Milestone Widget not counting down properly
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The milestone widget is not counting down properly. My “event day” is August 14, 2014 and it says that it is only a month away. Today is June 15 so it’s actually closer to 2 months away.
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That’s the way it normally works – i.e. not all that well – it has been noted and several of us have complained about the way it works – not being able to manually pick the time interval (month, weeks,, days )
i will flag this for the staff so they know that have yet another unhappy customer – the last time I needed to use the countdown junker I just skipped using it
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Thank you for the prompt response! It seems like such a simple widget, I’m surprised it hasn’t been able to work. There is no way to do html code in a wordpress.com blog right? I tried to put a google countdown widget into a post, but it didn’t seem to work. Thank you again.
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If you are looking for a countdown ticker for your free hosted WordPress.com blog see:
Widgets for wp.com blogs: 8 – generic countdown timers
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/widgets-for-wpcom-8-countdown-timers/
Widgets for wp.com blogs: 8b – more countdown timers -
Hey there!
The widget works in such a way that it displays the actual number of months but not including the number of days left. I can see how this can be a problem and I’ve taken note of it for a possible fix. In the meantime, please check out TT’s suggestions and see if these work better for your purpose. Sorry about that!
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Thank you everyone for the quick responses! The widgets that Timethief posted actually work so I’ll use that for now until the Milestone widget is fixed. Appreciation the help!
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@timethief, I continue to be impressed by your commitment to wordpress – thanks for all your hard work and time you invest with WP and the community.
Does WP support any non-flash countdown timers? Specifically, a HTML5 (javascript) widget would be really nice.
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@charlesdschultz
Hi there and thanks so much for the compliment. We bloggers cannot post any Javascript for security reasons. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/P.S. timethief logged in under my other username
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Right, I read all those (including gigya, shotcodes and code). This is why I go back to @druesome’s June 16th post:
I can see how this can be a problem and I’ve taken note of it for a possible fix
Ironically, all I want is something simple. I don’t want the flashy-dashy stuff. I want something clean, small and functional. If only I knew how to code better…. :)
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Hi everyone! I’ve made a suggestion to our devs for a possible enhancement to the Milestone Widget. I’ll let you know when I hear back from them. Thank you!
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I’ve been seeing posts about the Milestone widget since 2012 so apparently this has been a problem for a while. It would be wonderful to be able to stick with a widget WP provides instead of going outside the program.
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Hello, we have been trying this widget for the first time to countdown to the new Doctor Who episode. We thought we were doing it wrong but it seems not. Please add us to the list of people who would like to see the widget upgraded, thanks. :)
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Hi! As an update, the milestone widget is lined up for a possible upgrade. Due to the number of requests we’ve been getting, it may take a while before our developers get to this one. I’ll be sure to keep you updated should there be any developments. Thanks!
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Please let me know when this bug/error has been resolved. I am having the same problmes at my blog: jegerlober.dk
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