https://github.com/dmuth/anthrocon-hotel-countdown
Code for the Anthrocon Hotel Countdown Timer screen that I used on the website for our 2013 convention.
https://github.com/dmuth/anthrocon-hotel-countdown
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Code for the Anthrocon Hotel Countdown Timer screen that I used on the website for our 2013 convention.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/dmuth/anthrocon-hotel-countdown
- Owner: dmuth
- License: other
- Created: 2013-02-02T22:27:17.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2020-09-03T22:20:54.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-02T06:07:18.032Z (about 2 years ago)
- Language: PHP
- Size: 688 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
Anthrocon Hotel Countdown
=========================
Code for the Anthrocon Hotel Countdown Timer screen that I used on the website for our 2013 convention.
Based on the "end date" which is set in the software, either a countdown timer is displayed, or a page
with the link to reserve hotels is displayed. Here are some screenshots:
Installation and Configuration
==============================
- Clone this repository into any directory. You'll need PHP 5.3 running on the server
- Go to http://codecanyon.net/item/jbmarket-circular-countdown/3100472 and purchase
the countdown app. It's only $5 and very much worth it. :-)
- Put the Circular Countdown code into the following directory: content/js-clock/
- Replace the Anthrocon image with one of your choosing, and tweak the CSS as you see fit.
You should now be good to go!
Performance
===========
I *highly* recommend tweaking the `deploy-to-s3.sh` script and putting all of your
assets (images, CSS, etc.) onto Amazon S3 or AWS CloudFront. It will decrease the
load to your server substantially.
Configuration and Use
=====================
Start by editing index.php and changing the $start_date and $end_date variables.
They are in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format.
To test things out, you can load the index.php with a "date" argument to
force a different end date. Examples:
- http://localhost/hotel/?date=20120101120000 will force the end date to be
Noon on January 1st 2012, and will display the hote reservations link.
- http://localhost/hotel/?date=20150101130000 will force the end date
to be 1 PM on January 1st, 2015. If it is in fact before that date,
you will see the countdown time.
PROTIP: Before deploying, it would probably be a good idea to comment
out the line sets $end_date to $_GET["date"]. :-)
If you are running an actual convention website and want to replace your website with this
countdown timer, first make sure that your website has a single entry point. For example,
Drupal serves all pages through index.php. If that's the case, replacing all pages on
your website is fairly straightforward. First, replace index.php with a symlink as follows:
`mv index.php main.php && ln -s main.php index.php`
Now, when you're ready to replace the site, do something like this:
`rm index.php && ln -s hotel/index.php index.php`
When you're ready to restore access to the website:
`rm index.php && ln -s main.php index.php`
WTF, MSIE?
==========
WTF, indeed. MSIE 8 doesn't have issues--it has a subscription. In the interests of both
sanity and time, I decided the quickest route would be to not display the counter for
MSIE browsers. I may revisit this in the future. If there are any front-end folks who would
like to contribute source to actually make things work under MSIE, feel free!