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+import React, {PropTypes} from 'react';
+import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
+import translations from 'coral-admin/src/translations';
+import styles from 'coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Dashboard.css';
+import {Icon} from 'coral-ui';
+
+const lang = new I18n(translations);
+const refreshIntervalSeconds = 60 * 5;
+
+class CountdownTimer extends React.Component {
+
+  static propTypes = {
+    handleTimeout: PropTypes.func.isRequired
+  }
+
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    try {
+      if (window.localStorage.getItem('coral:dashboardNote') === null) {
+        window.localStorage.setItem('coral:dashboardNote', 'show');
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+
+      // above will fail in Private Mode in some browsers.
+    }
+
+    this.state = {
+      secondsUntilRefresh: refreshIntervalSeconds,
+      dashboardNote: window.localStorage.getItem('coral:dashboardNote') || 'show'
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentWillMount () {
+    setInterval(() => { // the countdown timer
+      let nextCount = this.state.secondsUntilRefresh - 1;
+      if (nextCount < 0) {
+        nextCount = refreshIntervalSeconds;
+        this.props.handleTimeout();
+      }
+      this.setState({secondsUntilRefresh: nextCount});
+    }, 1000);
+  }
+
+  formatTime = () => {
+    const minutes = Math.floor(this.state.secondsUntilRefresh / 60);
+    let seconds = (this.state.secondsUntilRefresh % 60).toString();
+    if (seconds.length < 2) {
+      seconds = `0${seconds}`;
+    }
+
+    return `${minutes}:${seconds}`;
+  }
+
+  dismissNote = () => {
+    try {
+      window.localStorage.setItem('coral:dashboardNote', 'hide');
+    } catch (e) {
+
+      // when setItem fails in Safari Private mode
+      this.setState({dashboardNote: 'hide'});
+    }
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const hideReloadNote = window.localStorage.getItem('coral:dashboardNote') === 'hide' ||
+      this.state.dashboardNote === 'hide'; // for Safari Incognito
+    return (
+      <p
+        style={{display: hideReloadNote ? 'none' : 'block'}}
+        className={styles.autoUpdate}
+        onClick={this.dismissNote}>
+        <b>×</b>
+        <Icon name='timer' /> <strong>{lang.t('dashboard.next-update', this.formatTime())}</strong> {lang.t('dashboard.auto-update')}
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default CountdownTimer;