Dynamic Countdown Timer needed. (For use on Tip.It Forum)

[Den]

Ever since "Pending.be" went down, I have been looking for a good site that hosts BBCode Countdown Timers.

 

 

 

Does anyone know of any good countdown timers?

 

 

 

(I would prefer if downloading a program wasnt necessary)

 

 

 

Any help is appreciated. :

[dsavi]

So you're basically looking for some HTML/JavaScript to put into a phpBB based forum's custom BBcode system?

[darkblade986]

Try getting in touch with the admins - I'm sure there are Mods out there that do that.

[dsavi]

It should be quite simple, just do it with JavaScript. I don't know JS very well though. :P Basically make a timed loop that takes one away from the number of seconds left (Which would be calculated when the page loads) every second, and then formats the time using the number of seconds.

[Den]

Well, I have no experience whatsoever with java or html. :lol:

 

 

 

I was wondering if there were any sites that had custom made timers that could be used on these forums. ;)

[NuckingFuts]

Wouldn't the countdown timer have to be some kind of Mod/Add-on that the admins of this site, added to phpBB?

 

Else I don't see how you could use the custom BBcode to create a text based countdown?

 

 

 

I can think of a method of creating this using images though, based on the rotating signature script I've used before.

 

 

 

The basic make up of that would be as follows:

 

 

 

- Grab a host that allows .php

 

- Upload small images of the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 (Naming each one respectively)

 

- Write the script in .php, basically based around what you want the countdown to do. Make variables that would change the image based on realtime.

 

- Paste the .php link as in the BB code on the forum

 

 

 

While in theory that could work, it's going to be highly impractical, and messy to work with - and to see any change you would actually need to keep refreshing the page :P

 

 

 

What was the method used on that site you mentioned? How did you create a countdown that showed up on the forum?

[Errdoth]

OP: I think adding "BBCode" into there threw everyone off a bit :|

 

 

 

Pending.be was a site for dynamically generating images with a countdown in them. It'd say something like "2 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes, and 56 seconds until [event]" and it'd give you the image code to use it.

 

 

 

Random googling hasn't turned up anything, though. They're all either flash, or will only count days, not hours/minutes/seconds. :?

[Den]

OP: I think adding "BBCode" into there threw everyone off a bit :|

 

 

 

Pending.be was a site for dynamically generating images with a countdown in them. It'd say something like "2 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes, and 56 seconds until [event]" and it'd give you the image code to use it.

 

 

 

Random googling hasn't turned up anything, though. They're all either flash, or will only count days, not hours/minutes/seconds. :?

 

 

 

Yeah, I couldnt find a better word for it when I made the thread. :-#

 

 

 

I was basically looking for what you said, but couldnt find one anywhere.

 

 

 

(Changed the Title)

[tripsis]

Just found this awesome new site, you should check it out ;)

 

 

 

http://www.pending.me.uk/

[Den]

Just found this awesome new site, you should check it out ;)

 

 

 

http://www.pending.me.uk/

 

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

(This can be locked now, or die out.)

[Sam]

If that site goes down (unlikely, I know), I think you best alternative would be javascript. I've got a friend who's rather good at it, so I may try and get him to register here.

[JoeDaStudd]

I pretty sure you can create this by modifying the replacement code in phpbb bbcode table.

 

I'm looking into how it actually works, but I'm pretty sure its possible.