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The Before You Are Dead (BYAD) Countdown provides a simple widget witch displays a countdown timer with Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds and optionally, Years. You can configure some settings: Final date, Final time in the day, Final date format, Your final words and Years display.
<h4>Plugin Features</h4>
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<li>You can display the BYAD Countdown via:
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<li>a Widget</li>
<li>a Shortcode</li>
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BYAD Countdown implements some filters to use with add_filter() function:
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<li>byad_date_data > array( byadRegional, byadIcon) for jquery datepicker in admin. Useful for localization. Default in french. (see – byad-settings.php – around line 131). Check code example in <a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/before-you-are-dead-countdown/trunk/help-code.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">help-code.txt</a> file.</li>
<li>byad_title > filter for the widget title output. (see – byad-countdown_widget.php – around line 25)</li>
<li>byad_timezone > to set timezone for date php functions. Default: ‘Europe/Paris’. (see – byad-countdown_widget.php – around line 42)</li>
<li>byad_jsdata > to configure data passed to the main – byad-countdown.js – file displaying and activating your “last time of life”. (see – byad-countdown_widget.php – around line 53)</li>
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You can also:
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<li>use your own css using this simple action hook: byad_stylesheet.</li>
<li>use your own datepicker JS language file using this other action hook: byad_datepicker_lang.</li>
<li>Check examples in <a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/before-you-are-dead-countdown/trunk/help-code.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">help-code.txt</a> file.</li>
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<h3>Localizations</h3>
BYAD Countdown distributes with translations for the following languages: 
* English 
* Français 
* Italiano
Don’t see your language on the list? 
There is a – byad-countdown-default.po – in the languages/ directory. 
Use it with <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit</a> as a base .PO file for your language. 
Save it as: byad-countdown-LANGCODE.po where LANGCODE is your language code (e.g. fr_FR). 
If you create any, I’ll be glad to include it in the plugin.
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<li><a href="http://fr.termwiki.com/TWSpecial:ISO_Language_Code_Comparison" rel="nofollow ugc">Link to Languages Codes</a></li>
<li>Link to the excellent <a href="http://www.poedit.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit software</a></li>
<li>See also my <a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/before-you-are-dead-countdown/trunk/help-code.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">help-code.txt</a> file for more info.</li>
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Before You Are Dead Countdown

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The Before You Are Dead (BYAD) Countdown provides a simple widget witch displays a countdown timer with Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds and optionally,  …

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years and months (along with “traditional” weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds) can be displayed in the countdown interval.
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counter digits changes are animated and site administrator can easily switch between available <a href="http://wp.smartcalc.org/category/animation-profiles/" rel="nofollow ugc">animation profiles</a>, included with the plugin or added later.
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event <a href="http://wp.smartcalc.org/category/event-import-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">import plugins</a> support, no need to manually edit widget settings or shortcode for recurring or calendar events.
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Smart Countdown FX supports different layouts. Most popular layouts (sidebar, shortcode, shortcode compact, etc.) are included in the package and can be selected in the widget options or using a shortcode attribute. Custom layout presets can be easily created using existing ones as a starting point. You will find detailed instructions in the documentation.
RTL languages are natively supported in all counter layouts.
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More than one countdown can be displayed on the same page, each instance with its individual settings and configuration.
Events import plugins are supported.
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Coming soon
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More event import plugins for popular event management plugins and services.
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More animation profiles.
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