Javascript Timer Help

[l0rd]

Hello. I am a script Newbie. I want to place a timer on a page on my website. I already have a javascipt code that I want to use. But I'm afraid thats all I have at this point.

The script is:

var time
var output

function Init(){
	time = 1;
	StartTimer()
}

function convertOutput(){
	var hours = 0
	var mins = 0
	var secs = time
	
	while(secs >= 60){
		secs -= 60;
		mins += 1;
	}
	
	if(secs < 10){
		secs = "0" + secs;
	}
	
	while(mins >= 60){
		mins -= 60;
		hours += 1;
	}
	
	if(mins < 10){
		mins = "0" + mins;
	}
	
	output = hours + ":" + mins + ":" + secs;
}

function StartTimer(){
	time += 1;
	convertOutput();
	document.getElementById("time").innerHTML = output;
	self.setTimeout("StartTimer()", 1000);
}

I need to put this on a webpage on my website.

Help will be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance.

[Twey]

What sort of a timer? We'll need a little more than this.

[l0rd]

Its an autostart timer that tells you how long you've been looking at a webpage (no buttons or user controls)

[Twey]

Well, that's fairly easy:

<span id="timer">&nbsp;</span>

<script type="text/javascript">
  (function(start) {
    function map(f, a) {
      for (var i = a.length - 1, r = []; i >= 0; --i)
        r[i] = f(a[i], i);

      return r;
    }

    function pad(s, w, c) {
      return (new Array(w + 1 - s.toString().length)).join(c || "0") + s;
    }

    function timerTick() {
      var now = new Date(new Date() - start);
      
      document.getElementById("timer").firstChild.nodeValue
        = map(function(n) { return pad(n, 2); },
              [now.getUTCHours(),
               now.getUTCMinutes(),
               now.getUTCSeconds()]).join(":");
    }

    setInterval(timerTick, 1000);
  })(new Date());
</script>

[l0rd]

hmm, Do I just paste that into the page that I want the timer to be in? Because I just did and no timer.

[Twey]

Should do, yes. If it didn't work, show the page so I can debug it.

[l0rd]

the site is Forlol.com

[Twey]

There is no <span id="timer"> on that page. You haven't placed the code properly.

[l0rd]

what code do I place and where do i place it

[Twey]

Exactly the code I gave you, where you want the timer.