Andrew Ferguson
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Latest version Released (February 17, 2009):
- Countdown Timer - v2.3.5
- Total Downloads: 41,140
Description
Countdown Timer allows you to setup one or more dates to count down to or away from.
Events can be inserted into the sidebar, either manually or as a widget, or within posts and pages.
Version 2.3.5 includes all the great features of past versions plus the following updates: * Updated calculation routine to ensure that dates are accurate when "Months" are not displayed. * Updated languages and added Latvian, Romanian, Russian, Danish, Lithuanian, and Serbian. * Updated readme.txt file
Compatibility (i.e. versions I test against, may work with other versions as well)
- Requires WordPress Version: 2.6
- Compatible up to: 2.7.1
Installation
Delete any previous version of Countdown Timer and associated files.
Download and install the timer into your plugins directory.
Activate the timer and add the widget.
If you don't want to use the widget, you can also add the following code into your sidebar.php file:
<li id='countdown'><h2>Countdown:</h2>
<ul>
<?php function_exists('fergcorp_countdownTimer')?fergcorp_countdownTimer():NULL; ?>
</ul>
</li>
Inserting countdown timers into a page or post
If you want to insert the Countdown Timer into a page or post, you can use the following shortcodes to return all or a limited number of Countdown Timers, respectively: [fergcorp_cdt] [fergcorp_cdt max=##]
Where ## is maximum number of results to be displayed - ordered by date
If you want to insert individual countdown timers, such as in posts or on pages, you can use the following shortcode:
Time until my birthday: [fergcorpcdtsingle date="ENTER_DATE_HERE"]
Where "ENTERDATEHERE" uses PHP's strtotime function and will parse about any English textual datetime description.
Limiting the number of countdown timers displayed
If you're using the widget, there is an option to set the maximum number of timers shown. If you are using the PHP code, replace
fergcorp_countdownTimer()
with
fergcorp_countdownTimer(##)
where ## is the maximum number of events you wish to be displayed.
Events are automatically sorted by date of occurrence.
Usage
Login to WordPress and go to Manage > Countdown Timer. To add an event to count down to, scroll down to “One Time Events” and follow the instructions.
FAQ
FAQ: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/faq/
Debug Utility
If your having some issues upgrading, download the debug utility. It will automatically clear out all settings related to the Countdown Timer and send me an email with your WordPress version, Blog URL, and a data dump of the Countdown Timer options and data (nothing else though!).
To use it, just install it in your plugins directory. Then activate it and deactivate it and delete the file (you don’t want to accidentally enable the plugin again).
Donations
Hopefully if you really like my plugins (and/or me) you might consider making a donation. I’ve been spending more and more time writing and supporting plugins. I’m a college student and really only do this programming thing on the side for the love of it.
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Changelog
2.3.5
Release Date: 2/17/2009
* Updated calculation routine to ensure that dates are accurate when “Months” are not displayed.
* Updated languages and added Latvian, Romanian, Russian, Danish, Lithuanian, and Serbian.
* Updated readme.txt file
* Fixed small display issue in the administration menu
2.3.1
Release Date: 11/20/2008
* Fixes a bug. Sorry to everyone who has to redownload.
2.3
Release Date: 11/19/2008
* Made meta boxes into WP-based functions with AJAX support
* Renamed $dates to $fergcorp_countdownTimer_dates and made it global
* Reversed order of afdn_countdownTimer parameters. See documentation for usage
* Updated meta boxes to work in WP 2.7
* Removed the option to disable enableTheLoop (i.e. always enabled now)
* Added shortcodes. See documentation for usage
* Updated some of the text so that links are not part of the translation. Not that this has been an issue, but it assures that links aren’t tampered with in language translations
* Updated the widget to use the latest WP functions
* Widget now has a description
* Internal versioning is now done automatically
* Fixed a bug where “No Dates Present” would not display, even though there were no dates present
* Fixed a bug where an empty array would cause plugin to crash
* Fixed a problem that caused the timer to only display “in ” if “strip zeros” is enabled
* Updated a couple function checks to check for the functions that we’re actually using
* Updated the plugins_dir function call to properly reference the countdown-timer directory (this fixes issues with IIS and Windows)
* Added a helper function for afdn_countdownTimer so that users can use fergcorp_countdownTimer instead
* Fixed a potential bug (aka The Furton Fix) for systems running Windows where PHP may barf and give a warning:
Warning: date() [function.date]: Windows does not support dates prior to midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970 in afdn_countdownTimer.php on line 612
* Various bug and security fixes
* Paypal link doesn’t use a form anymore
* Added a test to ensure cal_days_in_month function exists. If not, use a drop in replacement.
