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CSSable Countdown

Maelezo

A fully CSS-able jQuery countdown/countup timer available in both widget and shortcode. Based on jQuery Countdown by Keith Wood.

Features:

  • Supports multiple countdowns
  • Available as both a widget and a shortcode
  • Localization based on your WordPress’s installation language
  • Timer can be set to count down or count up
  • You choose how much information to display from years to seconds
  • Option to set expiration message
  • Option to redirect to a new URL upon expiry

Most importantly, YOU have full control over the CSS! Every single element can be targeted and manipulated any way you want. Also works right out of the box with four pre-defined display styles if you don’t care to fiddle with the CSS yourself.

Future Development

  • Pre-built color schemes
  • Upgrade to version 2.0.0
  • Admin panel localization

Screenshots

  • The complete plug-in with all sections collapsed.
  • The Period Display section where you can indicate which time periods you want shown.
  • The Layout section where you can apply four pre-defined styles if you're in a hurry.
  • The Add Text section where you can enter optional text to be shown with the countdown.
  • The Expiration Options section where you can add an expiry text or a redirect URL.
  • The Change Timezone section where you can change the target timezone for the countdown.
  • The Advanced Formatting section where you can enter a format manually and determine the significant options. Details on use are provided in the readme.

Installation

Minimum Requirements

Verify that you have the following minimum requirements:

  1. WordPress 2.5+
  2. PHP 5.1.3+
  3. jQuery 2.0.0+

Installing CSSable Countdown

  1. Upload CSSable-countdown-widget to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

FAQ

How do I use the widget?

Go to Appearances > Widgets and drag the CSSable Countdown widget where you want it. Expand the widget to fill out the particulars.

How do I use the shortcode?

The shortcode is much more involved than the point-and-click interface of the widget.

The shortcode’s minimum syntax is:

[countdown date="MM/DD/YYYY"]

You can specify additional options:

  • time – in HH:MM:SS format (make sure you use 24-hour time). Defaults to 00:00:00.
  • timezone – in ±HH:MM GMT format (e.g. EST is -5, India is +5:30, etc). Defaults to your WordPress’s GMT offset as defined in Settings > General > Timezone.
  • format – valid options are any of case-sensitive YOWDHMS. Defaults to ydHMS. See [*] below for more information.
    • Y – years
    • O – months
    • W – weeks
    • D – days
    • H – hours
    • M – minutes
    • S – seconds
  • significant – valid options are 1 through 7. See [+] below for more information.
  • direction – valid options are down and up. Toggles countdown vs. countup timer. Defaults to down.
  • event – the event description.
  • display – valid options are default, list, text, compact. Defaults to default. Controls the presentation and basic styling options.
  • expirytext – plaintext string to display on time expired.

[*] format is the powerhouse that controls the digits displaying on the timer. It is case-sensitive:

  • Uppercase values will always display
  • Lowercase values will display only if non-zero
  • Unspecified values will never display

For example, the default value of ydHMS will show you years and days if they’re non-zero, but hours, minutes, and seconds will always be shown. If you didn’t care about the time, you could show years, months, and days with just YMD.

[+] significant controls how many significant digits are displayed.

Combining format with significant produces almost any combination of date and time values that you want displayed.

Note: you cannot set an expiration URL with the shortcode, since shortcodes are, by definition, parsed after headers are sent.

I don’t want your bare-bones CSS! How can I disable it completely?

In your functions.php file, add these lines:

wp_dequeue_style( 'cssable-countdown-style-default' );
wp_dequeue_style( 'cssable-countdown-style-list' );
wp_dequeue_style( 'cssable-countdown-style-text' );
How do I add my own CSS?

In your functions.php file, add these lines for every CSS file you’re including:

wp_enqueue_style( 'cssable-countdown-style-YOURNAMEHERE', 'PATH/TO/CUSTOM/CSS/FILE.css' , '', '1.1' );
  • Replace YOURNAMEHERE with a unique name so it won’t conflict with any other stylesheets.
  • Replace PATH/TO/CUSTOM/CSS/FILE.css with the path to your CSS file. It is suggested that you put the CSS file in your themes directory and use WordPress’s get_stylesheet_directory() for your theme instead of giving it an absolute URL. Ex:

    wp_enqueue_style( ‘cssable-countdown-style-YOURNAMEHERE’, get_stylesheet_directory() . ‘/css/YOURCUSTOMFILE.css’ , ”, ‘1.1’ );

What languages are supported?

