Display an animated countdown clock for an event of your choice. Select from a choice of countdown designs, colors and sizes.
Display an animated countdown clock for an event of your choice. Select from a choice of countdown designs, colors and sizes.
countdown-clock
folder to your WP plugin folder /wp-content/plugins/
directoryVersions 1.2+ of the plugin requires at least version 5.x of PHP. To run the plugin with PHP4 servers, design the widget directly in mycountdown.org/getwidget, take the widget code and paste it into a WordPress “Text” widget on the sidebar. Alternatively use version 1.1 of the plugin, which does not have timezone support.
Download version 1.3 of the countdown-clock, which is compatible with 1.5 or higher
Have a quick look in mycountdown.org, and search for your event, e.g. halloween, christmas, birthday, wedding, or pregnancy. Then go to “Event Type” dropdown, choose and save your selection. Then go to countdown drop-down and find your countdown, save the selection.
Select “My Countdown” event type and save, then choose from the “list of events” drop-down, and save again. A date and text input boxes will appear for your messages.
Yes, the javascript code is available directly from mycountdown.org. You must paste the javascript into the post in HTML mode.
Some events are preset e.g. Christmas, and the dates have been preset for you. Some events are customizable e.g. Birthday. Go to “Event type” dropdown, choose “My countdown”, save settings. Text boxes will appear for your event and the message on the day of the event.
Go to the Appearance->Widgets tab in your wordpress admin panel, and choose click on settings for the countdown clock, select text, border and background colors from the drop downs
Choosing the event type will provide the best selection of background pictures and animations
Yes, select from the timezone dropdown select the time zone in your area.
Yes, select the hour of your event
Yes, versions 1.4 upwards allow multiple widgets on the sidebar and page.
Further support is available at mycountdown.org/support,
Any problems please email me, email is widgets at mycountdown.org. Or send a message on twitter.com/mycountdown