2.2.5
Release Date: 9/23/2008
* Added Hungarian and Norwegian translations
* Fixed small bug on line 426 regarding stripslashes
2.2.4
Release Date: 9/4/2008
* Added Bosnian language translation
* Fixed mistranslations in German language
* Output of displayFormatPrefix/displayFormatSuffix are now escaped
* Fixed a fatal error that was sometimes caused when there were no dates to countdown to
* Updated the FAQ
2.2.3
Release Date: 7/9/2008
* Fixes language issue with commas
* Updated internal rev version number
2.2.2
Release Date: 6/30/2008
* Resolves #876 which had <? instead of <?php
* Resolves #879 which was an incorrectly passed fergcorp_countdownTimer_fuzzyDate function
* Globalized $fergcorp_countdownTimer_getOptions in the afdn_countdownTimer function
* Added spaces to the end of all units of time
2.2.1
Release Date: 6/18/2008
* Fixed bug where Countdown Time Display didn’t function properly
* Added Italian and Polish translations, updated others
2.2
Release Date: 5/15/2008
* Updated some phrases that missed being i18n
* Updated i18n to use use sprintf’s to assist in proper translation
* Update the admin page to WordPress 2.5 Look and Feel
* Users are now able to define the data (text/HTML) that comes after the title and before the actual countdown
* Implemented a new function, fergcorp_countdownTimer_single($date), that allows users to create a one-off event outside of The Loop. $date should be PHP strtotime parseable string
* Plugin output is now XHTML 1.0 Strict compliant
* Scripts are now loaded using wp_enqueue_script
* Added a new JS file, webtoolkit.sprintf.js, because JS doesn’t have native sprintf support
* Translators names (and URL, if available) are now displayed/credited within the plugin
* Tweaked the table for the “Resources” area
* Tweaked the table for the “One Time Events” area
* The usual bug fixes
2.1.1
Release Date: 2/20/2008
* Fixed i18n translation issues where mo file would sometimes not be loaded
* Updated UI (note: Based on UI code from Google XML Sitemaps)
* Removed code dealing with recurring events (which has not been included for a few versions now)
* Added js countdown ability to admin example (which doesn’t have wp_footer hook?)
* Updated the link to the JS file to make it dynamic in case a folder gets renamed
* Fixed a bug in the JS file that caused dates to be calculated incorrectly
* Append a letter to the beginning of the unique id (as per XHTML requirement)…who knew?
* Added two language files: Swedish (thanks to Mattias Tengblad) and Spanish (thanks to Google Translator)
* Released as 2.1.1 instead of 2.1 due to a technical glitch in the way WordPress recognizes version numbers.
2.0.1
Release Date: 12/29/2007
* Bug in the initial 2.0 version that required the plugin to have PHP5 or greater. This has now been fixed and it works with PHP4 and PHP5. Thanks to Jim Lynch for the bug report.
2.0
Release Date: 12/29/2007
* Updated plugin description line
* Rearranged text in the installation notes to emphasize using the widget rather then the code
* Fixed a bug that crashed the plugin if no dates were present (a PHP 5 problem??)
* Implemented the ‘register_activation_hook’ function rather then the old way
* Changed the way DB updates are handeled. Instead of having a specific update regimine for each version, the plugin will only update an option field if it doesn’t exist (if it exists, but is blank, it will NOT update…as it shouldn’t).
* Updated fergcorp_countdownTimer_fuzzyDate with another variable so that the real target date is always known.
