vBulletin CMS Widgets - Countdown to Calendar Event

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...

<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(0, 0, 0, date(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...

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.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Uninstalled

You currently have this modification tagged.

(I'll keep an eye on this and see if either the developer or another user developed this further. I like the idea, but not the requirements of having to make a "private calendar", always having to edit code, & it also does not fit my current simple needs)

[dcuellar]

I am not seeing anything in the forumblock. Do I have to put anything in the template to use?

It's just giving me a blank block. Any help would be appreciated!

[dcuellar]

Could it be that I'm using vBulletin 4.0.2?

[eddl]

Originally Posted by betts02

As i stated then ?

Also looking more into this

If you post and event it shows up
But if you then post an event before the first event it does not display

Will get it working myself anyway mate cheers

How did you fix this? Ant time you post an event dew befour the one already counting done the cownt down id just blank.

[wampforum]

cant get this this to work either - the widget box is showing but nothing within it. checked all the codes,templates and everything several times now no joy.
Shame would have been a useful mod

[Kyojii]

I think vB has just raped the code that this modification uses sadly.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Originally Posted by wampforum

cant get this this to work either - the widget box is showing but nothing within it. checked all the codes,templates and everything several times now no joy.
Shame would have been a useful mod

Same issue

It was working, but no longer.

4.1 PL2

[Merlok]

Works great for me. How can I change the showed time in a format like this:
dd:hh:mm:ss (dd:hh:mm:ss)

Example:
18:8:24:35 (dd:hh:mm:ss)

Thanks in advance.

[maineGuy72]

anyone figure out why it showing just a blank box?
i am running 4.1.3
thanks

[TheChief]

Have you changed the file path, when you amend the code:

<script src="scripts/eventcountdown.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

i had to change "scripts/eventcountdown.js" to

"clientscript/eventcountdown.js" as that was where i placed the .js