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I have a feeling this will have a simple solution… but i just don’t know it!

My client will have live video on their website at certain times:

Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 9:00am and 10:30am

I would like to have an image show up on the homepage, but only at those times… say on Saturday from 5-6pm, and Sunday from 9-11am.

Is there a method or extension that would let me do something like this?

Thanks in advance.

I guess I could make a weblog for it, then place the image in an entry and set it as a reoccurring event with repeet…

But it seems like there should be an easier way.

Is it possible to use conditional statements with current_time?

like: {if current_time > 5:00}IMAGE{/if}

?

You might want to check out the Repeet plugin. I think this post on SitePoint is also related to your question: Finding current show in recurring schedule w/PHP and MySQL.

Thanks Kris… I installed Repeet…. but couldnt get it to do what I wanted.

Instead, I did a little more creative thinking and came up with this:

{if ('{current_time format="%w"}' == '6' AND '{current_time format="%G"}' == '17') OR ('{current_time format="%w"}' == '0' AND '{current_time format="%G"}' >= '9' AND '{current_time format="%G"}' <= '11')}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="live" limit="1" show_future_entries="yes" show_expired="yes" dynamic="off"}
{live_body}
{/exp:weblog:entries}
{/if}

So that statement does something like: If it’s Saturday, in the hour of 5 pm, then show the graphic. OR if it’s Sunday, from the hours of 9 to 11, then show the graphic.

I think it should work perfectly.

No problem. I hope your code worked. What problem were you having with Repeet?