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

[mholtum]

It works. The check usercp / options but, you must have something in your sig I think.

[halpern]

I currently have a signature and when I go to Edit Options in the Miscellaneous section I don't see anything.

[napukjon]

Hasnt worked for me! No options in Edit Options for me to make timer with.

[Hellcat]

Originally Posted by napukjon

Hasnt worked for me! No options in Edit Options for me to make timer with.

Set up usergroup permissions?

[UncoderMom]

Great hack! TY very much!!

installed

[JulianWolf]

The Timer is great, but it doesn´t look so fine togehter with the signature.

There is a black line, then the signature, then, without a space, the border with the timer inside. It´s too much different stuff, different fonts and so on.

I love the border so I think about ... how could I remove the black line and put the signature inside the border also? Then everything is inside the border, that would look nice.

I tried it out but I have no clue. Any suggestions, where to look for?

Best wishes, Julian!

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by docvader

I can use this for things, such as, well, counting down to my next date. Glad you put the "years" option in there.

LOOOL!!!


Hellcat thanks for the nice modification. It's always nice to see such orignal and creative ideas! Thumbs up! Will probably install when I get over my database & hosting problems. Btw how many queries does this add? (No time to look at the code, sorry)

[webgroup]

nice hack!
Would like to see a version for the forum home page, to place a countdown to an especial event on the forum.

Like:
Countdown to: Vin Diesel VideoChat on the forum
(i used this example cause I have an entertainment forum)

[slickdawg]

I'm new to vb, and tried to install this on 3.5.4 and it didn't work.

So I uninstalled, and tried to reinstall. Now I get this:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO setting (varname, grouptitle, value, defaultvalue, optioncode, displayorder, advanced, volatile, datatype, product) VALUES ('countdownfield', 'hc_usercountdown_settings', '5', '0', '', 0, 0, 0, 'number', 'hc_usercountdown');;

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'countdownfield' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Date : Tuesday, June 6th 2006 @ 11:57:50 AM
Script : http://forums.2daves.org/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://forums.2daves.org/admincp/plu...?do=productadd
IP Address : my ip
Username : me
Classname : vB_Database



What do I need to do to fix this? Thanks!

noob

[Hellcat]

Yooohooo!

Finally....
I just upload an updated version of the countdown timer!

There are no changes to the countdown itself, but I completely replaced the install/uninstall code to perform cleanup actions during install!

If you have a messed up install or you are unable to (re)install or even uninstall the coundown, download the new version 1.12 and import it with "Allow Overwrite" enabled.

During install the product will now perform a cleanup, removing all remains of a previous installation, including left over install/uninstall codes that may cause problems, before doing the actual installation.