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Help I'm being a numpty!

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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by MickinMoulden »

water01 wrote:Gauges and trends are not working which would infer that you have not enabled the Internet upload of standard files in Configuration / Internet, or perhaps you have uploaded the images directory in the webfiles directory.
Not correct. If you hadn't uploaded the standard files, you wouldn't see anything updated/uploaded, for which we do. He hasn't uploaded the images directory in the webfile directory either. That would be difficult, especially for a begginer. As it would mean you have cut the image directory and paste within the webfile directory......what a hassle! No. It is being all uploaded as it is meant to be (see picture).

See my later post, the files are uploaded into the wrong folder so the pages won't find them when calling on pictures or javascripts which is why the pictures in gauges and trends won't show.

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EDIT (woops, hit submit instead of preview Bahahaha)
Anyway, what it could mean is that the website host has restrictions on what can be put on there, as in, it will not display .gif and .png formats even though they are uploaded ORRRR, that it won't LET them be displayed?  I see that [url]http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/wz_jsgraphics.js[/url] is uploaded, which is required to run the guages page which doesn't work, so perhaps it won't let Javascript run.  I see the trends page also doesn't work, which has Javascript within the page (and the pic shows that the trend images have been uploaded). EDIT: As in the "further check" below, it is the host not allowing .png, .gif and .txt files and not the JS script.

I would check that the host allows the use of Javascript (most likely issue EDIT: It isn't) and/or the display of .gif, .png and .txt files (no .txt files showed on the site where I looked, which is required to run the "realtime wind data" in the "gauges" page (and much more stuff). 
I had a website that wouldn't allow .txt!  (which meant no realtime.txt upload!).

FURTHER CHECK:  This comeback from the website when I "right click" on the website and selcect "Inspect Element" (in Crome):
[code]Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 (Forbidden)
for all the .png and .gif files! AND
I think I know why I can't find your realtime.txt file:
301 Moved Permanently
.

Sorry. :([/code]
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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by MickinMoulden »

No need to do the below, it was an error in file upload placement. Remember I asked you George if you could supply a picture of your internet and files tab settings? :groan:

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If this doesn't get resolved by the host, we may have to move the host [b]http://www.toucan.pw/[/b] to the "[b]Not compatible with Cumulus[/b]" list in the Wiki [url]http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/Webspace[/url]
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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by MickinMoulden »

Thank you for clearing that up water01, that it is obviously not the javascipt at fault :D .
I also see that, even the the files are in the right spot that they haven't updated since 2200hr GMT, which I believe is the same as George's local time, so either he has switched it off to stop updating (probably) or manually FTPed the file and has not set up the internet settings (not entirely sure yet). It is also not that the host not allowing photo files :roll: . Silly me.

However, due to the nature of his website being predominantly for his photography, the set up is different to a weather only site.
George, your folder set up is

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/gauges.htm
, but you will find that a lot of the web templates refer to positions such as (taken from your "gauges.htm" page)

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<img src="images/compass.png"
, which will then look for the compass.png image here:

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/images/compass.png
which just isn't there, because it is actually here:

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/images/compass.png
.
2 things you can do. Change all the webpages to include the "weather" folder :bash:
or :o change your internet settings in Cumulus so it doesn't send them to

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/
:evil:
but instead sends them to

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/
:clap: .
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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by otooleg@aol.com »

:clap: Guys can I thank you for all your positive comments and assistance and yes this isn't the primary reason for my web site as an ex pro photographer but I have always had an interest in the weather. I will try loading the files to www.photosbygeorge.co.uk and not to www.photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather and see if that makes any difference to whether the gauges appear or not. Then I have to get my head round editing the default pages to incorporate my logo?
Kindest Regards and thank you so much....
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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by steve »

MickinMoulden wrote:George, your folder set up is

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/gauges.htm
, but you will find that a lot of the web templates refer to positions such as (taken from your "gauges.htm" page)

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<img src="images/compass.png"
, which will then look for the compass.png image here:

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/images/compass.png
which just isn't there, because it is actually here:

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http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/images/compass.png
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The relative link images/compass.png in http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/gauges.htm will NOT look for the image in http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/images/compass.png, it will look for it in http://photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/images/compass.png, which is the correct place. Lots of people have their Cumulus site in a subdirectory called 'weather' or whatever (including me), and the pages are set up to work wherever you put them, as they use relative links. There is absolutely no need to move the Cumulus pages to the root directory, or change the links in any of the pages.

The site seem to be working fine to me, except that the gauges aren't centered in their boxes for some reason, and the realtime flash wind gauges can't find the realtime.txt file, which is expected to be at http://www.photosbygeorge.co.uk/weather/realtime.txt, but that gives a 404. Perhaps you haven't ticked the three realtime options. Or perhaps the hosting doesn't allow txt files?
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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by otooleg@aol.com »

I can confirm all working now.
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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by water01 »

My your house is hot 25.5C inside, that's a sauna!!

I think you have a spike in the wind speed bumbling along and then 90MPH!!
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Re: Help I'm being a numpty!

Post by otooleg@aol.com »

Thanks guys again great support. Steve thanks in particular. I don't think I have the realtime switched on yet but I will check with my host that. txt is available. Struggling to get my head around how to customise my site as taking in information these days is getting more and more difficult. Thanks again.
George.
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