Countdown Widget

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 3:06 pm

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  Hi guys

  I have an event to count for that is about 3 months away and I would like the counting to be shown in days rather than months – the milestone widget shows only months

  Someone recommended for me earlier using those options:

  For alternatives see here:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/widgets-for-wpcom-8-countdown-timers/
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/widgets-for-wp-com-8b-more-countdown-tickers/

  None of them matched what I wanted – all these codes have backgrounds while I’m looking for something to match design of my site .. simple colors and text about the event – no birds or hearts or anything like that :)

  I found this site and it gives amazing countdown – http://countingdownto.com/

  The only problem is that when I got the code after clicking on EMBED and I tried to insert it into a widget, the widget changed the code by itself and it didn’t show on the page when I tried to see it

  This was the code I got

  <div style=”background:#000;width:350px; height:260px;font:0px sans-serif;text-align:left;”>
  COUNTDOWN TIMER WIDGET</div>

  Any help would be appreciated

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 3:14 pm

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  See here for a workaround http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/gigya-shortcode-3-widgets/
  See also so you know why workarounds are being used

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 6:33 pm

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  Thanks

  I tried using the way it is given and this was my code that I came up with but it didn’t work – any explanation why?

  [gigya src=" http://countingdownto.com/c/w.swf " eid="357336" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="350" height="240" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" style="outline:none"]

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  timethief · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 6:36 pm

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  I don’t have an explanation as I don’t use the gigya shortcode. Hopefully, another Volunteer will post here to assist you.

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 6:55 pm

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  Thanks – I hope someone else would explain why it didnt work

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  timethief · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 6:57 pm

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  The blogger at the blog who provided the gigya shortcode can assist you but Staff do not provide any backup at all for workarounds like this flash workaround.

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 11:23 pm

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  i tried to change the code in all ways – still not working :( haha i feel hopeless

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 24, 2013 at 1:10 am

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  any help with my code? please :(

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 24, 2013 at 1:15 am

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  and if you would like to see how the code I used in my last post turned out on website .. here it is in this page on the left side –

  http://cfatutor.me/excel-sheets/

  only black rectangle .. I dont know how to make it work

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 25, 2013 at 8:10 pm

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  should i give up :( ?

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  justpi · Member · Aug 25, 2013 at 8:16 pm

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  Correct shortcode:
  [gigya src="http://countingdownto.com/c/w.swf" flashvars="eid=357336" width="350" height="240" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" ]

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  omaradnan2 · Member · Aug 26, 2013 at 5:04 pm

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  Perfect – merci