Hi,
thedownload package doesn't seen to be ok. It includes only two files, but no database files.

man,
it doesnt need any database!!!
just upload this directory after you extract it to your blocks directory..
then go to admin, it will be installed..
and ready to use..
good luck

I've simplified the code by changing line 28 like this:

$this->content->items[] = "

wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\" menu=\"false\">
";

It now works with both Firefox and IE, but I don't know if there are any side effects. It seems to be working fine, so far.

Oops!... The last comment didn't get through as it was supposed to. For some reason part of the code disappeared, probably because of tab characters. Here it goes again:

$this->content->items[] = "wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\" menu=\"false\">";

Wrong again! But now I think I know what's going on: HTML code is interpreted as such. Let's try another approach:

$this->content->items[] = "
      
     <center>
      
       
 <embed
src=\"$CFG->wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\" width=\"150\"
height=\"150\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\"
menu=\"false\"></embed>
      
     </center>";

Bingo! Here's a more compact version:

$this->content->items[] =
"<center><embed
src=\"$CFG->wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\" width=\"150\"
height=\"150\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\"
menu=\"false\"></embed></center>";

yes Emanuel Jesus..

you can edit the code to fit browser requirements..
good luck

In 1.6 you get
Block aou_clock: block_aou_clock not implemented

would u be more specific..
and send me the exact problem
plz

Hi

I have downloaded the files and fto'd them to the blocks folder in Module 15 but cannot see the option in admin, can you help?

Perks

Hey Caroline,
after you put the dolder into blocks directory, just go to your admin page i.e: "http://www.example.com/moodle/admin"
a message shows "AOU CLOCK has been added successfully" and
a button appears says continue, click on it
then it will be installed automatically..
then you can go anywhere in your courses or main website and add the new clock block..

good luck and let me know if it didnt work..

aMr H

Hi All
When I have the clock enabled I get the following printing immediately above the clock applet in 1.6 (or 1.6Beta) ;
Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$icons in C:\www\webroot\moodle\blocks\moodleblock.class.php on line 638

Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$footer in C:\www\webroot\moodle\blocks\moodleblock.class.php on line 638

Anyone help ?

Hi Michael Woodward ,
it is not related to AOU clock!

anyways, to hide it you can do the following..

go to ur php.in and disable error reporting to hide this notice..

then restart ur apache..

good luck!

aMr H

Tried again to put into 1.6 - I get
title = "AOU Clock"; $this->version = 2006150300; } function preferred_width() { // The preferred value is in pixels return 200; } function get_content() { if ($this->content !== NULL) { return $this->content;} global $CFG; $this->content->items[] = "

"; return $this->content; } } ?>
Block aou_clock: block_aou_clock not implemented

Ian,
simply go to your MySQL and go to mdl_block table then remove the record called aou_clock
then go to your moodle admin, it will be installed automatically

good luck..
Amr Hourani
Amman - Jordan

I work with Mozilla Firefox v. 1.5.0.4. There hours does not show. The block appears but hours are not present.
Has checked up that writes at JavaScirpt.
And there writes that the mistake at cost has property 'cursor '
What is necessary does?
When I work with IE problems are not

NOt necessary, it is just for displaying cursor style..

Hi, to all of you!
I'm expecting dificulties with this cute block.
The Problem is, that it does not appear on firefox-browser. I'm running the latest Moodle version (1.6). With the former one there were no problems.... This problem does not accure with IE. Does someone have an idea?
Thanks

hi Ljubomir Zhivkov,
it is a double quates problem,
you just open the code and edit it until it looks like:
$this->content->items[] =
"wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\" width=\"150\"
height=\"150\" wmode=\"transparent\" quality=\"high\"
menu=\"false\">";

any other help?

say thanks to AOU :P

Sorry mate - no luck with this one. I've installed it but can't see the block as an option to add to my site. I'm using the latest Firefox browser. No idea why this is so...

I keep getting the same error as Ian. I've cheked the table and there is no record for au_clock. Any idea how to correct it ? Moodle version is 1.6+
thx

http://www.tausch.feintechnikschule.de/moodle/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf is displayed correctly in Firefox. The block itself is also showed. But the clock in the block isn't displayed.
In IE all works fine.

I installed this but it shows time wrongly for Sri Lanka (LK) -- Very recently Sri Lanka time has been change as GMT + 5.5 where previously it was about GMT + 6.0. Still this clock shows previous time as GMT + 6.0. I had change my system time (server) to GMT + 5.5 before this block installtion and I am sure my time is correct.

Does country time is hardcoded into this auo clock block?

Oh my mistake this is java script like I think since it takes local machine time. It works fine now.


But anyway can I fixed this time with servers local time for all users irrespective from client machine time??

Download link seems to have died.

link fixed, thanks to Mr Homam

I have had the same problem as Ian Scott (Thursday, 29 June 2006, 02:02 PM). The reason was that my web server didn't understand '

Hi everyone!

The bug in Firefox seems to be caused by the method of embedding the flash movie. The file uses the -tag to embed the movie. However in Firefox, the -tag works. I had the same problem when I tried to embed flash movies in Mambo CMS and the resolution was the same.

