I m trying to make an auction website.
When user is creating a new ad, he has the option to choose for how long this ad is going to be published.
1-24 hours. How can i make a countdown, that triggers exactly in the moment when user saves the add in the database?
For example if user has chosen that the ad should run 1 hour.
Regards Claudiu
Not sure if this is the best way since it utilizes workflows, but I created a timer in an app using the “Every X seconds, do this” workflow. You can change a field, let’s say “User date” to 60 and then run "every 60 seconds, User Date - 1 and it would effectively be an hour countdown.
For example, my app allowes users to choose from 1-24 hours lifetime of the ad. Now i have created this
Regards Claudiu
Hey Claudiu,
Did you manage to get the solution to doing a countdown without using a date?
I am trying to figure it out but I dont know how to solve this problem.
@william - you may be able to accomplish this by using Current Date/Time + (Minutes or Hours)[user’s input/dropdown value]
As well, check out AirDev’s countdown widget. (It’s date based, but you may glean some ideas).
https://widgets.airdev.co/widget/1472621296516x837170935468748200
https://buildingonbubble.com/block/countdown-timer-1466528802569x695336233767534600
Slight improvement on the Airdev version (credit to them in the first place) to make the math less longwinded.
Hi guys,
Wasn’t able to find much on the Bubble forum but found this video which seems to work well, it’s in German but still great.
Cheers
