Show website at a specific date and time...

[indiodoido]

hi...

 

I've created a new site, and its going to be online in September.

Until then, i would like to have online a simple countdown that will display the time left until that day, and when we reach that date the new web page would appear automatically.

 

Can anyone help me?

[trq]

If its a countdown you want, its Javascript you require. Not PHP.

[indiodoido]

but with javascript anyone can see the link of the new website, and with php it would no be possible.

 

isn't it possible to create a countdown with php ??

[dbo]

Yeah you could pull this off. Though I think its significantly more work than it's worth and would require a mix of javascript and PHP to get the desired effect.

[kathas]

it is not safe to have the website accessible before it goes public anyway, it doesn't matter that there will be no link to the other pages they can still be found by luck or patience. Just have the site off the server or protect it using .htaccess (if on Apache) and if you want the site to go public automatically just add a cron job and run a script that will do it...

 

And the count down must be made with JavaScript or any form of client side scripting...

 

Kathas

[indiodoido]

humm, i see...

 

i thought it would be easier :-(

ok, no problem, maybe i will just use a simple javascript countdown and then upload the website manually, much more secure  ;-)

 

thanks for the tip guys

[lightningstrike]

Perhaps write a simple script to include at the top of the pages.

 

e.g

$openat = mktime(1,0,0,9,1,2007); // 1 AM, September 1st, 2007 read more at php.net/mktime
$javascript = "<br>
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
//put some code here for javascript countdown.
</script>
";
if(time()<$openat){
die("The website will open on: " . date("M d Y",$openat) . $javascript);
}

[dbo]

Or.... just create a generic html page with javascript that says page will be online at this time. Keep the real site offline and then just upload it before that date... take down the generic index page and let the live site chug when you're ready.

[lightningstrike]

Well actually if he/she has access to the php.ini file or even setting a htaccess php_flag.

 

All they would have to do is make a file I described then simply edit the value of auto_append_file to the file handling the auto-opening.