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

[PinkLiquorice]

I am running 3.6.7 uploaded it as prompted and although it is in my usergroup bit and I have enabled it from there there is nothing showing in the usercp

[SBlueman]

Getting this DB error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT field0 FROM userfield WHERE userid='580';;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'field0' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Sunday, June 24th 2007 @ 07:40:49 PM
Script : http://gridironfans.com/forums/showt...=29692&page=16
Referrer : http://gridironfans.com/forums/showthread.php?p=172063
IP Address : 71.198.190.172
Username : SteveRobWhatever
Classname : vb_database

[Aeolian]

is this MOD dead? :|

[Mum]

The mod writer hasn't been on since Jun 06 so i d say so

[jdelasko]

Wish I would have read this entire thread before I installed. Same story... doesn't show up in userCP in V 3.6.4

Uninstalled.

Great idea though. Wish someone would fix this.

[craiovaforum]

I have been using this plugin for some time now. Just now I stumbled upon something that it seems I have overlooked in the past.
The file "/includes/plugins_usercountd.php" gets parsed every time postbit_display_complete is called. Meaning that if you look at a thread with 50 posts per page that file will be parsed 50 times. Luckily the script includes no database queries
This has probably little effect if you use a php opcode cache like xcache, apc etc. On systems that don't use an opcode cache for php this plugin will generate plenty of unneeded overhead.

I'm seriously thinking of removing this plugins from my forums because of this even if it didn't visibly affect me so far (probably because I have always used xcache). My board recently hit the 1 million post milestone so every bit of gained performance is valuable from now on.

[nyunyu]

I installed this hack. After giving permission to usergroup, I tried to test it out.
Unfortunately it work with an error..see attachment.

How can I fix this? I use vB 3.6.8.

[Tom_S]

Maybe because it is for version 3.5.4?

[nyunyu]

I understand if some mod for 3.6.x doesnt have backward compatibility with lower version but 3.5.4 mod cannot be used for 3.6.8? Hmm...can the coder replied so that I can know for sure if this mod cannot be used with 3.6.8?

[Tom_S]

Why don't you do like I do and everyone else. On the top right of this mod there is a link that says "About the Developer" click that link. It says he/she has not been on here since 3 Jul 2006. Now I would pretty much say your chances are pretty slim. Your best bet is getting another member to help you.