* Removed code dealing with updates since WP 2.3 now does this automatically
* Bug fix. Widget title isn’t saveable due to a programming error. Thanks to Michael Small for the catch.
* Renamed some functions from afdn to fergcorp
* Added JavaScript function for JS countdown
* Tabbed $afdnOptions array to make it more readable
* Fixed strtotime typo
* Brought time display inline with current WordPress practice. This fixes the dreaded timezone glitch.
* Strip non-sig zeros option added
* Fixed bug where “No dates present” would _not_ show if the data was returned instead of echo’d
* Renamed to $getOptions to $fergcorp_countdownTimer_getOptions to avoid clashing
1.91
Release Date: 12/4/2007
Fixed error where the widget wasn’t updated correctly.
1.9
Release Date: 8/7/2007
One-off countdown timers (i.e. standalone timers for posts, etc)
Ability to customize timer style
Added “week” as a unit of time
Even more bug fixes including the one where if the plugin was in a directory other then the plugin directory, it really wouldn’t work.
1.8
Release Date: 5/7/2007
Note to Existing users: Version 1.8 sees the demise of recurring events.
Built in widget! No need to download and activate another plugin!
Ability to select any combination of years, days, hours, minutes, and seconds to display
Internationalization support
Default settings automatically set on activation
More accurate countdown mechanism (you wouldn’t think counting could be so hard)
Numerous bug fixes
Reorganized management page
1.7.3
Release Date: 4/29/2007
Fixed missing tag
Fixed form not submitting in IE, Safari, et all
Fixed “pressing return key doesn’t submit form” bug
1.7.1
Release Date: 3/9/2007
“No Dates Present” bug fix
Updated Plugin URI to be correct
If updates are checked for, a link to the latest tag is given instead of the trunk (guaranteed to be stable)
Added Widget plugin
foreach error fixed (Thanks to Johnathan)
1.7
Release Date: 3/9/2007
Note: You may “lose” your date when you upgrade, so you might want to write them down. If you forget to write them down, just downgrade to 1.6.1 and write them down, then upgrade again.
On update, color bar is displayed at top
Fixed a bug where HTML characters were not escaped
Prefixing and Suffixing of the event
Added more information on usage on the plugin page
1.6.1
Fixed the famed unserialze bug!
1.4
Release date: 03/16/2006
This is the first release using the WordPress SVN. It’s kind of been cool using the SVN because it is easier to see what changes have been made from version to version. In any event, this release has a couple of updates. First, there is an option to include the timer from within the WP Loop, that is you can now display the timer from within a post or page (see instructions for the specifics). The idea came from Ronny a mere four days ago, just to give you an idea of the turn around time on suggestions to release. Because of the way the plugin is implemented, I also had to modify the main function that gets the ball rolling on displaying the timer. It’s designed to be backwards compatible, so you shouldn’t have any problems. I also had to rewrite parts of the version check system to work with the SVN. The format is actually much better and just calls one text file which lists the latest version (i.e. “1.4″). It compares that to the current version and let’s you know if there’s a new version. Simple! As always, you can turn the feature off.
1.3
Release date: 03/16/2006
I’ve already received some preliminary feedback on 1.2 (thanks Dave), so I’ve made a couple of updates. First, there are actually instructions for configuring the onHover Time Format option. Second, if you leave onHover Time Format blank, it will remove the dashed underline on the timer so no one is confused. I also fixed a really stupid bug, I never but a stripslashes in. So if you tried using something that needed escaping (such as an apostrophe), you would get a slash. That doesn’t happen anymore. Enjoy!
1.2
Release date: 03/13/2006
Development has been slow. Not really a lot to do. But version 1.2 offers some great things, including a bug fix! Deleting two or more events doesn’t make the plugin freak out anymore (the bug fix). You can also customize how the onHover time is displayed, including not displaying it at all (just leave it blank). Because you can leave it blank, there is no default; but you can use and PHP “date()” format. I recommend “j M Y, G:i:s”. I also added a six month delay before the date on recurring events is reset…although as I’m writing this, I realize there’s a slight bug there, nothing critical though. I welcome any new ideas, just leave a comment down below!
