Learn how to use the Countdown widget in Booking Website Pro to create urgency around promotions, events, launches, or limited-time offers.
Increase engagement and create a sense of excitement with the Countdown widget that enables you to add a real-time countdown to your site. Use it to keep visitors informed, build interest, and encourage them to take action by letting them know when a sale, event or promotion is going to end, or when a new product, collection or page is going to launch.
For more information on widgets and the widgets library, see Widgets: Library and Overview.
To access the content editor selct it from the floating menu. Click the element to open the floating menu, then click the option for the content editor.
- Set the date and time the countdown ends. Select a timezone. To set a specific time (for example, 11:45 pm), after clicking into the drop-down field, type in the desired time in the format hh: mm am/pm, for example, 11:45 pm.
- Type a Time's up message that appears after the countdown ends.
- The long text field provides various text formatting options, such as italicizing, bolding, or underlining text.
- Select to Show counter at 0000 and message beneath it, or to Remove counter and display message only.
- Type a Title for the countdown. To hide the title, click the eye (
) icon.
To access the design editor, select Edit Design from the floating menu to open the design panel. Click the element to open the floating menu, then click the option to edit design.
Click the layout to change the way the countdown displays on your site.
Make sure the design settings you define are correct per device. Settings such as spacing, image size, and more are defined per device.
For information about design options that are not specific to this widget (for example, layout, style, or spacing), see Widget Design.