I tried to add this line
document.write('wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\" />');
after the line containt . Works!

However, the background-color and size gets messed up so I will try to correct this also (I have not supplied any parameters to the -tag so I really did not expect it to be perfect at the first attempet!)

/Andreas

Hi again!

The tags disappear when posting this post. I try once more:

The block uses the object-tag but the embed-tag should be used in order to make it work in firefox. I am working on a fix.

Hi again!
Since I learned through some website, the problem with usage of the object-tag depends on IE:s improper usage of the object. Macromedias Flash actually generates html-code with both the object-tag and the embed-tag. However, the embed-tag is not standards-compliant and should not be used. The problem can be solved by changing the code to:
document.write('wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\">');

document.write('wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\">');

Sorry, I am having problems with posting the code..
document.write('wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\">');

Sorry once again. Cant post the code. I try this instead:
"wwwroot...etc"

Find the code here (found no other way to post it)
http://www.molk.se/analogclockblock/block_aou_clock.txt

Is it not possible that this clock module is updated, so that it works on firefox... straight away without each person downloading having to fix it themselves?

(ie) Changing/adding the following:

(1) Andreas's (17/Oct/2006) Change for the line
(2) wwwroot being changed to httpswwwroot

Love the clock but has not worked in 1.6 or 1.7 for me - but worked around it by simply using the falsh clock and embedding it in a HTML block
ie >

The same here. The clock does not work with 1.7

Plz retry how can i install ???
i will be going to \www\block\ then extract the file into path, then iam go to admin page i dont't see the clock object into Block????

Thanks Okay installation but how can uninstall Block???

I get this problem on 1.7

title = "AOU Clock"; $this->version = 2006150300; } function preferred_width() { // The preferred value is in pixels return 200; } function get_content() { if ($this->content !== NULL) { return $this->content;} global $CFG; $this->content->items[] = "

"; return $this->content; } } ?>

Is there any way I can solve this?

Someone please help because this error is coming up on every page

I have installed the clock and have had no prblems accept with it showing on Firefox. Can somebody explain what files i need to change to make it work show up on firefox or better yet is there an updated version?

cheers
Daryl

Found the file and copied and pasted the new code and updated and now it works with Firefox I am using Moodle 1.7.1 all is now ok

cheers
Daryl

Hi Daryl, would you please post your updated file here? I use 1.7.1 and does not work with this clock. Thanks a lot. Edward

hi..i have problem with blocks.i upload this block or any block.moodle give me an error.if anyone knows why moodle gives this error to me please write...thanx

Warning: file(C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\moodle/blocks/aou_clock/block_aou_clock.php) [function.file]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\moodle\lib\blocklib.php on line 25

i install php and mysql.i use a windows2000 server with ııs.moodle is working fine but when i install a block this error message happened.

Ozgur Colakoglu

Many thanks to the Firefox bug fixers!

I am a high school teacher and my students love to wait until the very last minute to submit assignments.  I like the idea of the clock, so that they can know exactly how much time is still available. 

It seems, however, that the clock draws its inspiration (and time) from the computer's clock, rather than the server time.  Is this the case? Is it possible to change this?

Regards,
Todd Hughes

it leaves the following error to me: Seemed to the one of Lan Scott.

title = "AOU Clock"; $this->version = 2006150300; } function preferred_width() { // The preferred value is in pixels return 200; } function get_content() { if ($this->content !== NULL) { return $this->content;} global $CFG; $this->content->items[] = "var clocksize='150'; var clocksize; if(!clocksize||clocksize=='SIZE')clocksize='100'; document.write('<OBJECT CLASSID=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" CODEBASE=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" WIDTH=\"'+clocksize+'\" HEIGHT=\"'+clocksize+'\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"movie\" VALUE=\"$CFG->wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"quality\" VALUE=\"high\">'); //document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"bgcolor\" VALUE=\"#FFFFFF\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"wmode\" VALUE=\"transparent\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"menu\" VALUE=\"false\">'); document.write('</OBJECT>'); "; return $this->content; } } ?>

title = "AOU Clock"; $this->version = 2006150300; } function preferred_width() { // The preferred value is in pixels return 200; } function get_content() { if ($this->content !== NULL) { return $this->content;} global $CFG; $this->content->items[] = "

var clocksize='150'; var clocksize; if(!clocksize||clocksize=='SIZE')clocksize='100'; document.write('<OBJECT CLASSID=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" CODEBASE=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" WIDTH=\"'+clocksize+'\" HEIGHT=\"'+clocksize+'\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"movie\" VALUE=\"$CFG->wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"quality\" VALUE=\"high\">'); //document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"bgcolor\" VALUE=\"#FFFFFF\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"wmode\" VALUE=\"transparent\">'); document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"menu\" VALUE=\"false\">'); document.write('</OBJECT>'); "; return $this->content; } } ?>

I am running moodle 1.8 and having a hard time geting the aou_clock to show. It works on our 1.7 moodle box, and it seems to install ok on the 1.8. It just doen't display the full clock.

I have successfully installed this block in Moodle 1.8.1 and it is working happily in IE and also Safari but not in Firefox.