1.1
Release date: 11/28/2005
NOTICE: Copyright format changed from MIT to GNU GPL as of version 1.1
Not a whole lot of major thing. Thanks to Benoit Kechid for catching a calculation and syntax error. There was a request for making things linkable, so you can now add a link an event. The time is also has a dashed underlined and if you roll over it with your mouse, the date and time of the event are displayed.
I don’t have anymore ideas for this plugin, so unless I you email me with something that you would like, there probably won’t be any more updates.
1.0
Release date: 10/05/2005
You can now set recurring dates, sort of. The plugin can currently handle things that happen on a given day of a given month every year (such as a birthday). The plugin will also now check for updates whenever you are in the admin panel. Download and copy to your plugins directory, then rename it to .php
0.95
Release date: 09/26/2005
Fixed a Warning message (thanks to cordney* for the heads up). Also changed a few things: If you have “Automatically delete ‘One Time Events’ on, only events that that do NOT have “Display ‘Time since’” will be deleted. Also, the file is now a PHPS file, not zip file. Download and copy to your plugins directory, then rename it to .php
0.92
Release date: 09/23/2005
This version adds the option to automatically delete One Time Events that have all ready occured. If you don’t choose to automatically delete the events, they will be displayed as “Time since” after the event occurs. Small issue I’m still working on: events are only erased when you update timer options.
0.8
Release date: 07/23/2005
This is a backend change. The dates.txt file has been replaced with an entry in the WordPress Database. Unfortantly, you’ll have to manually transfer your events into the new form. Once they are in the form, they are automatically sorted, with events ending soonest on the top.
0.7.1
Release date: 05/23/2005
Changed an internal function name reference due to a potential conflict with another plugin (Thanks Robert)
0.7
Release date: 05/20/2005
Added Admin menu. Allows user to update information via web-interface now.
0.6.1
Release date: 05/16/2005
Fixed small math error in cdt_format() on line 47.
0.6
Release date: 05/15/2005
Initial public release
Great plugin! I am using WordPress 2.6 and the most recent version of Countdown Timer.
Is it possible to remove the “in” in the countdown text. Rather than saying “in 9 days, 10 hours”, I’d rather it just say “9 days, 10 hours”.
Thanks!
@Chris:
Technically, yes. However, you’ll have to delve into the code to do so. You’ll want to replace all instances of:
in %swith
%sThanks for the great plugin!
I’m having problems with version 2.3.1. I’m running WP 2.7, PHP 5.2.6.
With IE 7, I get the error message, “Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site internetsitename.com. Operation aborted.” When I click “OK,” my page is replaced by a “page cannot be displayed” error. Of course it works fine under Firefox, Opera and Safari. I can’t afford to ignore this because a significant portion of my readers use IE 7.
After a lot of digging and trying things out, I’ve narrowed the problem to Countdown. I’ve fallen back to version 2.2.3, which works fine on my site but not so well with the WP 2.7 admin panels.
Any ideas?
P.S. Version 2.3.1 was fine with WP 2.6. It’s only with the upgrade to WP 2.7 that I had problems.
Never mind. I figured it out. It was a problem in my theme. It’s all better now.
@Judy:
Out of curiosity, can you elaborate more on what the problem was?
Javascripts not playing nicely together, I suspect.
I moved the call to wp_footer() to be the last thing in my footer.php file and that did the trick.
wp_footer() had been above above the call to the google analytics script and some other things.
While I was at it, I moved wp_head() to the end of the header, and that fixed another problem I was having with a different plugin (not yours).
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Great Plugin…
It’s perfect for my site.
Is there a way to add spacing between events?
Thanks You,
@KOjunkie
Try changing Display Format Suffix to “”
Thanks for your response, I tried adding “” to the format suffix but no luck.
Perhaps I’m missing something…any ideas?
@KOjunkie
Sorry, that should have been:
[code language="html"]
[/code]
Excellent! that worked just fine.
Cheers
Great plugin, and fantastic work! One question for you, Andrew: If I have multiple entries to count down to, is there a way I can display just one of them of my choice? I see the () in the php string, and I can get just the FIRST one to appear, or BOTH, but not just the SECOND. Anything I can do there?
