Countdown Timer

Website to display a countdown timer to a specified date.

Table of Contents

• Create a countdown using the UI
• Create a countdown by passing url parameters
• Screenshots
• Contributing

Create a countdown using the UI

View the demo at http://eyl327.mywebcommunity.org/countdown/

Create a countdown by passing url parameters

Fields:

• d - date and time in the format "YYYYMMDDTHHmm" (ex. 20201231T1300 for 31st of December, 2020 at 1 pm.)
• tz - timezone offset from UTC (ex. -7 for MST)
• msg - message to display above the countdown (ex. "Countdown to Deadline")
• font - a font available from fonts.google.com (ex. "Roboto")
• bg - background image url (ex. https://i.imgur.com/HcD6od4.jpg) or hex code preceded by %23 (ex. %23111111 for #111111)

Example:

http://eyl327.mywebcommunity.org/countdown/?d=20201231T2359&tz=%2B3&msg=New%20Year%27s%20Eve&font=Righteous&bg=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHcD6od4.jpg

Screenshots

Contributing

Video tutorial: How to make a Pull Request with Github Desktop

1. Fork this repository and clone your repo to your computer

git fork https://github.com/DenverCoder1/countdown.git

2. Create a new branch

git checkout -b new_branch (where new_branch is the feature you are working on)

3. Set up a local or hosted web server to test your code

This can be done with XAMPP

4. Make your changes to the code

5. When it is ready, submit a PR from your forked repository