Could somene please re-post the changes that need to be made, perhaps as a screenshot, seeing how this editor seems to alter any php code that is posted.
The link that Andreas posted on 17 Oct 2006 (http://www.molk.se/analogclockblock/block_aou_clock.txt) is now returning a 404 error.

Thanks in advance!

I'm also having trouble with the clock displaying in Firefox. Could someone maybe post a screenshot of the changes that need to be made, as the previous text-based posts don't seem to work.

Thanks

hi.. it seems that the clock gets the time in the "CLIENT" 's side.. not into the server where moodle resides... how will i change this? i wanted the time to be centralized.. so the clock should get the time in the server not into the end user.. =( help

Hi ALL!
My variant of file block_aou_clock.php:
<?php // code by aMr H ... AOU - Jordan Branch

class block_aou_clock extends block_list {
    // The init() method does not need to change at all

    function init() {
     $this->title = "Часики";
        $this->version = 2006150300;
 }
 
 function preferred_width() {
    // The preferred value is in pixels
    return 200;
}

function get_content() {
    if ($this->content !== NULL) {
        return $this->content;}

 global $CFG;

$this->content->items[] = "<!-- block added by aMr H  AOU University -->
<center><SCRIPT Xlanguage=\"JavaScript\">var clocksize='150';</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT>
var clocksize;
if(!clocksize||clocksize=='SIZE')clocksize='100';

document.write('<OBJECT CLASSID=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" CODEBASE=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" WIDTH=\"'+clocksize+'\" HEIGHT=\"'+clocksize+'\">');
document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"movie\" VALUE=\"$CFG->wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\">');
document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"quality\" VALUE=\"high\">');
document.write('<param name=\"play\" value=\"true\">');
document.write('<param name=\"loop\" value=\"true\">');
document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"bgcolor\" VALUE=\"#FFFFFF\">');
document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"wmode\" VALUE=\"transparent\">');
document.write('<PARAM NAME=\"menu\" VALUE=\"false\">');
document.write('<EMBED src=\"$CFG->wwwroot/blocks/aou_clock/clock.swf\"  quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" TYPE=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" PLUGINSPAGE=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" WIDTH=\"'+clocksize+'\" HEIGHT=\"'+clocksize+'\" wmode=\"transparent\" menu=\"false\">');
document.write('</EMBED >');
document.write('</OBJECT>');
</SCRIPT></center>";
return $this->content;
}
}
?>

Thanks Vadim, your version works!
A note though, the title of the clockon line 7 is in Russian so others will need to change that.

Hello Mr Amr or everybody,

Sorry, it seems I still couldn't be able to use this clock. All I need to do is just simply unrar the file to directory ./moodle/blocks right?

I have now .moodle/blocks/aou_clock, inside got another folder named aou_clock (got 2 files:block_aou_clock.php and clock.swf) and block_aou_clock.php

I still cannot file it under admin. Anybody can enligthen me pls?

Thnks

Hi

I have installed the clock on four moodle sites that I am looking after. it works fine on two and not on the other two. does anyone know what would cause this? I have unistalled it and gone back in and installed it again and still no luck. The block shows but no clock

Cheers

Hi All Clock fans..

I tested this on a 1.7 install on IE6/FFox2/SeaMonkey.. Worked fine

For those that want a variety of faces try http://edmullen.net/fclock.php.

Message me from my profile if you want the tested version of this clock..

http://edmullen.net/fclock.php

Message me from my profile if you want the tested version..

Try

edmullen.net/fclock.php

Message me from my profile here if you want the tested version..

Hi, the download link seems to be dead again.

i take it problem with firefox has not been solved. just tried to install...to no avail

It is working in both, IE and Firefox..

Hi, i have problems with the AOU_clock.. I use moodle 1.9 but AOU_clock don`t work. i copy the two files into the block_folder and visit http//mysite/admin but nothing... moodle dont`t install it? Is this a problem with moodle 1.9? I know it works with moodle 1.8 without probs!

thanks a lot

How do i get the clock to display the server time and not the local/client computer time?

I've installed this block (for moodle 1.9) on 1.9.3+ version of moodle, and it doesn't work. In modul-block administration says:

"Block aou_clock is not compatible with the current version of Moodle and needs to be updated by a programmer".

I've studied the code, but I'm not an expert on moodle and I am unable to see what's wrong in the code.

Its a pity, because it was a very nice effect.

Hi Moragues,

download the latest version.. it seems you have an old version

I also would like to know if there is anyway to get the clock to be the same time zone for all users.

thank you very much

Hi!

I've some problems with the analog clock-block.
It works fine with Firefox 2.x, 3.x and IE7 and IE8, but the Clock-SWF-File isn't displayed with IE6.
The Clock-Block is displayed, but not the clock itself.

Any suggestions about that?

Hi,
I had the same problems with Moodle 1.9.5+ and Firefox 3.5.2; I installed only the clock.swf-file and used the following code inserting in a new html-block in the sideblocks:
<embed src=http://yourdomainname.com/nameoftheflashclock.swf width=... height=... wmode=transparent type=application/x-shockwave-flash></embed>