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Title: Countdown To Calendar Events hack
Newest Release: 10.04.2001
Author: mister
What It Does: Counts down (to the day) to any public events in the calendar. plus any private events a user may have.
Screenshot: click here for screenshot
Download: see attached file (countdown1.zip)

Possible Future Enhancements:

span across page, in case of 100's of events
show only private events, only public events, or all
show countdown on actual calendar also

How To Install
1) upload countdown.php to your main forums directory
2) create two templates

countdown_bit

Quote:

<tr>
<td bgcolor="$altcolor"><a href="calendar.php?s=&action=getinfo&eventid=$even t[eventid]"><normalfont>$event[subject]</normalfont></a></td>
<td bgcolor="$altcolor" align="center"><normalfont>$event[eventdate]</normalfont></td>
<td bgcolor="$altcolor"><normalfont>$days_till</normalfont></td>
</tr>

countdown
note: all {} values have spaces in them so this forum doesnt parse them...
copy/paste from the included text file if you dont want to search for all the { blah } variables to change in this template

Quote:

{ htmldoctype }
<html>
<head><title>$bbtitle - Countdowns</title>
$headinclude
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
$header

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="{ contenttablewidth }" { tableinvisibleextra } align="center">
<tr>
<td width="100%"><img src="{ imagesfolder }/vb_bullet.gif" alt="" border="0" align="absmiddle">
<normalfont><b><a href="index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]">$bbtitle</a> { nav_joiner } Countdowns</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
</table>

<br>

<table cellpadding=4 cellspacing=1 border=0 bgcolor="{ tablebordercolor }" width="90%">

<tr>
<td bgcolor="{ tableheadbgcolor }"><normalfont><b>Event</b></normalfont></td>
<td bgcolor="{ tableheadbgcolor }" align="center"><normalfont><b>Date</b></normalfont></td>
<td bgcolor="{ tableheadbgcolor }"><normalfont><b>Countdown</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>

$countdown_bits

</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

3) create a { nav_joiner } replacement variable. (or just edit that out of the template, and put your own in there... its up to you

4) Enjoy.

maverick1236 · #12 10-04-2001, 09:36 PM

where is this supposed to show up?
i dont see it anywhere lol

TheCaver · #13 10-04-2001, 09:51 PM

I like this hack but I would like to add 1-3 of the closest events to the main forum index, maybe a new row above birthdays......this possible?

JC

maverick1236 · #14 10-04-2001, 10:27 PM

great idea thecaver!!

mister · #15 10-05-2001, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Maverick1236
where is this supposed to show up?
i dont see it anywhere lol

just load countdown.php in your browser.
put a link wherever you see fit (from main page, from header, from calendar, where-ever)

maverick1236 · #16 10-05-2001, 11:58 AM

what if i want it to actually show below birthdaybits? on forumhome?

Ruth · #17 10-06-2001, 11:53 AM

thanks for the hack,

can this be used for the following purpose:

(1) users enter their graduation date in the registration form, for example in the form of [Fixed day - Fixed month - year selected from a drop down menu]

(2) show count down to graduation day in the user profiles.

(3) show the count down by seconds, like most java scripts.

nice hack

thanks

Cygnus · #18 10-06-2001, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ruth
(3) show the count down by seconds, like most java scripts.

Exactly what I was gonna ask... I have a whole mess of freaks (myself included) who simply cannot wait for Thursday at 8:00pm and will want to know how many minutes and seconds they have to wait...

Cygnus

mister · #19 10-07-2001, 10:27 PM

Quote:

thanks for the hack,

You're welcome.

Quote:

(1) users enter their graduation date in the registration form, for example in the form of [Fixed day - Fixed month - year selected from a drop down menu]

You'd have to do some coding in register.php to have it add that graduation date to the calendar. As of now, the countdown script grabs all dates from the calendar.

Quote:

(2) show count down to graduation day in the user profiles.

if you got it to add the date to the calendar, i suppose this could be worked out...

Quote:

(3) show the count down by seconds, like most java scripts.

The countdown script feeds off dates from teh calendar, which doesn't allow for hour/min/second ... so it would just countdown to midnight .. so I just rounded it to the nearest day.

-mister

mister · #20 10-07-2001, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheCaver
I like this hack but I would like to add 1-3 of the closest events to the main forum index, maybe a new row above birthdays......this possible?

JC

possible? yes
i'll put it in this hack's next release -- which wont be out for quite some time, due to school projects that are piling up

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