png


Thank you

Cu
Sandra_T

You are supposed to upload the xml file by
Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product] -> Then browse for the xml file and press upload.

What could i remove so that it just says days?

Also i noticed it says '01 Days, 16 Hours, 48 Minutes, 55 Seconds.' It should really say 1 Day (no s), can this be fixed, if possible?

Try this code. Find this in your countdown.js file
And change it to this

That will still say '1 Days' - won't it? Which is gramatically incorrect.

This would be perfect if it was not dependent on the user's time so they can exploit it.

When I go to save it in my sig, the page goes blank.

Did this start happening when you added this BB code?

Just wondering if this is possible? I only want it to say 45 days... not hours, mins, seconds... etc.

Hi... Iam to stupid because this countdown woun`t be play on my Board.

I load the file in this folder

"/board/includes/xml/product-countdown368.xml"

and the *.js file in this folder

"/board/clientscript/countdown.js"

Is this correct?

Hier are some screenshots:

http://www.pic-share.eu/image/1cd116becd

http://www.pic-share.eu/image/21aed92655

http://www.pic-share.eu/image/e3a2e9b85b

Are these settings also correct?


Thank you all people :) :cool: ;) :up:


Sandra_T

Sandra_T - you need to follow the instructions in the top post :)

Yes you can change the the display of the countdown by the countdown.js file.

You just change the DisplayFormat to what you want it to be. Like if you only wanted days you can do something like this
%%D%% = Days
%%H%% = Hours
%%M%% = Minutes
%%S%% = Seconds

Also I would like to suggest the website PhotoBucket. You don't have to deal with ads as much as the www.pic-share.eu.

How could they expliot it?

Sorry about the slow response. The time for the countdown is based on the user time because it uses Javascript. One user could be in Europe and another in the US, the Europe and US users would each see different times.

does NOT work for 3.6.7: database error

So how would you make it the same for everyone then? I'd love something that really works. I've uninstalled this one at present.

Install the with out uploading the plugin. The instructions are in the first post.

There is really no way without sending requests to the server. This would lead to using up a lot of bandwidth and causing the load to go up on the server.

Database SQL error when importing product in vb 3.6.8 level patch 2

Can you copy and paste the error here?

sorry im not going to expose my forum to a database error again, its too important. thankfully nothing was harmed.
it may be because i have vbseo installed?