@Josh
There is not a way to display a particular event from the group. The () in the PHP string allows you to set the maximum number of events as ordered by when the events occur. Can you tell me more about why you want to display only the second event?
Wow; quick response! Basically, I’d like to be able to count down to multiple events in various places on the page. See the sidebar of in-progress http://www.geeksix.com . I’m counting down to an event — what if I wanted to count down to another elsewhere?
So, there’s a function that I should probably document better. It’s called:
fergcorp_countdownTimer_singleand accepts one argument, the date you want to countdown to.You can call it like so:
[code language="php"]
< ?php echo function_exists('fergcorp_countdownTimer_single')?fergcorp_countdownTimer_single("31 Jan 2009 15:30"):NULL; ?>
[/code]
Does that help?
1/14/2009: Updated to correct code.
I knew there would be something like that! It *almost* helps perfectly! I copied your code verbatim, and it seems to execute, but it doesn’t display on the page. (It executes because, when I introduce a typo, I get a parsing error, but when it’s accurate, I get no return/display). I found the function on your afdn_countdowntimer.php file, and it seems to be pretty black-and-white, but I just don’t see any result returned on the page. For reference, this is the line of code that I’m using:
Is there something I’m missing? It’s running inside of a ‘PHP widget,’ so I don’t need to tag it as code, and I had your full call working fine in there….
@Josh
The code sample you sent didn’t come through; but I suspect that you need to echo the results. I updated my previous comments to provide the correct code (note the “echo” before the “function_exists” check).
Dude: Absolutely perfect. Thanks for the assistance, and helping me pick up a little PHP in the process! [donation forthcoming]
Glad I could help!
Great Plugin! I am noticing a potential issue with a countdown that takes place on March 1. The countdown displays 47 days for March 1, but 43 days if I change it to February 28. I am using the latest version of the timer, and Wordpress 2.6. Thanks for any advice/assistance you can provide!
I’m having a similar problem. I have set the event date to 14 March at 11:50am. The countdown is showing 55 days, 23 hours as of now, but that is wrong. It should be 53 days. I’m in SAST (GMT+2) timezone.
Has anyone figured out a resolution to the counting issue? I’ve tried a few things but have very limited code knowledge. Thanks!
@Chris
I know what the issue is (it has to do with the way I count months). I’m currently working on fix for it, but I’m also working on graduating this semester…so it’s not my highest priority at the moment.
Andrew - Best of luck with school/graduation! That is certainly more important than the plugin/fix. I’m in school now myself, so I understand where you are coming from!
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Is it possible to change the date format in the widget options to “DD/MM/YYYY”?
@Ross
Are you talking about configuring the “onHover Time Format” option or something else?
I am configuriong the start and end dates in single date mode in the widget and it says:
“Give a start date, an end date, or both. (Use -600 for 600BC.)
Start date (month-day-year):”
and then has some drop down menus to pick dates.
I’d like it to be day-month-year rather than month-day-year.
That is how we do it in Australia.
@Ross
I don’t think you’re using my plugin. Can you please confirm which plugin (and version of said plugin) you’re using?
D’oh…
You are right… Yours wouldn’t activate in WPMU and I changed to Adam Brown’s KB Countdown Widget…
Sorry… I am a fool…
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If anyone is interested, there’s an alpha version of the next Countdown Timer up: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/countdown-timer.zip
I’m running it right now, so I’d call it stable. It should fix all the bugs related to the incorrect number of days, weeks, and/or hours, being displayed.
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Hi There
I installed the plug in, but I can’t get it to work. I’m using the latest version of WP - but not using widgets. I copied the code into my side bar that you give at the top of the page, but there is no option for setting a new countdown. It just indicates there is no countdown.
I’m probaby missing something very silly, but would appreciate your help.
Kev
Andrew, are you able to hep me with this please?
@Kevin Ball,
Did you go to Tools > Countdown Timer?
D’oh. (Bangs head!) I swear that wasn’t there before.
(Thanks mate.)
