New Countdown To Kickoff 2015 Website

[Bryce Paputa]

Originally Posted by Team118Joseph

The broadcast starts at 10:30 EST and 9:30 CST
That is 142029900 in epoch seconds for the software

Thanks, with javascript you can just enter it in year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond format instead of calculating the time in seconds.

[Team118Joseph]

I decided to use the milliseconds and convert it over with this code

                var d = new Date();
		var time_until = (kickoff_date - d.getTime());
		var days = Math.floor(time_until/86400000);
		time_until = time_until%86400000
		var hours = Math.floor(time_until/3600000);
		time_until = time_until%3600000
		var minutes = Math.floor(time_until/60000);
		time_until = Math.floor(time_until%60000);
		var seconds = Math.floor(time_until/1000);
		var milliseconds = Math.floor(time_until%1000);

[Bryce Paputa]

				var kickoff = new Date(2015, 0, 3, 10, 30, 0, 0)
					var diff = kickoff - new Date()
					var d = Math.floor(diff/1000.0/60.0/60.0/24.0)
					diff -= d * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
					var h = Math.floor(diff/1000.0/60.0/60.0)
					diff -= h * 1000 * 60 * 60
					var m = Math.floor(diff/1000.0/60.0)
					diff -= m * 1000 * 60
					var s = Math.floor(diff/1000)
					dDiv.innerHTML = d
					hDiv.innerHTML = h
					mDiv.innerHTML = m
					sDiv.innerHTML = s
					document.title = d + " Days Until Kickoff"

Here's how I did it, just a little bit easier to read and modify. The -= vs %= difference for the calculation is interesting.

[Team118Joseph]

The %= is modulus equal. Its used to get the remainder of the division. I use it to get the leftover hours, minutes, ext. then use that for the next equation. Once you start using modulus its hard to stop .

[Bryce Paputa]

Originally Posted by Team118Joseph

The %= is modulus equal. Its used to get the remainder of the division. I use it to get the leftover hours, minutes, ext. then use that for the next equation.

Of course, it's just interesting that we did the exact same calculation differently.

[Team118Joseph]

I was also wondering if anyone had some cool robot pictures I could use for the background. I was thinking of either having the page choose a random robot background or showing a robot of the day.

[waialua359]

Im not creating a link to this!
Everytime I see one of these, I cringe at how little days left we have before the 6 weeks of hell.

[Calvin Hartley]

Originally Posted by Team118Joseph

I was also wondering if anyone had some cool robot pictures I could use for the background. I was thinking of either having the page choose a random robot background or showing a robot of the day.

(I'm no website builder, so I don't know how complicated this would be, but here's an idea)
Could you make it reference CD media? I believe that's how The Blue Alliance gets photos (correct me if I'm wrong). Showing a daily random or predetermined lineup would be cool.

[Team118Joseph]

I got the slide show code in! Now I just need pictures!
Just send pictures to Joseph.Foster118@gmail.com and I will put them into the slide show.

[Team118Joseph]

After I started this thread, new countdowns started popping up. Luckily competition is one of the many great things about FIRST.

[Team118Joseph]

I added a team display to show what team are in the photos. Go check out all the teams that are displayed!

[Team118Joseph]

Less than 50 days left! Thanks to everyone who submitted photos and please keep sending them in!

[DarkRune]

Does anyone else have this error?

[Team118Joseph]

It seems to be a browser issue. I get the same error in Firefox. The site runs best in explorer but will also work in chrome.

[devg29]

Nice updates to the site -- I use chrome and I haven't had any problems so far