Countdown ticker

hello :toad:

i would like to know if anyone could refer me to a tutorial for a flash countdown ticker.

I want the ability for a user to come to my website and choose a ticker, put in a date and then be able to link to the ticker from another site (say in their sig file)

Here is an example of the kind of thing i am after …

http://www.tickercentral.com/

thank u