Kev
Ok I have got my first counter running. How can I get it to pick up he style I am using? It is black text at the moment.
I’m NOT using widgets, I have inserted the code into my sidebar.
Kev
You’ll have to manually apply the formatting using the Display Format Options setting of Countdown Timer.
Right I see where, but struggling to see how.
I have a css for all my formatting and want to apply format “body” to my timer including it’s title. The title I would like bold.
Is it possible you could explain what I should have on the format sections please. I know once I’ve seen an example I’ll be fine.
Thanks again Kev
@Kevin Ball
The easiest way to make the event title bold is to replace the event title text (in the configuration options) with
[code language="html"]
Your event title
[/code]
Thanks Andrew - got that. How can I make the title and the counter:
color: #202020; font-size: 12px;
Can I use html tags for font colour? If so where would it go?
I appreciate your support.
Kev
How to use the other language files?
@Engin,
Check the readme file:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/other_notes/
Everyone,
Hot of the press, Countdown Timer 2.3.5 is now available for consumption.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/countdown-timer.2.3.5.zip
Hi.
Sorry for my bad english.
Im using your Plugin and it is great. Today I have installed the update and after that it will not count down.
If you look to my page you see at the right a counter.
With the old version the counter counts down. Now I must reload the page to see that something changed.
Is this a bug, or have I make something wrong ?
Best regards
Michael
@Michael
I looks like you have a file permissions error. In the “countdown-timer” folder, you’ll need to make fergcorp_countdownTimer_java.js and webtoolkit.sprintf.js readable by all users. You can find more information about how to do this at: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions
Thank you for the fast answer.
On both files the permissions are set to “644″.
So users can read the files.
I have the problem since I have updatet to V2.3.5.
I made the Update with the Wordpress “automatic update” - Fuction. Perhaps thats the reason ?
Regards
Michael
@Michael
It might be an inherited issue then from the folder. Two things I’d try. First, see if changing the permissions to 655 helps at all. If not, make sure the permissions of the folder are 644.
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Thanks a lot.
I have changed the permissions of the folder to 755. Now it works. I have no idea why it hadn’t worked after the update. I have nothing changed
Getting an error and don’t really know what to do about it. It’s been there for a while and I keep thinking it might go away with plugin updates. But it hasn’t yet.
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /nfs/c02/h02/mnt/23933/domains/blog.joelmaust.com/html/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/afdn_countdownTimer.php on line 111
Running WP 2.7.0 and Countdown Timer 2.3.5. I’m trying to use it as a widget.
@Joel
Do you know what version of PHP you’re using?
@Joel
Also, have you tried running the debug tool? If not, I’d try that. The Debug Utility is available above. Deactivate Countdown Timer, run the Debug Utility, and then reactivate Countdown Timer.
@Kevin Ball
You have the right idea with using
color: #202020; font-size: 12px;For the title, you’ll want to tuck that CSS in the <strong> tag, like so:
[code lang="html"]
[/code]
To style the countdown, just append
color: #202020; font-size: 12px;to the end of the Display Format Options setting.On a side note, I’ll be implementing better CSS support in the next release.
Hi Andrew
I have tried that code:
Title: [code lang="html"]Blues v Wolves[/code]
Display: [code lang="html"]cursor:pointer; border-bottom:1px black dashed color: #202020; font-size: 12px;[/code]
I suspect I should put font somewhere - with the code above my counter is still showing as black font (although I do have a bold title which is good).
Kev
@Kevin Ball
It’s working. #202020 is just very very dark gray, so it may look like black. If you replace #202020 with #FF9900, you’ll see that the font color is orange.
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Hello, Andrew! Great plugin, but… My site in russian languauge and your plugin comes with translation in it, but, like i understand, there’s two files needed to properly translation *.po & *.mo. So in the instalation folder only afdn_countdownTimer-ru_RU.po file and there’s no afdn_countdownTimer-ru_RU.mo - result no translation :(((. Any ideas how to fix? Thanx!!!
@mttrnv
Yea, my bad. I just somehow managed to not get that particular file in. I’ve updated both the trunk and the 2.3.5 release, so download either one and you should be set.
