Clock extension?

JoshuaJenkins

I don't entirely understand the whole extension system yet, would anyone be interested in writing a simple clock extension that would show up at the bottom of the control panel? I need to display GMT time on my forums for deadlines and such, and right now we're all just kind of guessing in our heads.

Minisweeper

look at the bottom right hand corner of your screen. If it's not GMT, move to the uk

Mark

Hardy Har Har

It's not too difficult, I'll write it up and post it here in a few minutes.

Minisweeper

/me bows and goes for a coffee

Mark

Note that this code is for Vanilla 0.9.3:

<?php /* Extension Name: Clock Extension Url: http://lussumo.com/docs/ Description: Adds a clock to the control panel. Version: 1.0 Author: Mark O'Sullivan Author Url: http://markosullivan.ca/ */ if (in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array("account.php", "categories.php", "comments.php", "index.php", "post.php", "search.php"))) { $Time = time(); $GMT = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', ($Time + date("Z", $Time))); $Panel->AddString('<div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; color: #aaaaaa;">' .$GMT .'</div>' , 500); } ?>

If you were going to try to do this in 0.9.2, you'd need to remove that ", 500" at the end of the AddString method.

Note that the time is formatted using php's date function. Refer to that link if you want the time formatted in some other way.

To make an extension out of that code, just create a file called Clock.php in your extensions directory, and paste that code into it. Then sign into vanilla as an administrator, go to settings > manage extensions, and enable it.

Minisweeper

And it's that simple. Maybe i'll have a go at something myself just for fun. (that honestly wasnt sarcasm. I can see how it could be interpreted)

JoshuaJenkins

Thanks a lot mark, much appreciated.

NickE

You know, it'd be easier to just use the gmdate() function.

Mark

Hahahaha - I didn't know that function existed.

*slaps forehead*

JoshuaJenkins

Neither did I, thanks for the heads up SirNot.

JoshuaJenkins

This is just a little update I did my forums, just in case someone else was looking for something like this

<? if (in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array("account.php", "categories.php", "comments.php", "index.php", "post.php", "search.php"))) { $GMT = gmdate('l H:i (g:i a)'); $Panel->AddString('<div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h2>Forum Time</h2><span style="margin-left: 2px;">' .$GMT .'</span></div>'); } ?>

NickE

Why the extra variable?

JoshuaJenkins

<?php if (in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array("account.php", "categories.php", "comments.php", "index.php", "post.php", "search.php"))) { $Panel->AddString('<div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h2>Forum Time (GMT)</h2><span style="margin-left: 2px;">' .$GMT = gmdate('l H:i (g:i a)') .'</span></div>'); } ?>

There we go.

NickE

But you still have that variable...

<?php

if(@$Panel)
{
	$Panel->AddString('<div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h2>Forum Time (GMT)</h2><span style="margin-left: 2px;">'
	.gmdate('l H:i (g:i a)').'</span></div>');
}

?>

JoshuaJenkins

Gotta plead ignorance here, the level of php this stuff does is way over my head. Thanks for the update