Countdown Timer for your users

(inspired by this thread: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107226)

This little AddOn gives your users the option to show a custom countdown timer at the bottom of their signature.

Features:

• Fully configurable via UserCP (see screenshot)
• BB-Code can be used for eventname and overmessage
• fully phrased/templated, nothing hardcoded and so fully customizable
• leading days or hours with a value of "0" are not shown
  (so it shows "42minutes" rather then "0days 0hours 42minutes")

Installation:
Painless:

• Upload "plugins_usercountd.php" to ".../forum/includes"
• Import the product .XML

DONE
That's it.
No template edits, no nothing


Usage:
Go into your UserCP -> Edit Options
On the very bottom you will find the options for the Countdown Timer.
Set it to whatever you like, if "Enable" is set to "Yes" the timer will automatically be shown on the bottom of your sig, set to "No" will hide/disable the time display



Have fun


Update 1.10
[high]IF YOU UPDGRADE FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION, BE SURE TO UNISTALL THE CURRENTLY INSTALLED ONE BEFORE INSTALLING THE UPGRADE![/high]
(unfortunately all events will be lost)

• [FIX] Phrased the last three things that were not (Yes/No of the enable radio and main description)
• [NEW] Added Usergroup Permissions for the countdown!
  In the usergroupmanager it now has an area "User Countdown Permissions" where the admin can allow/enable or disallow/disable the countdown timer for each usergroup.

[high]If the usergroup permissions do not work, or even don't show up at all, you might need to rebuild the bitfield using this URL:[/high]
http://yourdomain.tld/pathtoforum/ad...buildbitfields

[Hellcat]

In your style manager locate the template "usercountdown_display" and edit it to your needs

[cbr929rrerion]

awesome, done deal.. looks great

[Hanif]

Does this work for 3.5.4???

Cant seem to get it working????

Ta,

Hanif

[Hellcat]

Should have no probs on 3.5.4.
Did you edit the usergroup permissions?

What exacltely doen't work?

[Hanif]

Originally Posted by Hellcat

Should have no probs on 3.5.4.
Did you edit the usergroup permissions?

What exacltely doen't work?

Thanks for getting back in touch HellCat,
Ive edited it for the Usergroup, and said 'Yes' or enabled it, however, cant see it anywhere in the Signature options.

Kind regards,

Hanif

[dxguru]

Thanks for the great plugin Hellcat,
Just have one request/question about timezones ...

When setting up a countdown it doesn't seem to take into account the members timezone.
eg I set up a countdown that should have shown 30 minutes, instead I got 14 hours and 30 minutes.

[Lottis]

I get this error, when i try to import the xml- product file.
Duplicate entry 'countdownfield' for key 1

Does anyone know why, and how i can fix this?

[presumined]

I'm not getting it for some reason.

I uploaded the plugins_usercountd.php file to my includes directory, then went into the Admin CP > Plugin System > Manage Products > Add/Import Products, and uploaded the product-hc_usercountdown110.xml file.

I went to my User CP but nothing shows up. What have I done wrong? (Apologies - I'm new to VBulletin).

Also, how does clicking Install on this thread affect my plugin? I don't see how it can.

[dano]

Works fine on 3.5.4 btw. It is slowing my board down a bit as I have a pretty busy board. Wish there was a way to speed things up a bit. Any ideas?

[oz_moses]

Hi Dano, if the slowdown is due to one extra query per post, you could speed up your board by decreasing the number of posts shown on a page..