Possible to make Event Countdown block scroll??

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 11:00 am

On my site www.peteloaf.net I have an event countdown block with mostly birthdays and such in it. I was wondering if it is possible to make this a scrolling block in order to add more events without taking up anymore space on the right side. Question

Any ideas nukers??

Sergeant Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 140

soory I don't have the answer to your question, but I do love that countdown block. could you tell me where I get it? Thanks

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 4:01 pm

I noticed you registered on my site, so I just added it to the downloads section there. Yeah, I really like the countdown block too, and I'd add a lot more things to it if I could somehow get it to scroll. Laughing

Sergeant Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 140

Thanks...great site by the way. I thought the block would allow you to enter a date then countdown (I graduate from medical school in...u know what I mean?)...not just birthdays. Do you know a block that does this?

Hey let's screw....great poll Smile

Sergeant Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 140

I managed to get a newer version of the events countdown from phpnuke.org. It works great. For those that don't know, you can add any event by using the module admin interface...the actual date is shown in the block...

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:56 pm

bump

Still wondering if anyone knows how to easily make the event countdown block scroll Smile

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:44 pm

bump again :-/

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:11 am

What is the newest version of the block?

Sergeant Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 140

I have version 1.0, don't know if there is anything later. I also would like to see this block scroll.

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 2:28 pm

Does anyone know who developed the scrolling forum posts and if that code can be adapted to this block??

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:29 am

bump

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:02 pm

Prolly find, if you'de have posted the code it may have been done a bit faster save having to register/download/then code the block. For next time Shocked

Code:

<?
$usemarquee = 1;
$scrolldirection = "Up";

if (eregi("block-Event_Countdown.php",$PHP_SELF)) {
Header("Location: index.php");
die();
}
$content .= "<Marquee Behavior=\"Scroll\" Direction=\"$scrolldirection\" Height=\"100\" ScrollAmount=\"2\" ScrollDelay=\"130\" onMouseOver=\"this.stop()\" onMouseOut=\"this.start()\"> ";

$module_name = "Event_Countdown";

include("config.php");
include("modules/$module_name/functions.php");

if ($SCA == 1){
if (date("n") <= 4){
$content .= "A.S. " . (date("Y") - 1966) . " ";
}else{
$content .= "A.S. " . (date("Y") - 1965) . " ";
}
}

connectDB();
$query = "SELECT * FROM " . $prefix . "_countdown ORDER BY date";
$result = mysql_query($query);

$i=0;
$number = MYSQL_NUMROWS($result);

//Countdown timer
while($i < $number){
$ID = mysql_result($result, $i, "ID");
$date = mysql_result($result, $i, "date");
$event = mysql_result($result, $i, "event");

$days = ceil((timestamp2utime($date) - time(void))/86400);

if ($days >= 0){
if ($days == 0){
$content .= "$event is today! Why aren't you there? ";
}elseif ($days == 1){
$content .= "There is $days day until $event. ";
}else{
$content .= "There are $days days until $event. ";
}
}
$i++;
}

$content .= "</Marquee> ";
?>

Lieutenant Joined: Jul 13, 2003 Posts: 192

How is it the last Forums rss/feed is scrolling?

OOO!!! I like that!
Laughing

Corporal Joined: Mar 19, 2003 Posts: 57 Location: Indiana

Okay I really want to use this block, but I don't know how to set up an event. It doesn't come with any directions? If someone could help me out I'd appreciate it. I kind of feel dumb asking this since it's probably really easy, I'd like to do a countdown to chrismas.

Thanks

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:24 am

This block is only part of the event countdown. You need to get the entire zip file which has other stuff. If you can't find it email me I'll dig it up