ocala
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Post by ocala on Jul 29, 2003 19:26:59 GMT -5
Candler is located about 60 miles NW of Orlando. The site uses just a template from Weatherlink. There is MUCH more I want to add, in particular street level nexrad data for the North Central Florida area. However my HTML knowledge is very limited so I may have someone set it up for me. ocala4.tripod.com/candler.htm |
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Post by brewmaster on Dec 26, 2003 15:23:20 GMT -5
Dave, I see that you have at least found a way to get your template working!!! I have the new version 5.4 for the weather wizard III and have tried to put the template on my site. The template only works for the gauges. The ticker and the History on the right hand side don't work. They only display what is on them at the time of the origional upload. I'm using the file current_wizard.hrml that's weatherlink generates. I also tried to upload the Current_Wizard.htx file that comes with the program. When I use that one, All I get are the gauges. Everything else is blank! Can you give me a pointer on how to fix this? If you want to see what things look like, Check out my site and you will see the problems. Thanx.... home.supernet.com/~brewmaster/ |
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Post by ocala on Jan 1, 2004 17:59:45 GMT -5
Brewmaster, make sure you have the davis ticker class and history wizard files in the profile 1 templates to upload box. In the profile 2 templates to upload box you should have data.htx. Also make sure that you have all the variables set for each item. I by no means am good at this type of thing but I followed the directions letter by letter and it worked fine for me. Also do not use a black backround for your history graphs. I origionally wanted a black graph with white grid lines but the grid lines are black by default so just a black box showed up with no data. If you follow the directions you shouldn't have a problem but if you do PM me and we'll get it figured out.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 14, 2004 10:47:40 GMT -5
Dave, I keep re-reading the instructions to do this, I also took your suggestion which I overlooked the first time. As you can see, I now have the ticker working, and even managed to put up a live sky cam. That part was fairly easy. But do you think I can figure out the history data on that template?? No-way... I have modified, inverted, converted, and about any other change that could be made, The template just will not update. I'm even thinking of converting it to a gif file and then uploading it. What is so strange is that the template in my test directory reads and update perfectly. Any idea on what I'm overlooking?? And YOU thought YOU had limited knowledge of html, I have you beat...  |
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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2004 12:12:44 GMT -5
I don't know if this is the case for you or not, but WeatherLink frequently decides that images should be in a subdirectory on your server called "Images" and writes that to your .htx template. If this is happening, you'll either need to change the template, or use the Profile in WeatherLink to tell WeatherLink to send the images to the Images subdirectory on your server. Just a thought.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 14, 2004 13:42:03 GMT -5
Gary, Actually I thought of that one also, The profiles that weatherlink uses to upload the data is kind of built into the program. I assumed the information required by the Current_wizard.htx and the History_wizard.htx would automatically be inserted by the program before it uploaded it to my web site. Somewhere it is leaving out the data required to complete the whole template. As I stated before, I have the program set up to also feed a local path which is my test directory. When I access that directory, The HTML display is perfect. Am I assuming this in error? Take a look at my site and see whay you think. It is still a long way from me advertising it. I have a lot of things to do to it yet, This issue must be fixed before I can continue since it will determine the rest of the layout. If I can't get it working, I'll change formats. Either way, any help or suggestions is always appreciated.  |
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Post by Admin on Mar 15, 2004 7:50:12 GMT -5
OK... when I look at your site, it appears to me that the graphs are all fine; the historical graphs are showing a week's worth of data, the current graphs show the current date, but none of your tags are populated with values. What that suggests to me is that WeatherLink isn't processing your .htx files at all. In your profile setup, do you have WeatherLink processing the .htx file or the .html (or .htm) version? That's the most likely looking culprit to me. Should look something like this in your profile setup (your directories, of course, will vary):  |
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Post by ocala on Mar 17, 2004 19:43:52 GMT -5
I see that you have 2 tickers on your page. That may be where the problem lies. Go into your profile box and come back and tell me what you you have to upload in each of the 3 profile windows. Once we know what you have in each profile than we can go from there. Your getting close. Hang in there.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 18, 2004 20:32:22 GMT -5
Okay, I think I've located the problem. As I stated before, I'm using a progam called trelix which is supplied by my ISP for my home page so it is kind of a canned setup. I have played with this template thing and have seen and experimented with the the results in my "TEST" Directory. I have everything working just fine in the "TEST" Directory. I think the problem is now me!! I don't know how to tell my web site what to expect. Here is what I've done so far, And the results of thoseattempts. 1st, I took the current_wizard.htx file, Loaded it in notepad, and pasted it in a text box on my site. The result is what you presently see. Working gauges, working ticker, and NO populated tags!  2nd attempt, Took the current_wizard.htm generated by the weatherlink and deposited in my template directory, opened it in notepad, and pasted it into a text box on my web site. Result was everything was there, gauges,ticker, and tag results, but it wouldn't update.  3rd attempt was to upload the current_wizard.htm as a whole graphic display, results....... No results!!  As you can see, I've no idea what I'm doing accept thru what I'm reading and the docs for setting up a web page to accept these graphs do not exist. Any ideas besides getting someone else to do it??? I am self taught on computers, Can't you tell?  |
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Post by Dragonfly on Mar 18, 2004 21:27:23 GMT -5
Hey brewmaster, hope you dont mind me jumping in here but it might be the fact that you are using frames and by default your frame page is index.html and the updated graphic page is *.htm. I would suggest to rename the wetherlink page to .html without frames and see if it updates by using the Weatherlink ftp function.
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Post by Admin on Mar 19, 2004 7:58:54 GMT -5
Sorry for kinda popping in and out of this topic, I fear I may miss things that are relevant, but I'd sure like to help you get past this challenge. Your last post confused me a little...
The .htx file is the "template" that WeatherLink should be processing to update the tags. WL takes the .htx file you develop and from it creates an *.htm or *.html file where the tags are now values. Within one or more profiles you should be telling WeatherLink to process your name.htx file, then you should have WeatherLink upload the resultant name.htm(l) file, and that's what should be displayed on your web site. So based upon whatever interval WL is processing your files, your site should have a newly uploaded name.htm(l) file.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 19, 2004 19:21:51 GMT -5
Gary, I think I understand what you are trying to tell me. I have uploaded the most recently generated "Current_Wizard.html" to my web site as you described. It is below the Current_wizard.htx files that have been on my site not working properly. As you can now see, The Tags are now in fact populated, however, they do not update. This is my complaint from the start. I don't know why it will not update. The gauges work fine, the graphs are fine, Where am I going wrong??? I know my site looks terrible now, but I wanted you to be able to see what I'm looking at. This is frustrating!!!! Now what??? |
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Post by Admin on Mar 20, 2004 13:32:44 GMT -5
You're just about there! You NEVER need to upload the .htx file, but you must upload the updated .html file at each interval; the file is changed on your local PC and then is uploaded to your site.
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 20, 2004 17:40:55 GMT -5
Okay, I understand that part. Now..... Why is it not uploading the updated .html file? It should do that on it's own shouldn't it? I even tryed to upload the current_wizard.html from my test directory through the profile 3 as a last ditch effort to get this file on my site. All that uploads are the gauges and the graphs. ooooooohhhhhhhhhh The storm in my head is building to a depression stage.!!!!! Tropical that is!!!......  |
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Post by ocala on Mar 21, 2004 19:49:12 GMT -5
Brewmaster, call Davis support and talk to one of their techs. They could probably send you in the right direction. That tropical storm in your head is going to turn into a hurricane. ;D
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