How far in advance are we generally going to display the counter? Would it be preferrable to batch generate a file for each date in advance, then have some server side code that includes the correct one? On 22/10/2007, Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oh haha, or if you could install inkscape, you could do: > > inkscape -z fedora-countdown-banner.svg > --export-png=fedora-countdown-banner.png > > I'm attaching a modified version of the svg so you'd only need one font > - Isabella - the rest of the fonts are converted to paths. Isabella is > available here and is LGPL-licensed: > > http://www.thibault.org/fonts/isabella/ > > So here is how this could work, sanity checks welcome: > > - need a script to: > - call counter.py with the correct value, incrementing that value > every time it's called > - regenerate the svg > - run the inkscape command above to export the svg to png > > - need a cron script to call the above at say every night at midnight. > > - need counter.py and the attached updated svg > > - need to install the Isabella font > > If the png is saved out to a directory accessible to the web then anyone > wanting to display the counter could simply use that image. > > Makes sense? Is this do-able? > > ~m > -- Fedora-websites-list mailing list Fedora-websites-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-websites-list
