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Released: 10-14-2010 Last Update: Never Installs: 57
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This widget picks up the next 2 events from a calendar of your choice.

It displays a countdown to the first event then once the first event has arrived it begins a countdown to the second event. The only reason for picking up two events is that someone may visit the page close to the end of the first event then see the no event message. By picking up two events such a visitor will see the countdown to the second event start.

To install...

From the ZIP file, extract eventcountdown.js and copy it to your site.

Navigate to AdminCP -> Style & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Template
Double click the headinclude template to edit it and add the following just above the first <script tag you find...
HTML Code:
<script src="scripts/eventcountdown.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
...the above assumes you have copied eventcountdown.js file in to a folder called scripts. Adjust the src path to wherever you have placed the .js file.

Navigate to AdminCP -> CMS -> Widgets.
Create a PHP Type Widget and paste the below code.

PHP Code:
ob_start();
global 
$db,$vbulletin;
$event_calendarid="1";
$no_events_message="<div style='width: 100%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold'>There are no events.</div>";
$today_date mktime(000date(date("m")), date(date("d")),  date(date("y")));
$and=" and dateline_from > '".$today_date."'";

$getevents=$db->query_read("SELECT eventid, title, dateline_from from " TABLE_PREFIX "event WHERE calendarid='".$event_calendarid."' $and order by dateline_from ASC LIMIT 2");
$count=1;
if(!
$db->num_rows($getevents))
{
echo 
$no_events_message;

else
{
echo 
"<script type='text/javascript'>\n";
WHILE (
$events=$db->fetch_array($getevents))
{
$event_title=$events['title'];
$event_date vbdate('U',$events['dateline_from'], false,true,false,true)-vbdate('U');
if(
$count==1)
{
echo 
"var CountDownTimer=new CountDown('CountDownToChange',1,'".$event_title."<br />','".$event_date."','ywdhms',1)\n";
}
else
{
echo 
"CountDownTimer.AddNewEvent('".$event_title."<br />','".$event_date."','ywdhms',".$count.")\n";
}
$count++;
}
}
echo 
"CountDownTimer.DisplayTime(FormatResults)\n";
echo 
"</script>\n";
$db->free_result($getevents);
unset(
$events);
$output=ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean(); 
To create a forum block...
  1. Navigate to AdminCP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Blocks Manager
  2. Click the Add Block button
  3. From the drop down list select Custom HTML/PHP
  4. Click the Continue button
  5. Give the block a title (e.g. Event Countdown) and a short description
  6. Set the cache time to 1 minute
  7. In Content Type select PHP
  8. In Content paste the PHP code above in to the text box
  9. Click the Save button

You can set the value for $event_calendarid to the calendar that you want countdown events to come from. Change $no_events_message to the HTML you want to have appear when there are no events left in the selected calendar.

This is the first widget I've written so if you spot any errors or improvements that can be made then please let me know.

If you have an all day event in the calendar the countdown is to the begining of that day. Add a ranged event to the calendar for an exact time. Also, allow for any changes that may occur if a change to or from DST occurs.

Added ob_start(); to beginning of script (17th Oct, 2010)

To have a picture make the Title of the event in the calendar the HTML to display the picture. For example...
HTML Code:
Your Event<br /><img src="images/picture.gif" width="140" height="130" alt="">
...which shows as the text above in the calendar title, but displays as text and a picture in the countdown.

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  #22  
Old 10-20-2010, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by betts02 View Post
Something is not correct here

I have an event in 2 days time, Yet its showing the event is due NOW

Will look into this myself but if you manage to figure it out post up dude
Is the event a full day event or a ranged event? Also, what time zone are you in as a client and what time zone is the server in?
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Old 10-24-2010, 02:07 PM
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not sure how to add the calendar id to get it to pull from forums calendar...any help appreciated.
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If you look near the start of the PHP code you will see...
$event_calendarid="1";
...just change the number to the id of the calendar you want to use.
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yah...it should be 1 , the default. it just shows today's date.
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got it .....ty
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A way to display a picture for the event and not the title?
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Installed and working just fine as far as I can tell. Thank you very much indeed.
Would it be possible to include the ability to add a picture or format the event title with a different colour?
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Hi,

I've tried to get this to work on the forum block without any luck .. the block shows up but no countdown of the no event text shows ..

any suggestions? ..

ive created forum block .. selected custom html/php .. fillout out the fields with templete block-html ..
aswell as the script code for the js file is in headerinclude templete..

Thanks
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Is the URL in the script code for the js file pointing to the right place?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DjEddie View Post
Hi,

I've tried to get this to work on the forum block without any luck .. the block shows up but no countdown of the no event text shows ..

any suggestions? ..

ive created forum block .. selected custom html/php .. fillout out the fields with templete block-html ..
aswell as the script code for the js file is in headerinclude templete..

Thanks
me to not working here
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