Dynamic countdown - colours

[yeleek]

Hi,

I'd like to add the dynamic countdown to a wedding website ( http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex6/dhtmlcount.htm ). Is it possible to change the background colour to #CC3333 and the text to white?

THanks

Ben

[cr3ative]

Here's a modified version of the script:

<script type="text/javascript">

/*
Dynamic countdown Script- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
For full source code, 100's more DHTML scripts, and TOS,
visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com
20 Aug 05, Forecolour option added by cr3
*/


function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday){
yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday
}

//////////CONFIGURE THE COUNTDOWN SCRIPT HERE//////////////////

//STEP 1: Configure the countdown-to date, in the format year, month, day:
setcountdown(2004,12,25)

//STEP 2: Change the two text below to reflect the occasion, and message to display on that occasion, respectively
var occasion="Christmas!"
var message_on_occasion="Merry Christmas!"

//STEP 3: Configure the below 5 variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
var countdownwidth='480px'
var countdownheight='20px'
var countdownbgcolor='#CC3333'
var countdowntext='#FFFFFF'
var opentags='<font face="Verdana"><small>'
var closetags='</small></font>'

//////////DO NOT EDIT PASS THIS LINE//////////////////

var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
var crosscount=''

function start_countdown(){
if (document.layers)
document.countdownnsmain.visibility="show"
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countdownie") : countdownie
countdown()
}

if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('<span id="countdownie" style="width:'+countdownwidth+'; background-color:'+countdownbgcolor+'; color:'+countdowntext+'"></span>')

window.onload=start_countdown


function countdown(){
var today=new Date()
var todayy=today.getYear()
if (todayy < 1000)
todayy+=1900
var todaym=today.getMonth()
var todayd=today.getDate()
var todayh=today.getHours()
var todaymin=today.getMinutes()
var todaysec=today.getSeconds()
var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy+" "+todayh+":"+todaymin+":"+todaysec
futurestring=montharray[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr
dd=Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring)
dday=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1)
dhour=Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000*24))/(60*60*1000)*1)
dmin=Math.floor(((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))/(60*1000)*1)
dsec=Math.floor((((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))%(60*1000))/1000*1)
//if on day of occasion
if(dday<=0&&dhour<=0&&dmin<=0&&dsec<=1&&todayd==da){
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags
return
}
//if passed day of occasion
else if (dday<=-1){
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags
return
}
//else, if not yet
else{
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags
}
setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
}
</script>

<ilayer id="countdownnsmain" width=&{countdownwidth}; height=&{countdownheight}; bgColor=&{countdownbgcolor}; visibility=hide><layer id="countdownnssub" width=&{countdownwidth}; height=&{countdownheight}; left=0 top=0></layer></ilayer>

cr3

[yeleek]

Thank you so much for that - its spot on!

[yeleek]

Has anyone any ideas as to how i can specifically set the font size for this script rather than just using small? IE treats the script differently to Firefox so want to make sure it does what i want.

Many thanks

Ben

[cr3ative]

Replace these lines:


var opentags='<font face="Verdana"><small>'
var closetags='</small></font>'

With this (You could use CSS here, but seeing as the script is living in the dark ages..)


var opentags='<font face="Verdana" size="10px">'
var closetags='</font>'

cr3

/ed: Of course, if you want to do it with css, replace these lines instead:


if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('<span id="countdownie" style="width:'+countdownwidth+'; background-color:'+countdownbgcolor+'; color:'+countdowntext+'"></span>')
Replace with

if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('<span id="countdownie" style="font-size:10px; width:'+countdownwidth+'; background-color:'+countdownbgcolor+'; color:'+countdowntext+'"></span>')

[yeleek]

Thanks for that *again*

[Twey]

Cr3. font-size and px just don't mix. In fact, just about nothing mixes with px. Use ems or pts.