Hi,
Catalan translation is avaliable for download at:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/242984/countdown-timer/afdn_countdownTimer-ca.po
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/242984/countdown-timer/afdn_countdownTimer-ca.mo
Thanks
@Robert Buj
Thanks for the translation Robert. I’ve added it to the trunk build and it will be distributed in the next release.
Hi!
I’ ve just translated your plugin to my language (Croatian - Hrvatski) using link from WP Plugins info. Can i get it somehow ASAP or I need to wait your next release ?
Btw, can you name it afdn_countdownTimer-hr.mo/po
Thanks.
You’ll need to wait for me to update the trunk version. I’m busy with school right now, so you may need to wait a while. I’ll try to remember to leave a comment here after I’ve uploaded it. In either case, it will be named afdn_countdownTimer-hr.mo/po, which follows the WordPress standard: http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language#Croatian_-_Hrvatski_.28hr.29
Hi great plugin. I’m using wordpress 2.7.1 and Countdown timer 2.3.5. It works great in Firefox but the Display Style doesnt seem to work in IE6.
I have Display style as cursor:pointer; border-bottom:1px black; color: #b11757 and the countdown part shows up as red in ffx but not in IE6.
Also the “onHover Time Format” isnt working in IE6.
Also I have Display Format Suffix set as [code language="html"]
[/code] to add an extra line between multiple countdowns and once again, this isnt working in IE6
I don’t have a copy of IE6 available to test on. When I tried in IE7 and IE8, it seemed to be working fine. So I suspect that it’s something funky about how IE6 handles the HTML, which would make sense since IE6 was notorious for how poorly it followed standards.
In short, it seems to be a IE6 issue. Why don’t you upgrade to IE7?
oh trust me, i hate IE6 just as much as any other developer, but the site I’m developing right now will be access by a lot of older people and I have a feeling they still use IE6. I use IE7 and FFX myself and only noticed the problem when accessing this site via my work laptop. It’s no big deal I guess. I’ll see if I can edit the php code to throw in some extra div tags and adding those tags to style.css
err. meant to say “will be accessed”
Help!
All I want to do is to have 3 independent counters on 3 separate posts. But I need them to be simple minute counters. So one will count down from 10 minutes, 1 from 5, 1 from 3, etc. What is the syntax to do this? Please help. Thanks.
Tim
Using Shortcodes:
[fergcorp_cdt_single date="+5 minutes"]
To display only the minutes, edit the “Countdown Time Display” setting.
[...] Countdown Timer [...]
Cool stuff, thanks for the plugin
Love the countdown timer, thank you for your work. I need to be able to wrap the line a little differently than it does as is. Can I get the word “in” off the front end of the date/time line?
Greeat plugin!
Would like though more customizing options via CSS. Like a lot of
spanin the output. That way you can visually create virtually everything you want - ie. hide “in”, make days, minutes and seconds smaller and the digits bigger.my wordpress version is 2.8 and plugin used is countdown timer 2.3.5 now i am getting the counter running problem is that i want to totally change the look and feel of how it is showing the counter something like days in bigger font and below showing day then hrs in bit smaller case and hr below hour so can u please guide me how do i change the design of the counter output
The lack of span (or other HTML tags) makes it impossible to do that kind of customization in your CSS. Just read my comment just before yours.
The count down works on the plugin page (at the bottom of the page) in back end WordPress, but not on the public page. It suddenly stopped counting down yesterday - and I did only make changes on the plugin page.
I am using WP v2.7.1 and Countdown Timer v2.3.5.
Any idea why the timer stopped working?
The site: http://historicracing.dk/
BTW I have tried disable the plugin, FTP’ed the plugin again to the server, enabled the plugin, but without any changes.
Great plugin!
I’m running the PI with WP 2.8 without any problems.
Question:
Is it possible to set a counter fe. for “EVERY monday 8pm”?
Only the next monday should be active/displayed and if it counts to zero
the next monday (with 7 days…) should be displayed.
Have a nice day,
Martin
i want to change the format of the counter which is displaying.How & where i will do it? Plsase reply me soon.Its very urgent.