Title: Cannot get countdown to render.
Last modified: September 11, 2017

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# Cannot get countdown to render.

 *  [apillai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apillai/)
 * (@apillai)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-countdown-to-render/)
 * I downloaded the the Events Calendar Bridge Plugin, and activated it. I then 
   went to Settings and set up Configuration 1 to import All Categories. I then 
   use the following short code on a page
 * [smartcountdown import_config=”scd_tribe_events::1″ title_before_down=”Our next
   event – %imported% – starts in” title_before_up=”Current event – %imported% –
   is in progress for” widget_style=”text-align:center;”]
 * and when I check the front end , I only see the short code render as is.
 * Please Advice

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 *  Plugin Author [Alex Polonski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex3493/)
 * (@alex3493)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-countdown-to-render/#post-9488305)
 * Event Calendars Bridge Plugin is a plug-in for Smart Countdown FX. You have to
   install and enable the main plugin first.
 *  Thread Starter [apillai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apillai/)
 * (@apillai)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-countdown-to-render/#post-9490368)
 * Thanks for the answer. I downloaded and activated the Smart Countdown FX plugin.
   Now when I check the front-end – the short code no longer displays but the counter
   doesn’t show up. It’s a blank space. When I do a View Source on the page, this
   is what I see
 * div id=”smartcountdown-3562″ style=”font-size:12px”>
    <div class=”textwidget”
   style=”text-align:center;”><style> .spinner { background: url(‘[http://localhost/wep_new/wp-admin/images/wpspin_light.gif&#8217](http://localhost/wep_new/wp-admin/images/wpspin_light.gif&#8217);)
   no-repeat; } </style> <div id=”smartcountdown-3562-loading” class=”spinner”></
   div> <div class=”scd-all-wrapper”> <div class=”scd-title scd-title-col clearfix”
   id=”smartcountdown-3562-title-before” style=”font-size:1.6666666666667em;”></
   div> <div class=”scd-counter scd-counter-col clearfix”> <div id=”smartcountdown-
   3562-years” class=”scd-unit scd-unit-horz” > <div class=”scd-digits scd-digits-
   col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-years-digits” ></div> <div class=”scd-label scd-
   label-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-years-label” style=”font-size:0.83333333333333em;”
   ></div> </div> <div id=”smartcountdown-3562-months” class=”scd-unit scd-unit-
   horz” > <div class=”scd-digits scd-digits-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-months-
   digits” ></div> <div class=”scd-label scd-label-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-
   months-label” style=”font-size:0.83333333333333em;”></div> </div> <div id=”smartcountdown-
   3562-weeks” class=”scd-unit scd-unit-horz” > <div class=”scd-digits scd-digits-
   col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-weeks-digits” ></div> <div class=”scd-label scd-
   label-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-weeks-label” style=”font-size:0.83333333333333em;”
   ></div> </div> <div id=”smartcountdown-3562-days” class=”scd-unit scd-unit-horz”
   > <div class=”scd-digits scd-digits-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-days-digits”
   ></div> <div class=”scd-label scd-label-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-days-label”
   style=”font-size:0.83333333333333em;”></div> </div> <div id=”smartcountdown-3562-
   hours” class=”scd-unit scd-unit-horz” > <div class=”scd-digits scd-digits-col”
   id=”smartcountdown-3562-hours-digits” ></div> <div class=”scd-label scd-label-
   col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-hours-label” style=”font-size:0.83333333333333em;”
   ></div> </div> <div id=”smartcountdown-3562-minutes” class=”scd-unit scd-unit-
   horz” > <div class=”scd-digits scd-digits-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-minutes-
   digits” ></div> <div class=”scd-label scd-label-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-
   minutes-label” style=”font-size:0.83333333333333em;”></div> </div> <div id=”smartcountdown-
   3562-seconds” class=”scd-unit scd-unit-horz” > <div class=”scd-digits scd-digits-
   col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-seconds-digits” ></div> <div class=”scd-label scd-
   label-col” id=”smartcountdown-3562-seconds-label” style=”font-size:0.83333333333333em;”
   ></div> </div> </div> <div class=”scd-title scd-title-col clearfix” id=”smartcountdown-
   3562-title-after” style=”font-size:1.3333333333333em;”></div> </div> </div> <
   script type=”text/javascript”> jQuery(document).ready(function() { scds_container.
   add({“units”:{“years”:1,”months”:1,”weeks”:1,”days”:1,”hours”:1,”minutes”:1,”
   seconds”:1},”paddings”:{“years”:1,”months”:2,”weeks”:1,”days”:2,”hours”:2,”minutes”:
   2,”seconds”:2},”hide_highest_zeros”:”1″,”allow_all_zeros”:”0″,”countdown_limit”:-
   1,”countup_limit”:-1,”hide_countup_counter”:”0″,”title_before_down”:”Our next
   event – %imported% – starts in”,”title_before_up”:”Current event – %imported%–
   is in progress for”,”title_after_down”:””,”title_after_up”:””,”show_title”:1,”
   layout”:”horz”,”event_text_pos”:”vert”,”labels_pos”:”bottom”,”labels_vert_align”:”
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   base_font_size”:12,”widget_style”:”text-align:center;”,”redirect_url”:””,”click_url”:””,”
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   scd-label-col scd-label-row”,”add”:”scd-label-col”},{“selector”:”.scd-digits”,”
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   title-col scd-title-row clearfix”,”add”:”scd-title-col clearfix”},{“selector”:”.
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   col clearfix”}]]}],”hide_lower_units”:[],”animations”:{“name”:”Sliding text with
   overflow”,”description”:”Scalable. Overflow visible with fade-in\/fade-out”,”
   images_folder”:”http:\/\/localhost\/wep_new\/wp-content\/plugins\/smart-countdown-
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   font-size”:”3.3333333333333em”,”height”:”1em”,”width”:”0.6em”,”line-height”:”
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   </script> </div>
 *  </div>
 *  Plugin Author [Alex Polonski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex3493/)
 * (@alex3493)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-countdown-to-render/#post-9492303)
 * Please check that you have events in your Events calendar. I recommend just for
   testing Smart Countdown FX run it first using core functionality (set event date
   and time in main plugin options, do not import events). Once you get your countdown
   displayed you can start using event import plugins.

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