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[fuzz]

I was wondering if it is possible to have a counter that would display on my webpage like so..
Fuzz-design is:
X Days
X hours
X minutes
X seconds old.
That constently updates. My hosts can support PHP and javascript, im no coder but any help would be appreciated :)
www.live-portal.co.uk

[NinoGrounds]

At 11/11/06 10:13 AM, fuzz wrote: I was wondering if it is possible to have a counter that would display on my webpage like so..
Fuzz-design is:
X Days
X hours
X minutes
X seconds old.
That constently updates. My hosts can support PHP and javascript, im no coder but any help would be appreciated :)
www.live-portal.co.uk

It is. I'm gonna do PHP for you, but not JS, since I don't know that.

Firstly you define a variable where you'll store the time when your site started. It should be numeric.
Not something like 30th April 2006.
Something like 2848948940.

So, do this:
<?
$started = '30th April 2006';
echo mktime($started);
?>

Change $started for the date when your site really started.
So now execute it, and you will get the number you need.

Store it in variable $t, thus:

$t = that number;

You can put it in quotes, or put it in quotes but specify (real) before, it doesn't really matter.

And then it's easy:

<?
$t = that number;
$days = date('l', $t);
$hours = date('H', $t);
$mins = date('i', $t);
$secs = date('s', $t);
?>
Fuzz-design is:
<?=$days?> days
<?=$hours?> hours
<?=$mins?> minutes
<?=$secs?> seconds old

And to implement it to JS, I said, I dunno, but it would go something like this..

<script lanaguage="javascript">
<!--
var days = <?=$days?>;
var hours = <?=$hours?>;
var mins = <?=$mins?>;
var secs = <?=$secs?>;

function showOldness() {
// write to document and refresh every second...
}
-->
</script>

And then somewhere:
<script language="javascript">showOldness();</script>

[fuzz]

Ok, so most of that flew straight over me, but the bit that especially confused me was the

You can put it in quotes, or put it in quotes but specify (real) before, it doesn't really matter.

so i did "<?"'s are they php quotes?

Anyway i got this:
<?
$started = '10th November 2006';
echo mktime($started);
?>
<? $t = that number; ?>
<?
$t = that number;
$days = date('l', $t);
$hours = date('H', $t);
$mins = date('i', $t);
$secs = date('s', $t);
?>
Fuzz-design is:
<?=$days?> days
<?=$hours?> hours
<?=$mins?> minutes
<?=$secs?> seconds old

Thanks for all your help

[fuzz]

Oh and if its any use. i have it up online on my site /about.html
Thanks, please try to teach an idiot (:

[cherries]

At 11/11/06 12:31 PM, fuzz wrote: Oh and if its any use. i have it up online on my site /about.html
Thanks, please try to teach an idiot (:

you have to change it to about.php

[fuzz]

At 11/11/06 01:35 PM, cherries wrote:

At 11/11/06 12:31 PM, fuzz wrote: Oh and if its any use. i have it up online on my site /about.html
Thanks, please try to teach an idiot (:

you have to change it to about.php

http://www.live-portal.co.uk/about.php its not displaying anything :S any ideas?

[Jordan]

At 11/11/06 01:55 PM, fuzz wrote: http://www.live-portal.co.uk/about.php its not displaying anything :S any ideas?

Change all <? into <?php.

Change <?=$secs?> Into <?php echo $secs; ?>

[fuzz]

At 11/11/06 01:57 PM, Jordan wrote:

At 11/11/06 01:55 PM, fuzz wrote: http://www.live-portal.co.uk/about.php its not displaying anything :S any ideas?

Change all <? into <?php.

Change <?=$secs?> Into <?php echo $secs; ?>

Thnaks for trying but i realy cant code lol.
http://www.live-portal.co.uk/about.html made it using flash instead. Thanks for trying :P
Now if only i knew the code so you didnt have to activate flash files..

[Jordan]

At 11/11/06 02:47 PM, fuzz wrote: Now if only i knew the code so you didnt have to activate flash files..

