B05 Adding a Countdown Clock 1:19
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Adding a countdown timer
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A countdown timer on your website
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helps built excitements as a
special event approaches
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and adding one in iWeb
only takes a few steps.
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The first step is to select a page
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you want add a countdown timer to.
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Then click "Widgets",
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and drag the "Countdown" widget to the page.
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To resize the counter
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just drag the corners
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or drag the middle to move
to a new spot on the page.
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As your dragging guidelines appears
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to help you align with other objects.
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There are different styles
of timer to choose from,
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to change the style
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click "Style"
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and choose the one you like.
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The last thing to do is to
specify the date and time
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that you want the timer countdown to
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by clicking the date and time fields
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and entering your target time.
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When you've done designing your timer
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click outside the window
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to see exactly what it look like to your visitors.
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Once you publish when
your visitors go to your site
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they'll see your new countdown timer
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and they can prepare for your big event.
page revision: 5, last edited: 03 Oct 2009 19:19
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