Although the admin panel is currently only localized in English, the countdown will automatically take the language you have your WordPress set to.

  • Albanian (Gjuha shqipe)
  • Arabic (العربية)
  • Armenian (Հայերեն)
  • Bengali/Bangla (বাংলা)
  • Bosnian (Bosanski)
  • Bulgarian (български език)
  • Burmese (မြန်မာစာ)
  • Catalan (Català)
  • Chinese/Simplified (简体中文
  • Chinese/Traditional (繁體中文)
  • Croatian (Hrvatski jezik)
  • Czech (Čeština)
  • Danish (Dansk)
  • Dutch (Nederlands)
  • Estonian (eesti keel)
  • Farsi/Persian (فارسی)
  • Finnish (suomi)
  • French (Français)
  • Galician (Galego)
  • German (Deutsch)
  • Greek (Ελληνικά)
  • Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
  • Hebrew (עברית
  • Hungarian (Magyar)
  • Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
  • Icelandic (Íslenska)
  • Italian (Italiano)
  • Japanese (日本語)
  • Kannada ( ಕನ್ನಡ )
  • Korean (한국어)
  • Latvian (Latviešu Valoda)
  • Lithuanian (lietuvių kalba)
  • Malayalam (മലയാളം)
  • Malaysian (Bahasa Melayu)
  • Norwegian (Bokmål)
  • Polish (Polski)
  • Portuguese/Brazilian (Português)
  • Romanian (Română)
  • Russian (Русский)
  • Serbian (српски језик)
  • Serbian (srpski jezik)
  • Slovak (Slovenčina)
  • Slovenian (Slovenščina)
  • Spanish (Español)
  • Swedish (Svenska)
  • Thai (ภาษาไทย)
  • Turkish (Türkçe)
  • Ukrainian (українська мова)
  • Uzbek (O‘zbek tili)
  • Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
  • Welsh (Cymraeg)

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Changelog

1.5

  • [SUPPORT BUGFIX] Fixed languages not applying correctly

1.4

  • [SUPPORT BUGFIX] Fixed shortcode ignoring to the time parameter

1.3

  • Fixed media property of the various wp_enqueue_style()s to default to 'all' instead of false
  • Upgraded “tested up to” tag to 3.8.1

1.2

  • Updated SVN to point to the actual location of the js files
  • [SUPPORT BUGFIX] Fixed non-responsive dropdowns in widget options due to misplaced JS file
  • [SUPPORT BUGFIX] Fixed shortcode not working due to misplaced JS file

1.1

  • Moved kw-jquery.countdown-1.6.3.php to /js/
  • [SUPPORT BUGFIX] Removed anonymous function in register_widgets() because they require PHP 5.3+
  • [SUPPORT BUGFIX] Fixed non-responsive dropdowns in widget options

1.0

  • Renamed plugin to CSSable Countdown
  • WordPress plugin directory release
  • Added screenshots and title banner

0.6

  • Added slash handling to expiryText and event

0.5

  • Split the shortcode off to its own file
  • Fixed expiryText not showing if countdown was already expired on page load
  • Fixed all instances of expiryURL to expiryUrl
  • Removed expiryUrl option from shortcode since can’t redirect after headers have been sent

0.4

  • Improved widget UI by creating sections
  • Added basic formatting option
  • Added layout type option
  • Created timezone and converter functions
  • Changed option compact to only print if true
  • Cleaned up files into folders
  • Requires PHP 5.1.3+
  • Removed showExpiryTextIfExpired option

0.3

  • Added localization capabilites
  • Added compact option
  • Fixed shortcode displaying blank date on default configuration
  • Fixed shortcode lack of targeting ID when calling as widget (source)
  • Fixed widget checkboxes not toggling correctly

0.2

  • Added expiryText option
  • Added significant option
  • Created showExpiryTextIfExpired option

0.1

  • Created plug-in
  • Created shortcode capability
  • Created widget capability
  • Stripped down and reconfigured CSS for maximum styling ability