<script>
var browser=navigator.appName
if(browser=="Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
window.location="http://ie.user.justgotowned. com"
}
else{

}
</script>

Seriously, if you don't like it, just get firefox. www.getfirefox.com

[fuzz]

At 11/11/06 02:51 PM, Jordan wrote:
Seriously, if you don't like it, just get firefox. www.getfirefox.com

that realy isnt that wise, 80% of my site users use IE and i dont like telling my audience what they have to have to use my site. They should have full control of their "experience"

[S1orm]

At 11/11/06 03:32 PM, fuzz wrote: that realy isnt that wise, 80% of my site users use IE and i dont like telling my audience what they have to have to use my site. They should have full control of their "experience"

If you embed the flash using a JavaScript way, you don't need to activate it. YouTube do this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas#Browser_Ch anges

[Jessii]

It probably looks cooler in flash anyway but it's not really necessary to have a counter. It just uses bandwidth.

[rmbrstrongbad18]

Nothing shows because in php you can't just type something you want to show up. For example:

"Hello World" won't show, but:

echo "Hello World" will. You need to have print or echo there. I use echo.

[Jordan]

At 11/12/06 10:08 AM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote: echo "Hello World" will. You need to have print or echo there. I use echo.

How is this relevent to this topic..?

[rmbrstrongbad18]

It's not relevent. However, it's relevant. Earlier he was saying that he typed something onto the page and that it was still blank.

[Jordan]

At 11/12/06 01:42 PM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote: It's not relevent. However, it's relevant. Earlier he was saying that he typed something onto the page and that it was still blank.

That had nothing to do with not using print or echo.

Some hosts just don't support <?=$var?> like mine.

[rmbrstrongbad18]

No I mean when he was typing regular text...

[different]

At 11/11/06 11:39 AM, NinoGrounds wrote:

then it's easy:

<?
$t = that number;
$days = date('l', $t);
$hours = date('H', $t);
$mins = date('i', $t);
$secs = date('s', $t);
?>
Fuzz-design is:
<?=$days?> days
<?=$hours?> hours
<?=$mins?> minutes
<?=$secs?> seconds old

Wouldn't it be easier to do:

<?php
$t = that number;
$days = date('l', $t);
$hours = date('H', $t);
$mins = date('i', $t);
$secs = date('s', $t);
echo "Fuzz-design is: ".$days." days".$hours." hours".$mins." minutes, and ".$secs." seconds";
?>

?

[NinoGrounds]

At 11/11/06 01:57 PM, Jordan wrote:

At 11/11/06 01:55 PM, fuzz wrote: http://www.live-portal.co.uk/about.php its not displaying anything :S any ideas?

Change all <? into <?php.

Change <?=$secs?> Into <?php echo $secs; ?>

That's exactly the same thing, altough it's neater as I did, it takes less space.

At 11/12/06 10:08 AM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote: Nothing shows because in php you can't just type something you want to show up. For example:

"Hello World" won't show, but:

echo "Hello World" will. You need to have print or echo there. I use echo.

<?="Hello World"?> will do.

At 11/13/06 05:09 AM, different wrote: ?

When you work with DW your site preview will look neater if you do so.

[fuzz]

At 11/12/06 08:38 AM, Jessii wrote: It probably looks cooler in flash anyway but it's not really necessary to have a counter. It just uses bandwidth.

heh. Dont talk to me about bandwidth >.<

[Jessii]

At 11/16/06 11:20 AM, fuzz wrote: heh. Dont talk to me about bandwidth >.<

Uh oh! That bad? lol That's why I don't make my layouts in flash :P It's a cool feature, just not really practical.

[fuzz]

At 11/16/06 11:52 AM, Jessii wrote:

At 11/16/06 11:20 AM, fuzz wrote: heh. Dont talk to me about bandwidth >.<

Uh oh! That bad? lol That's why I don't make my layouts in flash :P It's a cool feature, just not really practical.

www.live-portal.co.uk

Nah its not that bad, i just need to upgrade to $30 a year :P lol