End-User Options - Countdown Timer in signature

This is a port of my vB3.5.x "User Countdown Timer".
I had to change some parts of the install code to make it work with vB3.6, and here we go:

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

[ringleader]

The following is a template and file change to show signature only, counter only, or both signature and counter depending on which are turned on in the UserCP by the member.

In the postbit template (not tested in postbit_legacy)

FIND

f condition="$post['signature']">
		<!-- sig -->
			<div>
				__________________<br />
				$post[signature]
			</div>
		<!-- / sig -->
		</if>

REPLACE WITH

<!-- sig and countdown mod -->
		<if condition="$post['signature'] AND $counterhtml">
			<div>
				__________________<br />
				$post[signature]
				<br /><br />
				$counterhtml
			</div>
		<else />
			<if condition="$post['signature'] OR $counterhtml">
			<div>
				__________________<br />
				$post[signature]
				$counterhtml
			</div>
			</if>
		</if>
<!-- /sig and countdown mod -->

In the file included with this mod plugins_usercountd.php

FIND AND DELETE

  if ( strlen($post["signature"]) > 0 )
  {

FIND

	 
	  eval('$counterhtml = "' . fetch_template('usercountdown_display') . '";');
	  
	  $sig = $post['signature'] . $counterhtml;
      $post['signature'] = $sig;
	}
  }
}

REPLACE WITH

	  eval('$counterhtml = "' . fetch_template('usercountdown_display')  . '";');
  }
}

Hope this helps someone else.
Took me the good part of an hour to figure out how to do that
I just installed with no problems on 3.6.8

[ravyn]

ok, I uploaded the corrected php file, reinstalled the xml file, saved the phrases, but I do not see anything in the usergroup permissions that will allow/disallow the countdown timer and it does not show up anywhere in the usercp. I am running on vb 3.6.4. any suggestions?

[paidtoshop]

Does anybody know how i can get the drop down options to expand more so i can see the selections, I have installed ok on 3.6.7. but the drop down options are not easy to see

Thanks in advance

[Ophelia]

Installed twice and both times, code was missing from the usergroup area (no text showing what you were to change, but said YES/NO) and no text in the descriptions in USERCP. Uninstalling.

[Catziggy]

Tried it didnt work nice idea but unsupported and released with too many bugs

[FCS-Webmaster]

I had some trouble first too.
So I uninstalled and reinstalled it.
Refresged a lot and and used patience around 30 minutes.
I have to search the phrases - you find it under Phrases -> Global Settings - and rebuild it.

Works like a charm
Thnx for the great mod

[Mum]

Has anyone fixed the problem i reported? People are in different time zones, and this seems to work off the system timezone, which of course isn't correct. Has this been sorted out?

[DieselMinded]

Any Word on this?

[plastourgos]

didn't work on 3.6.8

[TCE Killa]

Originally Posted by FCS-Webmaster

I had some trouble first too.
So I uninstalled and reinstalled it.
Refresged a lot and and used patience around 30 minutes.
I have to search the phrases - you find it under Phrases -> Global Settings - and rebuild it.

Works like a charm
Thnx for the great mod

Doesn't work for me, no text shows so what do you put into the phrases for it to all work? Thanks.

I use 3.6.8