simplyCountdown.js

Why another countdown ?

I developed this little library in a boring day. I regularly use this kind of Javascript's libraries to display countdowns on websites and this one exactly meets the needs that I have. It is perfect to make 'under construction' pages, etc.

This is a very (very) basic Javascript CountDown.

Getting Started

install via npm or bower

$ bower install simplycountdown.js
$ npm install simplycountdown.js

Insert simplyCountdown to your HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/simplyCountdown.theme.default.css"/> 
<script src="dist/simplyCountdown.min.js"></script> 

    // This is an example with default parameters

    simplyCountdown('[CSS-SELECTOR]', {
            year: 2015, // required
            month: 6, // required
            day: 28, // required
            hours: 0, // Default is 0 [0-23] integer
            minutes: 0, // Default is 0 [0-59] integer
            seconds: 0, // Default is 0 [0-59] integer
            words: { //words displayed into the countdown
                days: 'day',
                hours: 'hour',
                minutes: 'minute',
                seconds: 'second',
                pluralLetter: 's'
            },
            plural: true, //use plurals
            inline: false, //set to true to get an inline basic countdown like : 24 days, 4 hours, 2 minutes, 5 seconds
            inlineClass: 'simply-countdown-inline', //inline css span class in case of inline = true
            // in case of inline set to false
            enableUtc: true, //Use UTC as default
            onEnd: function() { return; } //Callback on countdown end, put your own function here
            refresh: 1000, // default refresh every 1s
            sectionClass: 'simply-section', //section css class
            amountClass: 'simply-amount', // amount css class
            wordClass: 'simply-word' // word css class
    });

You can use it with jQuery too (not required)

// jQuery Example 
$('[CSS-SELECTOR]').simplyCountdown({ 
    year: 2015, // required 
    month: 6, // required 
    day: 28, // required 
    ... 
}); 

Easy to customize

You can easly customize the countdown using the css theme starter file or create your own like so :

/!\ The following theme template works with default class in parameters.

    /*
    * Project : simply-countdown
    * File : simplyCountdown.theme.custom
    * Author : Your Name <your-mail[at]example.com>
    */

    .simply-countdown {
        /* The countdown */
    }
    .simply-countdown > .simply-section {
        /* coutndown blocks */
    }

    .simply-countdown > .simply-section > div {
        /* countdown block inner div */
    }

    .simply-countdown > .simply-section .simply-amount,
    .simply-countdown > .simply-section .simply-word {
        /* amounts and words */
    }

    .simply-countdown > .simply-section .simply-amount {
        /* amounts */
    }

    .simply-countdown > .simply-section .simply-word {
        /* words */
   }

Contributing

• Give it a star !
• Report a bug
• Tweet about it :)

Pull Requests

• Solve a problem
• For code enhancement, use JSLint as a code quality tool.
• Small is better than Big.

Changelog

1.3.1

• clean some code
• add refresh parameter

refresh: 1000 //default

1.3.0

• Add onEnd callback

onEnd: function () {
    // some code
}

1.2.0

• Resolve #4 - Add UTC support adding enableUtc parameter

enableUtc: true //true is default

1.1.1

• Resolve #3 - Remove ID Only compatibility

1.1.0

• Add hours, minutes, seconds in available settings to set the target Date

1.0.1

• Fix console error when not using jQuery

1.0.0

• initial release