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Is it possible to add a countdown timer in a post?

Nothing too fancy but say that an event is going to start in 5 hours from now and it can simply go backwards from the time of that post?

Edit:

For ex. Something like this : http://www.pending.me.uk/cd/blu_1428015600.html
Not as fancy but maybe simpler or an animated gif.

you mean like automatic posts? where you can just write a post now and set a timer so that it would be posted automatically when the countdown ends?

nope, it's not possible on this forum, I think

Something like this?

http://gifcountdown.com/australia-adelaide/1428098100/141414/0f0f0f/aaaaaa/fdfdfd/faedad/true/counter.gif

Just set the time and date at http://gifcountdown.com/ (http://gifcountdown.com/) and copy the link and put the link into image tag.

http://www.pending.me.uk/cd/bla_1427997482.png (http://www.pending.me.uk)

this one cover up pretty much few timezones, all you need is to click the free create countdown and set the countdown that you want

No, That's not what I meant. I mean a timer which tells how much time is left for an event to begin. like 5 .. 4 .. 3

I tried this one but for some reason it's not showing the correct time. And it's not showing up to me in the post.


There's no way to embed it into the post, I mean the animated version.

You mean those that actually show a countdown even without  refreshing the page? yes there is none but still if you need the actual countdown you can refresh your page, although I remembered months back there was 1 or 2 in altcoin sections which actually displaying a countdown instead of static html picture

OP is asking for a gif setting a countdown, or if he can share some kind of link that would have a timer set. like 5hours left and the times actuates by itself

Yeah I saw one too but can't find one.


Yes, Exactly this!
Edited the OP to make it more clear.

can't find anything other than gif.. there's some SMF scripts but I'm sure you have to be an admin to do that.

OP, you should try a stopwatch online or a countdown online link or something like this. i dont know how to explain in terms of computing but somehow something like a link to an online countdown

Why this http://gifcountdown.com/ not working ?? it a gif right should work .

http://gifcountdown.com/africa-nouakchott/1428701400/ffffff/474747/5975e6/333333/3ab55b/true/counter.gif

Edit : At least it work when refreshing the page , it should be the best option as i think  ::)

Best Regards ,
Bitcoin Boy

well all you guys posted does work. but since they are script and are not gif, you will have to refresh the page everytime to be able to see the countdown dropping down.. sucks, but it is how it is

It's not updated in real time.You need to refresh the page to see the timer change the time.

here you go

http://mosaichosting.co.uk/countdown/2/gif.php?time=tomorrow

found here

https://litmus.com/community/learning/27-how-to-add-a-countdown-timer-to-your-email

you probably made his day, i got tired trying to find something for OP

i've been always good at find something on google  ;D

you can also customize it, now that i think about it, i needed this thing too  :D

help someone and you will be helped :D

Thats really cool, thanks for the info, btw im on the phone and its working here too

This is perfect! :)

Little difficult to understand but after some trial and error I am sure I can get it to work.

Thank you so very much!

For me this gifcountdown image is truncated (tried refeshing several times, same effect):
http://imgur.com/j3wuIRq


Edit: I dunno why I see invalid image where I tried to upload my screenshot to imgur?  I guess I don't know if you guys are seeing that smae thing or not.

Answered this one in the main auction thread a while back
Guess I didn't put it in Image form so no one noticed for months ^^

Duplicates that post in the auction board as well but this time puts in the clock working as an image url
Can't delete old posts in auction lol.

Indeed, that one (from seanja.com) seems to work great!

@freedomno1 It looks great but I am having same problems with what Amph recommended earlier. Don't know how to make one, so if you could point to a simple tutorial how to do this, that would be great.

There's a better way of doing that now.
You don't have to use it with gif. You can use svg format too.
You may check this thread; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1010004.0
You may need to contact with the altcoin calendar site.

agreed. unless OP needs like a big attraction on his post he would then need a bigger one to make his point taken into consideration. i mean from my point of view

Thanks guys for all the suggestion but I can't figure out the php script upload part, I don't know where to host the image with the php script.

Thank you very much! It is great. After playing with it for a while, I understood that the time can also be added after a comma. Eg:- http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2015-04-05,17:09:00.


Thanks. Will it work if I convert GIF to SVG?

By the way, does anybody know why gifcountdown (http://gifcountdown.com/) stopped working?

Hi, I tried using this for the DaDice campaign spreadsheet. But found that this don't really work. this updates only on reload.

It goes from just loops. Just a gif of 60 frames. :(

Notice the screen for 2 minutes and you will know.

http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2015-05-10

The problem is when it is put in a spreadsheet, I am sure, it just go on loooooping.

Yes, it's possible.

I saw some altcoin OPs has Countdown timer because of their ICO/IPO countdown.

But how to post the countdown timer, I don't know. Maybe just add a link?

Did a quick check and noticed that all countdown timers here updates only on reload.
While a few shows the same image, other two is a gif animated with next 60 frames.

Now, my issue is how to put a timer in Google Spreadsheet. I tried the animated gif ones, but they just doesn't get updated even after a few days. Any other ways to do so?

Thanks :)

It was an SVG image. The link was posted above. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1010004.0

If there is a working countdown timer, mostly GIF or SVG, you can put it/them in between image code.


Did you also try the one Amph^[1] gave?

You may want to use Google(or any other) for it. http://www.google.com/search?q=countdown+timer+for+Google+spreadsheet.

[1]

No, all animated gifs have the same mechanism. Even that too. Just check after two minutes without reloading it.

I had Googled it, but used different keywords. Thanks, I think I got what I wanted. :D

Sorry I wasn't checking for the last few days
I assume you meant how to set the clock (Otherwise refer to ndnhc's reply)

All you need to do is change the date time stamp
If you want it also does it by minute and hour hand as MZ noticed :)

http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2016-01-01
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2015-09-30


It reloads GIF images in a loop but for auctions each time you refresh the page the timer updates
So in general it works fairly well
At least a bit better than a static non updating image that only updates on a reload

There used to be an old discussion thread on auction clocks, the old popular one was onnit before it stopped working, but the code is the same for these type of clocks.

Since you might be interested can check out the GIT
https://gist.github.com/SeanJA/4159063
https://github.com/SeanJA/countdown-clock/tree/master
And the article explaining how it works
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13593420/countdown-timer-image-gif-in-email/13597274
https://github.com/videlalvaro/gifsockets

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Video gives an idea of how it looks in code
https://vimeo.com/49447841
It was not in Gifsockets but since avatars are back walk down memory lane lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrOHAfMdxI

I tried that but it doesn't shows the correct time.

It's based on a timezone just like the Bitcointalk forums
I get -4 hours unless I adjust the clock do that you should be able to set it to whatever time you want.
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=23:00
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=23:15
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2015-04-09-23:15
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2015-04-10-23:00
Etc


Well it works with commas so thought I'd add that note either format passes although with a comma it does seconds too so the better choice if you want to be obsessive and have it to the exact second (and have mad timing skills XD)
Glad it helped

Yeah, I have to play with it, trying different times to get it right.

But for now this will have to do. Thanks to everyone, for their help :)

I am marking this thread as solved and closing it now.