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by MarkB
Thu 12 Mar 2009 12:20 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Webtag definition
Replies: 8
Views: 3811

Re: Webtag definition

I confess to not having the latest help file. :roll: The one I am using is dated 18/2/09.
The attached file notes the differences.

I'll post a modified version of Ritchie's XML template shortly...

(PS - Apologies; daylightlength and dusk got missed out of my dif file)
by MarkB
Thu 12 Mar 2009 10:28 am
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Googled my webpage
Replies: 7
Views: 3169

Re: Googled my webpage

Isn't it strange that when you google for your own weather site it always comes near the top of the page :?:

I wonder how they do that... :mrgreen:
by MarkB
Thu 12 Mar 2009 10:18 am
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Webtag definition
Replies: 8
Views: 3811

Webtag definition

Steve I'm working on an extension of Ritchie's WebTag XML referenced in https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=737 . I couldn't help noticing there are one or two discrepancies between the webtag documentation in the Cumulus Help file and actuality :o :shock: (not). I know you added ...
by MarkB
Wed 11 Mar 2009 5:58 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Simple Round Moon Mod
Replies: 13
Views: 5237

Re: Simple Round Moon Mod

While we are on about the moon - does anyone know why the image has to be a .bmp? (Is it possible to change it?) It's only a minor point, but when I browse my website with my Symbian phone the moon.bmp is rendered as a broken image. If I convert it to a .png then it displays just fine in whatever br...
by MarkB
Fri 06 Mar 2009 1:40 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: No historical data when move to columbus
Replies: 21
Views: 6047

Re: No historical data when move to columbus

steve wrote: On Vista I advise against installing in Program Files, and using e.g. C:\Cumulus instead.

Steve
That's generic good advice you got there Steve! :D
by MarkB
Thu 05 Mar 2009 10:50 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations
Replies: 63
Views: 25475

Re: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations

That seems to about sum it up.

I'm impressed; it'd take me many more words than that! :mrgreen:
by MarkB
Thu 05 Mar 2009 9:13 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations
Replies: 63
Views: 25475

Re: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations

Then it gos days before caling on xml file you need to refresh to update page. That would be around 115.75 days at a guess :D I'm sorry, but this only avoids the problem. It still makes 22 consecutive calls to xmlreturn.log if (!($fp=@fopen("./cumulusdata.xml", "r"))) die ("...
by MarkB
Thu 05 Mar 2009 6:42 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations
Replies: 63
Views: 25475

Re: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations

OK I've finished digging. Here's what I uncovered - please shoot me down in flames if I got it wrong! When ajaxindex.htm loads for the first time it makes 50-odd calls through prototype.js, each of which POSTs xmlreturn.PHP on the server to popoulate each <span> on the page. Each call through xmlret...
by MarkB
Thu 05 Mar 2009 4:46 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations
Replies: 63
Views: 25475

Re: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations

aadal wrote:3 second to fast for my server so i put it on 15 second and then all fine.
Thanks aadal, that has pointed me in the right direction.
15 second is too fast for my server! I need to use 30!
(The hardware was top of the range in 1999 :lol: - not so good now!)

Mark
by MarkB
Thu 05 Mar 2009 3:42 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations
Replies: 63
Views: 25475

Re: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations

ritchie wrote:I suggest you temporarily disable the realtime processing to see what effect that has without changing anything else.
Did that - no joy. I'm afraid I still get the same result. Digging deeper... ;)


Mark
by MarkB
Thu 05 Mar 2009 2:24 pm
Forum: Web site - General
Topic: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations
Replies: 63
Views: 25475

Re: Cumulus, XML, AJAX and translations

Hi Ritchie Dont know whether its me or you yet (probably me!), but I downloaded your xml test site and implemented it on my web server (no problems there :) ). Now I notice that when I have the ajaxindex page open in my browser the CPU on the server goes above 90% and stays there. I get the followin...
by MarkB
Wed 04 Mar 2009 5:20 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset
Replies: 7
Views: 2945

Re: Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset

Well; yes, I could. And of course it <b>should</b> come out with about the same results. But then I wouldn't learn anything would I?

See www.yontcleugh.co.uk to see what I have already learned! :)
by MarkB
Wed 04 Mar 2009 2:26 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset
Replies: 7
Views: 2945

Re: Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset

Here's what I ended up with (expressed in PHP 'cos its readable) function PressTrend($val) { global $SITE; if($val>0) { $word="Rising"; }else { $word="Falling"; } $val=abs($val)*3; if($SITE['pressunit']=="in") $val=round($val*33.8639,1); if($val<0.1) return("Steady...
by MarkB
Wed 04 Mar 2009 2:05 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset
Replies: 7
Views: 2945

Re: Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset

steve wrote:Does that answer your questions?

I think so (apart from the Romans ;) ) Just to be sure - the value written into realtime.txt is /hr?

Thanks
Mark
by MarkB
Wed 04 Mar 2009 1:39 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset
Replies: 7
Views: 2945

Pressure Trend value on Fine Offset

The UK MetOffice defines pressure trend words according to the rate of change of pressure in hPa over a 3hr period (see the metoffice.gov.uk glossary page for precise details). I want to write a function to display pressure trend words according to this definition (I'm a big fan of the Shipping Fore...

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